In a message dated 5/22/2002 9:00:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > There was great prejudice in the United States at that time against the > Irish > and particularly against Irish Catholics. One had a better chance of > making > a living if he was Protestant. It was because of this prejudice that the > term "Scotch Irish" came into common use. > Hi Bill, I think this theory is correct,,,I know the Irish weren't welcome in this area except to do menial labor that the "English" folks didn't want........Paula

The Scots-Irish were so named because they were mainly poor people of protestant Lowland Scotland and North England heritage who were settled in the "new" Ulster 'plantation' by the English monarchy, which had defeated the native catholic Irish forces at Culloden in 1690. In other words, they were to become Irish of Scots heritage. This settlement was intended to displace the original Irish tenants of the land in Derry, Antrim, Down and the other Ulster counties. After 70 years or so, many of these settlers' descendants moved on, this time to the British colonies in North America. [email protected] wrote: In a message dated 5/22/2002 9:00:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > There was great prejudice in the United States at that time against the > Irish > and particularly against Irish Catholics. One had a better chance of > making > a living if he was Protestant. It was because of this prejudice that the > term "Scotch Irish" came into common use. > Hi Bill, I think this theory is correct,,,I know the Irish weren't welcome in this area except to do menial labor that the "English" folks didn't want........Paula ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 "PRO ARIS ET PRO FOCIS" --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience