Culture of Ulster

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The flag of the Province of Ulster is often flown in Gaelic Athletic Association contexts

Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland. Due to large-scale plantations of people from Scotland and England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as half a century of paramilitary activity, Ulster has a unique culture, quite different from the rest of Ireland. Given that all of Northern Ireland lies within Ulster, the Culture of Northern Ireland is often considered to be very similar to that of Ulster.

1 Languages
2 Sport
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Languages

Mid Ulster English is the English-based dialect of most people in Ulster, including those in the two main cities. It represents a cross-over area between Ulster Scots and Hiberno-English. It spoken across mid Ulster between the Lagan and Clogher valleys in areas historically planted by settlers, the majority of which came over to Ireland from the West Midlands of England. The dialect is currently encroaching on the Ulster Scots area, especially in the Belfast commuter belt, and may eventually consume it.

Ulster Scots, also known as Ullans, Hiberno-Scots, or Scots-Irish, refers to the variety of Scots spoken in parts of Ulster.

Ulster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in Ulster. The only county in Ulster to include Gaeltacht regions today is Donegal, so that the term Donegal Irish is often used synonymously. Because of historical connections with Ulster, the dialects of southern Scotland and Manx, share similarities with Ulster Irish.