Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Phil,

Your point about St. Patrick's Day is a good one; In my opinion, much of it is do to the Irish-American community's very good "public relations" machine. It is interesting to note how many people in my "neck of the woods" who are of Ulster-Scots heritage claim to be "Irish" and embrace many elements of Southern Irish culture.

Todd
Interesting you should say that as I know my Ulster relations celebrate St. Patrick so it is not just a southern Irish thing I suppose. I hadn't thought about it that way before but after a couple of hundred years they do think of themselves now as more Irish than Scots and would take that with them when they emigrated.