What ancestry were the Protestant Scots-Irish?

Question

I mean are they celtic origins, Saxons, cuz i dnt get it if they were Celtics, shudnt they be Catholics?

Answer 1

Mostly presbyterian scots who moved to Ireland. They come from all over Scotland so are a mixture of Celt, German and Viking ancestry. There's not much difference genetically between them and the catholic irish.
The thing though is not their ancestry but the fact that they feel politically closer to the UK than to the Republic of Ireland.

Answer 2

Being celtic has no longer something to do with catholic or protestant. The celts have been a race of people who lived in europe. There are scottish celts who speek scots gaelic. The scots irish may be a mix of saxon and celt, yet leaning extra in the direction of the saxon. The kilts the scottish placed on on the instant are an anglicised version of classic celtic clothing. I dont understand the place your from yet faith and politics in eire are a blurred line. A protestant could nicely be a nationalist and declare themselves irish as many in the republic do. if truth be told a lot of irelands maximum suitable heros in terms of independance have been protestant, Wolfe Tone being the main eminant.

Answer 3

celt were a culture that was evident in spain france and britain, the romans whiped out that culture when the conquered since the druids encoureged rebellion, celts survived in ireland and scotland because the romans didnt conquer those places

scotland and ireland were converted in the dark ages, durin the reformation, 1500's, scotland converted to a protestant nation while the irish resisted and stayed catholic, in order to decrease the rebellion in ireland the english planted many protesntants scot to northern ireland, which casue even more cause for resentment by the irish

Answer 4

My Scottish blood ( Boyd) was placed in Northern Ireland to be landlords over Irish tenants. Somewhere in the Boyd family past we had lands I guess and lost them but then was allowed them again. The Irish side of me ( Curry) was from county Tyrone in northern Ireland.

My mother was raised Methodist ( orange) and my father ( Italian/bohemian was Roman Catholic.

Somewhere along the lines these four fascinating bloods came together. I cant track my line back very far since the church with our records in it burned long ago in Ireland.

Answer 5

The Irish descend from the Celts. Saxons are out of play in this. Since they are English specifically to your point. The Catholics, I know because I am one and also part Irish, have been at ware with the Protestants for centuries. They are called Orange men because of the colors they wear on a Protestant holiday in Ireland. The Scots also, are not English. They have also been at Nationalistic odds with England for many centuries.
They are all descendants of the Australopithecus--yes, millions of years of evolutions. But that's what the bones tell us. As far as their (Australopithecus) religion, it's hard to say what they worshiped outside of food and shelter.