Scotland Most Ulster Scots were in Scotland before they migrated to Ireland. MOST but not ALL.. We’ll discuss where else they might have been later. But for now, where were they in Scotland and when did they move to Ireland and why? Most of them were in areas of Scotland adjacent to Ireland. The largestContinue reading “History of the Scots-Irish or Ulster Scot”
Category Archives: Scotch-Irish
BORN FIGHTING
Scots-Irish, were the dominate ethnic group in the Appalachian South. Their fierce pride, clan structure, and distrust of outsiders became our own, but before they defined our region, they were restless immigrants who, for several centuries, seemed as destined to migrate as they were to breathe. The Scots-Irish were a group of Scots who movedContinue reading “BORN FIGHTING”
HOW I CAME TO BE SCOTS-IRISH
As the war went on and they faced the British at Cowpens, Kings Mountain and a generation later in New Orleans, these mountain men with their precision rifles gave fearful account of their fighting prowess. They made up a good part of the Pennsylvania Line on whom Washington could rely more than on any otherContinue reading “HOW I CAME TO BE SCOTS-IRISH”
THE PEOPLE WITH NO NAME: IRELAND’S ULSTER SCOTS, AMERICA’S SCOTS IRISH, AND THE CREATION OF A BRITISH ATLANTIC WORLD, 1689-1764
More than 100,000 Ulster Presbyterians of Scottish origin migrated to the American colonies in the six decades prior to the American Revolution, the largest movement of any group from the British Isles to British North America in the eighteenth century. Drawing on a vast store of archival materials, The People with No Name isContinue reading “THE PEOPLE WITH NO NAME: IRELAND’S ULSTER SCOTS, AMERICA’S SCOTS IRISH, AND THE CREATION OF A BRITISH ATLANTIC WORLD, 1689-1764”
Border-Reivers-The-Clay-Biggin & Border-Reivers-Pele-Tower-as-a-Refuge
To the left is a little map of the Border Marches on each side of the English Scottish Border from the Solway Firth in the west to the North Sea in the east. This is the area that dominated the national history of England and Scotland from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. These Marches were theContinue reading “Border-Reivers-The-Clay-Biggin & Border-Reivers-Pele-Tower-as-a-Refuge”
Border-Reivers-Invade-English-Tynedale
In October 1593 the Border Reiver clans of the Scottish Border valleys answered the call to arms. They were intent on teaching the English a lesson in ‘might is right’. Such a large-scale raid had never been planned before. For once the Scottish clans put their differences behind them, the relentless feud and blood-feud, andContinue reading “Border-Reivers-Invade-English-Tynedale”
Thomas Carruthers (abt. 1810 – 1883)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carruthers-1012 Thomas was born in 1810 in Dumfries, Scotland. It is unclear who his parents were. Perhaps John Carruthers and Mary Bell. However, on Familysearch, a Thomas who was supposedly the son of the above is shown with a different wife and many children. At this time (June 2019), Thomas’s origins haven’t been resolved. However,Continue reading “Thomas Carruthers (abt. 1810 – 1883)”
Winnipeg’s connection to the Spirit of ’76
Written by: Danielle Da Silva Community journalist — The Sou’wester It’s an iconic American image of patriotism and victory and has been reproduced in ways too many to count. Archibald Willard’s painting Spirit of ’76 is celebrated by our neighbors to the south but it also has a close connection to Winnipeg. DANIELLE DA SILVA – SOU’WESTERContinue reading “Winnipeg’s connection to the Spirit of ’76”
New Jersey Colony
The New Jersey Colony The New Jersey Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The New Jersey Colony was classified as one of the Middle Colonies.Continue reading “New Jersey Colony”
The Clydesdale Champion of Carp: Stan Carruthers
Born in 1940, Stan Carruthers of Carp, Ontario, was predestined to work with Clydesdales. “My grandfather was a stallioneer in Carp, and he used to have Percherons,” explains Stan. “In 1922, he sold his Percheron and bought a Clydesdale stallion. That’s how the love affair began.” As a young man, while Stan would put togetherContinue reading “The Clydesdale Champion of Carp: Stan Carruthers”
CLAN CARRUTHERS SOCIETY (USA) 