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The '''Protestant Irish''' or '''Scotch-Irish''' were immigrants from Ireland to America of Protestant background. Most were Presbyterians whose ancestors moved from Scotland to Ireland, especially the northeastern part that is today [[Northern Ireland]]. Most migrated in the period 1740-1770, heading especially to the frontier regions. After 1830 there was another small, steady stream to America and to Canada. | The '''Protestant Irish''' or '''Scotch-Irish''' were immigrants from Ireland to America of Protestant background. Most were Presbyterians whose ancestors moved from Scotland to Ireland, especially the northeastern part that is today [[Northern Ireland]]. Most migrated in the period 1740-1770, heading especially to the frontier regions. After 1830 there was another small, steady stream to America and to Canada. | ||
| − | They called themselves "Irish" and produced such notable politicians as [[Andrew Jackson]] (President 1829-37) and [[James | + | They called themselves "Irish" and produced such notable politicians as [[Andrew Jackson]] (President 1829-37) and [[James Knox Polk]] (President 1845-49). After 1850 or so they lost a sense of ethnicity and blended into the general population. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 08:09, October 19, 2009
The Protestant Irish or Scotch-Irish were immigrants from Ireland to America of Protestant background. Most were Presbyterians whose ancestors moved from Scotland to Ireland, especially the northeastern part that is today Northern Ireland. Most migrated in the period 1740-1770, heading especially to the frontier regions. After 1830 there was another small, steady stream to America and to Canada.
They called themselves "Irish" and produced such notable politicians as Andrew Jackson (President 1829-37) and James Knox Polk (President 1845-49). After 1850 or so they lost a sense of ethnicity and blended into the general population.
See also
Further reading
- Glazier, Michael, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America, (1999), the best place to start--the most authoritative source, with essays by over 200 experts; covers both Catholics and Protestants.
- Blethen, Tyler Ulster and North America: Transatlantic perspectives on the Scotch-Irish (1999) online at ACLS History e-book project
- Fischer, David Hackett. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (1991), major scholarly study tracing colonial roots of four groups of immigrants, Irish, English Puritans, English Cavaliers, and Quakers.
- Griffin, Patrick. The People with No Name: Ireland's Ulster Scots, America's Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689-1764. (2001)
- Leyburn, James G. Scotch-Irish: A Social History (1989), scholarly survey; good starting point.
- McWhiney, Grady. Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South (1989), scholarly interpretation
- Meagher, Timothy J. The Columbia Guide to Irish American History. (2005).
- Webb, James. Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America(2004) by a popular novelist who is now Senator from Virginia; not considered reliable by scholars.