Scots-Irish
Appalachian ancestry group
Scots-Irish refers to people of Scottish descent who settled in Ulster (Northern Ireland) in the 17th century, and especially their descendants who later emigrated to North America.
The Scots-Irish formed a significant portion of colonial American settlers, particularly in Appalachia and the Southern backcountry.
The term is primarily American; in Britain and Ireland, the same population is usually called Ulster Scots.
Her family traced their Scots-Irish roots to Pennsylvania in the 1740s.
Irish northern province
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- PresbyterianElder-governed Protestant denomination
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
Celtic · diaspora · lineage · bloodline · clan · emigrant · settler · descendants
Seventh U.S. president
- frontierEdge of settlement
- Davy CrockettAlamo's coonskin defender
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
- redneckRural Southern laborer stereotype
country music · NASCAR · military tradition · populism · individualism · gun culture · distilling · Mark Twain
Folk sounds from eastern mountains
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
whiskey · clogging · folk songs · quilting · handicrafts · dialect · feud · honor culture
Elder-governed Protestant denomination
- CalvinistPredestination theology adherent
- KirkScottish masculine name
- revivalReturn after decline
- camp meetingOutdoor religious assembly
evangelical · Protestant · dissenter · minister · predestination · Great Awakening · Bible Belt · fundamentalism
Leaving homeland permanently
- indenturedContracted to serve
- passageSegment of text
- famineSevere food shortage
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
Pennsylvania · Appalachia · frontier · Shenandoah · Carolina · colonial · Philadelphia · port
Ulster
Irish northern province
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- PresbyterianElder-governed Protestant denomination
Protestant · Celtic · diaspora · lineage · bloodline · clan · emigrant · settler · descendants · Appalachian
Andrew Jackson
Seventh U.S. president
- frontierEdge of settlement
- Davy CrockettAlamo's coonskin defender
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
redneck · country music · NASCAR · military tradition · populism · individualism · gun culture · distilling · Mark Twain · Dolly Parton
Appalachian music
Folk sounds from eastern mountains
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
moonshine · whiskey · clogging · folk songs · quilting · handicrafts · dialect · feud · honor culture · clannish
Presbyterian
Elder-governed Protestant denomination
camp meeting · evangelical · Protestant · dissenter · minister · predestination · Great Awakening · Bible Belt · fundamentalism · meetinghouse
emigration
Leaving homeland permanently
- indenturedContracted to serve
- passageSegment of text
- famineSevere food shortage
settlement · Pennsylvania · Appalachia · frontier · Shenandoah · Carolina · colonial · Philadelphia · port · voyage
- colonial historycolonization, colonies, pilgrims, Jamestown, Plymouth
- AppalachiaAppalachian culture, Blue Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Cumberland, Great Smoky Mountains
- Scots-IrishUlster, Londonderry, Belfast, Presbyterian, Presbyterianism
- SouthernersAlabaman, Alabamian, Alabamians, Arkansan, Arkansans
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- Scottish culturebagpipes, kilts, tartan, haggis, Highland Games
Scots-IrishIrish Catholic
Person of Ireland's majority faith
WASP · Native American · African American · Anglo-Saxon · English
Scots-IrishEnglish
Britain's native tongue
Anglo-Saxon · Welsh · Cornish · Norman · Anglo-Norman