Scotish joins irish war of indepdendence

Around 1920, Ireland fought a guerilla war for its independence. What if Scotland had also joined the fray and tried to break off? Was there significant desire for independence? Or is this ASB?
 
To the extent that Scots had any sympathies with the Irish at all, wouldn't the majority of them side with the Irish Protestants? Scotland being a bastion of Presbyterianism(at least in the C20), and(if I understand the history), the ancestral home of many Irish protestants.

So, it seems unlikely to me that many Scots would want to join a rebellion whose side-results would include removing Irish protestants from British protection, and placing them at the mercies of a Catholic majority. Doubly so if the republicans had succeeded in uniting the whole island.
 

shiftygiant

Gone Fishin'
If Scotland joined the war as an independent faction (which is just ASB) then it's gonna join the Unionists, not the Republicans.
 
The last time Scotland did anything for Ireland on that front was when Robert the Bruce's brother decided to invade Ireland in the 1300s, during his brother's war with England. Since then...Ireland was fairly low on Scotland's radar.
 

shiftygiant

Gone Fishin'
Yup, what everybody said.

Well, there isn't really much else to say. Scotland is loyal at this point, and would support the Unionists. If Scotland was to support the Republic, we'd need an earlier PoD in which Scotland is not within the Union at this point, but England somehow retained Ireland. Maybe if the Black Friday went worse and resulted in several bodies in George Square then yeah, rogue Scottish elements could conceivable enter the war, perhaps bringing Scotland into it as a battlefield, but as it stands there isn't really all that much to say.
 
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