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Your short piece about Little Switzerland mentioned it was settled by “Scotch Irish”
Someone from Scotland is properly called a Scot or Scottish. Scotch Irish is the
name of two whiskies.
You’re welcome!
Thanks, but in this case Scotch-Irish (or Scots-Irish, in some cases) refers to those lowland Scots who settled in the Irish province of Ulster during the reign of King James in the 17th century. Then during the 18th century many of their descendants migrated to North America–both before and after the American Revolution. In Ireland they were sometimes called Ulster-Scots, but in this country they are typically called Scotch-Irish.
The Digital Heritage entry, “The Migration of the Scotch-Irish from Ulster to Western North Carolina,” provides more background on this part of our history.