Why do protestant unionists in northern ireland insist they are “anglo saxon lowland scots” and not celtic irishmen?

  • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Early 1600s

    Settlers (“planters”) sent over to create a colony/plantation. Given stolen land to tempt them over.

    Hence the North now has two ethnic groups: descendants of the planters and descendants of the aborigines.