Irish Mexican
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| Irish Mexican
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| Total population |
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300,000 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Mexico City, followed by Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, Jalisco and Baja California. |
| Languages |
| Mexican Spanish, Irish, English |
| Religions |
| Christianity (mostly Roman Catholic) |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Irish, Irish Americans |
Many Mexican Irish communities existed in Mexican Texas until the revolution[citation needed]. Many Irish then sided with Catholic Mexico against Protestant pro-US elements{[citation needed]. The Batallón de San Patricio, a 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[citation needed]. In some cases, Irish immigrants or Americans left from California (the Irish Confederate army of Fort Yuma, Arizona during the U.S. Civil War in 1861)[citation needed]. 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[citation needed].
[edit] Notable Irish Mexicans
- See also the category of articles titled Irish Mexicans
- Anthony Quinn, actor.
- William Lamport, the real-life Zorro (Guillén Lombardo).
- Juan O'Donojú, Viceroy of New Spain
- Rómulo O'Farril, founder of newspaper Novedades.
- Juan O'Gorman, architect
- Edmundo O'Gorman, writer
- Hugh O'Connor, Spanish governor of Texas from 1767 to 1770.
- Alejo Bay, Governor of Sonora from 1923 to 1927
- Michael Wadding, Jesuit priest and missionary
- Judith Grace, Television Hostess
- Kelly L. Smith, Jr., Writer
- Vicente Fox, President of Mexico (2000-06) according to some biographers, but his great-grandfather may really been a German American whom left Cincinnati after the American civil war.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Irish in Mexico: An annotated bibliography at the Irish diaspora site.
- Murray, Edmundo [1] "The Irish in Latin America and Iberia: A Bibliography - Mexico and Hispanic North America"
- Murray, Edmundo [2] "The San Patricio Battalion: A Bibliography"
- History of Mexico: The Irish Presence at the Houston Institute for Culture.
- The legend of Zorro was an Irishman (William Lamport).
- The O'Brien clan in Mexico.
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