16 April 2006

The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe

Raymond Campbell Paterson

“A man with God is always in the majority.” John Knox

“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. Click title to continue

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