What ancestry were the Protestant Scots-Irish?

Question

I mean where they Celtic? Saxons? i dont get it cuz if they are Celtic, shudnt they be Catholics?

Answer 1

Being celtic has nothing to do with catholic or protestant.

The celts were a race of people who lived in europe.

There are scottish celts who speek scots gaelic. The scots irish would be a mixture of saxon and celt, but leaning more towards the saxon. The kilts the scottish wear today are an anglicised version of traditional celtic garments.

I dont know where your from but religion and politics in ireland are a blurred line. A protestant can be a nationalist and declare themselves irish as many in the republic do. In fact many of irelands greatest heros in terms of independance were protestant, Wolfe Tone being the most eminant.

Answer 2

I thought that no Scots are Saxons, only the English are descended from the Anglo-Saxons , Scots are descendaded from a particular type of Celts called Picts.

the religion issue is a seperate issue, after the English reformation in the 1500s, many Scots remained Catholics and many also converted to their own type of Protestantism (different and seperate from the Church of England) - it was these people who chose to settle in the Northern part of Ireland, they were in time known as the Ulster-Scots.

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots-Irish

This is a good place to start.

It looks like they were Scottish people who emigrated to Ireland, bringing their Protestantism with them.

Answer 4

Look at your previous posting

Answer 5

anglo saxon?