Who Made the Scottish People... The Scotch Irish (Ulster Scots)

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

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[@jmyd83]

Chaldees ?

[@bigh9809]

Brilliant vid Bruce never gets old listening to your stories. Just crossed my mind that if we relinquish our united Ireland ambitions and got rid of the tricolour, established the new Great Republic of Scotohibernia (let's face the only reason it's Great Britain it has Scotland in it) 😃 we're one step closer to taking over the world. Free pies (Scottish of course) for everyone, two day Bank Holiday on hogmanay (you'd need it), St Patricks day a week long festival (mandatory drinking of alcohol, beverage of choice) giving out about the English and how shafted us optional but expected ón public holidays. New flag blue background golden harp under a green shamrock on one side, gold bagpipes under the thistle in full bloom obviously this would represent the new golden age of pan panceltic empire. We could except the immediate surrender of the North American continent and Australia New Zealand, South Africa soon after,giving the rest of the world a year or so to come to terms with the new reality or we'll no be giving them their quota of pies and whiskey/whisky(don't want an incident before we get started) Slán abhaile for now I've a lot to think about plans and such. 🤔😄

[@jamesohanlon9806]

My grandfather left rathmullen in donegal for Glasgow so I'd love to see a video on the flight of the earls. I've lived in Ireland since the 90s.

[@dunkirk1581]

Your title is wrong, No such thing as scotch Irish, Scotch is the American name for whiskey. Its Scots Irish. You need better research

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@dunkirk1581 Its actually "Irish". The people were Irish - "Scots Irish" was invented in the 1800s.

[@aikidragonpiper71]

I’m of Scots/Irish ancestry. My ancestors were originally Border Reivers forced into Ulster then to America . I’m in the mountains of Arkansas ,USA but I’ve heard from my parents and grand parents my whole life that we were Scots/Irish . The Scots/Irish had an huge influence on American culture especially American folk, bluegrass and country music.

[@earlofsmeg]

They sure do.

[@graceygrumble]

If you are of Border Reiver stock, you have no 'sob story'. They could raid and plunder across the border with impunity, knowing that once they returned to their side of the imaginary line, no law would damn them. When James VI of Scotland became James I of England, it put a spanner in the Border Reivers' works. Scotland and England were now one nation. The Border Reivers were rarely 'forced' anywhere. They moved by choice and gave not one jot for the machinations of the English and Scots 'nobility', until the two sides became united. Lawlessness was over, but The Border Reivers were opportunists. It was that opportunism which sent them to Ireland and then to the USA. The Wild West - gunfights, rustling and lawlessness- is more indicative of Border Reiver stock. Athough, I will accept that music bit, as well. You never know, you might even be English (by today's reckoning), for The Border Reivers lived on both sides of that 'convenient' border. :)

[@aikidragonpiper71]

@@graceygrumble True the Reivers weren't afraid of anyone but they were forced out by kings armies if they continued raiding. Johnny Armstrong didn't willingly put his head in an hangman's noose. Not sure exactly when Armstrong ancestors got to America but probably before the American Revolution. Not sure if any relation but there was officer under Gen George Washington that was an Armstrong.

[@johnpatrick5307]

All that music is Irish - and they were Irish. "Scots Irish" is a nineteenth century invention.

[@captainaverage721]

Nixon and Armstrong are very well known Reiver names, I believe a few of them made a bit of a name for themselves over the pond ?

[@bluegrassboy2448]

Appalachians. Here in North Carolina, there are many descendents of the Ulster Scots/Scots-Irish. The accents, music, language and much more is beautiful to see the similarities and even the differences between Irish and Scottish cultures. A strong people, who are fighters at heart. They like to be independent and not bothered by the government, and do for there's and their own(Clan). There are many McDowells, McCourys, Abernethys, and others. I love it.

[@vannjunkin8041]

Extending all the way down to the Tennessee Valley in North Alabama.. the foothills of Appalachia

[@jeanlawson9133]

Marshall county Alabama 😎....known as Sand Mountain....also DeKalb county Alabama.... Parts of Birmingham AL....The end of the Appalachian trail....

[@scott236]

My dad's side goes back to Traphill NC

[@OzarkHillbilly-p5u]

My ancestors started there, Outlaws Bridge area. Wound up in the Ozarks in Arkansas over time. The Scots-Irish like the hills.

[@christophermckinney984]

Don’t forget that we (North Carolinians) even have our own Highland Games! They are usually held the second weekend in July at Grandfather Mountain, “Ceud mile failte” (A thousand welcomes).

[@douglasalderman9031]

I am only about 20% Scot -Irish. Proud of that. What intrigues me the most is the beautiful sound of the Appalachian speech patterns.

[@autumnphillips151]

I’m from the Ozarks, so I’m of Appalachian descent, but I didn’t learn about that until recently because people here did not inherit the speech patterns. I honestly had no idea that people around here were descended from Appalachians, and I was shocked to see the Ozarks listed by Colin Woodard as part of “Greater Appalachia”. I’m from the Missouri side, so I’m a Midwesterner, and I speak with a General American accent that wouldn’t give anyone a very specific idea of where I’m from.

[@AmIDeadYet]

That's the thing, some folk here in Scotland go on about Irish immigrants coming over here but forget about all the Scottish folk that moved to Ireland.

[@dazpatreg]

If we hadn't gone to Scotland in the first place there wouldn't be a Scotland.

[@AmIDeadYet]

@@dazpatreg I remember Billy Connolly telling a joke regarding that. The Irish were like, oh we've found another hang out spot, just over the water 😁

[@AnnesleyPlaceDub70]

Or planted?!?

[@toyota218921]

​@@dazpatregwhat do you mean?the Scottish originally come from Ireland?

[@Parker_Douglas]

@@dazpatregutter pish you talk .

[@gower23]

In Ulster, skiff means a light rain shower. In Appalachia, skift means a light snow flurry. One example of our shared linguistic and cultural heritage.

[@gower23]

Yes you're right there are videos of Canadians who are very very Francophone opening DNA results to find out majority Scottish ethnicity. I have no idea if they are upset or disappointed by this.

[@Appalachian1984]

I would bet they are delighted 😁

[@Rhuarc1]

Appalachian Ulster here as well! Pleased to hear about others from our shared culture!

[@p4triot-sr4nr]

skiff is a reference to a boat

[@markwilkie3677]

@@gower23 The kingdoms of Scotland and France were allied against England, for hundreds of years, in what's known as `the auld alliance` of 1295. That might cheer them up a bit 😅 Regards from Scotland

[@hayhelros3]

Around 1760 or so, my 6X great grandfather (John Wallace) and his 3 teenage brothers rowed a boat from somewhere on the Ayrshire coast to their uncle's farm on N. Ireland. They had found themselves in a "bit" of trouble and were going to be arrested the next day.. They snuck off during the night. John came back to Ayr about 10 years later and married Miss Janet Crawford. The young couple returned to Ireland and about 20 years later emigrated to Baltimore MD. When you talked about the British Crown ordering young men to form local militias in 1797 I had an "A HA" moment as this was when the Wallace's and their six kids went to the US.

[@jcristi321]

I wonder if we’re related! Sometime in the 1890s some of my Scots Irish uncles got in a bit of trouble in Alabama. The sheriff came around and said he didn’t know what happened, but he’d be back in the morning to arrest someone. Three of the sons lit off for Oklahoma in the dark of night. Eventually m, over the next few years, about half of more than a dozen kids, my great grandpa among them, made the move to Oklahoma. Jan, still in Oklahoma.

[@chaddnewman2699]

Love this video, especially as an American of Ulster Scots descent. There are a lot of Hamiltons and Montgomerys roaming the hills of East Tennessee to this day.

[@Fredericoschillachi]

Montgomery is a Norman surname and Hamilton originated in England, in Leicestershire before moving to Lanarkshire in Scotland

[@p4triot-sr4nr]

Bruce and Russell too@@Fredericoschillachi

[@p4triot-sr4nr]

Menzies too@@Fredericoschillachi

[@criostoirodriscoll5472]

No such thing as Ulster Scot. It's simply Irish

[@chaddnewman2699]

@ Ok, my ancestors were Scots Presbyterian border reivers who migrated to Ulster for three or four generations, then left for the Carolinas and pioneered a good portion of what is now the United States. This distinguished them from the native Irish Catholics, most of whom immigrated to cities in the Northeastern US after the potato famine. But it’s easier just to say “Ulster Scots.”

[@dwuagneux]

Watching from the USA, delighted to finally understand a bit about my Northern Ireland Scots ancestors, the Maskell’s, history. Just wish I could learn exactly where in Scotland they originated from. Thank you 😊

[@ulsterinfidel9897]

With a quick research they would've came from East side of County Lothian which is located on the right hand side of Edinburgh

[@dwuagneux]

@@ulsterinfidel9897 Thank you! How on earth did you figure it out so quickly? I’ve been on the trail for a couple of years.

[@kierangoddard2198]

There are a lot of MacAskels in the Argyll area.

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@dwuagneux Probably mascals, as in Paul mascal?

[@dwuagneux]

@@johnpatrick5307 Yes, that is one of the spellings that I have found. I wish very much that I could find the link between my ancestors in Scotland/Ireland and those who appeared in North America. The first that I found in the Americas was William in New Brunswick in 1755. I know that a few of his descendants crossed over into the US state of Maine much later, where my father was born. Still, as to how exactly, and when they arrived, I have not been able to discover. (Yet :)

[@MrKevman68]

As an American descended from these Ulster Scots I had a very broad idea of the goings on. Thank you for filling the details in a bit!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You're welcome

[@l.loganboswell1761]

Very interesting especially in view of my Scots Irish ancestry. Amazing how many ended up coming through the Carolinas and Virginia to Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi and winding up in Texas.

[@rbailey1737]

🤷🏼‍♂️ we like the wild

[@Blue_Dun]

Old post I know, but my ancestors appear to have landed in Virginia and from their migrated to North Carolina, became early settlers of Knox County TN, and as officers following war, were given land in Missouri. My father's paternal and maternal sides were part of settlements in Missouri. Ultimately my paternal grandfather (who was born in the early 1880's) left Missouri and headed for California. His great Uncle had already been part of the early settlements in Oregon in the 19th century (Brownsville 1846).

[@johndoe-ss9bz]

They were not Loyal to the English Royals, in America, they supported the Republican Cause and fought in the war of independence. We Serve No King Nor Kaiser. But in the 6 counties of 9-county Ulster they are Loyal to the Crown. Ireland was England's First-Colony and the 6-counties of North East Ireland are England's Last-Colony. However, the time is near, when Ireland will be reunited, and Free.

[@andreashessler838]

Another great informative video! The movement of the peoples of these islands always fascinates me. My father was the most Irish Irishman you could ever meet (I'm from the East Midlands). However, it turned out that his ancestors had moved to Ireland, more specifically Kildare, multiple generations previously, amazingly from the Midlands. We never got to the bottom of why they made that original move.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

It's a funny old world

[@diarmuidbuckley6638]

Kildare *is* in the East Miands...so maybe it suited him.

[@andreashessler838]

@@diarmuidbuckley6638 Maybe your right. My grandparents moved to England in the 1970s with my Dad (who was 19 at the time) and my 2 aunts. We couldn't work out why his ancestors had moved to Ireland from the English Midlands originally. They certainly weren't land owners and were not rich. They were just normal working people.

[@chipsterb4946]

I love your stories with a new perspective on events I thought I understood. If you ever travel to America, I think you’d enjoy the Museum of the American Frontier in Staunton, Virginia. They’ve recreated 3 homesteads from colonial times - one English, one German, and one Ulster Scots. While the museum all by by itself isn’t worth the trip, the Shenandoah Valley is and there’s so much history in Virginia. It’s the first place I heard the term “Ulster Scots” despite hearing “Scotch Irish” all of my life. My maternal grandmother had married a McCoy and her maiden name was Bell. The family bible had nothing but Scottish names in it. Apparently, every time civilization got within 100 miles they moved further west and she’d been born in Nebraska in the early 1890s.

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

Sounds interesting, heard about the Shenandoah area from the song Country roads. Your part of the States has a lot in common with Scotland, Ireland. It wasn’t until I played a friend some American roots music, that she remarked they sound Scottish that I heard it.

[@ninjacell2999]

If you're in Northern Ireland you should visit the Ulster American Folk Park, it's similar

[@soccerchamp0511]

It's actually called the Frontier Culture Museum, and it's one of my favorite places in the entire world. And the Irish (it is a typical 18th century Irish homestead, not just Ulster Scot), English, and German homesteads are to represent homesteads in the "Old World". The Museum has expanded quite a lot in the last 15 years, and they now have an "Old World" and a "New World". The "Old World" now has a Nigerian compound to represent a typical West African homestead, and the "New World" has Ganatastwi (Native American), 18th Century frontier, and three 19th century homesteads.

[@chipsterb4946]

@@soccerchamp0511 when I visited there in the late 1990s it most definitely was presented as an Ulster Scots homestead. Things change…

[@joprocter4573]

Bell was family name among Armstrong. McFarland.Bradley.are they familiar.

[@harrymontgomery5268]

Thank you I knew about Hugh, but just wanted to hear it from you. I've paper trailed myself to Ulster, Scotland, Normandy and Denmark. Thank you Bruce for the best video yet.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You're welcome

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

Yes the Ise of Bute sits on the North Sea, that's where my Mc Curdy sailed for Denmark.

[@blueridger28]

My last name is McClure and i was told its Ulster Scott. Im not exactly sure when my family came across the big pond but we've been here in southern Appalachia for around 6 generations. Im fascinated by the whole thing. Thanks for this bit of information

[@jamesarmstrong5424]

My Armstrong ancestors settled in the area of Brookeborough in what is now County Fermanagh before immigrating to Canada and ultimately the United States. Keep up the stellar work Bruce!

[@diarmuidbuckley6638]

Open to correction but I'm thinking it was already Co Fermanagh well before Brooke founded Brookeborough

[@jamesarmstrong5424]

@@diarmuidbuckley6638 You're correct as it was made a county by a statute from Elizabeth I in 1584/5.

[@ballagh]

Given that I’m sitting about 6 miles from Brookeborough and I’m also James Armstrong some of us didn’t make it that far. This end of the county has a surname structure akin to one of those Scottish boarder surname maps, Johnstone, Bell, Elliott, Little, Henderson, Foster, Rutledge and so on as well as Armstrong.

[@maskcollector6949]

@@ballagh Yeah the Forsters went broke and moved to America and the Armstrong's bought Bamburgh lol.

[@fearthekilt]

Great story! Well told! I've never heard the history of the Ulster Scots from this perspective. So very interesting, thanks Bruce. Good morning from America!

[@louisecoupland]

I lived in Glasgow for 5 years and saw alot of Scotland during that time. I am back in my home town now in England. Miss Scotland, but my kids are in England. Love your stories. I do have Scottish relatives. When I was in Oban when the car broke down I discovered that Coupland had a tartan. Amazing. Scotland will always be in my heart ❤ x

[@vegvisirphotography5632]

Never seen your name spelled Coupland. If I recall, the Norse originally brought this name over. This name is prominent through history in Orkney, Shetland & Sutherland / Caithness. It's meaning is something to do with bought land? Copland Road is also a very staunch road in Glasgow 😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 Awesome surname lol x

[@louisecoupland]

@@vegvisirphotography5632 I was surprised to because of the difference in the spelling, must be a change in spelling in England, apparently Coupland is originally from Lincolnshire.

[@vegvisirphotography5632]

@@louisecoupland Yes. If I recall correctly, English Norse comes from Denmark whilst Scottish Norse comes from Norway. Both are the same languages, with the base (slang) getting more strongly German the closer you get to Germany so Denmark sound closer to Germans whilst speaking the same base Scandinavian language. Norwegians speak more poetically, flowing in pitch from high to low (you can hear this more in a Scottish or Northern Irish accent for example) jeg er fra Skottland 🇳🇴 I am from Scotland jeg er fra Skotland 🇩🇰 I am from Scotland. You can see how Copland / Coupland can interchange with one another after they were anglicised, which is really cool. kopland would be the modern Danish version of Copland (🇳🇴). Kópland would be Icelandic 🇮🇸 which is a bit older Danish than today's Danish. Faroese is the closest language to old Norse. They can still read Viking sagas like it's a book out the library! Alwyas appreciate the origins in languages and accents 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇩🇰🇳🇴🇮🇸🇸🇪

[@johnpatrick5307]

All those tartans were made up in the early 1800s - by a couple of Welshmen, from England, I believe.

[@PreferredMethods]

@@johnpatrick5307But not out of “whole cloth,” surely, as other descendants of goidelic-speaking celts also wore them! History of Galicia.

[@ChrisMcEvoy]

I am of Ulster descent. My Great-grandfather Robert McEvoy was born in Belfast and died in Hamilton Ontario Canada.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Come to one of my live shows in Canada in 2024. Shows in Halifax, Annapolis, New Glasgow, Moncton, Montreal, Perth , Ottawa, Toronto, Fergus, Seaforth, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Most of the details are here. www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx

[@davefinster8697]

Hey Bruce, I know DNA research does not too much impress you, but it has yielded an interesting contact for me. An African lady born in Zambia is related to me, somewhere between a 5th and 8th cousin (Shared DNA: 9 cM across 1 segment). She had heard she might have Scottish and/or Welsh ancestry along with the Zambian, and she and her family said they were were "proud to hear" that the ancestry they and I share is probably Scottish. And I am proud to have a relative from Africa, the motherland of humankind.

[@BigRed2]

So lame

[@Parker_Douglas]

@@BigRed2 shut yer trap

[@andyroo5128]

I’m from Belfast but originally my family came around Edinburgh but came across during the plantation. I then went across to Scotland for university (my first time in Scotland) and I found it amazing how similar our language and culture was

[@meggie19]

With such an intertwined history, with your long term ancestry being Scottish and recent ancestors living in Ireland with Irish culture and likely some Irish DNA as well, would you be considered Irish or Scottish first and foremost?

[@andyroo5128]

@@meggie19 I would consider myself an Ulster Scot. I wouldn’t really identify much with the irish culture

[@RobertK1993]

@@andyroo5128 Is that out blind sectarian hatred because Irish are mostly Roman Catholic or is non prejudice,?

[@RobertK1993]

@@meggie19 Ulster Scots are least British out all the British that why whole Twelfth of July parades they desperate tell the British they are British.

[@joprocter4573]

We were scotti as Ireland part of today's Scotland were

[@geekgurl64]

Bruce, thank you for this video. My Scottish ancestors were part of the Ulster Scots that eventually made their way to the New World. Also my Scottish Terrier, Toby, loved the video too. 😀

[@junestewart5098]

A part of Scots history I had only a vague recollection of, thank you, as always, for filling in these factual details. Looking forward to tuning in to that next video from NI 😊

[@mackie1567]

Great Bruce your usual wee digs are great on both sides of course my father went the other way To Scotland in the 30s to get away from the troubles and eventually went back to Newry where he died looking over the Mourne mountains

[@spindleycity2116]

Bruce: Just discovered your channel. Kudos! Found a photo of my 5th great grandfather’s restored gravesite in Pennsylvania. At the apex of the carved stone is a carved thistle. He was born in Londonderry, an Ulster Scot, a Douglas! A Douglas!

[@shelleyberry188]

Bruce, we so feel a tiny squeal of joy when we see your videos pop up in our feed. All the best to you and yours friend! 🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️🌻💗

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Brilliant

[@mrsclaussews]

I had my DNA done as a birthday gift to myself a few months ago. Imagine my amazement to find I was 35% Scottish! Had absolutely no idea. Irish a close second and English not too far behind, with a touch of Welsh. I had never ever heard anything about Scottish ancestors, just Irish and English. I joined a genealogy page, and that's where I first heard of the Ulster Scots. A little more research and I find that many ancestors were born in Northern Ireland. Specifically Belfast and Londonderry. Most came to the USA in the late 1700s and early 1800s. I know that the Indigenous Irish were pressured to become protestant, but my family was heavily Catholic. So I'm thinking that's a big reason they immigrated. Fascinating stuff, and I love your videos. I'll have to research the book you talked about.

[@wavell14]

Well done for using the correct name, Londonderry.

[@MacBhloscaidh1]

@@wavell14 No need for that bs, people can call it whatever they want, personally I call it Stroke City

[@joebyrne3159]

@@wavell14, the correct name in Doire, in Gaelic!

[@wavell14]

@@joebyrne3159 Well we're speaking English here Joe.

[@JL12997]

@@wavell14 don't make me start singing 😅🤣

[@brentwallace7096]

thank you again for another.great video, Bruce. I have wondered how Ulster Plantation had started. through research, my sister has found that our branch of the Wallace family did spend time at Ulster Plantation before traveling on across the Atlantic. again, thank you.

[@ipoopexelence]

As a scotch irish person from Appalachia, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. I know the story of my people but it's always good to tell and hear the history of all people and I thank you for doing it

[@jimclark1374]

So you're a descendant from whisky.

[@ipoopexelence]

@@jimclark1374 I do come from a long line of alcoholics so kind of but scotch is an archaic way to say scottish. Most people refer to us as that rather "scots irish". Scotch just rolls off the tongue much easier

[@Orphen42O]

@@jimclark1374 From the "Outlander" TV series, I learned the phrase "Freedom and Whiskey go together" from “The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer” written by Robert Burns.

[@jimclark1374]

I am Scottish.

[@andymullins84]

@@jimclark1374 I am not Scottish. My ancestors, 64% of them were pre-industrial subsistence farmers in Ayshire and Galloway primarily. They moved to Down and Antrim and then to the Colonies in the 1700s. They settled amongst other people with the same history in Western Pennsylvania, Piedmont Noth Carolina and Western Arkansas. They fought for the Continental Army versus the British in the 1780s. They fought Indians to make room for settlers. They fought on both sides of the Civil War. They fought in WW1, WW2. I fought in Iraq. All these fights manipulated by powerful money. All to become bona-fide. Mr. Clark, I'm not Scottish. If I ever go to Scotland, and I would love to see the place, you would not say I'm Scottish. You would say I'm a Yankee. But we've been called Scotch Irish for a long time, so pardon my brother's language.

[@johnmurray2995]

Great video. I was looking forward to this after last week and nice to see County Down featuring! I do like how you always try to humanize the stories while trying to give people the bigger picture and the point about the Scots doing their own "start-up" plantation before the King even got in on the action is a very nice one.

[@mollynoel1861]

Thanks!

[@melvynmcminn9121]

Again, well done sir! Many thanks from a yank for fillin' in the gaps!! God bless you and yours!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

That's what I'm here for

[@chiron14pl]

Interesting video. My great grandparents were from a part of county Cavan that was a Hamilton plantation

[@ShogunOfficial]

Thanks for these videos btw. Found out my family were part of the Ulster Scots. The Heron Clan. We were border reivers. Held land in Northumberland and can be traced back to invaders from Normandy. Sir Gerard Heron even got pally with Robert the Bruce at one point. Would’ve never found out any of this if I hadn’t came across your videos. Thank you 🙏 p.s we were on the English side of the border for the most part but that’s neither here, nor there lol

[@dennisfoster4054]

Same with the Forster's/Fosters,both side of the Borders, reviers to a man and allied with the Humes, enemies of the Kerr's.

[@vannjunkin8041]

Lovely video Sir! I'm a direct descendant of one of those Ulster-Scots from Ireland. My family safely nestled in the foothills of the Appalachians since leaping the pond.

[@andrewharper3165]

Brilliant. Foxy and Suggs sounds like Madness!?

[@howler6490]

sHugg...scottish for hugh. However, madness is applicable.

[@andrewharper3165]

@@howler6490 thank you for the correction. I admit despite being British, but coming from south of the border my lack of knowledge to do with said subject is vast.

[@legalbeagle6853]

Great video. Mad shout out to the Greer, Allen, Hall, Pullis, Houston, and Kyle families that are my Scots-Irish ancestors from Ulster.

[@andrewwood2283]

Great video, hope you cover the Norman's next.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'll get round to it

[@mikehair5904]

A goodly number of people in my tree are these Scots-Irish mix into Tennessee and Kentucky. My grandma Carson people absolutely went from Ayrshire to Northern Ireland to America as Presbyterian. I traveled the Route in June this year. Beautiful land and people.

[@Crusty_Camper]

Outstanding, Bruce. You always add something that very few people know, and I love the way you challenge people's preconceptions. It's far more complicated than Plucky Scots or Irish against cardboard cutout English. Something that is clear is that ordinary people had little or no say in these events. All the best, Pete

[@johnmarks936]

Once again Bruce you filled in a bit of family history for me. Thank you. Montgomery was from Ayrshire, the Hunters were from North Ayrshire. My particular branch of the Hunter clan ended up in Belfast, riding the white horse on Orangeman's Day. I always wondered why they ended up in Ireland. (I was told we were close friends with the Montgomerys)

[@robertfranklin4479]

Bruce, thank you for this video! Helps explain how my momma’s people, McCants or Cant, got from Aberdeenshire to Northern Ireland and then 100 or so years later to South Carolina and Georgia! You make history so much more interesting with your “Let me tell ya a story…”

[@joshclark1047]

slainte from a fellow Ulster Scot from South Carolina!

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@joshclark1047 You do realise "slainte" is Irish don't you?

[@Simonmc78]

@@joshclark1047 Ulster Scots dont speak Irish. they actually hate the language.

[@Loxias321]

Yeah! I'm from Bangor and it got the tiniest mention here. Whoop. Great video. Keep the stories coming.

[@rckoala8838]

Finally figured out your T-shirt (I think): "Have a nice day" in Scottish Gaelic. Slan leat!

[@hunterblackforesthy5980]

im on what ever side doesnt get my heed kicked in since im a son of a scots Catholic and protestant both with great grandparents that came from Ireland

[@tommcconville677]

Hunter, I'm a McConville of Ulster Irish roots and have some Scots ancestry from my grandfather's mum. They emigrated to Newcastle, and his father Anglican and mum Catholic, so they rode both sides of the aisle if you like. When they emigrated to the states, his mum made him to be baptized Catholic.The point here is that many Brits, Irish, Scots, and even the Welsh have varied religious heritage. BTW, a namesake of ours, James Gordon McConville, is a Presbyterian theologian and professor of Old Testament studies at a British university. So, there you have it.

[@OuilmaEnyaGypsey]

There's a song about that "...the orange and the green... ...twas the strangest mix up you had ever seen..."

[@davidbarr9343]

The Scots originally came from Ireland and founded the kingdom of Dalriada during the 6th century. They supplanted the Picts in the West of what we now call Scotland. Originally what we now call Ireland was known as Scotia and the people were called Scotti. Source: Encyclopedia Britannica. All the foregoing proves is that we are a Heinz 57 in these Islands and more closely linked, going back hundreds of years than some people would like to think.😊 Power to your channel, it's great that you explain our history in layman's terms, and also most importantly, accurately. Any youngsters studying the history of Britain and Ireland at school would do well to tune into your channel. All the best.👏😁

[@sharonprice42]

Yes the Scottish people do get their name from Ireland as Irish tribe to be exact .Scotland-- Land of the Irish raider

[@brucecollins641]

@@sharonprice42 that,s a piece o nonsense. no irish invaded scotland. that's a mythical tale written by medieval irish monks in the 1400s. adapted and amended in 1640 (the four masters).

[@brucecollins641]

david barr........scotland may get it's name from greece. skota is greek for dark....hence scotland land of darkness. the scotti/queen scotia is a fictional tale

[@sharonprice42]

@@brucecollins641 That's a piece of nonsense

[@brucecollins641]

@@sharonprice42 lol....have you actually read the nonsense o queen scotia. maybe you can explain the origins of this mythical scotti tribe......from where when and how did they get to ireland? these are writings copied from the story of the israelites. as one irish historian writes.......take out israel..insert ireland.

[@billfarley9167]

From Canada: Apparently we have Scottish ancestry name of Ross who currently live in County Antrim and go back to the Ulster/Scottish migrations that you talk about. We came to Canada (Farley) in 1795. Two brothers 20 & 18 years old from County Armagh. In addition my father's mother (my grandmother) was a McQuillan when she was born in County Antrim. My research indicates the McQuillan clan were quite powerful and had a big hate on for the Ulster Scots. So the fight was on. It sounded quite bloody. Thank you for putting this video together. It filled in a few blanks for me.

[@helenpomerleau6455]

Thanks now I understand how my family moved from Scotland to Northern Ireland then to Baltimore Maryland USA

[@TheDemigreg]

Baltimore in the US actually takes its name from Irish. There's a Baltimore in Ireland, but the name of the Maryland city came from Anglo-Irish house Baltimore.

[@diarmuidbuckley6638]

Of Course "Northern Ireland" was unheard of until after WW1

[@meyou-gi8xq]

@@diarmuidbuckley6638 and will be consigned to the dust bin of history in the not too distant future 🤣

[@J33-g2e]

Great video, I just watched " Scottish hidden gems" wee video. It was lovely 😍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'm not entirely sure I understand

[@Jay_Speed]

Great story like always, history telling that can be understood.

[@darrylax3311]

So glad that I came across this. This helps in my own ancestry research. My results came back as the Ulster region at the top followed by Cork. My percentages were high in Irish, Welsh, Scottish, (70%) My family didn't communicate much so a lot of history is completely missing. Keep up the great work.

[@Fighting_Irish184]

Bruce, would love a video which talks about the earlier Scot’s in Ulster, the Gallowglas clans, the Redshanks clans and Catherine MaCLean and her marriage to Shane O’Neill.

[@thehistorystudio1227]

Great video !! thank you for sharing such a great video !! love from India

[@raydavison4288]

Thank you, Bruce! I am an Appalachian descended from mostly Ulster Scots. All my ancestors immigrated to Appalachia before 1750. We are a contrary & fractious people always ready for a fight & prone to holding grudges.

[@jedaye47]

I remember hearing about the Battle of Blair Mountain a while ago, good souls.

[@armstronggermany2995]

Sounds familiar. Once a Scot always a Scot.

[@alicemilne1444]

Do you have any positive character traits? All the ones you listed sound pretty negative.

[@oscarballard7911]

@@alicemilne1444 well they serve Warriors well

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@alicemilne1444 as a native of Limavady ,County Derry, I consider myself a well balanced person,I have a chip on each shoulder, now an adopted son of Birkhenhead...E

[@dennismacwilliams196]

Thank you I now understand how we get the Scottish/Irish Witch I am, in USA, New York. Back when my father's side first came over to Canada, Brookville. Thank you for your story telling, I'm glad I found you today.

[@Acekatt]

I've been doing family research and found out that my family were scots who came to county antrim. having learned this part of history now, I feel horrible for what happened. I know I can't change history but i still feel horrible.

[@brojitsu]

Thanks for the video. I am from the heart of Appalachia and my family is predominantly Scots-Irish. Hadn't heard the term Ulster Scots before. Pretty neat to learn the history.

[@mrs.cracker4622]

Scottish prisoners of war were sent to North America also after being defeated by Cromwell's forces. Those who were sent to Massachusetts to provide labor were actually well treated by the community.

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Correct! And ironically on one of those ships an English gentleman from Shropshire paid his fare and resided with the "wealthy" passengers while bellow his deck were the Scots prisoners of war! That gentleman? Job Tyler. My ancestor.

[@darcybissonpullen7125]

Well that's lol if u can look at my pic not saying the event was lol some of those war prisoners made and became British loyals in NA but lost the United colonies

[@darcybissonpullen7125]

cincinnati United colonies not all of Canada was under the crown trade company owed Different parts of Canada at the time

[@FreedomForever2010]

George Ross, captured at the Battle of Dunbar, sent to Connecticut, served involuntary servitude of 7 years. He then moved on to New Jersey and was among the earliest settlers there.

[@NorthSon]

This was very common back then, Britain would sent their prisoners and undesirables to America to work in servitude. There was a point where almost 40% of the English population in America were in some form of punishment/servitude.

[@jackstutts6439]

Bruce, this story is completely fascinating to me. As a American some of my ancestors were Scotch-Irish. Lackey was the name. Gaining insight into what they left the lowlands of Scotland for Ireland is very interesting to me. Thank you for all you do to explore Scottish history.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Brilliant

[@scotireland3087]

Scotch is a drink ffs 🤣🤣🤣

[@BanjoRen]

Bizarrely I commented on the last video about my O'Neil ancestry. The line I'm descended from married into Presbyterians and included a Grand Master of the OO in Ulster. So this entire line of history is really bringing my ancestry to life! I'd love to find out more. Time to become a patreon I think. Tìoraidh an dràsta

[@eamonnclabby7067]

As mentioned in an earlier post some of, my tribe ( the O ,,Cahans) changed religion to keep the land some just got on with life, one great uncle served in the Royal Ulster Rifles on the river Imjin in Korea, survived being a POW and made it back to Ireland ,without rancour or bitterness...

[@daveyoung445]

The oneils ?? The folks who gave our island away to the Christian Church and then were allowed to steal the lands of The Ulaid in return..before giving them away again as a penniless drunk ? The Oneils were no friends of Ulster I'm afraid...

[@erinf4810]

Thank you Bruce. This story helped me connect some puzzle pieces of my own family tree. 😊

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Wonderful!

[@kevinarteaga3824]

Hugh Montgomery is my 10th great-grandfather! His son's youngest daughter, Katherine (my 8th great-grandmother), was killed in a raid by local Native Americans in South Carolina, apparently. I didn't really know much about old Colonel Hugh, just some brief details in the genealogy, so this is pretty fascinating.

[@azariahisrael5632]

I decend from Hugh Montgomery as well. I decnd from his son Capt. William Montgomery who came to New Jersey Ayrshire. His son Robert Montgomery was settler in Kentucky.

[@alphahash1337]

Nice to see you in Carrickfergus! I walk my dog on that peer beside the castle. Keep up the great videos informative as ever!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Some wind though

[@garymacdonald7165]

My 2 grandfathers:- One was a Macdonald from Scotland the other an Oneill from Northen Ireland! I think I'll watch this!

[@erinmcdonald7781]

I've got MacDonald, McDonald & O'Donnell! ✌️😎🍀

[@siofra3819]

O’Neil is Irish they would of been native Ulster Irish

[@williamstirling3515]

Great episode. I know quite a bit of that history (and am related to the O'Neills), but I didn't know quite how the Montgomerys and the Hamiltons worked so closely together. The Macdonells had been in Ulster far longer, surely? I thought the Red Hand came about because of a race between O'Neill and Macdonell to claim Ulster. Also, the Macdonells (and Macdonalds and, later, Campbells) all being west coast maritime clans, they surely had been coming and going for a long time. Especially since they all came from similar Gael roots, going back to Dalriada. Have you ever done an episode on the long relationship between Ulster and the west of Scotland (especially pre - Reformation)? If not it would be fascinating. The only bit I can think of is Edward Bruce's adventure, and the exploits of Colkitto, and his son MacColla.

[@Lucius1958]

The Brown side of my ancestors probably came from Northern Ireland. I don't know where they first settled in America, but they ended up across the Appalachians in MO...

[@ruadhbutler9143]

Another great video! Hope you had/have a great time on this side of the Irish Sea.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Good people

[@craigfda]

Thanks for this, Bruce - as an "Ulster - Scot" who frequently traversed the North Channel and eventually spent 13 years living in Scotland, I always found it remarkable how little was known about your cousins over the sheugh & the impact they (we) had had on contemporary Scotland and the New World, in particular. I could find little or no reference to Ulster in the old 5-14 guidelines, when I was teaching. Always wondered why? 🤔 Is there a degree of shame, perhaps about the plight of the dispossessed "Irish natives", whom Scots may feel more empathy with in modern times, perhaps? Great video! Keep them coming !

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I can imagine the west coast would have a fit

[@craigfda]

@Scotland History Tours more than likely!! But does that not constitute a bit of denial of their history, just because it makes them a little uncomfortable 🤔

[@Oluinneachain]

Why the inverted commas “” for the Irish natives?

[@craigfda]

@@Oluinneachain because having been born on the island of Ireland (like about 10 generations of my family) I consider myself an Irish native... and yet some would seek to classify me as a "planter" or "colonist", despite having some very Irish names in my ancestry. I think they are simplistic classifications that made sense in the 17thC but not so much now.

[@Oluinneachain]

@@craigfda but the context was about the displacement of the indigenous people by colonial settlers from elsewhere. So the indigenous people were native.The use of inverted commas are usually deployed to challenge the authenticity of whatever is being referred to.

[@bobbygeorge3698]

have been away for a bit, but it's great to see that you are still here...! 👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Still going strong

[@earlymorningtwilight9119]

A cup of hot cocoa, a fire and a tale from Bruce😊

[@eamonnclabby7067]

I,ll put the kettle on....

[@martinbrennan2183]

This is outstanding and thank you so much for amazing me work.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You're welcome

[@cartersl6282]

Paper trail says one line of my family came to Ayrshire from Ireland. Yet my sister's DNA results say no Irish, but rather Lowland Scots. How? Well, they came from County Down and Bruce has given me a possible explanation.

[@SuperCaliforniaBarbi]

I understand different siblings are blessed with slightly different DNA. Interesting to be sure.

[@andreashessler838]

British/Irish DNA is incredibly mixed. It is ridiculously difficult to disect different areas in this way.

[@dannymcintyre3819]

DNA is incredibly unreliable One company labels DNA markers X, another company labels the same DNA markers Y. Ignore the DNA. They were Irish. The people we now call Ulster Scots did in the past used to identify as Irish. Many did. Perhaps not all. In America, Ulster Scots did identify themselves as Irish. Only when millions or Irish Catholics arrived post great hunger did they wish to differentiate themselves from their religious opposites so uused the identity label "Scotch Irish". I believe this is true. Open to being told otherwise.

[@craigfda]

@Danny McIntyre for most of our history on the island of Ireland we would have referred to ourselves as "Irish" - at the beginning and onset of the Plantation there were clear distinctions between Scots & Irish but that was surely blurred significantly by the mid 18thC, culminating in the 1798 rebellion? There was no issue with referring to ourselves as "Irish" from then until 1921, I suppose. 🤷‍♂️

[@cartersl6282]

@@dannymcintyre3819 I totally agree about the DNA. While DNA analysis is very useful in other areas, the "where are you from" DNA services paint ethnicity with broad strokes. They are more of a form of entertainment designed to separate you from your money. Your Scots-Irish in America theory is very interesting and deserves further thought and research. I appreciate your comment.

[@whamsdram]

Another fantastic video and perspective - keep them coming - have you caught a podcast from BBC NI Radio Year '21 on how Northern Ireland was created over a hundred years ago - really interesting - as I said before your videos should be a resource in schools - buying you a coffee now - cheers!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

No I haven't

[@b.mcboatface7319]

"The thing about the scots-irish is... they're not irish and they're not particularly scottish" Is the best summary I've heard.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

They're American

[@amyferebee]

Brilliant Presentation! On all levels! Thank You! Coffee Comin' Right Up........☕

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Ah thanks Amy

[@jamesjames3146]

I believe my family was a part of this Plantation land thing, after Ulster we went to Nova -Scotia, mid to late 1700's. We ended up with land from the Acadians that were kicked out of Nova - Scotia around 1750ish.Thanks for the information.

[@nicholasmart2101]

There is an ancient Egyptian princess buried in Ireland named Scotia . Major links between Ireland Scotland and the Egyptians . Look up scoitas grave !

[@jamesjames3146]

@@nicholasmart2101 I will look that up thanks.

[@nicholasmart2101]

@@jamesjames3146 your very welcome 🙏

[@dudediggsit684]

Thank you Bruce! Great video as always! I always learn something cool about my ancestors and for that I am grateful!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

My pleasure!

[@DG62able]

Thank you Bruce, my grandpa Collins always said we were Scott's-Irish and I never really figured out how in history we could be. But your video I just watched helped me understand how it may of come about in my family tree. Now, if I could just understand what he meant by saying we were black Irish as well. Thank you though for this video.

[@johnpatrick5307]

Collins is Irish, not Scottish. "Black Irish" is as much an invention as "Scots Irish". Is the Irish who won the American Revolution.

[@DG62able]

@@johnpatrick5307 @john patrick I know Collins is an Irish surname. My grandfather always said we were Scott's-Irish. If you watched the video because, "there was a Scottish king on the throne of England, Ireland was a place of opportunity." Foxy Hamilton was the first Sott to get a legal title to land in County Down in Irelands Northeast Coastline. Also, that Scotts were flooding over the Irish Sea on 3 hr boat ride before the Flight of the Earls took place. Bruce also states that the first influx of Scotts coming to America, were lowland Ulster Scotts making the larger leap across a much larger Ocean than here a few generations after arriving. Thus explaining how my ancestors might have come to be Scott's-Irish in America.

[@DG62able]

@@johnpatrick5307 Also, the question about black-irish came about because my Mom was dark complected and I remember as a child listening to my Mom and Grandma talking in the kitchen about why my Mom and her older brother were darker complected than my Mom's much younger brother who was fair haired and fair complected. My grandfather who was around the corner in the livingroom, (it was a small house) said we were black Irish. So, I was just saying dear heart.

[@DG62able]

@@johnpatrick5307 also here in America we have a lot of Sott's-Irish. My husband whose last name is Glasgow, (definitely a Scottish name) his Mother's maiden name was Morgan which is possibly Welsh, or Irish. We are a melting pot of people from all over the world here.

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@DG62able You're probably an Irish Collins - the people were Irish and they celebrated St Patricks Day. Americans have written the Irish out of history - they actually FOUGHT the Scottish! Why do you think you are Scottish?

[@geowidman]

Ya made me look up "sleekit," a "chiefly" Scottish word, sez here. Thank you for a better understanding of "Ulster Scots," and making sense of it all.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Here to help

[@wilksta156]

Always a pleasure watching these, I myself am a mixed bag being a Southern Englishman from a Northern English family with an Irish name and family in Cork married to a Scots Ulsterwoman, so look at all history from different angles. But I have to point out what might be an mistake You mentioned Bangor Church, but showed (I believe) St Nicholas' Church in Carrickfergus, I should know it, I was married there. Unless there is a doppleganger in Bangor I assume it was artistic licence and a trip to Bangor for a single shot wasn't on the cards :) Keep them coming

[@jasonsmart4916]

Sleeket wee timery beestie, love yer vid as always m8. Anyhin tae dae wae Scotland's history am all over it brilliant 👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you enjoyed

[@MrResearcher122]

Many of the Protestants weren't even Scottish or English, but border Reivers, with a complex identity of their own. They were distrusted by both Scots and English since they never shared a strong national identity as border peoples. Bruce missed the opportunity to show they arrived in Ireland with a marginalized identity, with contempt for authority. They took this, I believe, to America where they became avid defenders of American independence and famous frontiers men.

[@RobertK1993]

They also related to the nobles betrayed Sir William Wallace after Battle of Falkirk.

[@SharkBitesPhilly]

Probably correct majority of my ancestors came from Scotland/Ireland and borders of Scotland England and they built America and faught on frontiers…Campbell, Hamilton, Armstrong, and many other our ancestors

[@SharkBitesPhilly]

James Hamilton is one of my ancestors 12th great grandfather

[@LiluBob]

Thank you for this. I had not heard of the Reivers before. I only six months ago learned that not only is my Italian ancestry much smaller than I thought, I am not Irish at all, but actually Scottish and English. Although the documents I have found for my grandmother’s family, who considered themselves Irish through, and through, actually came over from Belfast. So I guess I am what you would call Scotts Irish, but nothing is assured in my disreputable family’s secretive, history. L O L for all I know in my family were Reivers, though their last name was McGowan.

[@vannjunkin8041]

The people's from Northern Ireland that moved to the Americas were American before they even arrived. The tide turned when the Brits started threatening and pushing the descendants of these people in Appalachia. They were already forged and had been free for too long, and were sick of the red coats. Kings Mountain flipped the tables.

[@yotdavid]

Brilliant video Bruce. I learnt alot and is a great starting point to delve in to the story. have you got any book recommendations to Learn more about the subject? Thanks I also would love to.see your take on the Irish scots..

[@musingwithreba9667]

Apparently my Irish ancestors were originally Scottish. The family still lives 8n the same home that was built in 1745 in Co. Tyrone.

[@RobertK1993]

Ulster Scots/Scots Irish are Irish as the native Irish Roman Catholics

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@RobertK1993 Obviously that is not true as you term them "Scottish".

[@pkelly754]

I really enjoy your story telling and the scenery while doing so. Who would you recommend as a Story telling KZbin Historian for Ireland?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Wow, I don't really know. I'm sorry. Now I remember seeing a great episode about Irish pirates, but I can't remember the guy's name

[@TheFightingFenian]

Midevil irish history is a good channel

[@chrissaltmarsh6777]

Wee Shug, Foxy, Con O'Neil. What's this? An Ian Rankin Rebus novel? Brilliant. Thanks.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I love Rebus

[@chrissaltmarsh6777]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Even better, i can be in the places. although I've never been to the Oxford Bar.

[@marcholliday6020]

Love the videos Bruce. When are you going to come visit your Scottish cousins here in America? Not only will I buy you a coffee, I'll be more than happy to buy you a few pints and trade jokes with you for an hour or two.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Ah there are safer places to drink this side of the Atlantic 🤣

[@dinkster1729]

@ScotlandHistoryTours I found your pronunciation of "Macdonnell" interesting. Here, in Kingston, Ontario, we pronounce it as "MAC don nell with the emphasis on the first syllable. We also say BAR rie, not Berry for Barrie. 2 prominent streets are named after these local heroes originally from Scotland. Whose pronunciation is correct?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Come see my show in Perth Ontairio on 1st June and I'll tell you😜

[@dinkster1729]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Where can I get tickets? or are you pulling my leg? I always found the Kingston pronunciation a bit weird. We say 'Macdonald" and McConnell with the emphasis on the 2nd syllable so why don't we say Macdonnell as you do?

[@dinkster1729]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Lots of Scottish names around here. Inkster is also Scottish from the Orkney Islands. Our immigrant ancestor arrived in this area in 1823 after the merger of the Hudson Bay Company and the Northwest Company which created a lot of unemployment for people in the fur trade.

[@dinkster1729]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Here's information on the R.C. bishop Maconnell for whom Macdonnell Street is named. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Macdonell_(bishop_of_Kingston) The area teams with Scottish family names. Protestants and Roman Catholic alike.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

www.kingstheatre.ca/new-events/bruce-fummey-stories-of-scotland/

[@Grumpybhoy39]

Learned all about the Ulster Scots in the book “How the Scots invented the modern world” 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

[@Gideonthestargazer]

Me too! I read that book when I was 16, I'm currently re-reading it.

[@charlesd3a]

Scots and the Irish did.. Well scots and Irish are of the same cloth

[@Alejojojo6]

hahaha No offense but How did the scots invented the modern world???? How?? They are/were at the fringes of the world. Greece, Italy/Roman Empire, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, India or China have shaped the world but definitely not the Scots.

[@Grumpybhoy39]

@@Alejojojo6 I didn’t write the book, only read it.

[@soundmind6477]

@@Grumpybhoy39 yeah Alex, calm down 🤣

[@gerryphilly53]

Thanks again for an enlightening video. I was unaware of the machinations that occurred during Elizabeth’s reign and the role James Vi & I had in the migration of Scots to Ulster.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@matthewwilson3202]

I'm supposedly a descendent of some of the first Scots families in Ulster whatever that means. There was and still is a large contingent of ulster Scots that weren't Presbyterians or Episcopalians. The Duke of Abercorn near Strabane being a pertinent example. As previous commenters have said, Presbyterians and Catholics were both discriminated by the Anglicans, educated in the same hedge schools and shared social spaces, this culminated in the 1798 rebellion. In many towns and settlements across Northern Ireland you'll find an Irish, English or Scots street or quarter

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Indeed

[@dannymcintyre3819]

Yup. I have family in Armagh and Monaghan and there's loads of references to Scots in the local place names.

[@MacBhloscaidh1]

90% of all Wilsons in the Ulster are decended of Scots who planted

[@dannymcintyre3819]

@@MacBhloscaidh1 and a not insignificant will actually be McWilliams who became Wilsons.

[@matthewwilson3202]

@@dannymcintyre3819 or MacLiam. In Castlewellan County Down there are Wilson and macliams both share descent from same family or individual

[@riversidereiver]

Hi Bruce, Mike Netten pointed me in the direction of this video because I have written 3 books focusing on the Cunninghame / Montgomerie feud, with Hugh as one of the main characters. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I knew the background and have already trailered the James Hamilton / Hugh Montgomerie antagonism which will come to fullness in (probably ) Book 5 when I finally get Hugh to Ulster. What fascinates me (having read both the Montgomerie family papers and the Hamilton ones) was Hamilton's stipulation in his will that if anyone in his family connection married a Montgomerie they would be cut off (without a shilling...)

[@alansmithee8831]

A'reyt Bruce. Very interesting to get a Scottish take on this topic and loved the ingenious superman style edit spin round. I mentioned you on a "History With Hilbert" video comments and got lots of likes, which I am sure were mostly for you. Hilbert liked it too, so can we look forward to a collaboration? He has done videos on more recent Ulster history by the way.

[@dunnangael9243]

The mental gymnastics Hilbert did to not call King Arthur Celtic personally put me off him. That and him saying the Irish words Gael and Gall are the same.

[@alansmithee8831]

@@dunnangael9243 Hilbert is still young and often asks to be corrected if wrong. I reckon Bruce would soon put him right.

[@dunnangael9243]

@@alansmithee8831 that's true

[@ConnorKD1876]

Class once again Bruce! 🙌

[@Campbell5339]

My little brother always wanted to know who created the scotch cheers for that 👍

[@finolaomurchu8217]

Findlay "Scotts" are the people scotch the whiskey drink. Don't mix that up for your little brother, please. It's like saying St.Patty's day for Paddy's day (St. Patrick)☘🙋🏻‍♀️

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@finolaomurchu8217 nice one ,Finola...bit biased my daughter Mairead has a middle name Fionnuala..

[@johnfinister5011]

@@finolaomurchu8217 I hate to be pedantic, but it is Scots with one t. As in my father's regiment, the Royal Scots Greys.

[@GaryGlass-DriftwoodTurner]

Great video again Bruce and glad to see the wind didn’t put paid to it (I met you in Curry’s getting your replacement) nice to meet you and as a Scot now residing in Ulster its great to see the history told so well. Thanks again.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

🤣Aye, that was an expensive trip

[@brownwarrior6867]

I’m so happy that my kin were the Gallowglass. Men,no real men who were invited to what is known as Ireland now to fight the Norman Invasion. My Clan were deposed of their lands in Scotland previously Dal Riata due to the fact they were on the losing side of the argument during the First Wars of Independence. The relief to find out my Clan weren’t part of the Ulster plantation was a beautiful thing.

[@wulf67]

Good to know mine WERE!

[@edwardmccoy343]

My Scotch-Irish ancestor, Reddin McCoy landed in Charleston, SC in 1758. On my mother's side, I'm a Campbell. Although I'm an American, I consider myself of Scottish ancestry.

[@oscarballard7911]

Knew little of the Ulster Scot's until I did DNA testing in 2012, discovering that I'm nearly all Irish/Scot with a sizable portion being the Scot/Irish from the Appalachia's, meaning Ulster origins. Seems they really appreciated the areas of KY, TN and NC mountain ranges and settled there in mass.

[@tara382]

WV is also full of Scots-Irish people.

[@johnpatrick5307]

How do know you're Scot Irish?

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@tara382 You'll probably find that they are Irish - they went from all over Ireland to America. Its set out in great detail in this book from 1919: "A hidden phase of American history: Irelands part in Americas struggle liberty".

[@tara382]

@@johnpatrick5307 I'm actually more Scottish, English and Welsh personally. My family has been in West Virginia since before it succeeded from Virginia. My DNA shows I'm a descendant of the settlers of WV. So, idk about the overall numbers, but from my neck of the woods there are less people with Irish ancestry.

[@dustimorrison6298]

Mine also

[@sheenadunlap1775]

Bruce, I thoroughly enjoy your treks through history and your fresh perspective. Keep them coming. Thanks.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks, will do!