[Alex Murphy]

Good article about the history and influence of Irish Presbyterian immigrants in western Pennsylvania. If you want to learn more on the subject, follow the links to the full article. The original also contains a sidebar on author Peter Gilmore, and audio files discussing individual topics (such as temperence and Presbyterian ministerial rules) in greater detail.

[Clemenza]

Anyone know how well the Scots-Irish got along with the Poles, Italians, and Lithuanians who poured into Pittsburgh at the turn of the last century. I know that my ancestors caught more hell from the Irish Catholics than from the Anglos and Scots.

[Matchett-PI]

Western Pensylvania, last name "Walker", Scots-Irish bttt!

[kaehurowing]

My Irish Protestant ancestors first emigranted to Canada (Newfoundland) during the famine, and eventually ended up in the United States about 30 years later (some in California and some in Georgia).