PeterUK

Just had time to glance at the Ulster Scots article, but will read.

I think we’ve got Competing Narratives here.

Webb seems to say that the Scots moved to Ulster Plantation pretty much at the behest of Britain. (His book clips along, so I frequently feel I’ve missed something. But I’m pretty sure that’s his argument.)

Is there any kind of consensus about this? (Webb doesn’t present himself as writing revisionist history, which is not to say that he isn’t. I don’t think he’s done much primary research; he’s mainly synthesizing the various histories of the Ulster Scots already written, and reflecting on these people himself.)