Irish diaspora The Irish diaspora () consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil and states of the Caribbean and continental Europe. The diaspora, maximally interpreted, contains over 80 million people, which is over thirteen times the population of the island of Ireland itself (6.11 million in 2007) . Irish_diaspora
Saint Patrick's Battalion The Saint Patrick's Battalion () was a unit of several hundred immigrants and expatriates of European descent that fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of . Many of the battalion's members deserted or defected from the U.S. Saint_Patrick's_Battalion
Juan O'Gorman Juan O'Gorman (July 6, 1905 January 17, 1982) was a Mexican painter and architect.O'Gorman was born in Coyoacán, then a village to the south of Mexico City and now a borough of the Federal District, to an Irish father, Cecil Crawford O'Gorman (a painter himself) and a Mexican mother. Juan_O'Gorman
Eliza Lynch Eliza Lynch (3 June1835 - 27 July1886) was the mistress of Francisco Solano López, the president of Paraguay. Eliza_Lynch
Slavery in the United States Slavery in the United States had its origins with the first English colonization of North America in Virginia in 1607 and lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865.Before the widespread establishment of chattel slavery, much labor was organized under a system of bonded labor known as indentured servitude. Slavery_in_the_United_States
William Brown (admiral) Admiral William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown) was born in Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland on June 22, 1777 and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 3, 1857. Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Argentina-Brazil War, and the Guerra Grande in Uruguay earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. William_Brown_(admiral)
Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (August 20, 1778 - October 24, 1842), was a South American independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817Chile's founding fathers. Bernardo_O'Higgins
Indentured servant An indentured servant is a form of debt bondage worker. The laborer is under contract of an employer for usually three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, drink, clothing, lodging and other necessities. Unlike a slave, an indentured servant is required to work only for a limited term specified in a signed contract.The labor-intensive cash crop of tobacco was farmed in the American South by indentured laborers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Indentured_servant
Ramon Power y Giralt Admiral Ramon Power y Giralt (commonly known only as "Ramon Power") (October 7, 1775 - June 10, 1813), was, according to Puerto Rican historian Lidio Cruz Monclova, among the first native born Puerto Ricans to refer to himself as a "Puerto Rican" and to fight for the equal representation of Puerto Rico in front of the parliamentary government of Spain. Ramon_Power_y_Giralt
Irish people The Irish people (, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years (according to archaeological studies), with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians (in legend - there is no written historical record before the 6th century)—the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic ancestry, and still serving as a term for the Irish race today. Irish_people
Michael Wadding (priest) Father Michael Wadding S.J. (1591–Miguel Godinez, was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and missionary to New Spain. A mystical theologian, he was born at Waterford, Ireland, in 1591, and died in Mexico, December 12 or 18, 1644.At an early age he lost his father, Thomas Wadding, and his mother, Marie Valois. Michael_Wadding_(priest)
Alejandro O'Reilly Alejandro O'Reilly (1722, Dublin, Ireland - March 23, 1794, Bonete, Spain ) (EnglishAlexander O'Reilly), was a highly respected military reformer and Inspector-General of Infantry for the Spanish Empire in the second half of the 18th century. O'Reilly served as the second Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana, being the first Spanish official to actually exercise power in the Louisiana territory after France ceded it to Spain. Alejandro_O'Reilly
Battle of Ayacucho The Battle of Ayacucho was a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence. It was the battle that sealed the independence of Peru, as well as the victory that ensured independence for the rest of South America.As of late 1824, Royalists still had control of most of the south of Peru as well as of the Real Felipe fort in the port of Callao. Battle_of_Ayacucho
William Russell Grace William Russell Grace (May 10, 1832, Ballylinan, County Laois, Ireland – March 21, 1904, New York) was the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company. William_Russell_Grace
Eamon Bulfin Eamon Bulfin (1892 – 1968) was an Argentine-born Irish republican. He was the son of writer William Bulfin (1864-1910) of Birr, King's County (now known as Birr, County Offaly). William Bulfin emigrated to Argentina at the age of 20 and was a writer and journalist who became the editor/proprietor of The Southern Cross. Eamon_Bulfin