Ulster Scots people

Ulster-Scots
Scots-Irish, Ulstèr-Scotch

A juvenile pipe band of the Ulster-Scots Agency
Regions with significant populations
United States	3,007,722,[1][2] estimated Scotch‑Irish
Northern Ireland	345,101,[3][4] self‑identified Northern Irish Presbyterians
Republic of Ireland	24,200,[5] self‑identified Irish Presbyterians
Languages
Ulster English, Ulster Irish, Ulster Scots, Scots Gaelic (small numbers historically)
Religion
Mainly Presbyterian, some Church of Ireland and other Protestant denominations
Related ethnic groups
Anglo-Irish English Scottish Scotch-Irish American Scotch-Irish Canadian Scottish-American

The Ulster Scots people are an ethnic group^[6][7][8][9] descended largely from Scottish and English settlers who moved to the north of Ireland during the 17th century.^[10][11][12] There is an Ulster Scots dialect of the Scots language.

Found mostly in the province of Ulster, their ancestors were Protestant settlers who migrated from the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England during the Plantation of Ulster, which was a planned process of colonisation following the Tudor conquest of Ireland.^[13] The largest numbers came from Dumfries and Galloway, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Scottish Borders, Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham, Yorkshire and, to a lesser extent, from the Scottish Highlands.^[14]

Ulster Scots people emigrated in significant numbers to the American colonies, later the United States, and elsewhere in the British Empire. In North America, they are called Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish,