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A Kist o Wurds is our weekly Ulster-Scots magazine show.

A Kist o Wurds brings you Ulster-Scots music, poetry, stories and history from round the country.

Since A Kist o Wurds began in 2002, it has been BBC Northern Ireland's longest-running Ulster-Scots radio programme.  Each week we bring you a selection of music, poetry and news from all over the country. Find out more about the language, culture, literary traditions and history of Ulster-Scots.

A Kist o Wurds; Series 15; 

A Kist o Wurds: Series 15: Programme 6

06/10/2007

Programme 6

Series 15

BBC Radio Ulster - A Kist o Wurds, Series 15, Programme 6

Willie Drennan and Ian McHarg share poetry and music, at sea and in Scotland.

Willie Drennan presents a programme from Galloway where A Kist is at the Wigtown Book Festival. Willie and farmer, Ian McHarg, 'the Stranraer poet' are putting on a show called 'Galloway Irish meets Ulster-Scots' on board the Stena HSS ferry. They are joined by Ian Burrows on pipes, Jackie Flavell on double bass and Carrie Flack on fiddle. Willie and Ian provide crack, music and poetry for the ship's passengers.

A Kist o Wurds: Series 15

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