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About 45 million Americans are of Irish descent--and a majority are Protestants. Originally most were Presbyterians. Today the largest number are [[Southern Baptist Convention|Baptists]], followed by [[United Methodist Church|Methodists]].
About 45 million Americans are of Irish descent--and a majority are Protestants. Originally most were Presbyterians. Today the largest number are [[Southern Baptist Convention|Baptists]], followed by [[United Methodist Church|Methodists]].
Although the [[Orange Order]] was strong among Protestant Irish in Canada, it never caught hold in the United States. There were relatively few instances of violence between the Catholic Irish and the protestant Irish--the most notable being riots in Philadelphia in 1844 and New York City in 1870 and 1871.
Although the [[Orange Order]] was strong among Protestant Irish in Canada, it never caught hold in the United States. There were relatively few instances of violence between the Catholic Irish and the protestant Irish--the most notable being riots in Philadelphia in 1844 and New York City in 1870 and 1871. [[File:Scots-irish.jpg|thumb|290px]]
==Presbyterians==
==Presbyterians==
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* Glazier, Michael, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America,'' (1999), a good place to start--the most authoritative source, with essays by over 200 experts; covers both Catholics and Protestants.
* Glazier, Michael, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America,'' (1999), a good place to start--the most authoritative source, with essays by over 200 experts; covers both Catholics and Protestants.
* Griffin, Patrick. ''The People with No Name: Ireland's Ulster Scots, America's Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689-1764''. (2001)
* Griffin, Patrick. ''The People with No Name: Ireland's Ulster Scots, America's Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689-1764''. (2001)
* Kennedy, Bill. ''Scots Irish in Pennsylvania & Kentucky'' (1998) [http://www.amazon.com/Scots-Pennsylvania-Kentucky-Scots-Irish-Chronicles/dp/1840300329/ref=pd_sim_b_2#noop excerpt and text search], popular history
* Lee, J. J., and Marion Casey, eds. ''Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Making-Irish-American-History-Heritage/dp/0814752187/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255940745&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Lee, J. J., and Marion Casey, eds. ''Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Making-Irish-American-History-Heritage/dp/0814752187/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255940745&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Leyburn, James G. ''Scotch-Irish: A Social History'' (1989), scholarly survey; good starting point.
* Leyburn, James G. ''Scotch-Irish: A Social History'' (1989), scholarly survey; good starting point.