DEAR READERS: About one in every 30 Americans — some 8 million of us — has Scotch-Irish forebears. The term Scotch-Irish is strictly of American origin. It is not used in Great Britain.… ...

In my own family, 22 names are listed in the Sons of American Revolution records. Besides Humes and Calhoun, other Scots-Irish surnames include Bailey, Duncan, Gilchrist, Herron, Hamilton, ...

About 9.2 million Americans claim Scottish descent. When speaking of Scottish ancestry, it is helpful to separate the population into Highlanders, Lowlanders, and the Scots-Irish, as each group has a ...

Check out this list of top 100 Irish surnames. Whether you're looking to trace your family crest or trying to trace your roots, we've got you covered.

From Murphy to O'Connor - these Irish surnames are now popular across the United States. Rebecca Dalzell @Ancestry. Jul 29, 2024. ... meaning “ugly head.” It’s both a Scottish and Irish name ...

A century later, representing two-thirds of an Irish migration that would eventually approach 400,000, the Scotch-Irish from Ulster flocked to the colonial frontier in search of land, again acting ...

The Ulster Historical Foundation, seen as one of the premier Irish research groups, will offer Irish and Scottish genealogy workshops on Tuesday, March 11 and Wednesday, March 12.

Over the years, Irish surnames have received a good deal of careful attention, from Fr Patrick Woulfe's Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall (1923) to Edward MacLysaght's Surnames of Ireland (1969) and most ...

Campbell is an old Scottish Gaelic surname (cam-béal - crooked mouth; Kelly is an Irish Gaelic name Ó Ceallaigh. The other three appear to be from England or the lowlands of Scotland. It is ...