How do you feel about this term in its US context (preferably responses from Irish people): “Scots-Irish”
My understanding of the term is that it originates from the famine years - Americans of Protestant Irish stock wanted to differentiate themselves from recent arrivals. Before that they considered themselves Irish (where they didn’t think of themselves as American). could be wrong
My wife is CofI with Scottish anscentry on one side and rankles at the idea of being Scots Irish whenever I jokingly suggest it to her. I think she feels it qualifies her Irishness, which I guess was the point tbf
I don’t think my wife is Scots Irish. I joke about it with her because it’s an American political term and she knows I’m obsessed with American politics. I realise it has a specific meaning. Just to be clear
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