A cross-community event tracing Ulster-Scots and Irish traditions in the North West over a 400-year period is due to take place in Londonderry on Monday night. Is this yet further evidence of the growing appreciation of our cultural differences and similarities? According to Alastair Simpson, a Board member of the Ulster-Scots Agency, events like this along side the Maiden City Festival and the musical On Eagles Wing, are making Unionist and Protestant culture more accessible to the wider community.
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