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