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Plaque on Liberty Tree
Plaque on Liberty Tree
Plaque on the Liberty Tree bronze sculpture Potato Market, Carlow. This sculpture was unveiled on June 13th 1998 by Cllr. Rody Kelly, Cathaoirleach, Carlow Urban District Council. It commemorates the 1798 Rebellion in Carlow.
Carlow County Library
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Dancing at the Ulster-Scots night, Heritage Week, 2007
Dancing at the Ulster-Scots night, Heritage Week, 2007
Photo taken at the Ulster-Scots night in the Central Library, Letterkenny. This was one of the library's events organised for Heritage Week, Septwember, 2007. This was the year of commemoration of the Flight of the Earls and the subsequent plantation of Scottish settlers into East Donegal
Courtesy of Donegal Cultural Services
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An Ulster-Scots dictionary
An Ulster-Scots dictionary
Front cover of the Ulster-Scots dictionary composed and published by the youth group of St Johnston and Carrigans, Co. Donegal and the County Library's Taobh Tire project
St Johnston & Carrigans youth project and Taobh Tire
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Sir Henry Dowcra landing at London/Derry 1600
Sir Henry Dowcra landing at London/Derry 1600
Stained glass window from the Guildhall, London/Derry. Sir Henry Dowcra is shown stepping ashore from a small boat, having been rowed across from the large ship in the background. He is being greeted by an official, who is assisting him onto the shore. Dowcra, who became Governor of the city, was an English military commander who played a large part in the planning and development of London/Derry during the Ulster Plantation. He also was granted 2,000 acres of lands around Lifford, County Donegal.
With the permission of John McCavitt
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King James I with Sir Robert Cecil
King James I with Sir Robert Cecil
Photograph of a stained glass window from the Guildhall, London/Derry. King James I is shown seated on his throne, while Sir Robert Cecil stands on his left, with outstreteched arm, as if explaining the project. The inscription below the picture reads: Earl of Salisbury explains the project for the settlement to King James I. 1600 AD
John McCavitt
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Members of the Donegal Ulster-Scots project team
Members of the Donegal Ulster-Scots project team
These are the young people who collected and published a dictionary of Ulster-Scots words as used in their locality. They are from the Laggan towns of St Johnston and Carrigans, Co Donegal. They were assisted in their project by Donegal County Library's Taobh Tire staff, and local Ulster-Scots specialist Ian McCracken.
St Johnston & Carrigans youth project. Taobh Tire project of Donegal Co Library
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Map of the Laggan
Map of the Laggan
Black and white map of the Laggan area of northeast county Donegal
J H Rutherford
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A Scottish Border Reiver cavalryman
A Scottish Border Reiver cavalryman
Colour photograph of a man dressed in the uniform of a Scottish Border Reiver cavalryman. He is wearing a tunic of mail, a metal helmet and woollen trousers tucked into boots. He is carrying a long pike and a sword.As soldiers, the Border Reivers were considered among the finest light cavalry in Europe. They can be traced back to the twelfth century. Renowned for guerrilla-type tactics, many Reivers served as mercenaries in English and Scots armies in Ireland, and during the fortification of Ulster during the seventeenth century Plantation. Typical Reiver surnames still prominent in Ulster are Armstrong, Beattie, Elliot, Graham, Nixon and Scott.
Reproduced with permission of Donegal artist Sean O Brogain
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Raphoe Ulster Scots festival 2008 events guide
Raphoe Ulster Scots festival 2008 events guide
Part of an events brochure for the Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster Scots Festival, June, 2008.
Courtesy of East Donegal Ulster Scots
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Quirinale Palace, Rome
Quirinale Palace, Rome
Photograph of Quirinale Palace, Rome. This was the summer residence of Pope Paul V, and here the Ulster earls had an audience with him in May of 1608. However, they were unable to obtain his help and influence in getting them to Spain.
Sean Beattie