Today was our first time with our
placements I was with Maynard Hanna. Maynard works for the Ulster-Scots Agency.
This organization was made as part of the 199 Peace Day Agreement. Here is a
bit of information from their website if you would like to learn some more! http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/what-is-ulster-scots/language/
The first things that we did was drive from
New Castle up into the Kingdom of Mourne. We passed through a fishing town of
Kilkeel. Then we headed over to see Hanna’s Close which is the homestead of the
Hanna’s. They built this homestead in the 1600’s when they moved from Scotland.
It was beautiful and had a river running through it. The homes had been fixed
up to look exactly the way they would have in the 1600’s.
We also went to the Reivers House. This was
one of the organizations sponsored by the Ulster-Scots Agency. To me it seemed
that many of the goals were kind of similar to the Arizona Irish Cultural
Center, except that they were teaching people about Scottish heritage not Irish
Heritage. The major goal is to teach people about their Scottish heritage.
There were craft groups, music classes and dance classes to name a few. The
dances groups study Highland Dance and even compete. Some of the music classes
they teach are Pipe and Drum. We got to play on them and have a mini lesson.
As we were
driving we saw a wall that was made out of different stone and then we found
out it was pieces of cement. The cement was actually a runway for planes used
during world war two. After the war they turned it into rock walls and fences.
Then we went
up to the Mountains of Mourne. They were beautiful! We stopped and got food on
the way home. I learned so much yesterday I was exhausted by the end of the day
which is why I didn’t post yesterday!
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