The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-12
THE ULSTER IRISH.

s;ro7y-4nssa4it5 9dtI
An uIsterman Denies tls REopElety Of De-
nominating his Province ~ "sootch-
Irish."
Lrtsh World.
1 read the account Of the Scotch. Irish
which appeared in the louisville Pot OF
recent date. IL asserts nv Y The Scotch
Irish are those who inhabit the North
ern part Of Ireland, the province of
Ulster. They are descendants Of the
Scotch who invaded Ireland under the
leadership. of William Of Orange and
made conquest Of the most favored por-
ton Of the. Emerald Island. They
have since@become o. distinct race Of
people, blending the sturdy Scotch
character with the more volatile traits
OF the Irish. This has not been the re-
suit of inter-marriage, for the. TIVE races
OF ireland have be held apartby de-
terrent religious ideas, and hatever OF
the characterof the irish che people of
Ulster have absorbed has been due to
climatic iRiaGeRces! Bollast, the me-
tropolis Of Ulster, is one Of the finest
cities in the world; and it is q monu-
ment 10 the brain and Drawn Of the
Scotch-irish."
nj am an Ulster Irishman. / do not
wish itsto appepr without contradiction
that INV native pfoyin ceSis altogether
in the nossession of. the ScotchsIrish,
and that IN inhabitantsF are altogether
of the Protestant faith, l honor the
memory OF the gallant band OF Irish
for Tia country. They would scorn the
idea Of their being Scoteh-Irish; there
was neverSsuehla race, 4 d,he designation
IL ~ recent coSif,ception IN the United
States. / ask vol to permit me to show
that the hest blood OF Scotland is Irish,
and that the scotchman who came to
ireland. Il he possessed ancestral pride,
must sratify 1t in looking to his Irish
origin. r. 80.
Three centuries befors.e h5ist the
Northern Irish CelR cdi6Mked the
greater portion, Of Scotland: then called
Albanach. Later other Irish colonies
followed the first. They conquered the
land: they drove the Norsemen from
the coasts and islands; they subjected
The Northern Enplish who had come
into soutkerii Scotland Grace the
connectioIs EeSween the ediil tfSss: An
Irishman was King of Western Scotland
and the Hebrides in sos A. D.; he was
succeeded by his brother in 513 A. D.,
and, during their reigns their brother
WINS monarch Of all ireland. To that
monarch the Queen Of England is proud
10 trace tho soutce az her pedigree.
In the ninM fhflVp S95tffn III. OF the
same IrishtrI9e 9&as7 tho lHFst King OF
ali Scotland; his son.intlaw was the
King Of all Ireland. The Gaelic tongue
spoEen in the two Kingdoms was the
same until the translation of t he Bible
yaried Tin Scotlond; this is admitted
Nv nhilolneIsfs kEurottean writ ers from
Iethird csTaf M, N ~ Ma ffelandS Scotia.
From the,ninf IN foS lie sthirteerth CEN
tnries thoy termed Ireland Scotia major
and Scotland Scotia minor. The mon
orchv In Ireland wns pnrely Celtic until
the close Of the eleventh century, when
Il became CelticsNorman by intermar-
riace, ThefIrish Language still lives in
+bs nonas 81 the hIlls and valleys OF
scotIand I.otarg The, irish in the wear
1SSs n want to scotland to aid Alex
ander nj against The Danes in 1917 A.
D. Bruce went to Ireland to assist her
ooainst the English. II is true that
msnv soxonsi TIeminps. and Normans
settIsd ;nStbe southern norton Of Scot
land Int the rare. The pure the ruling
raca was tho CsIfie wBich had come
from Ireland The irish founded the
monastery f Iona, within WHICH I; forty y:
bnried
Tho Sc6tcb! fr sS ala NOT invade ireland
with IViliiouFt ~. OTaI16a Instead OF
az 4, = M s5I fa William
III III tSon fonsI, Y t a.s;nst I'm iSSsecotland
and s1e5 E ,.5 MfSDSS4 aa6son who %
r %Sr b;s otroc;ties In 1902 Mt Glen.
COO. tbov did moi connner ITlster. thew
ara not now attbose Who inhabit the
no !" ~, Nv ,,ort ~ Trel1nds, Ulster il
not. aisae6t E ;nhah;ted hva Protsstont
.,oS' s ~ Tha 'Nnrtbssn fr;sS had
ppft p'" 'S.r;,,o, XXI ro;DS ~ Tl;1obeth
trSmn,eS IN Tho micbt Of England At
tho cIos a ~ hsr ii1e thev we're com
Sre SiSse e,S for .ha rst time ali roland
xsS' ,,ns,sr Rr;t;sh sway In is0S lanes
= 10 .,thS ,,;sost tool I IN Enronsn became
E;ns ~, iga mn Y dsSt 5gfs IN 1000 he
CONT .a1 IN "a tbe nine 1rotnties nj
ffIstaS aSneI I the ore s,t number of
the;,I SiS itonts norcaIed tho land into
iot e ~ tsor, S,oo 20 mn Scras gronteG
t ,.s - !. T,IIS, o,d Sco,sS oIyaafnrsrs
s s,1SII hS,,5d HEM To s Nice Scotch and
Enelish laiJbfsafsa p II ahfs-as tan.