The Appalachians: The Scotch-Irish / Scots-Irish

To any of you over the pond in the USA, from scots irish decent, a massive hello from an ulster scot in northern ireland, you got out at the right time lolol have a beezer day

These people are our blood and they are welcome to come back and visit any time. Greetings from UK & Ireland.

Scots-Irish, Welsh, Native American. Grandparents and all our family before them lived and thrived in the Appalachian Mtns. I’m grateful for all their hard work & sacrifices.

My Scottish ancestors first settled in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina. They then meandered their way through the Mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. By the 19th Century, they settled in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. I was always told that the Appalachian Mountains reminded our ancestors of their homeland which is why they settled there. Thanks for sharing this video!

My parents were from W Va. My dad of German heritage, my mom Scots. My grandad Buchanan used to tell me stories about how his ancestors came to W Va from Scotland after “the 45”. He was a coal miner and they were so poor that when the depression hit they didn’t even notice. I’m proud that my ancestors were these rugged people who helped make this country.

I have a daughter in Scotland and I got a beautiful postcard from there. It looks just like our mountains here in Southwest Virginia.

My family has lived in the rolling hills of Appalachia since the 1700’s. Scottish Irish immigrants (on both sides of my family) who kept pushing through the mountains and finally made it to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Glad my family’s history is finally being talked about. We’re usually forgotten, so this means the world to me.

Scots-Irish Cherokee here. Proud of my heritage! I'd love to go to Scotland and visit our family's land.

From Scotland to Ireland to America to the Appalachians. What a remarkable story! The Scots-Irish need more recognition in American history!!

It's "Scots-Irish," not "Scotch-Irish" as so many have said in this video. Scotch is the drink, Scots are the people. I was sternly but patiently corrected by a elderly Scots woman 50 years, and have never forgotten the lesson. My ancestors were Scots-Irish.

I am a Real McCoy and this is the history of my ancestors! There is no one of my relatives left to hear the old stories. Thank you for this!! ❤️

Standing on a beach in Skelligs, Ireland a few years ago I was suddenly struck with a vision of how those mountains connected with our beautiful Appalachian mountains here. During Pangea, they were all part of the same mountain range. I felt completely at home in Ireland, and in Scotland when I visited a few years later, and realized it’s because we are one and the same here and there. I am a descendent of Irish immigrants in the 1700’s and 1800’s and consider myself fully American - but feel a deep connection with the country my ancestors came from originally as well. I spent much of my adult life living near the Southern Appalachians, later in the Blue Ridge, and for the past several years in the Northern Appalachian mountains, and realize that no matter where I go, the Appalachians are my home. These mountains are ancient, strong, and wise, like old people who have seen much, experienced much, and lived fully.

I’m proud to be an Appalachian from Tennessee/Georgia. I’m learning the fiddle, when I hear that old music it brings tears to my eyes, it’s in my soul and deep in the marrow of my bones. True love. I’d love to travel but I will come to these hills to die and Rest In Peace.

What a tangled web we all are. I’m Scots-English-Irish and proud of it. Listening to this video made me feel like he was talking about me and my ancestors, which he was. Stubborn, proud, intelligent hardworking people who’ll give you the shirt off of their backs but GOD help you if you don’t live up to your word. I enjoyed this video immensely! Thank you.

I am all the way up here in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and we too are part of the Appalachias and have similar heritage here. We were known for coal and steel making back in the day. We are music lovers and makers and we have strong proud roots. 🤗 Thanks for sharing this.💞

Absolutely wonderful documentary. As an Ulsterman my Genealogy is Ulster-Scots: Maxwell Bell Hamilton Paterson Johnstone Watt Orr Walker Stirling Boyd McBride Cairncross Finlay Rankin Stewart Stobie Byers Ferguson.... As y'all in America will recognise these surnames. Some are Highlander Scots, Lowlander Scots, and mostly Border Scots. The Border Scots Region takes us to the History of my/our Border Reivers Ancestors as well; and how that history brought us to the Ulster Plantations, along with Presbyterianism ✝️

PROUD TO BE APPALACHIAN AMERICAN ... THESE ROOTS RUN DEEP , WE MAY BE A POOR PEOPLE BUT WE ARE RICH IN SPIRIT , WE LOVE DEEP , WE RUN STRONG AND WE DEAL WITH STRUGGLE AND HARDSHIP LIKE MEN OF OLD , WE HAVE LITTLE BUT WE FIND LOTS IN OUR PEOPLE ...TODD COLLETT

As a True home born and bred Scot, I have never been to the USA, but if I ever manage a visit then WV has to be my destination... I have watched loads of vids on you tube and have fell in love with the place, God Bless all. HM

6th generation Appalachian man myself. My 6th great grandpa "William Monroe McCall" came here from Northern Ireland in 1733. Born and raised in northern Transylvania county. The McCall/Jahu Scot/Irish blood line lives on through my two little boys. God bless America, for my ancestors where some of the ones who fought and died for our nation's future. 🇺🇸

My ancestors were Scots-Irish, but I never knew the origination of that phrase. Thanks so much for this video!