Scots-Irish

Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish may refer to;

  • Ulster Scots people, an ethnic group in the Ulster province of Ireland which can trace its roots back to settlers from Scotland and northern England
  • Ulster Scots language a protected language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
  • Scots-Irish American, descendents of the Ulster Scots people who first migrated to North America in large numbers beginning in the early 18th century
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