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Irish in Scotland
- www.irishinscotland.com - the monthly newsletter of the Irish in Scotland..
- www.embassyofireland.co.uk - Embassy of Ireland Great Britain.
- www.irishpn.org - the Irish Professional Network (IPN).
Considering the Dal Riada kingdoms and the Irishisation of Scotland in the early Middle Ages, it is difficult to determine how many Scots have genetic Irish ancestry or how many were Picts who adopted Irish lifestyles, although the general consensus is that both happened as Pictish culture vanished by the 11th century. In 2001, around 55,000 people in Scotland had been born in Ireland, while people of Irish heritage make up about 20% of the population.