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An educational radio show for 9-11 year olds, designed to support the NI curriculum.

An educational radio show for 9-11 year olds, designed to support the Northern Ireland curriculum. The series engages with children, making learning inspirational, educational interactive and fun.

Today and Yesterday: A New Frontier

07/02/1990

A New Frontier

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The Scottish McIlveen family come to settle in Ulster, after the flight of the earls.

After the flight of the earls, thousands of Scottish families came to settle in Ulster including the McIlveen family, who came in search of land and in the hope of a new and better life.

After Hugh O'Neill and his followers fled to the Continent in the Flight of the Earls, thousands of Scottish families began to come to Ulster.  They came in search of land and in the hope of a new and better life.  Among them was the family of Alexander McIlveen.  Alexander himself, his wife Ellen, his son David and Mary his daughter.   They brought corn and half a dozen sheep with them across the narrow seas that divide Scotland from Ireland.

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