The website of the Society for Irish Latin American Studies is full of information about Irish migration to Latin America. It's divided into four sections:
The Homeland, about the
origins of the settlers;
The Journey, about how the Irish settlers traveled to Latin America, including the infamous
Dresden affair;
The Settlement, about the lives of the Irish in Latin America;
Faces and Places, which has biographies of a wide variety of people,
Mateo Banks, family murderer,
Camila O'Gorman, executed lover of a priest,
William Lamport, 17th Century revolutionary and
Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean independence leader, who gets a whole subsection to himself. There is also a
list of Irish placenames and much else of interest to history nerds.
posted by Kattullus
on May 14, 2012 -
13 comments
The O'Donnell clan claims descendancy (like, dare I say,
a significant part of the Irish population), from
Niall of the Nine Hostages, legendary
High King of Ireland.
The O'Donnell clan ruled over the kingdom of Tyrconnell, in modern-day
County Donegal, well into the modern age. However, after the discovery of the
Gunpowder Plot, Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell, fled Ireland together with Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, in the
Flight of the Earls.
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posted by Skeptic
on Oct 18, 2008 -
19 comments
Body, volume, style and shine with long-lasting power.
Clonycavan Styling Gel, along with mummification in Irish peat, works together with your freshly disemboweled corpse to protect hair from the disruptive power of 2000 years of rigor-mortis.
posted by 0bvious
on Jan 17, 2006 -
14 comments
The Green Fields of Vietnam
There was an interesting program aired tonight on RTE (Irish TV), about Irish born soliders who fought in the Vietnam War. Although only one Irish born solider is officially listed as having been killed, there were 20 others, who gave their US address when they enlisted. It's believed that 2000 Irish born men served in that conflict (they had emigrated and a Greencard means you can be conscripted) but the vast majority of these remain unknown.
posted by tomcosgrave
on Apr 23, 2002 -
2 comments
Muhammad O' Ali. Geneologists have uncovered his Irish roots. His great grandfather was an Irish emigree who married an African American woman in Kentucky.
posted by Lanternjmk
on Feb 8, 2002 -
12 comments