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Thanks for the clarification on Mac vs. Mc. Apparently, Mac is the old fashioned way, before the contraction came into vogue, which, by definition, had to come later than what is being contracted. So, traditionalists would always use Mac, and others would use Mc or Mac (depending on how they like to speak).
I was referring to us North Americans (Canadians and USA persons) as "we". But there must have been a mass misconception, as the idea of "Mc" being Irish, and Mac being Scots was refered to on the websites you linked.
Lady Quackly-I would guess Scots-Irish would refer to The Scottish settlers who emigrated into Northern Ireland under British rule in Ulster, which remains, today, heavily protestant rather than Catholic, and still belongs to Great Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).