The Ulster Scots people are an ethnic group descended largely from Scottish and English settlers who moved to the … See more

The first major influx of border English and Lowland Scots into Ulster came in the first two decades of the 17th century.
First, before the Plantation of Ulster and even before the Flight of the Earls, there was the 16… See more

Just a few generations after arriving in Ulster, considerable numbers of Ulster-Scots emigrated to the North American colonies of Great Britain. Between 1717 and 1775, an estimated 200,000 migrated to what bec… See more

Over the centuries, Ulster Scots culture has contributed to the unique character of the counties in Ulster. The Ulster Scots Agency points to industry, language, music, sport, religion and myriad traditions brought to Ulster from … See more

The North American ancestry of the X-linked form of the genetic disease congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus has been traced to Ulster Scots who travelled to Nova Scotia in 1761 on the ship Hopewell. See more