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Ulster Scots people
Ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ulster Scots people are an ethnic group[6][7][8][9] descended largely from Scottish and English settlers who moved to the north of Ireland during the 17th century.[10][11][12] There is an Ulster Scots dialect of the Scots language.
![]() A juvenile pipe band of the Ulster-Scots Agency | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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United States |
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Northern Ireland | |
Republic of Ireland | |
Languages | |
Ulster English, Ulster Irish, Ulster Scots, Scots Gaelic (small numbers historically) | |
Religion | |
Mainly Presbyterian, some Church of Ireland and other Protestant denominations | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Found mostly in the province of Ulster, their ancestors were Protestant settlers who migrated from the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England during the Plantation of Ulster, which was a planned process of colonisation following the Tudor conquest of Ireland.[13] The largest numbers came from Dumfries and Galloway, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Scottish Borders, Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham, Yorkshire and, to a lesser extent, from the Scottish Highlands.[14]
Ulster Scots people emigrated in significant numbers to the American colonies, later the United States, and elsewhere in the British Empire. In North America, they are called Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish,