Irish Latinos (Somos Paisanos)

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There is a lot connecting Latin & Irish culture. I often joke that Irish people were the original Mexicans. We just shagged our way to president sooner. I love Latin culture and lived in Latin America for 2 years. Irish soldiers fought on behalf of Mexico in 1846. The group were called the San Patricios. Numerous schools, churches & landmarks are named after The character of Zorro was inspired by William Lamport from Co. Wexford in Ireland. An illegal immigrant ahead of his time. Che Guevaras lineage goes back to Galway. Che’s father, Ernesto Guevara Lynch, was always proud of his Irish roots. Referring to Che’s “restless” nature, his father said “the first thing to note is that in my son’s veins flowed the blood of the Irish rebels”. Many streets in South America are named after (Ambrose) O’Higgins son, the Irish born viceroy of Peru. His son Bernardo O’Higgins served as the supreme director of Chile for 6 years and was one of the countries founding fathers. His dad was Irish. The Argentine Navy was setup by William Brown, born in Mayo, Ireland. The academy of Medicine in Montevideo & the first medical school in Buenos Aires were set up by Irishman Miguel O’Gorman. Argentina and Uruguay alone took in 50k Irish immigrants when we had the great famine in Ireland. An Irishman who fought alongside South American independence hero Simon Bolivar and helped Venezuela win independence from Spain. Daniel Florence O'Leary became Bolivar's aide-de-camp and rose to the rank of general before Venezuela became independent in 1821. Irish immigrants played an instrumental role in Puerto Rico's economy, especially the sugarcane and tobacco industries. Álvaro Obregón (translated to O'Brian or O'Brien) was president of Mexico during 1920–24 and Obregón city and airport are named in his honour. If you want to learn more I would suggest this book: https://amzn.to/3M31wza This clip is taken from my (not so) special, Cultural Appreciation. You can see it in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR8ZVu2gDvQ 2026 Tour dates Please always get tickets via the direct to venues links on my website, davidnihill.com JAN 8 Orlando FL JAN 10 Fort Lauderdale FL JAN 11 Key West FL JAN 16-17 Dallas TX JAN 23-24 Tempe AZ Jan 30-31 Tampa FL FEB 5 Vashon WA FEB 7 Vancouver BC FEB 12 Milwaukee WI FEB 13-14 Chicago IL FEB 15 Cleveland OH Feb 20-21 Houston TX Feb 24 Albany NY Feb 25 Rochester NY Feb 26 Buffalo NY Feb 27-28 Austin TX Mar 1 San Antonio TX MAR 4 Red Bank NJ MAR 5 NYC NY MAR 7 Boston MA MAR 8 Philadelphia PA MAR 11-12 Denver CO MAR 13-14 Irvine CA MAR 15 Pasadena CA MAR 17 Los Angeles CA MAR 18 San Jose CA MAR 19-21 San francisco CA mar 22 Healdsburg CA mar 26 Nashville TN mar 27-28 Washington dc May 3 Luxembourg LU may 4-5 Brussels BE may 6-7 Amsterdam NL may 8 Oslo NO may 9 Stockholm SE may 10 Copenhagen DK may 13 Galway IRL may 16 Dublin IRL may 17 Naas IRL may 20 Kilkenny IRL may 21 Belfast NI may 23 cork IRL may 27 Barcelona ES may 28 Edinburgh SCL May 30 Paris FR may 31 London ENG June 3 Lisbon PT June 5 Madrid ES Jul 16-18 Toronto ON Jul 19 St. John’s NL *Jul 22 Halifax NS *Jul 24 Montreal QC Jul 26 Ottawa ON Jul 28 Winnipeg MB *Jul 29 Regina SK Jul 30 Edmonton AB Jul 30-Aug 1 Calgary AB AUG 4 Canmore AB *= Venue TBC. Not on sale yet Please always get tickets via the direct to venues links on my website, davidnihill.com