They are better known as Ulster Scots in the UK. In America there is a tendancy to over emphasise the Irish influence and that has led to the name Scotch-Irish. It actually refers to the Scots who...
I consider myself Scots-Irish , but from the other way around as the explanations below. I was born in Scotland but from Irish immigrant grand-parents. I consider myself Scots ( not Scotch , that...
BACKGROUND The Scotch-Irish (or Scots-Irish) were descendants of settlers in the province of Ulster in Northern Ireland. These forced settlements in the 1600s were called Plantation of Ulster. The...