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}}{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}{{Infobox ethnic group |group=Irish-Scots |pop= 49,428 Irish-born (as stated in the 2001 Census) 1,500,000 Irish ancestry (estimate) |popplace= Coatbridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverclyde |langs= English (Irish/Scottish), Irish, Scottish Gaelic |rels=Predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant | related = Scottish, Irish, Gaels; Welsh, Manx, Cornish, Bretons, Scots-Irish, Ulster Scots }} Irish-Scots are people in Scotland who are of immediate or traceably distinct Irish ancestry. Although migration between Ireland (especially Ulster) and Scotland has an established history - in both directions - owing to their close proximity, Irish migration to Scotland increased in the nineteenth century, and was highest following the Great Famine. In this period, the Irish typically settled in cities and industrial areas. In the 2011 UK census, 1% of the population in Scotland identified their ethnicity as being 'White - Irish'.[1] However, with centuries of heavy Irish immigration to Scotland, it is generally believed to be over 1.5 million people may have some Irish blood, even if very distantly.{{cn|date=April 2018}} The same census states the number of Catholics in Scotland as 15.9% of the population, of whom many have an Irish background.{{cn|date=April 2018}} Famous Irish-Scots include socialist revolutionary James Connolly, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, left-wing politician George Galloway, actors Sean Connery, Brian Cox, Peter Capaldi and Gerard Butler, musicians Gerry Rafferty, Maggie Reilly, Jimme O'Neill, Claire Grogan and Fran Healy and stand-up comedians Billy Connolly and Frankie Boyle. The term Irish-Scots should not be confused with Ulster-Scots (sometimes known as Scots-Irish), a term used to denote those in the Irish province of Ulster who are descended from Lowland Scots who settled there in large numbers during the Ulster Plantation and subsequently. BackgroundAttitudes to the waves of immigration from Ireland to Scotland were mixed, as evidenced by the following quotations:
The Glasgow Courier, 1830
Difficulties also arose due to differences between the largely Catholic immigrants and the predominantly Protestant native Scots population. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, before the Irish began arriving in large numbers it was reported that, in Glasgow, there were only thirty-nine Catholics, but forty-three anti-Catholic clubs (dead link see ). In the UK census of 2001, the new category "Irish" was added to the list of white ethnic background. In Scotland, results showed that 49,428 (0.98%), fewer than 1% of the population, self-described as being of Irish background. The Irish-Scots were instrumental in the formation of Hibernian F.C. in Edinburgh in 1875.[2] There followed in 1888 in Glasgow, Celtic Football Club, and later Dundee United F.C. (originally known as Dundee Hibernian), as well as numerous smaller teams. These football teams were originally formed to provide recreational facilities for the Irish immigrants. Scots and IrishThe terms Scots and Irish, while they have a settled meaning today, are not always readily distinguished. Sellar & Yeatman's spoof history 1066 and All That highlighted the confusion that these words can cause when used to refer to the past :{{cquote|The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scots) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).}} It should be noted that the Picts are considered most likely to be a Brythonic Celtic nation, and therefore more related to the Welsh than either the Irish or Scots. See also
References1. ^Scotland's Census Results 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://hiberniansaintpatricks.co.uk/history/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-08-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916201247/http://hiberniansaintpatricks.co.uk/history/ |archivedate=16 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }} External links
3 : Social history of Ireland|Immigration to Scotland|Scottish people of Irish descent |
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