For many of us the internet is has been a valuable source for information
regarding our Scot-Irish roots. This site intends to make a good thing
better by providing a central location forNewsfrom
Northern Ireland: the Belfast Telegraph, UTV. News, Newsletter, the
Shankill Mirror on line, and fromScotland,
The Scotsman: the BBC News from Northern Ireland and Scotland ,and the ITN News
from Britain. The U.K.
Sportsnews
updates for Soccer fans theUEFAChampions League, the
Official FootballTeam Sites of Celtic: Dundee United :Dumfermline: Falkirk: Hearts:
Hibernian: Inverness CT: Kilmarnock: Motherwell: Rangers: and Aberdeen and
includes "Today in Football History". The Genealogy section under
Services
provides the resources to research military history from
W.W.1. Enter
the Norn Iron Chef®
foods competition for a bit of craic
Here is an interesting test provided by theUlster-Scots Agency.
It is an interesting exercise to listen to three different dialects found in the
North of Ireland. (If you haven't lived at home for a while you probably know
the words but haven't spoken them in a while.)
Ulster-Scots or Scots-Irish If you have been away from home for a
while you probably have forgotten the hamely tongue. Listen to an interesting
collection of programs originally aired on BBC NI Radio Ulster presented by
Conal Gillespie, produced by Chris Spurr.
"A Kist o Wurds"
Programme 1
Programme 2
Programme 3
Programme 4
Programme 5
Programme 6
Billy Kennedy Author of the Scots-Irish Chronicles books gives a
presentation of the effects of the Scots-Irish on American History
Scotland
