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		clickety_clack 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, Atlas ar... Ya, the Scotch-Irish were the Brits doing the overbearing in Ireland.

physicsguy 9 days ago [–]

Let’s also not forget that the Irish lords that the Anglo-Irish supplanted were themselves the descendants of Normans.

clickety_clack 6 days ago | | [–]

This is incorrect. It was the Britons that were ruled by saxons and then normans, not the Irish (until the invasion we’re talking about obviously).

orwin 9 days ago | | [–]

No, they weren't, not in a meaningful way.

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