Question: When was the first publication the The Ulster-Scot, a monthly publication published in Northern Ireland?
Context: The Ulster-Scot is a free, monthly publication produced by the Ulster-Scots Agency, published in Northern Ireland.  It is a product of incentives to encourage awareness of Ulster heritage and often provided as a supplement with local newspaper The News Letter.  It was first published in November 2002. The Industrial Pioneer was a monthly publication of the Industrial Workers of the World.  It was published in Chicago by the general executive board of the IWW from 1921 to 1926, under various editors.  The precursor of the "Industrial Pioneer" was the "One Big Union Monthly".  The editor of "One Big Union Monthly," John Sandgren, used his position to wage war on the Communists in the IWW.  When his editorials became too sectarian, the IWW replaced him as editor in 1921, and changed the name of the publication to the "Industrial Pioneer."  The new editor was a Communist, however, and this alienated the non-Communist majority of IWW members.  He was removed as editor in 1922. Northern Ireland (Irish: "Tuaisceart Éireann" ] ; Ulster-Scots: "Norlin Airlann ") is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.  Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland.  In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the UK's population.  Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the British government.  Northern Ireland co-operates with the Republic of Ireland in some areas, and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to "put forward views and proposals" with "determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments". "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight" is an anonymous illustrated children's poem published in New York in 1821, predating by two years the first publication of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the Night before Christmas").  It is the first publication to mention (and illustrate) Santa's reindeer and sleigh, as well as being the first to describe his arrival on Christmas Eve.  The accompanying illustrations are the earliest published artistic depictions of a Santa figure. Optics & Photonics News is the membership magazine of The Optical Society.  It is published monthly (with a double issue in July/August) and covers developments in optics, photonics, and related topics in physics and engineering.  It was established in 1975 as "Optics News".  The magazine adopted a regular bimonthly publication schedule beginning in 1982 and transitioned to monthly publication in 1985.  The name of the publication was changed to "Optics & Photonics News" in January 1990, in light of the dramatic growth of photonics as a new discipline in the wake of the discovery of the laser.  The format of the magazine has evolved from a newsletter format to a glossy magazine. Upstage was a free monthly publication founded by Gary Wien that covered arts and entertainment in New Jersey, US.  Each issue covered music, art, film, theatre, dance, poetry, literature and comedy.  The magazine first appeared in October 2003 and was distributed in New Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Woodbridge, Rahway and Point Pleasant.  In 2006, "Upstage" partnered with Black Potato Entertainment and expanded to a statewide publication and distribution.  The magazine received an Asbury Music Award for Top Music Publication and ceased publication in 2008.  It was succeeded by "New Jersey Stage", an online music magazine edited and published by Gary Wien. First published in 1997, Language Magazine (formerly American Language Review) is the popular periodical of language, education and communication.  In 2001, Language Magazine increased its publication schedule from 6 to 12 issues a year to answer the demand of readers (including department heads, supervisors, government officials and other decision-makers) to be kept up to date with developments in the fast paced world of language and literacy education.  It has often published the works of Stephen Krashen, Aned Y. Muñiz Gracia and Eugene E. García, among others expert in the fields of linguistics and language instruction.  A great deal of its 150,000 monthly circulation are Teachers of Foreign Languages (TOFL), Teachers of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL), and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL), as well as educational administrators and university language departments.  The California Language Teachers Association also uses it in lieu of a monthly publication.  Richard Lederer is also a monthly contributor. "Top Pops" is a former British weekly pop music newspaper.  It was founded as a monthly publication by Woodrow Wyatt in May 1967, becoming fortnightly in November 1967.  On 25 May 1968, editor Colin Bostock-Smith began compiling a singles sales chart using a telephone sample of approximately twelve W H Smith & Son stores – the first single to reach number one on the "Top Pops" chart was "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap.  The charts and paper were published weekly with effect from 22 June 1968.  On 20 September 1969 the paper was rebranded "Top Pops & Music Now", and subsequently became "Music Now" from 21 March 1970 – at this point the chart was sampling between 30 and 40 stores.  From 27 February 1971 the chart was no longer published and in May 1971 the newspaper ceased publication.  During the publication of the chart, 55 different singles reached number one.  The only one to be knocked off number one and then regain the top spot was "Mony Mony" by Tommy James and the Shondells.  The final chart-topper was "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison. Top of the Pops magazine is a British monthly publication published by Immediate Media Company.  It features chart information, star gossip, fashion and beauty advice, quizzes, song lyrics and posters.  It was a supplementary magazine for the BBC television programme "Top of the Pops", which stopped producing weekly shows in 2006.  The magazine and TV show have since diverged and now have distinctive identities. Velocity Magazine is a monthly youth culture magazine published in the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area.  Debuting in November 2005, it became the first publication specifically for and about “Gen-Y” in the eastern Nebraska and western Iowa region.  Its monthly content ranges from Education, Sports, Media, Technology, Gaming, and Student Submissions.  "Velocity"’s Editor-In-Chief, John Sullivan, also encourages students to submit articles for publication on a regular basis.  In its second issue, "Velocity" published an exclusive interview with Robb Nansel, the President of Saddle Creek Records.  Besides having normal distribution spots throughout the area, it is also available in 85 high schools within a 50-mile radius of Omaha.
Answer: November 2002