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The Scots of Ulster

Billy Kay recounts the story of the Scots of Ulster from earliest times to the present day.

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Literacy and Burns in Ulster

Billy Kay describes how from 1690 鈥� 1790 the onus on Presbyterians to read the Bible led to a high literacy rate in the North of Ireland.
Geography and the Ulster settlements

Billy Kay outlines how geography played a role in determining Scottish settlement patters west of the Bann in Ulster, contrary to the official plantation strategy.
Weaver poets and the United Irishmen鈥檚 revolt

James Orr鈥檚 poem 鈥楧onegore Hill鈥� is recited and we learn how weaver poets such as James Campbell of Ballynure, were involved in the United Irishmen鈥檚 revolt of the 1790s.
Dalriada and the McDonnells

Philip Robinson and Alan Gailey describe how the Dalriadic Kingdom viewed the sea as a means of communication between Antrim and Scotland rather than as a barrier.

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