What is the difference between Scots-Irish and Irish?

If your Irish ancestors didn’t first settle in Maryland, Philadelphia, or New York City AND arrived before 1774, you are probably Scots-Irish. If they came over during the Highland Clearances and lost their homes to sheep, then you are probably Scots-Irish. Most Irish came over during and just after The Great Famine.

Are Scots-Irish Irish?

Are Scots-Irish Scottish or Irish? Simply put: The Scots-Irish are ethnic Scottish people who, in the 16th and 17th centuries, answered the call of leases for land in the northern counties of Ireland, known as Ulster, before immigrating en masse to America in the 18th century.

What are Scottish Irish people called?

Ulster Scots
The Ulster Scots (Ulster-Scots: Ulstèr-Scotch; Irish: Albanaigh Uladh), also called Ulster Scots people (Ulstèr-Scotch fowk) or (in North America) Scotch-Irish (Scotch-Airisch), are an ethnic group in Ireland, found mostly in the province of Ulster and to a lesser extent in the rest of Ireland.

Which is correct Scots-Irish or Scotch-Irish?

“Scots-Irish is the correct term,” my accoster insisted. In the United States Scotch-Irish has been used for Ulster immigrants (mainly of Presbyterian heritage) for more than three centuries and well over one hundred years for their descendants.

What is an Irish face?

They are huge, like barns shingled with jowls, layer on layer, chin on chin, eye bags on eye bags, sometimes with the vast, red nose that has provoked the definition of an Irishman as “Thirty pounds of face and 40 pounds of liver.” The Irish do blue eyes very well. They have the best white hair in the world.

What is the Celtic gene?

Shenagh Lundy was diagnosed with Genetic haemochromatosis (GH). when she was 18. The disorder sometimes known as ‘the Celtic curse’ causes the body to absorb excessive amounts of iron. The iron is deposited in various organs including the liver, heart, pancreas and the joints causing an iron overload.