Has there been ever been any intermarriages between the irish and the scottish and the welsh in ireland?

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Priscilla Duck

My other half is Scottish, I'm Irish we live in Ireland. However, he has a mixed heritage (Scottish, Irish, English, German) as do I. Our relationship has little to do with a shared Celtic heritage. I identify as European first, then Irish. He considers himself Scottish/British/European. Celtic-ness doesn't really come into it. Before I met him, I'd had relationships with men from England, Bulgaria, Russia and Germany, as well as the occasional Irishman. I don't think of myself (or them) as ethnically anything. I am a person, as are they, and the origins of their specific combinations of genes are hardly important. If there is a higher proportion of marriages between Scots/Welsh and Irish than other nationalities, it is more likely due to geographical proximity than anything else. And according to the census of 2006, there are more English people living in Ireland than any other non-Irish nationality. Presumably many of those will have Irish partners.

Also, this friendship between the Irish and the Scots that you speak of has not always existed. Many of the planters who came to Ireland and kicked the natives off the land were Scottish. Many Irish who migrated to Scotland were treated very badly (see the Kirkintilloch fire of the early 20th century as an example). I don't consider the Welsh or Scots to be any closer to me than any other of my European neighbours - it all comes down to the individual. And we have closer links to England than we do to Wales - just look at the Irish communities in London, Liverpool, Manchester etc. There is nothing like that in Wales, and in Scotland only Glasgow compares.

barbara b

My friend married a Scotsman. I'd say the answer to your question is , yes, loads of times.

Orla C

Of course there have.

The very common name Walsh actually means 'Welsh', and the Irish form is 'Breathnach', which is not a million miles away from the word 'British'. Over the centuries there was lots of intermarriage between the islands.

The name Gallagher, common in Ireland, is believed to be Scottish in origin.

Like a Fox

Yep, my Dad is scottish and my Mam is irish. He moved to Ireland yonks ago.

As a matter of interest, Why exactly does this concern you?

benny

What a silly question, of coarse there have been , my Grandmother came over to Ireland with her parents in the 40's from Dundee and she meet up with my Grandad here in Offaly, there was a bit of controversy because my grandad was catholic and my nan was Protestant, there was no problem from the catholic side it all came from my nan's side who didn't want to see a Protestant girl marry a catholic but thankfully for my sake they all sorted out there differences my nan had to convert to Catholicism though.
Later my Aunt from the same family moved to Dundee over to my relations in the 80's to get some work and she meet a Protestant man ( a sounder man you could not meet) and they got married in a Protestant Church in the 90's which we all went to and had great craic, they later moved to Ireland where they still live,
This is one story from one typical Irish family and I think you will find thousands more similar story's throughout Ireland.
Hope this helps

Tid

No, never. Only the irish marry the irish. What kind of a question is this? Seriously, we couldn't give two monkeys about any celts etc, unless you go down the road of a druid wedding, which ain't legal, or doesn't hold up, but other than that, if you fall in love with someone, we don't care where ya come from!

Misty Blue

Sure the half of Donegal are Scottish.Go to Govanhill in Glasgow and they are nearly all of Irish extraction.

raver82

my next door neighbour is Scottish, his wife is Irish and his brother is also married to an Irish woman but they live in Scotland. I went to school with a guy who was born in Wales, he lived in a place called Llandudno but moved to Ireland when he was 2, his mother is Welsh and his father is Irish.

rauls ghost

My parents are irish / welsh. i grew up in england but now live in ireland with my irish wife. (must be some form of salmon like compulsion!)

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