Nearly 1 in 5 Americans, or 300,000 people, were enslaved. Poverty in Northern Ireland forced a massive flight of Scots-Irish to the colonies. The majority of white colonists resided in the North ...

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"We were never at war with Americans like the Germans, the Italians, and the Japanese. In Washington's army, the numbers were a third Irish or Scottish-Irish …There is an affinity by association.

I think in America it’s different ... Carslon, who lives and works in Atlanta, stressed that “We’re very Scotch-Irish down here. If you’re coming from Ireland and playing someone from ...

One woman, however, has revealed that her plans to give her little girl a Scottish name could "curse her to a lifetime of mispronunciation". Posting on Reddit, the American mum-to-be said ...

Ireland bolstered their hopes of a third successive Six Nations title as they made it 11 wins in a row over Scotland with a ruthless bonus-point 32-18 triumph at Murrayfield. At such a critical moment ...