The 'Scotch-Irish' are the Protestants planted in North Ireland by the British in the early 1600s. They were of Scottish Lowland origin. The term came about in the U.S.to distinguish them from the native Catholic Irish.
Irish immigrants have come from all parts of Ireland. For hundreds of years Irish people have left Ireland and gone to other countries around the world. There are now millions of people all around...
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...
Irish Immigrants came to the United States Because There was a Potato Famine in Ireland. This Caused starvation and fored the Irish to immigrant to another place. This place was the US.