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Ulster Irish ( endonym: Gaeilg Uladh, Standard Irish: Gaeilge Uladh) is the variety of Irish spoken in the province of Ulster. It "occupies a central position in the Gaelic world made up of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man ". [1] Ulster Irish thus has much in common with Scottish Gaelic and Manx.
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Ulster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in...
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The Plantation of Ulster was the biggest of the Plantations...
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For other uses, see Ulster (disambiguation). Ulster ( / ˈʌlstər /; Irish: Ulaidh [ˈʊlˠiː, ˈʊlˠə] or Cúige Uladh [ˌkuːɟə ˈʊlˠə, - ˈʊlˠuː]; Ulster Scots: Ulstèr [6] [7] [8] or Ulster) [9] [10] [11] is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces.
- 22,067 km² (8,520 sq mi)
- 2,215,454
- IE-U (Republic of Ireland), GB-NIR (Northern Ireland)
May 2, 2024 · Ulster, one of the ancient provinces of Ireland and subsequently the northernmost of Ireland’s four traditional provinces (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Connaught [Connacht]). Because of the Ulster cycle of Irish literature, which recounts the exploits of Cú Chulainn and many other Ulster.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Ulster Scots (Ulster-Scots: Ulstèr-Scotch; Irish: Albanaigh Uladh), also called Ulster Scots people (Ulstèr-Scotch fowk) or, in North America, Scotch-Irish (Scotch-Airisch) or Scots-Irish, are an ethnic group in Ireland who share a common history, culture, and ancestry.
Introduction (May 2022) 17 th Century Gaelic Ulster was one of the last redouts of the ancient Celtic world. A world that had been eclipsed in Mainland Europe by the Romans over a millennia and a half earlier. The final Conquest of Ireland would see the Irish Gaels dragged kicking and screaming into the modern world.