Scots-Irish - Citizendia

Scots-Irish may refer to;

Ulster Scots people, an ethnic group in Ireland which ultimately traces its roots back to settlers from Scotland, and to a lesser extent, England
Scots-Irish Americans, descendents of Ulster Scots who first migrated to North America in large numbers beginning in the early 1700s

Ulster-Scots are an ethnic group in Ireland, descended from mainly Lowland Scots who settled in the province of Ulster in the north of Scotch-Irish (the historically common term in North America) or Scots-Irish refers to inhabitants of the United States and by some of Canada

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