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Sentence Examples This was not the case in parts of Ulster, where a substantial proportion of linen weavers were not independent producers but wage-workers. He was also chosen to manage an International team that will compete in a quadrangular tournament in Ulster in the summer. Humphreys' conversion tailed to the left, with Ulster 8-6 in front at the break. To our Tyrone brethren I wish the best of luck, bring Sam back to Ulster where it belongs! Ulster attempted to sign him three summers ago when he was making waves at Connacht and already touted as an international. The parent language of Ulster Scots, Lowland Scots has been classified a minority language. Listening to the orchestra perform these profound works in the Ulster Hall demonstrated once again what fine acoustical properties the hall has. On radio, Barry was the first presenter of Talkback on Radio Ulster and presented Good Morning Ulster. She arrived from Ulster to wed King Magnus less than a year ago and was still struggling to impress him with her charm and ability. He has exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Ulster Academy and Watercolour Society Exhibitions. The counties met in a challenge a fortnight ago, and it resulted in a convincing win for the Ulster side. For example, Ulster Bank does not permit any withdrawals from its fixed account. Originating in sectarian rivalry for land in Ulster, they had become general redressers of rural grievances, with overwhelmingly local concerns. Today's meeting of the Ulster Unionist Party executive is regarded as a key indicator of whether the peace process deal can be refloated. Brian beat all comers in the competition as fishers from all over Ulster came to Silverbridge to try and catch a big one. In the League semi-final Carlow shocked reigning Ulster champions, Armagh, to reach the county's lone NFL final. The report will land on the desk of the Ulster Secretary and the Prime Minister on Wednesday. He says that Ulster Protestantism may be split beyond repair and that this fragmentation poses a real threat to the Union. Not all students will be able to start repaying loans immediately, which is where Ulster Bank and AIB are more competitive. In Ulster the insurgents were mainly Presbyterians in religion and Republicans in politics. Show More Sentences The Ulster Defence Association has recently hinted that it may be prepared to attack dissident republicans. The phonological similarity between Ulster and Lowland Scots is reinforced by vocabulary, although many traditional words are in decline. Biarritz dominated for over an hour but came agonisingly close to throwing it away after Ulster stormed back into the game. Ireland qualified two teams for the quarter-finals, were unlucky when Ulster were pipped at the post for a third. A man held up the Ulster Bank on Charlotte Street at around 1.40 pm on New Year's Day before running off with a sum of cash. From there he went to a parish up in Ulster County, the far reaches of the archdiocese. A premature attack on Mountjoy's forces resulted in a rout by his cavalry and a long retreat back to Ulster through a hostile countryside. His style of speech owed more to the old-style BBC accent than to either Scotland or Ulster. Earlier I compared the apparition of specters in Observe the Sons of Ulster to sequences of reverance in Macbeth and Hamlet. Others have acknowledged that the Ulster experience is indelibly imprinted in the artist's psyche. Not content to rest solely on forelands in nearby Ulster, all three were prepared to sell to customers throughout Ireland. After the defeat of the Scottish Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in 1687, a new wave of Scottish refugees came to Ulster. And then Ulster paid the penalty for those misses when the Saints again paid a rare visit upfield for Grayson to level with an angled kick. Sir Frederick served in the Royal Ulster Rifles until 1941 when he was invalided out following an accident. Kieran is one of the biggest attractions on the scene all over the Ulster region and is drawing capacity crowds to many venues. Guest speakers include David Ledsham, lecturer in art and design at the University of Ulster, and John Wood from Goldsmiths College in London. Ulster Bank's tracker mortgage in this sector is, again, the cheapest, at 1.05 per cent above the ECB rate. The tale of the Sickness of the Men of Ulster features the gynandrous horse goddess Macha who is associated with shape shifting. The 1641 rebellion briefly veered into an onslaught against the settlers in Ulster. Born in Limavady, Ulster, he emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1870 and settled at Tamaki. Show More Sentences He collected a large number of cheques from other workers which had been returned by both Allied Irish Bank and Ulster Bank. The Sunday meeting follows hot on the heels of the recent Ulster Grand National meeting. The Ulster Plantation has been described as England's only successful colony in Ireland. The Scottish borderers played a major role both as chief landowners and as undertenants during the plantation of Ulster under James the First. Deer parks and markets were established, and the horse collar and heavy plough, previously unknown in Gaelic Ulster, were introduced. Pat was one of the mentors who guided, the ladies to the final of the Ulster Championship. This was seen on the BBC, as Ulster Television would use their continuity announcers to do the same. The string section of the Ulster Orchestra is equally impressive, as is the player of the prepared piano who, unfairly, remains anonymous. This was a clean sweep by the Ulster side who remained undefeated in all of their championship matches. Since graduating from the University of Ulster with a master's in 1999 he has had numerous exhibitions in Ireland and London. That kind of nail-biting finish is about as close to a Hollywood ending as Ulster is ever likely to get. Sam, who joined the Ulster Star as darts and football correspondent in 1958, devoted much of his life to darts, but had many strings to his bow. His deep interest in Irish culture and music prompted his research into the Lambeg drumming and fifing traditions of Ulster. He is frequently encountered wearing his trademark Ulster coat, deerstalker cap, and a long cravat tightly wrapped around his neck. He is currently in good form and his positive attitude is a marvellous help to this noble son of Ulster. Ulster Unionist MPs and the party's members at the Assembly who earlier met in Belfast said the IRA proposal to disarm did not go far enough. In Europe Ulster is still ranked 13 places ahead of Glasgow so the match promises to be a close one. Strongbow died in 1175, by which year Leinster and part of Munster were in Norman hands but Ulster and Connacht remained Gaelic. They won seven Mid Ulster titles, seven Ulster titles and three Irish championships. We do know a bit about several of the map-makers who were involved in the Ulster Plantation. Show More Sentences The poet Seamus Heaney was careful to distance himself from the political tensions of his native Ulster. Dublin audiences often found in the Ulster theater's performances a more truthful representation of Irish life than in the Abbey Theatre plays. Henry Joy McCracken's United Army of Ulster took Larne and Antrim but was defeated. Sure there was hardly a more loyalist, true-blue, Protestant street in the whole of Ulster. The astonishing fact is that these unspeakable events in England were not as hideous as the everyday horrors in Ulster. Donegal, eager to re-define their season after an unforeseen defeat to Fermanagh in the Ulster Championship, weren't supposed to be an immovable object. Ulster was always the largest area under Gaelic rule since medieval times. It seems reasonably clear from our historical perspective that Ulster benefitted from the economic modernisation of the Protestant plantation of the 17th Century. It is very transparent as it is a unitised fund and price movements can be monitored daily by checking with Ulster Bank or weekly by checking the national newspapers. Dungarvan Rugby Club's Ground at Ballyrandle looked in splendid shape last Saturday afternoon for the clash of Munster and Ulster in their interprovincial at Junior level. Still, the game proved an outstanding one and would have brought the Mayo players on a lot and ready for the stiff challenge that the Ulster champions will provide. Hospitals including the Royal, City and Ulster need to achieve a quota of junior doctors to maintain their teaching status in conjunction with Queen's University. The Ulster Unionist said what needed to be done was for the current roles to be reversed with planners offering an opinion to Councillors and Councillors making the decision. Ulster Scots has had a literary tradition since the 18th century. He edited Within Our Province, a miscellany of Ulster writing. Down champions, Mayobridge will be entering unknown territory this Sunday when they take on Carrickmore in the opening round of the Ulster Club Championship. By 1998 Ulster, Munster and Leinster each had 21 full-time professionals and 10 semi-professionals but before that all of the teams were hybrid operations. It puts me in mind of when I spent time in Ulster a few years ago. I can understand the anguish which will be beginning to form in the minds of so many Ulster families whose menfolk have worked at Harland's for generations. It was by no means paranoid to imagine the loss of two or three of the Ulster Unionist Party's regular phalanx of 15 or so MPs from the inner counties. Show More Sentences Ulster Bank will also offer both fixed and variable rate deposit accounts. She suggests that the article is a horribly offensive diatribe that grossly over-generalises in its satirisation of the downtrodden Ulster underclass. As well as his impending appearance on BBC television he will also be guesting on BBC Radio Ulster for a week, presenting one of their regular music and chat shows. The rising in Ulster, not Charles I nor the English House of Lords, was primarily responsible for these bills not reaching the Irish statute book. The two farmers banked with the Limavady branch of Ulster Bank where a Mr Sparks and a Mr Wallace were manager and assistant manager respectively. Most contentiously, the treaty provided for the partition of Ireland, as six Ulster provinces remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland. He also constructed many canals and waterways including the Ulster Canal and the Queens Island on which the Harland and Wolfe shipyard was later built. For over three centuries, up to the final defeat of the seventeenth century, they fought as gallowglasses in the struggles of Ulster, mainly on behalf of the O'Donnells. Could this be the Ulster I last laid eyes on thirty years ago? It was incredible that when Ulster had to travel across the pond last Saturday they took a hammering from the same 15 men that they had beaten six days before. The Irish Ulster Cycle and Fenian Cycle have also been plentifully mined for fantasy. It also buys a selected number of broadcasts from the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. An Ulster History Circle blue plaque commemorating him is located in Bishop Street Within, city of Derry. Leinster, Munster and Ulster combined are limited to one player at each position who is not eligible for Ireland selection. And in 2014, Ulster completed the complete reconstruction of Ravenhill Stadium into a modern 18,000 capacity stadium. The government clarified that the Union Flag was the flag of Northern Ireland, not the Saint Patrick's Saltire or the Ulster Banner. The names of Connacht, Ulster, Leinster and Munster are still in use, now applied to the four modern provinces of Ireland. The Plantation of Ulster allowed English and Scottish Protestant candidates in as representatives of the newly formed boroughs in planted areas. Beyond Pictland, the principal sources are the Irish annals, of which the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach are the most reliable. Bruce also married his second wife that year, Elizabeth de Burgh, the daughter of Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster. Show More Sentences The diplomacy worked to a certain extent, at least in Ulster, where the Scots had some support. In late September 1912, over a thousand people, many of them from Ulster, signed the Ulster Covenant at the kirk. High Kings from the northern branch ruled various kingdoms in what eventually became the province of Ulster. A second expedition in 1102 saw incursions into Ireland but in August 1103 he was killed fighting in Ulster. Historically, Ulster lay at the heart of the Gaelic world made up of Gaelic Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Ulster became the most thoroughly Gaelic and independent of Ireland's provinces. Ulster has no official function for local government purposes in either country. Northern Ireland is often referred to as Ulster, despite including only six of Ulster's nine counties. The biggest lake in the British Isles, Lough Neagh, lies in eastern Ulster. The most easterly point in Ireland is also in Ulster, in County Down, and the most westerly point in the UK is in County Fermanagh. The geographical centre of Ulster lies between the villages of Pomeroy and Carrickmore in County Tyrone. Only five Irish counties, all in Southern and Western Ulster, currently have no mainline railway. Ulster Scots dialects, sometimes known by the neologism Ullans, are also spoken in Counties Down, Antrim, Londonderry and Donegal. The province's early story extends further back than written records and survives mainly in legends such as the Ulster Cycle. The province of Ulaidh would survive restricted to the east of modern Ulster until the Norman invasion in the late 12th century. It was then that the provinces of Ailech, Airgialla, and Ulaidh would all merge largely into what would become the modern province of Ulster. In the 1690s, Scottish Presbyterians became a majority in Ulster, due to a large influx of them into the Province. According to the encyclopaedia, half of these Irish Americans were descended from Ulster, and half from the other three provinces of Ireland. In 1798 the United Irishmen, led by Henry Joy McCracken, launched a rebellion in Ulster, mostly supported by Presbyterians. The IRA remained relatively quiescent in Ulster, with the exception of the south Armagh area, where Frank Aiken led it. Show More Sentences Gaelic Football is by far the most popular of the GAA sports in Ulster but hurling is also played, especially in Antrim, Armagh, Derry, and Down. The other major Ulster team in the League of Ireland is Finn Harps of Ballybofey, County Donegal. At international level players from Ulster join with those from the other 3 provinces to form the Irish national team. Cricket is also played in Ulster, especially in Northern Ireland and East Donegal. In horse racing, specifically National Hunt, Ulster has produced the most dominant jockey of all time, Tony McCoy. The first major influx of border English and Lowland Scots into Ulster came in the first two decades of the 17th century. Under this scheme, a substantial number of Scots were settled, mostly in the south and west of Ulster, on confiscated land. The plan was that moving these Borderers to Ireland would both solve the Borders problem and tie down Ulster. Over the centuries, Ulster Scots culture has contributed to the unique character of the counties in Northern Ireland. The Ulster Scots Agency points to industry, language, music, sport, religion and myriad traditions brought to Ulster from the Scottish lowlands. In particular, the origin of country and Western music was extensively from Ulster Scots folk music. They descended from Lowland Scots and Northern English people via Ulster and observe many of the same traditions as Scots. A continual influx of immigrants from Scotland and Ulster meant that by 1843 there were over 30,000 Scots in New Brunswick. In Ireland generally, the drink mainly sells in Ulster, chiefly in Northern Ireland and County Donegal. He was recorded as King of the Britons in the Annales Cambriae and the Annals of Ulster. This caused a Loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force to bomb the city. After declaring his move to Ulster earlier in the season, Rush because of a change in personal matters wanted to stay at the Blues. Although he had signed a contract with Ulster, he managed to negotiate a release from this to continue his career with the Blues. The games against Connacht on 10 February 2012 and Ulster on 17 February 2012 achieved capacity crowds and proved popular with supporters. The season ended with the Llanelli Scarlets running out as eventual winners, four points ahead of Ulster. Show More Sentences The league went down to the last round with Ulster and Leinster both in contention. Munster lost only four games, three to the other Irish teams, including a double loss to Ulster. Ulster topped the table in the regular season, with Leinster, Glasgow and Scarlets completing the top 4 in that order. Glasgow had a late surge to finish 2nd overtaking Munster and Ulster in the process. One at Cultra just outside Holywood, The Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, and the Royal Ulster based from Bangor. Cultra railway station is the home of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. In this context, a distinction may be made between the unionism in the province of Ulster and unionism elsewhere in Ireland. They set up a militia called the Ulster Volunteers and imported 25,000 rifles from Germany. The pluralist Conservative Party is currently allied to the Ulster Unionist Party. Before becoming king, he was 4th Duke of York, 7th Earl of March, 5th Earl of Cambridge and 9th Earl of Ulster. Important sweet cherry cultivars include Bing, Ulster, Rainier, Brooks, Tulare, King, and Sweetheart. A pestilence which devastated Ireland in 544 caused the dispersion of Mobhi's disciples, and Columba returned to Ulster, the land of his kindred. The Ulster accent has two main sub accents, namely Mid Ulster English and Ulster Scots. The language is spoken throughout the nine counties of Ulster, and in some northern areas of bordering counties such as Louth and Leitrim. It bears many similarities to Scottish English through influence from the Ulster varieties of Scots. All Ulster English has more obvious pronunciation similarities with Scottish English than other Irish English dialects. This is most commonly used for intensification, especially in Ulster English. Neither partition nor a special status for Ulster was likely to satisfy either side. Permission has been obtained from all landowners across whose land the Waymarked Ways and Ulster Way traverse. Now the port with the longest drought in Ulster history is planning a Christmas knees-up to end all knees-ups. Show More Sentences But the honour really goes to all those in the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP who worked so hard for an agreement. The British forces fought an inconclusive war with the Ulster Irish led by Owen Roe O'Neill. As of November 2011, neither an Irish language strategy nor an Ulster Scots strategy had been adopted. Battered, exhausted, more dead than alive, she falls through the smoke hole of the house of the Ulster chieftain Etar and into a drinking-cup. In addition, the Protestant population was more prominent in Ulster, with a majority in four counties. To prevent this from happening, the Ulster Volunteers were formed in 1913 under the leadership of Edward Carson. Munster, in the south, records the least snow whereas Ulster, in the north, records the most. As such, Ulster is often used as a synonym for Northern Ireland, although the two are not coterminous. It was most popular, especially in its first decades, around Belfast and in Ulster. This activity was limited to the southern half of Ireland, and there is no evidence for them in Ulster or Connacht. Having inherited the March and Ulster titles, he became the wealthiest and most powerful noble in England, second only to the king himself. He also gave unconquered kingdoms such as Cork, Limerick and Ulster to his men and left the Normans carving their lands in Ireland. In his reign, the Plantation of Ulster and British colonization of the Americas began. It stimulated the demand for further reform throughout Ireland, especially in Ulster. Scots is used by about 30,000 Ulster Scots and is known in official circles as Ullans. The only independent MP in the current parliament is Sylvia Hermon, previously of the Ulster Unionist Party. Between 1717 and 1775 some 250,000 people from Ulster emigrated to the British North American colonies. A lower level of recognition was accorded to Ulster Scots, under Part II of the Charter. However, in the 19th century, the language was seen as a common heritage, with Ulster Protestants playing a leading role in the Gaelic revival. Ulster Scots comprises varieties of the Scots language spoken in Northern Ireland. Show More Sentences Most are held by Protestant fraternities such as the Orange Order, and Ulster loyalist marching bands. The Ulster Cycle is a large body of prose and verse centring on the traditional heroes of the Ulaid in what is now eastern Ulster. The cycle centres on the reign of Conchobar mac Nessa, who is said to have been king of Ulster around the 1st century. The phrase is also associated with Ulster loyalism and can sometimes be heard at the same point before Northern Ireland football matches. The London guilds planning to fund the Plantation of Ulster switched and backed the London Virginia Company instead. Ulster is one of the four professional provincial teams in Ireland and competes in the Celtic League and European Cup. The BBC has two regional radio stations which broadcast in Northern Ireland, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle. The first of these were delivered in 1965 to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force. In the 1970s, a more conventional armoured Land Rover was built for the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Wales called the Hotspur. Potato scones are most commonly served fried in a full Scottish breakfast or an Ulster fry. In Northern Ireland, James Fenton's poetry is written in contemporary Ulster Scots. The caller said that Jacklin would be shot if he played in the Ulster Open, because his wife's family supported Ian Paisley. Minter recovered and returned in time to reclaim his team place for the next event, the Ulster GP at Dundrod in August. Thomas Ulick Sadleir, the Deputy Ulster King of Arms, then became the Acting Ulster King of Arms. Heraldry in Northern Ireland is regulated by the British Government by the College of Arms through the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. Also for a variety of reasons all the Ulster Unionist MPs at Westminster voted against the Act. Southern Ireland included County Donegal, despite it being the largest county in Ulster and the most northerly county in all of Ireland. A motion of no confidence was then tabled by the Conservatives and supported by the SNP, the Liberals and Ulster Unionists. The university rebranded as Ulster University from October 2014 and this included a revised visual identity. However its official name remains the University of Ulster as its charter remains unchanged. Show More Sentences An online distance learning provision also offers Ulster University courses globally. The stadium itself would be used for both football and rugby union, with Glentoran and Ulster Rugby intended as tenants. It is home to Botanic Gardens and the Ulster Museum, which was reopened in 2009 after major redevelopment. The Ulster University also maintains a campus in the city, which concentrates on fine art, design and architecture. The 1999 Heineken Cup champions Ulster Rugby play at the Kingspan Stadium in the south of the city. Scottish and English Protestants were sent as colonists to the provinces of Munster, Ulster, and the counties of Laois and Offaly. Unionists, however, won a majority of seats in four of the nine counties of Ulster and affirmed their continuing loyalty to the United Kingdom. It is true that Ulster is given the right to contract out, but she can only do so after automatic inclusion in the Irish Free State. The Sinn Fein receives a financial advantage that will relieve her considerably from the burden borne by Ulster and other parts of the Kingdom. Ulster can obtain such concessions only by first becoming subordinate to the Sinn Fein. Besides that there is the unrest in Ulster as a whole and the special unrest in the area which is to be the subject of delimitation. His Majesty's Government did not want to assume that it was certain that on the first opportunity Ulster would contract out. They are concentrated in counties Limerick and Clare but are lacking in Ulster, except the area around Strangford Lough. It marked the destruction of Ireland's ancient Gaelic nobility following the Tudor conquest and cleared the way for the Plantation of Ulster. A confederation of northern Gaelic Chieftains, led by Hugh O'Neill, resisted the imposition of English government in Ulster. The remaining Irish landowners were to be granted one quarter of the land in Ulster. In 1609, Chichester had 1,300 former Gaelic soldiers deported from Ulster to serve in the Swedish Army. As a result, military garrisons were established across Ulster and many of the Plantation towns, notably Derry, were fortified. About the time the Plantation of Ulster was planned, the Virginia Plantation at Jamestown in 1607 started. However, in the 1640s, the Ulster Plantation was thrown into turmoil by civil wars that raged in Ireland, England and Scotland. Show More Sentences The massacres had a devastating and lasting impact on the Ulster Protestant population. Seventeenth century English settlers also contributed dialect words that are still in current use in Ulster. Presbyterianism was introduced in North America by Scottish and Ulster Scots immigrants. A new source of radical Irish nationalism developed in the same period in the cities outside Ulster. In 1912 they formed the Ulster Volunteers, an armed wing of Ulster Unionism who stated that they would resist Home Rule by force. This was followed in the south by the formation of the Irish Volunteers to restrain Ulster. Irish and Ulster Scots enjoy limited use alongside English in Northern Ireland, mainly in publicly commissioned translations. National Museums Northern Ireland has four museums in Northern Ireland including the Ulster Museum. In 1609, Scottish and English settlers, known as planters, were given land escheated from the native Irish in the Plantation of Ulster. In 1912, unionists led by Edward Carson signed the Ulster Covenant and pledged to resist Home Rule by force if necessary. Ireland is divided into four provinces, Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster, and 32 counties. Six of the nine Ulster counties form Northern Ireland and the other 26 form the state, Ireland. Of these waterways, only the Lower Bann remains open today, although a restoration plan for the Ulster Canal is currently in progress. However, after reaching Ulster the horse stops and urinates, and a spring rises from the spot. Part of the Mourne Mountains, it is the highest peak in Northern Ireland and in the wider province of Ulster. It includes the highest mountains in Northern Ireland and the province of Ulster. And its establishment arguably stemmed from insecurities of the Ulster Protestant working class. The existence of a separate Ulster Unionist Party became entrenched as the party took control of the new government of Northern Ireland. O'Neill had pushed through some reforms but in the process the Ulster Unionists became strongly divided. In 1974, in protest over the Sunningdale Agreement, the Westminster Ulster Unionist MPs withdrew from the alliance. Show More Sentences The UUP is still organised around the Ulster Unionist Council, which was from 1905 until 2004 the only legal representation of the party. John Hume won a Nobel Peace Prize that year with Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble in recognition of their efforts. Gerry Adams won the Belfast West constituency with Danny Morrison only 78 votes short of victory in Mid Ulster. It is the language of a large corpus of literature, including the Ulster Cycle. Most Irish speakers in Ulster today speak the Donegal dialect of Ulster Irish. Dialects include Insular Scots, Northern Scots, Central Scots, Southern Scots and Ulster Scots. Some definitions of Ulster Scots may also include Standard English spoken with an Ulster Scots accent. Among other Scottish poets published in Ulster were James Hogg and Robert Tannahill. In 2001 the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies was established at the University of Ulster. Ulster became one of the stronger centres, and expansion occurred in Scotland and northern England. In 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1836, dry rot and curl caused serious losses, and in 1835 the potato failed in Ulster. Mothers in Northern Ireland who also gave birth yesterday were given a special commemorative tea towel designed by the Ulster Weavers. Cavan 2-6 Donegal 0-8 CAVAN pulled off the great escape to seal their fourth Ulster U21 FC title in a row in the Athletic Grounds last night. The plough boy was side-tracked just once, when he blew his savings, exactly pounds 1170, on a motocrosser and won the Ulster junior title. Not only that, the project will enhance the Ulster Scots culture and heritage and enhance the delivery of the curriculum. The rest of the cast are Irish and it features a memorable scene in comedy Ulster Scots. But it proved the highwater mark of the Ulster golfer's challenge as he proceeded to drop shots at 10th and 12th holes. Last week, Ulster Bank appointed a receiver to the building, ending more than 170 years of ownership for the Herdman family. The Ulster GAA is the branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association that is responsible for the nine counties of Ulster, which include the six of Northern Ireland. With his customary energy, Lloyd George brokered a settlement which would have seen Home Rule introduced at the end of the War, with the exclusion of Ulster. Show More Sentences The six counties of Northern Ireland are among the nine governed by the Ulster branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union, the governing body of rugby union in Ireland. From 1610 to the 1690s during the Plantation of Ulster some 200,000 Scots settled in the north of Ireland taking what were to become Ulster Scots dialects with them. For influence from Scotland, see Ulster Scots and Ulster English. Its main subdivisions are mid Ulster English as well as Ulster Scots English, the latter of which is more directly and strongly influenced by the Scots language. The Union Flag and the Ulster Banner are used exclusively by unionists. Meanwhile, trainer Arthur Moore has a great record at Downpatrick, winning the Ulster National with Champerty in 1980, and Green Black is likely to carry Moore's hopes. After flowing by Hudson, the river then forms the boundary between Ulster and Columbia Counties and Ulster and Dutchess Counties, passing Germantown and Kingston. The chief druid in the court of King Conchobar mac Nessa of Ulster, Cathbad features in several tales, most of which detail his ability to foretell the future. Historians reject his interpretations, with some accusing him of creating a sectarian narrative in which Ulster Protestants have a prior to claim to Ireland. The exclusion of three Ulster counties, County Donegal, County Monaghan and County Cavan, from 'Northern Ireland' left unionists there feeling isolated and betrayed. Pienaar was unable to convert and Ulster were then reduced to 14 men after Faloon was binned for not releasing with Ali Birch sent on when the 10 munites were up. There is also a cigar lighter from the Royal College of Nursing, cedar trees presented by the 36th Ulster Division and a chandelier from Kaiser Wilhelm. It was seen as strategically important for any Tudor conquest of Ulster. As well as the Bournemouth players, the company engaged the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony and Ulster orchestras for different venues. Channel 4 Ulster has been available in large parts of Ireland, especially border counties which have been able to receive terrestrial transmissions from Northern Ireland. This Office was established under the English Crown in 1552 as the Ulster King of Arms and was converted to the Chief Herald's Office after the 1937 Constitution of Ireland. The first Irish earldom was the Earl of Ulster, granted to the Norman knight Hugh de Lacy in 1205 by Henry II, King of England and Lord of Ireland. The language known as Ulster Scots, spoken in parts of northeastern Ireland, is the result of 17th and 18th century immigration to Ireland from Scotland. After six months negotiations failed to reach agreement on the central question of whether Ulster was to be under the authority of the new Dublin parliament. Finally, another major influx of Scots into northern Ireland occurred in the late 1690s, when tens of thousands of people fled a famine in Scotland to come to Ulster. Show More Sentences The pair are undisputedly the top dogs in Ulster, with Donegal's All-Ireland title in 2012 and consistency for a longer spell putting them slightly ahead. The majority of the Protestant colonists throughout Ireland but particularly in Ulster, fought on the Williamite side in the war against the Jacobites. This scheme was intended to confiscate all the lands of the Gaelic Irish nobility in Ulster and to settle the province with Protestant Scottish and English colonists. Ulster Dialects, An Introductory Symposium Ulster Folk Museum. These refugees' linguistic influence still survives in the dialects of Irish spoken in Mayo, which have many similarities to Ulster Irish not found elsewhere in Connacht. Most of the 18th century saw a calming of sectarian tensions in Ulster. Thereafter, Ulster remained firmly under Williamite control and William's forces completed their conquest of the rest of Ireland in the next two years. At the start of the war, Irish Jacobites controlled most of Ireland for James II, with the exception of the Williamite strongholds at Derry and at Enniskillen in Ulster. Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble yesterday accused nationalists of overreacting as the furore over his scathing criticisms of the Irish Republic rumbled on. Uncapped Ulster centre Luke Marshall is available to replace the injured Gordon D'Arcy after recovering from the dead leg incurred on provincial duty on Friday night. In terms of area, County Donegal is the largest county in all of Ulster. Volcanic activity in eastern Ulster led to the formation of the Antrim Plateau and the Giant's Causeway, one of Ireland's three UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Most Irish nationalists object to the use of Ulster in this context. By the late 14th century the Earldom had collapsed and the O'Neill dynasty had come to dominate most of Ulster, claiming the title King of Ulster. Unlike the other provinces, Ulster has a high percentage of Protestants. More than 70 hampsters as well as rabbits and finches perished as temperatures soared in the vehicle parked at the University of Ulster campus in Coleraine. The University of Ulster first-class honours graduate in Design for Visual Communication wowed the judges with his 60-second animation, Dreamcatcher. While most of Ireland was primarily agricultural, six of the counties in Ulster were the location of heavy industry and would be affected by any tariff barriers imposed. Historically, Leinster, Munster and Ulster competed in the Heineken Cup. The IRFU was formed in 1879 as an amalgamation of these two organisations and branches of the new IRFU were formed in Leinster, Munster and Ulster. Find more words! 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