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The Rhyming Weavers: Education, Culture & Politics

Tom Paulin meets Dr Ivan Herbison who talks about how the Rhyming Weaver Poets were aware that their Ulster-Scots dialect was under threat from the educational system.

They discuss how the weaver poets viewed and expressed their identity, both culturally and politically.

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Ulster-Scots Night

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