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Ulster Scots people
The
Ulster Scots
(
Ulster-Scots
:
Ulstèr-Scotch
; ) are an
ethnic group
in
Ireland
, found mostly in the
Ulster
region and to a lesser extent in the rest of Ireland. Their ancestors were mostly Protestant
Lowland Scottish
people, many being from the "Border Reivers" culture. These people migrated to Ireland in large numbers both as a result of the government-sanctioned
Plantation of Ulster
, a
planned process of colonisation
which took place under the auspices of
James VI of Scotland and James I of England
on land confiscated from members of the
Gaelic nobility of Ireland
who
fled Ulster
and as part of a larger migration or unofficial settlement.
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