Ulster Irish aren't really Irish, most of their genes goes back to Lowland Scots AKA Germanic speaking Scots of the Scots language a relative of Old English.
Although, it's questionable how Germanic English genes are more so Lowland Scots.
The Scottish Highlanders are Celtic.
It's a bit confusing because during Roman times Scotland were the Picts.
Before being conquered by Irish people the forebearers of Celtic Highland Scots.
While, Germanic speaking Vikings & Anglos settled the Lowlands of Scotland.
A lot of Irish Americans I've seen cozy up to the British & mock their fellow Catholic compatriots like Poles, Italians, French etc.
Although here & there I've seen some Irish Americans be anti British.
I'm actually half Irish.
I'm not so proud of that.
I feel far more Polish than Irish, my looks, politics, thinking & behavior definitely leans far more towards Poles.
The question is whether the land is Northern Ireland or Ulster? If it is Ulster, then it would be weird to join it with the Republic of Ireland. If it is Northern Ireland, then Paul McCartney said it best, "give Ireland back to the Irish." There has been generations of warfare between the Protestants and Catholics over that simple question.
It is sort of like asking is it Israel or is it Palestine?
Ulster appears to be the ethnicity.
Northern Ireland the state.
They the British Protestants came to Ireland during the Tudor plantation of Ireland & under Cromwell & since then.
Many were at first English.
Before England warring with Scotland decided to dump their Lowland Scottish issue onto Ireland as Ulster Scots.
It's unclear how many true Irish Catholics may or may not have joined Ulster Scots & Anglo Irish.
But,it wouldn't surprise me that some Irish Catholic traitors deflected to the British Protestant side.
It he Irish fought back against British settlers.
Like at Portadown Massacre.
Ulster wasn't an Irish plan,it was British one.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portadown_massacre
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