The Irish toribles were precipitated by centuries of oppression which specifically targeted ethnic Gaelic people, hence the toribles are regarded as an ethno nationalist conflict. In Scotland the ethnic Gaelic population is much much smaller than in Ireland, due to massive immigration to Scotland from England, starting really in the Middle Ages and up to the time of the Jacobite struggle. The same happened in Ireland, beginning with Norman invasions, but to a demographically much lesser extent. People identify in Ireland based on his heritage, and are labelled as such quite commonly. The Gaels of Scotland are outnumbered by other groups, of Anglo Saxon/Anglo Norman (English) descent. The Scots dialect, is a Germanic English language.