I found my family history (I’m US born) and I’m laughing. I’m curious if Crawford is inherently Irish or if it’s actually Scottish (first time posting here, sorry if this isn’t on topic)

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1. Probably from an Ulster Scot’s background.

2. I was going to to cite beamish and Crawford as evidence of the name being Irish. But then I looked it up and and both beamish and Crawford were descendants of English settlers. So what ever about it being Scottish it doesn’t seem to be Irish

3. I had a friend at uni who was Crawford. He was Scottish and said that’s where the name comes from, just outside Glasgow I think.

4. Tans

5. Probably scots/irish. Like some of the presidents we don’t claim.

6. I can’t really help with this other than to say I once saw a Unionist election poster inviting people to “vote Crawford Henderson” and I’m still not sure if that was a person or a two-man ticket.

7. Orange

8. I have cousins named crawford. Crawford is scottish, a lot came over here to serve under higher up settlers. Inion Dubh moved to donegal and brought a family/workers named crawford to donegal as an example. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongavlin_Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongavlin_Castle)

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   most crawfords became Irish

9. Scotch is alcohol. Scots are people.

10. I would have thought more on the Scandinavian side. As an origin. Especially with ford. In the name.

11. He was a Protestant man who didn’t want to be associated with Irish Catholic immigrants in the US.

    Enjoy reading up on why he didn’t like being called Irish! I’d suggest looking at the Orange Riots in New York to start.