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A Quare Tongue

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Poet Damian Gorman explores his genuine curiosity for the Ulster-Scots language as he returns to the Ards peninsula, where he once lived. As he tries to understand what Ulster-Scots is – and why it matters – he’ll spend time with the world’s oldest native speaker, find out how Ulster-Scots has left its mark on Derry Girls and meet the people for whom this is very much a living language. Show less

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