to come to ireland is a huge difference between presbyterians in elster and presbyterians in ulster and in presbyterians in scotland. were second-class citizens. it was an anglican establishment, definitely not a presbyterian establishment. there was large immigration from the 1720's. the glorious revolution was a disappointment for ulster presbyterians in many ways. one thing your talk as highlighted for me is how little ,esearch there is in ireland irish historians, irish-american , to highlight the irish contribution, including the scotch-irish contribution, to the american revolution, which is very considerable. but there is very little research on the irish that fought in the british army and the american war of independence. it is forgotten. tone was disappointed he wasn't quite old enough to take part in the british army in the american war of independence, and who were the irish soldiers in the british army? where they mainly protestant or were there a good number of catholics? recruited from london, very wealthy, his parents moved to london in the 1760's, so he was effectively