Scots-Irish

[Blackrose87]

I have to confess- I know nothing of the politics of Ullans. When you speak of the nationalist community, I can't be sure if you mean Scots nationalism or Irish.

I was talking of the Irish nationalist/Catholic community. While Ulster-Scots do consider themselves 100% British, they are still on the island of Ireland, so Scottish politics has absolutely nothing o do with it.

I am afraid that attenuated kinship is stretched even thinner when you extend it to a working knowledge of the politics and culture of distant kin in another country, thousands of miles away....


Remove the self-selected tip of the iceberg- the XMarks factor, if you will, and you are going to have to look even harder to find a North American who knows what you have been talking about.

I'll have to disagree on that point. I've met plenty of Irish-Americans in Ireland, while in America and online that know plenty about the history of Northern Ireland. Even those who havn't looked into the politics of the place are still aware of the Troubles and the basic underlying causes of the situation here.

Without going too deep into specifics, I'd say the majority of Irish-Americans are aware of the IRA, and have a knowledge of the reasons behind their campaign.
So I do think that it would be relatively easy to find a North American with a basic knowledge of Northern Ireland politics.

Go raibh mile maith agat,
Marteigh