Happy St. Patricks Day. I was told by my dad as I was growing up that we were Scotch-Irish. I was never sure what this meant but now I do. It means: In the 1710 to 1775 era, over 200,000 people emigrated from Ulster, Ireland to the 13 Colonies, from New Hampshire to Georgia. The largest numbers went to Pennsylvania. From that base some went south into Virginia, the "Carolinas" and across the South, with a large concentration in the "Appalachian" districts. My family is definitely a cultural mix but that is what makes us unique.