Titanic Tartans: An Ulster-Scots Cultural Odyssey
Author: Matthew J Browning
Date: 2010
Source: Ullans: The Magazine for Ulster-Scots, Nummer 11 Ware 2010
Matthew J Browning
Titanic Tartans is a testimony to perseverance and dedication in the face of difficulties; to care over little things; to sustaining faith at a time of personal loss; to believing that truth will prevail. It also tells the story of how the author was drawn into what must ultimately be seen as a fascinating work of revisionist research on a subject very much at the heart of the culture of a people throughout their history. There is only one word to describe it: ‘Identity’.
Titanic Tartans is a good read, and puts into perspective the proper place of tartan and the kilt. It also opens the door to historical study in a vast field of research embracing the questions, “Who am I? What am I? Where do I come from? Why?”.
Take the opportunity to get your copy today, and a ‘please’ in the author’s ear will get you his signature on it. At £9.99 it’s a rich prize for such a small investment.
Clifford Smyth, Titanic Tartans: An Ulster-Scots Cultural Odyssey (Belfast: Ambassador Press, 2009) is available from the USLS online bookshop.
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Contents: Ullans: The Magazine for Ulster-Scots, Nummer 11 Ware 2010
