Irish-Scots are people who live in Scotland who are of immediate or traceably distinct Irish ancestry. Although migration between Ireland and Scotland has an established history owing to their close proximity, Irish migration to Scotland increased exponentially in the nineteenth century, and was particularly strong following the Great Famine. In this period, the Irish typically settled in the large industrial cities such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Coatbridge.
In the United Kingdom Census 2001, almost 50,000 people, fewer than 1% of the population in Scotland, identified their ethnicity as Irish.[1]
The term Irish-Scots should not be confused with Scottish-Irish, a term used to denote those in the Irish province of Ulster who are de
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