User talk:James Karr

"Finally, English, Scots, and Irish" is misleading because it suggests a much simpler ethnic mix than David Hackett Fischer’s Albion’s Seed describes. His book points out very clearly that Scotch Irish were not primarily Scottish and Irish. Scottish and Irish spoke Gaelic not English. The relationship the Scotch Irish had with the Gaelic-speaking Irish and Scottish was more akin to their relationship with the American Indians: violent genocidal competition. The Protestants of Northern Ireland are Scotch Irish. The Catholics of Northern Ireland are not. The Scotch Irish were a mix of Celts, Romans, Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Jutes, 10th century Irish and Normans.