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Blue-badge Ulster-Scots in the Maiden City, finding a playwright in the family tree and poems for wee people.

A tour of the Maiden City to find 鈥渂lue-badge鈥 Ulster-Scots; trying to find the right famous relation in the family tree; and a new collection of poems for wee people.

From Magee College, to the Tower Museum and beyond the Boyne - a dander round the Maiden City introduces us to some notable Ulster-Scots; Jonnie hears about an American genealogist鈥檚 search for a famous relation 鈥 with just her granny鈥檚 yarns to guide her. Rab hears about a new book of Scots poems for the wee people and there鈥檚 plenty of banter and blether for this week鈥檚 Kintra team of Helen Mark, Jonnie Crawford, Rab Lennox and Willie Hill.

They鈥檇 love to hear from listeners with an Ulster-Scots yarn or a tune to share 鈥 you can email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk .

27 minutes

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  • Sun 26 Jul 2020 18:03