Irish immigration to Mexico

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Irish Mexican
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Total population
216 Republic of Ireland-born residents (2012)[1]
Unknown number of Mexicans of Irish descent
Regions with significant populations
Mexico City, followed by Chihuahua, Sonora, Durango, Nuevo León, Jalisco and Baja California.
Languages
Mexican Spanish, English, Irish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Irish and Irish diaspora

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Irish Mexicans (Spanish: Irlandés-mexicano or Hibernomexicano; Irish: Gael-Meicsiceach) are inhabitants of Mexico that are immigrants from or descendants of immigrants from Ireland. The majority of Irish immigrants to Mexico were Catholic and arrived during the time when all of Ireland was under British rule.[2]

History

Tribute to the Irish soldiers who switched sides during the Mexican-American War at the Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones

A few Mexican Irish communities existed in Mexican Texas until the Texas Revolution. Many Irish then sided with Catholic Mexico against Protestant pro-U.S. elements.[3] The Batallón de San Patricio was a largely (ethnically) Irish battalion of U.S. troops who deserted and fought alongside the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848.[4] In some cases, Irish immigrants or Americans left from California (the Irish Confederate army of Fort Yuma, Arizona during the American Civil War in 1861) and blended into Mexican society instead.[5]

Álvaro Obregón (O'Brien) was president of Mexico during 1920-24 and Ciudad Obregón and its airport are named in his honor. Actor Anthony Quinn is another famous Mexican of Irish descent. There are also monuments in Mexico City paying tribute to those Irish who fought for Mexico in the 1800s.[6]

Notable Irish Mexicans

See also

References

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  2. http://www.securitycornermexico.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=578
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  4. Coogan page 609
  5. http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0317/irish.htm
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  8. 12 DE MARZO DE 1812. NATALICIO DE IGNACIO COMONFORT.
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  11. http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2013/04/louis-c-k-talks-mexican-heritage-im-an-accidental-white-person/

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