List of Scots-Irish Americans

List of Scots-Irish Americans

The Scotch-Irish trace their ancestry to Ulster Scots people from Scotland, but through Northern Ireland.

This is a list of notable Scots-Irish Americans, ordered by surname within section.

*Dolly Parton (1946 - ) country singer, songwriter, composer, author and actress [Parton - [http://www.scotchirish.net/Country%20Music.php4] "Dolly Parton the Queen of Country spoke of her pride at being Scotch Irish just before a sellout gig in Belfast. In an interview with Northern Ireland newspaper the Belfast Telegraph she said, " there is no reason why I haven't played Belfast in the past. But with my Scotch Irish ancestry its ridiculous that I haven't been here before. Obviously my roots have been a massive influence on my music" Dolly then said that she would love to return to Northern Ireland being very proud of her heritage she would love to find out more. The Ulster Scots Agency who presented Dolly with a Ulster Scots translated version of her hit "Jolene" said she would be very welcome, " Dolly is just one of 22 Million Scotch-Irish in America who are enthusiastically following up their Ulster Scots roots. I am delighted she is in town and hope she finds out more about her roots. I am sure she will find us very welcoming and will come back again to visit where her forefather's came from"]
*James S. Rollins (Representative, "Father of the University of Missouri") [Rollins - Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, Missouri's Hall of Fame: Lives of Eminent Missourians, Missouri Book Company, 1918, p. 184.]
*John McCain Politician [McCain - [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/22/happening-now-mccain-in-scranton/] John McCain speaks of his Scots-Irish ancestry during a rally for the Irish-American Presidential Forum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.]

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