Quote Originally Posted by David Dalglish View Post
Too complicated--The way I see this is, whatever country you were born in that is you nationallity, If you have Parents from different countries, you can then say that I was born in (say) Ireland & had a Scottish father or mother, you are then--Irish with Scottish decent, not Scot/Irish you cant be both.
David,

The term "Scots-Irish" generally refers to Lowland Scots who settled in Ulster (Northern Ireland) during the Plantation of Ulster (1600's) and then later immigrated to the US, Canada, etc.

Today, in Northern Ireland, the term "Ulster-Scots" is preferred, because in general, the Scots Protestants did not intermarry with their Irish Catholic neighbours.

At one time, the Scots-Irish in America were simply known as "Irish", until the immigration of the Southern Irish during the 1840's -- the term was used to designate the Ulster Irish from the newcomers, although there references to the term being used earlier than the 19th century.

Regards,

Todd