Ulster Protestant
An Ulster Protestant describes someone who is both Protestant and from Ulster. Most Ulster Protestants are descendants of the Protestant settlers involved in the early 17th century Ulster Plantation, mostly Lowland Scottish and Northern English people and predominantly from Galloway and the Scottish Borders. The majority of Ulster Protestants are also Ulster Scots people, but some are also of predominantly English, Irish Gaelic or Huguenot ancestry. Divisions between Ulster's Catholics and Protestants have played a major role in the history of Ulster from the 16th to the 20th century, especially during the Plantation, the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, the Glorious Revolution and the Troubles.[1] Most are Presbyterian or Anglican. Repression of Presbyterians by Anglicans (who followed the state religion) intensified after the Glorious Revolution but largely ended after the Irish Rebellion of 1798.[2] Most Ulster Protestants live in Northern Ireland and tend to support the Union with the rest of the United Kingdom.[3] About 2% of Ulster Protestants reside in the rump of Ulster in the Republic of Ireland.