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Scotch-Irish Americans are American descendants of primarily Ulster Scots people who emigrated from Ulster (Ireland's northernmost province) to the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with their ancestors being originally migrated to Ulster, mainly from the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England in the 17th century.
This is a list of notable Scotch-Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. The Scotch-Irish trace their ancestry to Lowland Scottish and Northern English people, but through having stayed a few generations in Ulster. This list is ordered by surname within section. To be ...
U.S. counties by the percentage of their population self-identifying Scotch-Irish or American ancestry according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates. [12] Counties where Scotch-Irish and American ancestry combined are greater than the United States as a whole are in full orange.
Author and former United States Senator Jim Webb suggests that the true number of people with some Scots-Irish heritage in the United States is higher (over 27 million) likely because contemporary Americans with some Scotch-Irish heritage may regard themselves as either Irish, Scottish, or simply American instead. [30] [31] [page needed] [32]
Ulysses S. Grant (Possibly Irish, Scotch-Irish, English and Scottish) 18th President, 1869–77: The home of his maternal great-grandfather, John Simpson, at Dergenagh, County Tyrone, is the location for an exhibition on the eventful life of the victorious Civil War commander who served two terms as President.
Pages in category "American people of Scotch-Irish descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 560 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1847, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma sent $170 to Ireland during the Great Famine — a time of mass starvation on the island. More than 170 years later, Ireland has returned the favor, helping ...
The second largest group were the Scottish-Americans, whose ancestors emigrated via Scotland directly, or via the predominately Scottish-descended Ulster Scots, or Scots-Irish, in Ulster. Most Scottish-Americans descended from the largely Scots-speaking Lowlands, and to a lesser extent from the largely Gaelic-speaking Highlands - between which ...