@DoorHinge167@fosandair Gaelic was spoken in Galloway until the mid 1700s. Regardless, Im talking about genetics and ancestry. The western lowlands including Strathclyde was mixed Gaelic and Briton.
@DoorHinge167@fosandair They were primarily from the western lowlands which had a strong Gaelic influence. When you include the Irish and Scots Gaelic ancestry in most Ulster Scots, they are pretty much 50% Gaelic. The majority of the rest is still Celtic.
South Belfast is routinely held up as an advertisement for diversity. Women who live and study there often describe a less reassuring reality.
The available figures are uncomfortable. Those needed to establish the full picture remain unavailable.
My latest for @TheBurkeanIE
@ImmortalGoy My father is from a Protestant family, though he is republican and a convert to Catholicism. I wouldnt be caught dead near the butchers apron.
James Connolly left a trail of words and deeds so that both leftoids and rightoids in the future could plausibly claim his legacy for their team
Be like James Connolly