I am a proud child of a large Southeast Kentucky family whose roots began first in the Reiver lands of the Scottish Borders, later in Yorkshire, and finally in Ulster. They traveled across the ocean landing in Guilford NC, in PA and Maryland. I grew up with bluegrass music playing in the home everyday, my father was an outstanding banjo player. This music is in my DNA and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Feel blessed to be of this Heritage and welcome with open arms everyone who wishes to be honorary members! God bless everyone

@christiansmith4421

Жыл бұрын

That’s how we know who we are.

What a marvellous story of a people through migration & music

About 15% of the population of Australia and New Zealand have Scots-Irish ancestry and I am glad to say interest in our origins in Scotland and Ulster, particularly from the younger generations is growing probably due to the internet and education. There are many gatherings here so wonderful to see this is alive and well in the US and Canada as well.

Oh my. Can you imagine sitting there, playing fiddle or accordion, and seeing Phil Cunningham standing in the crowd? I'd fall off my chair in a faint ~ lol

My ancestors landed in Philadelphia in the early 1700s and traveled south to Hawkins County in East Tennessee. I was raised nearby, in Greene County, and I've heard this music, singing, and these accents all my life. It's definitely home to me.

@melviadinsmore38

5 ай бұрын

Yes same with my family.

Thank you so much for posting this, is always nice to know where our ancestors came from, and what America is built out of,, immigrants from all over the world, great to know,,,🇺🇸🇺🇸😊

I'm from WV and this is a big part of my heritage.

My Family from West Virginia is from the Scots-Irish group. Glad to share in this heritage

Phil Cunningham should make more documentaries; he did an excellent job with this one.

@DeepCrossing1

Жыл бұрын

yes it's very thorough

@RobVan-zg4hw

8 ай бұрын

For sure.

@RobVan-zg4hw

8 ай бұрын

For sure.

Phil Cunningham is a splendid narrator, being an accomplished musician himself. He spoke of the Ulster Scots going down the Great Valley, as many did. Some, though, went west over the mountains. My wife's people did so, going from Philadelphia in the 1700s to the Cove in Franklin County, and over the mountains to modern-day Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania. Her family was much like these mentioned in this series. They were originally from Galloway in the far southwest of Scotland, but escaped to Donegal in Ireland to flee from persecution in the 1680s. The family included a famous Covenanter martyr. From Donegal they came here to America.

@robertsmyth4998

6 жыл бұрын

Fiddling John Carson Complete recorded works in chronological order. Volume 1. 1923-1924 Remastered by Document Records ,Newtown Stewart, Scotland ,I got a copy when it came out , the hiss and crackle still there , first class

@wolfthequarrelsome504

4 жыл бұрын

Did they call themselves "Ulster Scots" ? Don't think so as half of those immigrants were from all parts of Ireland. So cut out the revisionism.

@paulduffy4585

3 жыл бұрын

I remember reading somewhere that visitors to Valley Forge, or whatever Washington's winter camp was called, reported hearing Gaelic spoken anong the soldiers there. But that it was Galloway Gaelic, a now extinct dialect. Ever heard anything about that?

@ProfileP246

Жыл бұрын

Pat Aherne They certainly did call themselves Ulster men, and they didn’t speak with an Irish accent. My people were from the borderlands and they also called themselves Ulster men.

@brucecollins4729

Жыл бұрын

@@ProfileP246 correct. most of these ulster scots would have still been full scots having lived in ireland for a few years or even months then leaving for amerikay due to the anti scottish troubles in ireland. so aye, they would still have had their scottish accents. taking their scottish fiddle music and sangs with them.

This was an amazing series

So many of my Scots/Irish Ancestors found their hearts desire in land and freedom from want in North America. Fortunately for all of us none of them expected anything but hard work making the land their own. Then hit the East coast and headed west to where there was land to work, not mills, unless they owned them and never to the mines!

That was lovely. Thanks so much for posting it.

Family came down this road to Staunton Va. Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church church lawn has evidence of our ancestors

my heritage is from the mountains of N.C. andTenn. pride of it. Most the time

Excellent documentary.

Wonderful documentary

Grand video - thanks.

Thanks for sharing. Any chance of part 3?

Can’t wait for the next one that runs into 1960s…😊

Phil Cunningham can play with anyone :-)

My grandmother used to Buck dance. Has anyone else heard of this dance? She was from Western North Carolina.

LOL. I'll show you Scots Irish family cemeteries, here in the NC Southern Mountains dating back to the late 1600s, 1700s with nothing but a big rock at the head, and a smaller one at the foot of each grave. Hardly a discernible name carved in either stone. Many of those you can read are of whole families who died in the same year mere days, or a few weeks apart of diseases like small pox, or some kind of fever, etc.. Early settlers, Infants, and Adults, but only a trail, off a forest road, to lead you to them. A place where once stood, but long gone, a small Homestead community. Early homesteaders with Surnames like McCall, and Gillespie. Ancestors of families who still reside not too far away. Folk who wished they could afford a headstone as nice as those.

I'm currently learning banjo I'm definitely no Earl Scruggs but I'm having fun

Please make available part 3

@Forgedinulster

6 жыл бұрын

Hi, try to see if it works for you here... kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmutxtWFmMSccrw.html

@Inupiaq89

6 жыл бұрын

YES! Let's see this journey through to the present day.

A lot of Adams in the deep Tennessee Appalachian mountains

Country roads take me home to the place I belong

The blues too

What musical heritage did we get from England.?

Well, maybe Ricky and I are "cousins". I have Fergusons in my line as well.

How can we find the sound track for this flick? I’d like to look up these songs and there’s only two in the description, when I know i heard at least 20.

Hoo-yah!

Does anyone know the hymn at 29:23 ? And who's singing it? It's beautiful

@barry5356

2 жыл бұрын

By Cool Siloam Shady Rill and can be found on KZread, Greetings from Northern Ireland.

@katrinaKJB1611

2 жыл бұрын

@@barry5356 thank you very much!

@hilohilo9539

10 ай бұрын

I know this might be a little late, but it is verse 8 of the 52 Psalm from the 1650 Scottish Psalter. The tradition that sadly was lost in America was to sing the Psalms of David unaccompanied. You can rarely find a Presbyterian church which upholds this doctrine of scripture today.

My mother’s family name was Thomas

Where is part 3?

@Forgedinulster

5 жыл бұрын

Removed due to copyright. Let me know if this link works... kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmutxtWFmMSccrw.html

The Devil Went Down to Georgia depicts the Devil's fiddling contest.

1930's photos of Nethers PO in Madison Co VA used in the film, folks in the photos would have been mostly of German descent.

@richardallen3289

10 ай бұрын

Always remember Nethers PO & Old Rag Mt

Ulster is part of Ireland.

not ulster scots influence..it,s scots influence. that,s how it got to ireland by the scots.people forget many many of these ulster scots would still have been full scots having lived in ireland a few years or even months then leaving for the americas taking their fiddle music with them to jine their earlier scots kin.

@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93

2 жыл бұрын

true

@Anhorish

Жыл бұрын

Ha, you're a bit obsessed by this topic, especially given your Irish name. ps, a century later is 5 generations.

@brucecollins4729

Жыл бұрын

@@Anhorish collins is an anglo-norman name taken there when the anglo-normans invaded and settled ireland. american fiddle music would have it,s origins in scotland.

@Anhorish

Жыл бұрын

@@brucecollins4729 O'Cullane or Cullane is Irish which was Anglicized to Collins. It could also be French or Scottish. If Anglo-norman, it's a 1000 years old in Ireland which unless you have some metaphysical essence in mind makes it Irish, or Viking as the Normans were Northmen settled in France. Go back far enough and I'm sure you could claim them as an Aryan tribe from the Steppes. You seem to have a very selective cutoff point for identity and don't seem to understand the history of Scotland, its culture, or of your own surname. From the Ulster Plantation to the mass emigration to USA was a century but you feel the need to suggest Ulster had no impact on Scottish colonizers. It was at least practice for colonizing the natives.

@brucecollins4729

Жыл бұрын

@@Anhorish the o,s macs arrived in ireland with the scottish galoglas . you think because you change collins to gaelic it will make it look ancient...no... the scots could do the same or the welsh. i understand my culture well. most irish history is made up tales by medieval irish monks(as your own irish historians concede) to give ireland an identity . if you want to write about selective cut of points lets start with the mythical scotti that,s supposed to have colonised scotland the west coast of england and wales. (fabricated tales). it,s a very detailed history alang with all the other tribes that left ireland to settle scotland.(ireland must have been like southampton docks back in the day). noo, here,s the irish cut off point....nobody can give me a detailed history of how the mythical scotti/ gael got to ireland in the first place. you can also enlighten me as to what culture came from ireland into scotland.

Radio 52:15

I am christopher phillip skeates the son of man revelation 12 and I wear the coat of blood and bubbygoddess is my imaginary daughter the one upon the throne and I am white prodestant anglo saxon male with maori in my blood from new zealand where my father maxwell skeates was born with a russian name skeatez.. and my mother patricia skeates originaly o'farrel and her father was born a catholic from the center of ireland and she is the new wonder of heaven in revelation 12 who gave birth to me on the 19th of december /1953 ...at bendigo victoria australia and I have lived in canberra the new jerusalum in revelation ... of the king james bible ... my wife is the one in white in revelation whom I die so she lives ...skeatesybubbygoddess 2021 ...

Revisionist clap trap !

You're not getting the catholic and protestant aspect of life over there. It's a very bad aspect of life. I've seen it.