ULSTER'S HERITAGE
While no culture on Earth can be proven to be unique to itself or free from influences from other cultures, it must be recognised that certain cultures have become accepted narritves and discources to the world around us. In contrast, some cultures are completely ignored, ridiculed or absolutely dismissed especially by those who see a disadvantage to themselves. This is the case for the Ulster culture which is despised and continually under attack by those who see themselves as Gaelic. For thousands of years, Ulster, was a separate nation and culture from that of Ireland with its own capital, monarchy and langauge.
Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) was an Ulster-Scots philosopher born in Saintfield, County Down who has become one of the greatest thinkers during the'enlightenment' of that period. In fact, such was his influence that he inspired great political theorists such as David Hume and the so-called 'father of economics', Adam Smith. During the creation of the United Sates of America, Hutcheson was described as 'probably the most influential and respected moral philosopher in America in the eighteenth century.' He is also considered as being largely responsible for the phrasing of the US Declaration of Independence.
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the seventh President of the United States. His family were from just outside Carrickfergus in County Antrim who had recently immigrated and had settled in the Carolina's. As Presbyterians and Dessenters, Jackson had fought and was a hero in the Revoluntionary War serving with other men of Ulster descent such as Davy Crocket, Sam Houston and Jim Bowie. He regularily attended the First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, but he never forgot his Ulster roots.
This is a fact that Irish nationalists choose to deliberately ignore and cover up because it exposes their un-truths about their involvement in the America's. In their quest to achieve and support the myth of 'Irish' nationalist involvement in America, they resent Ulster's substantial influences that helped create the new US nation. In fact, the Irish did not enter the United States until after 1845 where in New York and Boston they were not exactly welcomed with open arms. However, over time they have managed to deploy an 'Irish-American' existence which over-shadows that of the 40 million Ulster-American dessent.
Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) was an Ulster mathamatical physicist of world renown born in Belfast during 1824. He is widely accepted as the 'unifier of the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form' and is appreciated for recognising the temperature of 'absolute zero' which has resulted in units of temperature being measured in units of 'kelvin' in his honour. His acheivements in thermodynamics elevated him to the peerage and he was knighted by Queen Victoria for his transatlantic telegraph project. As a great Ulsterman, he was firmly against the concept of creating a Dublin parliament for 'Home Rule' and he was a keen supporter of the Ulster Volunteers who were prepared to resist it.
