I have a football jersey from O’Higgins FC, named after Chile’s founding father Bernardo O’Higgins who was the son of Ambrosio O’Higgins from Sligo. There’s also a lot of things (streets, churches, squares etc.) named after members of the MacKenna family who are well renowned there. The writer Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna and his grandfather the hero of the Chilean war of independence Juan MacKenna among them...
In terms of Argentina, Che was a Lynch...
Folding my way into the big money!!!
O Higgins statue is in merrion square
Mauricio Pochettino's hometown is called Murphy.
I was checking him up after TG4's recent World Cup Gold series, and couldn't find anything definitive linking him to us. His Scottish heritage appears much more concrete - https://www.scotsman.com/sport/argen...ounder-2474037
He died a year ago this month actually.
Di Stefano had an Irish granny. Genuinely.
All the Connacht references remind me that Rose Lavelle, rated no. three in the world but possibly the best female player in the world at the moment, has two great-grandparents from Achill Island and still has relatives there. She has just signed for Man. City.
There's a long history of Irish men fighting in various wars of independence amongst different Latin American countries.
William Brown founded the Argentine Navy, he was actually Irish born. A hero in Argentina. Wolfe Tones have a song about him.
The aformentioned Bernardo O'Higgins was actually leader of Chilean war of Independence. His father was Ambrose O'Higgins who was born in Sligo and became leader of Chile under the Spanish.
And sure the fictional character Zorro was supposedly based on an Irish man.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Are we going to do historical links with Cuba next?
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
It's been a day, more all genealogical/historical discussions to the politics or off topic forum
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