Ulster-Scots Community Network
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The Ulster-Scots Community Network aims to preserve, promote & develop Ulster-Scots heritage & culture. Established in 1995.
Joined January 2013
Today’s Ulster-Scots word of the day is “quet”. "Quet yer nonsense!"
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Today’s Ulster-Scots word of the day is “freen”. "A guid freen is worth houlin on tae."
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The Discover Ulster-Scots Centre and our offices will be closed from Monday 14th to Wednesday 16th July, for our Twelfth of July holidays. We’ll reopen as usual at 10:00 on Thursday 17th July. We hope you all have a brilliant Twelfth weekend!
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Today’s Ulster-Scots word of the day is “juggled”. "A juggled mae elba."
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Today we welcomed a group from the Brigham Young University, all the way from Utah! We delivered a talk, a drumming session and had a far-ranging discussion on Ulster history. Thank you for visiting!
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As well as signing the Declaration, Thomson also designed the Great Seal of the United States, the famous image of the bald eagle, and adding its Latin mottoes Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum.
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Thomson was the patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.
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Thomson was an Ulster-Scot, born in Maghera, County Londonderry, migrating to America in 1739 after the death of his wife. He would quickly become a key individual in this period of American history.
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John Hancock's eventually famous signature is not on this document, but his name appears in large type under "Signed by Order and in Behalf of the Congress", with the Secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson having his name listed below.
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On July 4th, 1776, the first copies of the Declaration of Independence were printed as a broadside by John Dunlap, an Ulster-Scot who emigrated from Strabane, County Tyrone, to Philadelphia in 1757.
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Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 Did you know the Declaration of Independence was created by men born in Ulster?. 👇🏻
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Today’s Ulster-Scots word of the day is “ratty” . "It taks very little tae get him ratty."
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We had a visit to the Discover Ulster-Scots Centre today from Belfast Trust Community Access Team!. They particularly enjoyed our Development Officer Charles' expertise and instruction on the lambeg. Thanks for visiting!
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It is worth remembering Sir Samuel McCaughey today as one of several Ulstermen who would go on to have a large role in the creation of modern Australia.
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He left £10,000 to increase the stipends of Presbyterian clergy, £20,000 to the Burnside Orphan Homes at Parramatta, £20,000 to Scots College in Sydney, £10,000 each to five other independent schools, £5000 to the Salvation Army and £5000 each to seven hospitals.
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Another large portion of his wealth went to the relief of members of the Australian Military and Naval Expeditionary Forces and their widows and children.
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McCaughey died of heart failure in 1919, aged 84, and as he was unmarried, had decided to leave his vast estate to various charitable causes. Half the residue of his estate went to the University of Sydney and to the University of Queensland.
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By 1880, McCaughey owned around three million acres of land in Australia, an area larger than Yorkshire, or around 85% the size of modern-day Northern Ireland.
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McCaughey would go on to buy stakes in various stations, similar to ranches in America, and became renowned for alleviating the effects of droughts by sinking bores for artesian water. As time progressed, he would buy entire stations.
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He came to Australia in 1856 with another uncle, Charles Wilson, and immediately started working as a jackaroo, a similar job to an American cowboy, looking after livestock on a horse. In two years, he would be managing the land on behalf of his uncle.
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