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“Most of the first voluntary Irish immigrants came from Ulster in the north of Ireland. These immigrants were generally, although not exclusively, Protestants. They…

— Ryan Hackney

I'm not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he's called Macdonald, and you don't get a lot more Scottish…

— Kevin Macdonald

I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a bit of…

— Adelaide Kane

I do feel Scottish in some way. Maybe it's to do with visiting my grandparents here every summer as a child, but I am…

— Peter Doig

I must admit, I'm not Scottish at all. I'm really an Irish-Canadian from Vancouver.

— James Doohan

I am Scottish. I am also British.

— Andy Murray

There are hundreds of thousands of Scots who acknowledge English, Irish or Welsh parts of their very being. Lives and destinies are similarly intertwined…

— Michael Ignatieff

Being Scottish is something you have in your heart not something that comes off your tongue.

— Angus Macfadyen

Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.

— Callum Keith Rennie

I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English.

— Nina Conti

Scots are born exiles, and Scotland the perfect country to be exiled from. Do not imagine that I am running down Scotland. Far from…

— Jan Struther

Scotland was home to me from when I was 12 up until I was 22. I decided to drop my English bit, and when…

— Rachael Stirling