[dr_who]

I think Scotland was settled by Irish at some point. Scotch-Irish refers to the breed that resulted when they intermingled in the U.S. and developed things like clogging and country muzack.

[dr_who]

And probably moonshine, come to think of it.

[Torie]

No, Scots Irish are Scots that were sent into Ireland by William or Orange as colonizers and settled mostly in Ulster. It is true that they went to the US in droves. Scots Irish are one of the most numerous gene pools in the US (exceeded perhaps only by English and German). They predominated as frontiersman, and were favored because they were viewed as rough and ready sorts, used to conflict. Andrew Jackson was Scots Irish, as was George Wallace.