Irish History - American Revolution and Ireland Part 1 of 6

[zyzor]

this is fascinating. I love to learn about the american revolution and this is a topic i knew nothing about. Although I do know there was a loyalist regiment called the loyal volunteers of ireland which was comprised of irish emigrants who fought for the british.

[malarky321]

5218bunny..eh?

A. yer pulling me on a post i made a year ago

B. yes i'm well aware of the fact he is banging on about Ireland,i live in Belfast and i stand by my comment that he isnt at all biased when talking about the island of ireland when his background is dine out in green,white and gold!....is there only certain colours of paint sold down south?

[napalm69]

@ironhead455 I don't doubt you. There certainly wer some native Irish Catholics in America before the Revolution. All I am saying is that the huge majority of Irish in America at that time were of Scottish protestant descent. It wasn't until later that 'native' Irish started coming in large numbers.

[monzarela]

Populations in the American Colonies of 1775 [14][15] Ancestry Percentage during 1776 and clearly english american largest ancestry. English 48.7% African 20.0% Scots-Irish 7.8 % German 6.9% Scottish 6.6 % Dutch 2.7% French 1.4% Swedish 0.6% Other 5.3% Note - If the Scottish and Ulster Scots (known as Scots-Irish) are added together they form 14.4%.

[napalm69]

The Irish that he refers to during the American Revolution is in fact the 'Scots-Irish'. They were mainly presbyterian Scottish who settled in Ulster from 1606 during the Ulster plantations. After a few generations these Scots-Irish (or Ulster-Scots as they are called in Ireland) started emigrating to America. Upto a third of the American Revolutionary Army were Scots-Irish (Ulster-Scots). The huge majority of native catholic Irish didn't start emigration to the USA until the famine era.

[msbeth20]

so true napalm69, pity the old fart reading didnt know that.

[5218bunny]

@napalm69 There were significant numbers of irish-catholics here during revolutionary times. The st. Patrick's Day Parade in New York pre-dates the revolution. The famine or starvation, sent hordes of irish-catholic peasants to america. Many came with nothing but their hatred of England.Some of us still feel that way. My famiily came here in 1929.They lived through The Tan War and the War of Independence.

[napalm69]

@5218bunny There may have been 'significant' numbers but they were much lower in number to Irish Protestants. The St. Patrick's parade in New York was started in the 1760's by Irish regiments of the British Army and was done in honour of the king. To this day Irish regiments of the British Army still mark St Pat's day with parades. Early Irish societies like the Friendly Sons Of St Patrick and the Hibernian Society participated in later parades and they were mainly Protestant at the time also.

[napalm69]

@5218bunny ........ It wasn't until the mid 1800's that the New York St. Patrick's parade became an almost wholly Irish Catholic Nationalist event organized by the A.O.H . even though most Protestant churches honour St. Patrick. Today, many Protestant Irish in America wear orange on St. Paddy's day. Hatred for anything is not something to be proud of, maybe it's time to lose the chip on your shoulder.

[toppaz79]

shhhhh! that's a secret!

[malarky321]

not at all biased this boy ....ffs even the rooms decked out green white an gold

[5218bunny]

@malarky321 biased. He's talking about Ireland. Not Scotland.

[PADDYABU]

at best this is poor scholarship at worst this is some guy winging it. The irish population was 2.5 million around the time of the american revolution? So in what, 60 years the irish population incresed by some 6million or so?! Omg lol

[TheFightingIrish2]

around the america revealotion ireland had patato famin and population droped from 10 million to 2.5 million (mainly emergration to england and america)

population is now a bit over 5 million

[dylbollox]

actually the famine happened in 1848...

[TheFightingIrish2]

sorry i'm very bad with dates and normaly look over my history book before i say anything must of bin in a hurry when i wrote this...

also population rong were a bit under 5 million :)

[napalm69]

FightingIrish2... the Great Famine was in the mid 1840's, around 70 years after the American revolution. The population of Ireland fell from around 8 million to around 6 million during that time (or about 20 - 25 percent.) Many native Irish fought during the American civil war but very few during the American Revolutionary war.

[937irish]

i doubt you watched all 6 parts. Out of all the facts given all you have is a question about pop. numbers. Thats sad and shows how unlearned you can be. Where s your vids of you setting in a room where people payed to hear you speak?

[caemgen51]

Actually this is a free lecture.