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Presumbly it is the American ones (such as myself) being referred to - separated from their relatives by more than a century and a half https://en.wikipedia.org
by helmut_hed 10y ago
Presumbly it is the American ones (such as myself) being referred to - separated from their relatives by more than a century and a half https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_Americans
- clock_tower 10y agoExactly. For some reason, colonies preserve the cultures that settled them, while their homeland counterparts continue to change. The Scotch-Irish of 300 years ago, who still live in the US today, are profoundly different from the modern Scotch-Irish -- and for some reason have never adapted to an environment of peace and security. (Possibly because the US is less peaceful and secure... but part of that is perception, and/or a product of people expecting it to be.)