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The Scotch Irish
The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English
Over the last 350 years, Ireland has sent a constant stream of emigrants to North America. Estimates range from 6 to 10 million. Each emigrant spoke English, Irish, or Ulster Scots. Many indeed used two of these tongues. One of the most formative chapters in this fascinating story is the often-overlooked arrival of perhaps 200,000 people from Ulster in the colonial era, specifically in the sixty years before the American Revolution. This book recounts the lasting impact they made on the development of the,English language of the United States from the 18th century to the present day.
The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English
Over the last 350 years, Ireland has sent a constant stream of emigrants to North America. Estimates range from 6 to 10 million. Each emigrant spoke English, Irish, or Ulster Scots. Many indeed used two of these tongues. One of the most formative chapters in this fascinating story is the often-overlooked arrival of perhaps 200,000 people from Ulster in the colonial era, specifically in the sixty years before the American Revolution. This book recounts the lasting impact they made on the development of the,English language of the United States from the 18th century to the present day.
The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American EnglishThe Scotch-Irish
The part played by these settlers. descendants of low land Scots who had settled in the north of Ireland two hundred years earlier (hence the name Scotch Irish. has tended to be overshadowed by the tremendous 19th century emigration from other parts of Ireland to the United States. Yet the earlier Scotch Irish movement, small though it was by comparison and different in character, made an impact that was without parallel in early American history.
The Scotch-Irish
The part played by these settlers. descendants of low land Scots who had settled in the north of Ireland two hundred years earlier (hence the name Scotch Irish. has tended to be overshadowed by the tremendous 19th century emigration from other parts of Ireland to the United States. Yet the earlier Scotch Irish movement, small though it was by comparison and different in character, made an impact that was without parallel in early American history.
The Scotch-IrishFriends of Ulster ~ USA
The site aims to explain the term Scotch-Irish and explain some of the reasons behing the "troubles" in Northern Ireland. With the advent of the Good Friday Peace Agreement the paramilitaries on both sides on ceasefire a new peaceful and prosperous Northern Ireland is emerging from decades of religious and nationalistic strife.
Friends of Ulster ~ USA
The site aims to explain the term Scotch-Irish and explain some of the reasons behing the "troubles" in Northern Ireland. With the advent of the Good Friday Peace Agreement the paramilitaries on both sides on ceasefire a new peaceful and prosperous Northern Ireland is emerging from decades of religious and nationalistic strife.
Friends of Ulster ~ USAThe Ulster Scots Society of America
The Great Migration from the north of Ireland (Ulster) to America began in 1717. In some instances Ulster families had immigrated to the New World before 1717, but those instances were few and isolated.
Some families left Ulster in search of religious freedom, but most left in response to economic hardships.
The Ulster Scots Society of America
The Great Migration from the north of Ireland (Ulster) to America began in 1717. In some instances Ulster families had immigrated to the New World before 1717, but those instances were few and isolated.
Some families left Ulster in search of religious freedom, but most left in response to economic hardships.
The Ulster Scots Society of AmericaScotch Irish Emigration To America
This publication covers the whole migration of lowland Scots from Scotland to Ireland beginning in 1610, then to America in the 1700's, and finally, across the mountains to the Pennsylvania frontiers and down the valleys into Virginia and the Carolinas. This abstract sketches the waves of migration from Ulster to America. There were five great waves of emigration, with a lesser flow in the intervening years. An analysis of the tides of 1717-18, 1725-29, 1740-41, 1754-55, and 1771-75 provides, in effect, a chart of the economic health of northern Ireland.
Scotch Irish Emigration To America
This publication covers the whole migration of lowland Scots from Scotland to Ireland beginning in 1610, then to America in the 1700's, and finally, across the mountains to the Pennsylvania frontiers and down the valleys into Virginia and the Carolinas. This abstract sketches the waves of migration from Ulster to America. There were five great waves of emigration, with a lesser flow in the intervening years. An analysis of the tides of 1717-18, 1725-29, 1740-41, 1754-55, and 1771-75 provides, in effect, a chart of the economic health of northern Ireland.
Scotch Irish Emigration To AmericaImmigrants From The North Of Ireland
This is about a group of immigrants from the north of Ireland in the 18th Century who came to be known as the Scotch-Irish, which is a completely American term and very misleading--since very few of the people in this migration had any Irish blood at all. {!}
Immigrants From The North Of Ireland
This is about a group of immigrants from the north of Ireland in the 18th Century who came to be known as the Scotch-Irish, which is a completely American term and very misleading--since very few of the people in this migration had any Irish blood at all. {!}
Immigrants From The North Of IrelandScotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster & America
The reasons for the Scotch Irish exodus from Ireland were numerous and complicated. Loss of the one hundred year leases they were originally granted by the King of Ireland, high taxation, fever and sickness and, most importantly, religious persecution, combined to make their adopted homeland a less than hospitable host. The 18th century witnessed a steady migration of the Protestant inhabitants of Ulster, and by estimation a third of the population crossed the Atlantic between the years 1718 and 1758.
Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster & America
The reasons for the Scotch Irish exodus from Ireland were numerous and complicated. Loss of the one hundred year leases they were originally granted by the King of Ireland, high taxation, fever and sickness and, most importantly, religious persecution, combined to make their adopted homeland a less than hospitable host. The 18th century witnessed a steady migration of the Protestant inhabitants of Ulster, and by estimation a third of the population crossed the Atlantic between the years 1718 and 1758.
Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster & AmericaUlster American Folk Park ~ American Patchwork Quilts
Emigrants took the tradition of making patchwork to America. Among these emigrants were the people of Ireland with their long tradition of making patchwork. Ideas, patterns and even fabric samples were exchanged across the Atlantic.
The emigrant letters home to Ireland, which are held on the database at the museum, tell us that friends and family exchanged fashion ideas and even sent each other fabric samples.
In 1814 Mary Cumming, originally from Lisburn, County Down wrote to her sister Margaret Craig back home in Ulster,
"There is a beautiful kind of silk to be got in this country called the French Levantine as soon as I have the opportunity I will send you and Rachel frocks of it for it is not to had with you."
Ulster American Folk Park ~ American Patchwork Quilts
Emigrants took the tradition of making patchwork to America. Among these emigrants were the people of Ireland with their long tradition of making patchwork. Ideas, patterns and even fabric samples were exchanged across the Atlantic.
The emigrant letters home to Ireland, which are held on the database at the museum, tell us that friends and family exchanged fashion ideas and even sent each other fabric samples.
In 1814 Mary Cumming, originally from Lisburn, County Down wrote to her sister Margaret Craig back home in Ulster,
"There is a beautiful kind of silk to be got in this country called the French Levantine as soon as I have the opportunity I will send you and Rachel frocks of it for it is not to had with you."
Ulster American Folk Park ~ American Patchwork QuiltsThe Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road is the story of the Scots-Irish settlement in America. North America remained a green wilderness for nearly 150 years. There were only trails cut thorough the forest which spread from New Hampshire to Georgia. The Appalachian Mountains was a stern barrier between the Atlantic and the unknown interior of the continent. The settlers moved inland, and followed paths of the which the Indians had hunted and traded, many of these trails were worn down by the buffalo which once roamed the uplands in search for food.
The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road is the story of the Scots-Irish settlement in America. North America remained a green wilderness for nearly 150 years. There were only trails cut thorough the forest which spread from New Hampshire to Georgia. The Appalachian Mountains was a stern barrier between the Atlantic and the unknown interior of the continent. The settlers moved inland, and followed paths of the which the Indians had hunted and traded, many of these trails were worn down by the buffalo which once roamed the uplands in search for food.
The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon RoadThe People with No Name ~ Ireland's Ulster Scots
More than 100,000 Ulster Presbyterians of Scottish origin migrated to the American colonies in the six decades prior to the American Revolution, the largest movement of any group from the British Isles to British North America in the eighteenth century. Drawing on a vast store of archival materials, The People with No Name is the first book to tell this fascinating story in its full, transatlantic context. It explores how these people--whom one visitor to their Pennsylvania enclaves referred to as ''a spurious race of mortals known by the appellation Scotch-Irish''--drew upon both Old and New World experiences to adapt to staggering religious, economic, and cultural change.
The People with No Name ~ Ireland's Ulster Scots
More than 100,000 Ulster Presbyterians of Scottish origin migrated to the American colonies in the six decades prior to the American Revolution, the largest movement of any group from the British Isles to British North America in the eighteenth century. Drawing on a vast store of archival materials, The People with No Name is the first book to tell this fascinating story in its full, transatlantic context. It explores how these people--whom one visitor to their Pennsylvania enclaves referred to as ''a spurious race of mortals known by the appellation Scotch-Irish''--drew upon both Old and New World experiences to adapt to staggering religious, economic, and cultural change.
The People with No Name ~ Ireland's Ulster ScotsUlster Virginia
A number of sites in Ulster have significant connections with Virginia and the USA.
Ulster Virginia
A number of sites in Ulster have significant connections with Virginia and the USA.
Ulster VirginiaWikipedia ~ Scotch-Irish American
Irish immigration to the United States, before the the mid-nineteenth century Great Irish Famine and tenant clearances led to a large influx of Irish Catholics, had previously been predominantly Protestant, Calvinistic, and usually Presbyterian or Congregationalist. These earlier immigrants formed distinct communities in the U.S. Many had an historical opposition to both Roman Catholicism as well as the established church of British-controlled Ireland (Church of Ireland). According to the U.S. Census Bureau 5.2 million Americans claimed Scotch-Irish ancestry, though the actual number is probably higher, as some people who claim "American" as their ancestry may be of Scots-Irish ancestry.
Wikipedia ~ Scotch-Irish American
Irish immigration to the United States, before the the mid-nineteenth century Great Irish Famine and tenant clearances led to a large influx of Irish Catholics, had previously been predominantly Protestant, Calvinistic, and usually Presbyterian or Congregationalist. These earlier immigrants formed distinct communities in the U.S. Many had an historical opposition to both Roman Catholicism as well as the established church of British-controlled Ireland (Church of Ireland). According to the U.S. Census Bureau 5.2 million Americans claimed Scotch-Irish ancestry, though the actual number is probably higher, as some people who claim "American" as their ancestry may be of Scots-Irish ancestry.
Wikipedia ~ Scotch-Irish AmericanAllison-Antrim Museum ~ Who were the Scot-Irish?
The Scot-Irish settled Greencastle-Antrim, as well as the rest of the Cumberland Valley. Who were the Scot-Irish? They were protestant Presbyterian, Lowland Scots. The Scot-Irish were not Irish and were not Catholics. The term Scot-Irish is strictly an American nomenclature. In England and Ireland the same people are called Ulster Scots, which is much less confusing.
Allison-Antrim Museum ~ Who were the Scot-Irish?
The Scot-Irish settled Greencastle-Antrim, as well as the rest of the Cumberland Valley. Who were the Scot-Irish? They were protestant Presbyterian, Lowland Scots. The Scot-Irish were not Irish and were not Catholics. The term Scot-Irish is strictly an American nomenclature. In England and Ireland the same people are called Ulster Scots, which is much less confusing.
Allison-Antrim Museum ~ Who were the Scot-Irish?The Scotch-Irish in History
By Rev. James Shaw D. D. 1899
The landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower and the part their descendants took in the American Revolution has been justly celebrated in painting, poetry and history, while the Scotch-Irish, who were the primary and principal actors in the movement, have been scarcely noticed at all. It is time to write the history of the latter.
The Scotch-Irish in History
By Rev. James Shaw D. D. 1899
The landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower and the part their descendants took in the American Revolution has been justly celebrated in painting, poetry and history, while the Scotch-Irish, who were the primary and principal actors in the movement, have been scarcely noticed at all. It is time to write the history of the latter.
The Scotch-Irish in HistoryThe Scots-Irish ~ The Thirteenth Tribe
Raymond Campbell Paterson
“I love Highlanders, and I love Lowlanders, but when I come to that branch of our race that has been grafted on to the Ulster stem I take off my hat in veneration and awe”
Lord Rosebery
Let us begin by asking a simple question-who are the Scots-Irish? Simple questions very rarely have simple answers, and the answer to this one is more complex than most. Much depends, moreover, on where in the world it is posed. In Britain the term is virtually unknown, and most people would assume that it meant some kind of hybridisation between the Irish and the Scots. Only the Protestant communities of Northern Ireland would generally recognise what is meant, though very few would now accept the designation for themselves, preferring to be described as British or Ulstermen. Only in North America, where the term was invented, would one be likely to encounter an immediate recognition; but even here there are problems.
The Scots-Irish ~ The Thirteenth Tribe
Raymond Campbell Paterson
“I love Highlanders, and I love Lowlanders, but when I come to that branch of our race that has been grafted on to the Ulster stem I take off my hat in veneration and awe”
Lord Rosebery
Let us begin by asking a simple question-who are the Scots-Irish? Simple questions very rarely have simple answers, and the answer to this one is more complex than most. Much depends, moreover, on where in the world it is posed. In Britain the term is virtually unknown, and most people would assume that it meant some kind of hybridisation between the Irish and the Scots. Only the Protestant communities of Northern Ireland would generally recognise what is meant, though very few would now accept the designation for themselves, preferring to be described as British or Ulstermen. Only in North America, where the term was invented, would one be likely to encounter an immediate recognition; but even here there are problems.
The Scots-Irish ~ The Thirteenth Tribe