Ulster Scots

Ulster-Scots (Scotch-Irish in the USA) are the people descended from the mainly Lowland Scots who settled in Ulster (the northern-most province of Ireland) in the 17th century. Many Americans are descended from the 250,000 Presbyterian Ulster-Scots who settled along the Eastern seaboard from New England to the Carolinas in 1717-1800. A second wave of immigration took place during the Famine years in the mid-1800s.

You can contact the following organisations for further information:

The Ulster Scots Agency
Franklin House, 5th Floor
10-12 Brunswick Street
Belfast, BT2 7GE

T: 028 9032 1113 | F: 028 9023 1898
E: info@ulsterscotsagency.org.uk
W: www.ulsterscotsagency.com

Ulster Scots Language Society
218 York Street
Belfast, BT15 1GY

T: 028 9075 8985 | F: 028 9074 6980
E: ulster-scots@utvinternet.com

Ulster Scots Heritage Council
218 York Street
Belfast, BT15 1GY

T: 028 9074 6939

Ulster Scots Society of America
PO Box 724, Matthews
North Carolina, 28106-0724

T: 919-380-0383
E: decmpbl@carolina.rr.com
W: www.electricscotland.com/history/ulster_scots/ulster1.htm

To explore Ulster Scot roots in and around Fermanagh, why not take an 'Ulster Scots' tour with local Historian, Writer, Broadcaster and Genealogist John Cunningham and The Lough Erne Resort.  For more information on these local tours click here.