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THE PLANTATION OF ULSTER-CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS
000 more. Marianne Elliott believes that “1641 destroyed the Ulster Plantation as a mixed
SHUT YER BAKE: Northern Irish notebook with Northern Irish saying on the cover and journal paper inside
The Red Hand of Ulster | Nick Eckert, Event Photographer
The Red Hand of Ulster is a symbol from a myth that a contest was held to see who would be King of Ulster (in days of yore and all that). It was decided that there would be a swimming race to Ulster's shores and whoever's hand touched the shore first would win and be king...Anyway, in the contest, a man was losing until he hit upon the rather clever albeit bloody idea of hacking off one hand and hurling to shore. He did so and became King of Ulster. Since then, the "Red Hand" has fi
Poised gracefully amid the fertile lands of the Lagan Valley in East Donegal, near the banks of the River Foyle, approximately 8kms from the historical city of Derry / Londonderry is Monreagh Ulster Scots / Scots Irish Heritage Education Centre. (Check out their FB page for more info or visit their website: http://www.monreaghulsterscotscentre.com/