Talk:Flight of the Wild Geese

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[edit] San Patricios

I removed this paragraph about the San Patricios from the section "the end of the Wild Geese" and bring it here for discussio:

In the Mexican-American War, some Irish emigrees serving in the United States Army deserted to the Mexican side to form a large part of the Saint Patrick's Battalion, or Batallón de San Patricio. These soldiers' action is sometimes viewed in light of the Wild Geese tradition of Irishmen serving in foreign armies.

There is really no connection between the Wild Geese and the Irish immigrants who fought for the Mexicans in the Saint Patrick Battallion. They are separated not only by a significant time gap, but also by social circumstance. Specifically, they did not leave Ireland in order to serve with the Mexican army, this happened more or less by chance. This was not the case with the Wild Geese. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 17:17, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Some valid points, while we are on the subject the discussion of the UK regiments is fairly irrelevant & could do with some work by someone knowledgeable on the subject. I'll go ahead & add the Saint Patrick's Battalion to the "See also" section though. <Fennessy/talk> 20:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Adding it to the "See also" section would seem to make sense. I agree with you about the UK regiments, as well, though I am not the one to improve that section. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 23:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)