Ulster-Scots Community Network

10/04/2026

Looking for a new opportunity? The Ulster-Scots Community Network is hiring! 👀

There are two roles available:
🔹 Executive Director
The ideal candidate will be an inspirational and visionary Executive Director who will lead the Ulster-Scots Community Network to its next level of development. Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/hbUv50YACVO

🔹 Communications & Marketing Officer
The Communications and Marketing Officer will be responsible for the ongoing improvement of USCN’s profile among stakeholder groups and the wider population. Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/I6AZ50YACVN

To learn more about the roles, or to apply, please see the above links.

𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹

The Ulster-Scots Community Network (USCN) was established in 1995, and its primary focus is to promote awareness and understanding of the Ulster-Scots tradition in history, language, and culture. Through a continuing programme of wide-ranging projects, the USCN also highlights the significant contribution of the Ulster-Scots community to the development of life in Northern Ireland, the border counties of the Republic of Ireland, and the wider Ulster-Scots diaspora.

10/04/2026

Come work with us here at the Ulster-Scots Community Network

Looking for a new opportunity? The Ulster-Scots Community Network is hiring! 👀

There are two roles available:
🔹 Executive Director
The ideal candidate will be an inspirational and visionary Executive Director who will lead the Ulster-Scots Community Network to its next level of development. Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/hbUv50YACVO

🔹 Communications & Marketing Officer
The Communications and Marketing Officer will be responsible for the ongoing improvement of USCN’s profile among stakeholder groups and the wider population. Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/I6AZ50YACVN

To learn more about the roles, or to apply, please see the above links.

𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹

The Ulster-Scots Community Network (USCN) was established in 1995, and its primary focus is to promote awareness and understanding of the Ulster-Scots tradition in history, language, and culture. Through a continuing programme of wide-ranging projects, the USCN also highlights the significant contribution of the Ulster-Scots community to the development of life in Northern Ireland, the border counties of the Republic of Ireland, and the wider Ulster-Scots diaspora.

28/07/2025

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28/07/2025

✨ 𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 ✨

▪ Scrab
▪ Scratch

"Mine thin cat disnae scrab ye."

25/07/2025

✨ 𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 ✨

▪ Bake
▪ Mouth

"He never shuts thon bake o his."

24/07/2025

✨ 𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 ✨

▪ Ach!
▪ An expression (of impatience, contempt, regret, etc.)

"Ach! A'm scunnert hearin aboot that!"

23/07/2025

Ulysses Grant, the United States President who had strong links to Ulster, passed away on this day in 1885.

Grant's great-grandfather, John Simpson, hailed from Dergenagh, near Ballgawley in County Tyrone, where the family had farmed for generations, and left for Pennsylvania around 1760. This ancestral farm has been preserved to the present day and is a popular tourist attraction.

In January 1879, former US President Ulysses S Grant visited Ulster, which he described to his wife as "coming home" at the end of a long European tour.

After leaving Dublin on January 6th, Grant had brief stops in Strabane and Omagh before visiting Londonderry, a city "whose history is so well-known throughout America" as he told the Belfast Newsletter at the time. While there, Grant attended a conference on the Ulster-American connection, and participated in a tour of the city's famous Walls.

The following day, on January 7th, Grant left for Belfast, stopping first in Coleraine where he was met by some men who had served under him during the American Civil War.

Arriving in Belfast that afternoon, Grant saw that the linen mills near the train depot had paused to allow their workers to see the former President, and they had turned out in their thousands in the rain awaiting his train.

In Belfast, Grant went on a tour of the famous White Star shipyards, met more of his former soldiers (and one of his former rebel prisoners) and gave another speech on the Ulster-American connection, speaking fondly of those from Belfast who had helped build America.

23/07/2025

23/07/2025

✨ 𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 ✨

▪ Rookin
▪ Hungry

"Is there oany tay fer a'm rookin!"

22/07/2025

22/07/2025

✨ 𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 ✨

▪ Boady
▪ Person

"He's a wile boady!"