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A new 'hame' for the Ulster Scots

A new 'hame' for the Ulster Scots

A new 'hame' for the Ulster Scots
BY KATE CHAMBRE
kate.chambre@newsletter.co.uk

THE Ulster-Scots Heritage Council officially opened its new city centre offices in Belfast yesterday.

The premises at Franklin House on Brunswick Street were opened by Lord Mayor Pat McCarthy and other guests included the new Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, Edwin Poots as well as the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Industry, Nigel Dodds.

Director of the Ulster-Scots Heritage Council, William Humphrey said the new offices represented a tremendous opportunity for the Ulster-Scots community. "The development heralds a new dawn for Ulster-Scots. For the first time the Ulster-Scots Agency, the Ulster-Scots Language Society and the Ulster-Scots Heritage Council will be based in the same building," he said.

The Agency's chief executive, George Patton said the new offices would be like a "one stop shop" for the Ulster-Scots. "The Ulster-Scots Heritage Council as the representative body of the Ulster-Scots community plays a pivotal role in representing the grassroots opinions and concerns of the Ulster-Scots community," he said.
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