Examples of 'scotch-irish' in a sentence

Meaning of "scotch-irish"

relating to a group of people in Ulster, Ireland, who are of Scottish descent
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  • The descendants of Scottish settlers in the Irish province of Ulster.

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They were mostly descendants of the Scotch-Irish.
He was of Scotch-Irish descent on both sides.
That religion decisively shaped Scotch-Irish culture.
Cause my Scotch-Irish constitution rejects any and all things cayenne.
Many scholars call these people Scotch-Irish.
He is likely of Scotch-Irish ancestry and wears a suit and hat with holes.
Many of the early settlers in the area were Scotch-Irish.
You never saw the Scotch-Irish pissing and moaning about being portrayed as rustlers and gunslingers.
American families of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
The Scotch-Irish immigrants left their homelands due to a number of political, economic and religious reasons.
He was of Scottish and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
He is of Scotch-Irish and English ancestry.
The Heatherman family ancestry is of Scotch-Irish origin.
A few Scotch-Irish came directly from northern Ireland.
It was named after the city of Derry by Scotch-Irish settlers.

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His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish and possible Huguenot backgrounds.
I see where I belong in a long line of Scotch-Irish ancestors.
His family was of Scotch-Irish heritage, and he was raised in the Presbyterian Church.
These people are known as the Scotch-Irish Canadians.
She happened to be of Scotch-Irish extraction but you are right, most of them are Chicano.
His father was described as Pennsylvania Dutch and mother as Scotch-Irish.
The occupants were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who had lived there for a decade.
Most Tennesseans who self-identify as having American ancestry are of English and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
His paternal Scotch-Irish ancestors had fled religious persecution and settled in Pennsylvania.
These Ulster Scots were known in the Americas as the Scotch-Irish.
He was the son of the Scotch-Irish banker Henry Walters.
Scottish and Scotch-Irish immigrants contributed to a strong Presbyterian presence in the Middle Colonies, particularly Philadelphia.
Also, a significant number of African Americans and Native Americans claim Scotch-Irish ancestry.
The first trickle of Scotch-Irish settlers arrived in New England.
His paternal heritage was Scotch-Irish.
He was of Scotch-Irish parentage and son of Colon and Jane Winslow McDonald.
Commonly called Scotch-Irish.
Along with the Scotch-Irish came another nationality - the Germans aka Pennsylvania Dutch.
Category, American families of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
His parents were Scotch-Irish Americans who had only recently immigrated to the United States.
His father was of German extraction, and his mother Scotch-Irish.
But the position of the Scotch-Irish in the New World was peculiar.
He was born in Georgia with German, English and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Some Oglesbys are of mixed Scotch-Irish and Cherokee heritage and often called mullato.
Sampson Mathews married to Mary Lockhart, a fellow Scotch-Irish immigrant.
The Scotch-Irish influence on American English.
Both were of Scotch-Irish origin.
Hennings was born in Macon, Georgia with German, English and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
I was a Scotch-Irish kid adopted by an Armenian-Italian-Finnish family.
Pennsylvania Genealogies, Scotch-Irish and German.
Scotch-Irish ( or Scots-Irish ) is a traditional term for Ulster Scots who emigrated to North America.
He is of Scotch-Irish descent.
In the United States today, over 11 million Americans claim Scottish or Scotch-Irish roots.
He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
French … and american indian . lithuanian scotch-irish.

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