No, they're heckin' celts who were bullied by the British empire. They didnu nuffin.

>>18454809
I like how 99% of the bad shit that happened to the Irish was at the hand of protestant scots but they still blame England because that's where the gibs are.

>>18454867
that's not fair
something like 25% was at the hands of protestant Irish (descended from aristocrats who converted to keep London happy) LARPing as real brits

>>18454809
highlands scots are celts
lowlands are germanics

>>18455286
The Highlands might unironically be more Germanic than the Lowlands because of Scandinavian settlement on the islands and north highlands. Norway nominal owned it for many years, and huge clans like the MacDonalds and MacLeods descended from Scandinavian vikings.

Lowland Scot here. I have more Norse 4% than Saxon 1% in me

>>18455298
Post results.

>>18455291
The last remaining pockets of Scottish Gaelic in the Hebrides were heavily Norse. There’s a lot of Norse loan words, especially anything to do with ships, and reversing the usual pattern where settlers retain old names, many of the place names are Norse.

You can divide scotland into 4 quarters
>Hebrides and Western Highlands
Irish Gaelic and Norse-Gael
>Northern Highlands
Pictish and Norn
>Western Lowlands
Brythonic Cumbrian
>Eastern Lowlands
Northumbrian Saxon and Norman