Irish Mexicans

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A few Mexican Irish communities existed in Mexican Texas prior to the Texas Revolution. They were fully integrated into Mexican society at the time and were linked to their host society through inter-marriage, a shared language, and business ties.{{Cite journal|last=Murray|first=Edmundo|date=2008|title=Secret Diasporas: The Irish in Latin America and the Caribbean|journal=History Ireland|volume=16-17|pages=16}} When revolution broke out, many Irish sided with Catholic Mexico against Protestant pro-U.S. elements.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/jun/17/world-cup-france-mexico-ireland |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=World Cup 2010: France are the common enemy for Mexico and Ireland |first=Tom |last=Marshall |date=2010-06-17}} The Saint Patrick's Battalion was a Mexican Army unit of mostly Irish soldiers who deserted from the U.S. army during the Mexican–American War.Coogan page 609 Veterans of the battalion were awarded with the Cross of Honor for their service to the Mexican government.{{Cite journal|last=Hogan|first=Michael|date=1997|title=The Irish Soldiers of Mexico|journal=History Ireland|volume=5|pages=38–39}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0317/irish.htm |title=Celebrating the Irish Connection | The-Tidings.com |access-date=2010-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008114525/http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0317/irish.htm |archive-date=2009-10-08 }} There are also monuments in Mexico City paying tribute to those Irish who fought for Mexico in the 1800s.{{Cite news|url=http://www.irlandeses.org/sanpatriciosA.htm|title=Beneath an Emerald Green Flag: The Story of Irish Soldiers in Mexico|publisher=Society for Irish Latin American Studies|date=September 2005|access-date=13 July 2008}}

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• Louis CK, Mexican descended comedian and actor, mother was Irish American, father was Mexican/Hungarian. CK (Szekely) was partially raised in Mexico City{{cite web |title=Louis C.K. Talks Mexican Heritage: "I'm an Accidental White Person" |url=http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2013/04/louis-c-k-talks-mexican-heritage-im-an-accidental-white-person/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416132705/http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2013/04/louis-c-k-talks-mexican-heritage-im-an-accidental-white-person/ |archive-date=2013-04-16 |access-date=2013-05-22}}
• Canelo Álvarez, Mexican boxer.
• Margo, Mexican actress and dancer of Irish descent
• Alejo Bay, governor of Sonora from 1923 to 1927
• Lynda Carter, American-born actress of Irish-Mexican descent
• Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico in 1855{{Cite web |title=12 DE MARZO DE 1812. NATALICIO DE IGNACIO COMONFORT. |url=http://pri.org.mx/transformandoamexico/Efemerides/Efemeride.aspx?y=11636 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094452/http://pri.org.mx/transformandoamexico/Efemerides/Efemeride.aspx?y=11636 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |access-date=2015-07-17}}
• Santiago Creel, Mexican politician of Irish descent
• Dolores Creel Miranda, Mexican artist of Irish descent
• Philip Crosthwaite, born in Ireland, was an early settler of San Diego, California and Rosarito, Baja California
• Aarón Díaz Spencer, Mexican actor, singer, and model to Irish-American mother
• Cristina Fink, retired high jumper of Spanish, Dutch, Irish, and German descent
• Carlos Gallardo, Mexican actor, producer and occasional screenwriter and director to a Mexican father and an Irish mother
• Judith Grace, television hostess
• Grey Griffin, American-born actress of mixed Irish-Mexican descent
• José Santiago Healy Brennan, Mexican Journalist, born to Irish born parents in Monterrey
• John Holloway, Irish-born Mexican lawyer, Marxist-oriented sociologist and philosopher currently living in Mexico
• Luis Humberto Crosthwaite, Mexican writer of Irish-American descent
• William Lamport, the real-life Zorro
• Hugo Oconór, Spanish governor of Texas from 1767 to 1770
• Juan O'Donojú, viceroy of New Spain
• Rómulo O'Farril, founder of newspaper Novedades
• Edmundo O'Gorman, writer{{cite web |title=Edmundo and Juan O'Gorman |url=http://www.irishargentine.org/ogormans.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320160940/http://www.irishargentine.org/ogormans.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 20, 2007 |access-date=2009-06-19 |publisher=Society for Irish Latin American Studies}}
• Juan O'Gorman, architect{{cite news |date=June 6, 2007 |title=Rediscovering our man in Mexico City |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2007/0621/118171485558.html |access-date=2009-06-20 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}
• Pablo O'Higgins, American-Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator of Irish descent
• Tomas O'Horan, Mexican lawyer, magistrate and senator of Irish descent
• Patricio O'Ward, Mexican Indy Car driver
• Anthony Quinn, actor{{cite magazine |title=Actor Anthony Quinn Dies |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/06/44264 |agency=Reuters |magazine=Wired |date=June 3, 2001 |access-date=2009-06-19}}
• Sara Ramirez, Mexican singer and actress (mother of Irish-American descent)
• Roberto Ransom, Mexican writer of Irish descent
• Jon Riley, born in Ireland, served in Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War and founded Saint Patrick's Battalion
• Guillermo Sheridan, Mexican writer of Irish descent
• Justo Sierra O'Reilly, Mexican novelist and historian of Irish descent
• Michael Wadding, Jesuit priest and missionary

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• Alvarez Kelly, a Western film about an Irish Mexican in the American Civil War.
• Saint Patrick's Battalion
• Ireland–Mexico relations

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• Murray, Edmundo [http://www.irlandeses.org/bibliomex.htm] "The Irish in Latin America and Iberia: A Bibliography - Mexico and Hispanic North America"
• Murray, Edmundo [http://www.irlandeses.org/sanpatriciosbiblio.htm] "The San Patricio Battalion: A Bibliography"
• [http://www.houstonculture.org/mexico/irish.html History of Mexico: The Irish Presence] at the Houston Institute for Culture.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090205033710/http://home.earthlink.net/~rggsibiba/html/sib/sib6.html The legend] of Zorro was an Irishman (William Lamport).
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090806072928/http://geocities.com/bajorama/OBrienClanofMexico.html The O'Brien clan in Mexico].
• [http://sources.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=Mexico&filter%5b%5d=topic_facet:%22Irish%20Abroad%22 Primary and secondary sources relating to the Irish in Mexico] (Sources database for Irish research)

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