There have been a great amount of people who moved from Ireland to Scotland, especially when Ireland was divided. One of my great-grandfathers moved his family from what is now northern Ireland to Glasgow around 1900 this was in search of work.
I read somewhere that at some point in the past junior ranked soldiers were banned from wearing Sgain dubh's routinely ( is at non ceremonial times)) and their response was to have one tattooed on. Whether or not this is true I'm not sure..
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give"
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
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