General Alexander Alejandro oreilly. He rose through the ranks of the spanish army. The spanish sent Alexander Oreilly to cuba to form a militia. He was appointed governor of louisiana and head of the army later on. He arrived in august, 1769, and took formal possession of louisiana for spain. Think of new orleans and cuba, in particular havana, governors there were also in cuba so there was all this traveling from one city to another because later when i got my ph. D. From Tulaine University and i went to the irish channel. Its interesting, the irish history connected with new orleans. So the Oreilly Family has been in louisiana for centuries. In cuba, nobody remembers him but it was the street of calle oreilly, famous until the 50s for its banks and bookstores. It was one of the favorite streets of inaudible secretary of the spanish count of fernandino, my grandfather, another irish man feeling at home in havana. There, at the busy corner of calle street and oreilly was a cafe bakery
You read an when you enter the havana harbor, you find an irish name. That lighthouse was known for many years as the odono lighthouse. Who was this person, odono the man that oversaw the project of the lighthouse in 1844 and he was a governor of cuba from 1843 to 48, but he was a spanish man of irish origin and irish ancestry, a descendant of the chieftan of the ticanelles. He is spanish and irish together. If we look at the history of the irish in cuba, most of the irish to went to cuba in the 18th and 19th centuries arrived from spain, some of them with the Spanish Royal armies; other irish influx arrived from the u. S. For the construction of railroads used to transport sugar cane to the sugar plantations. That was at the end of the 19th century. And then at the beginning of the 20th century, were talking 1902, 1910, before odono that i mentioned before, this man who gave his name to he was very proud of this lighthouse. The cubans offer hospitality to general Alexander Alejandro o
Cuba from 1843 to 48, but he was a spanish man of irish origin and irish ancestry, a descendant of the chieftan of the ticanelles. He is spanish and irish together. If we look at the history of the irish in cuba, most of the irish to went to cuba in the 18th and 19th centuries arrived from spain, some of them with the Spanish Royal armies; other irish influx arrived from the u. S. For the construction of railroads used to transport sugar cane to the sugar plantations. That was at the end of the 19th century. And then at the beginning of the 20th century, were talking 1902, 1910, before odono that i mentioned before, this man who gave his name to he was very proud of this lighthouse. The cubans offer hospitality to general Alexander Alejandro oreilly. He rose through the ranks of the spanish army. The spanish sent Alexander Oreilly to cuba to form a militia. He was appointed governor of louisiana and head of the army later on. He arrived in august, 1769, and took formal possession of lo
Irish name. That lighthouse was known for many years as the odono lighthouse. Who was this person, odono the man that oversaw the project of the lighthouse in 1844 and he was a governor of cuba from 1843 to 48, but he was a spanish man of irish origin and irish ancestry, a descendant of the chieftan of the ticanelles. He is spanish and irish together. If we look at the history of the irish in cuba, most of the irish to went to cuba in the 18th and 19th centuries arrived from spain, some of them with the Spanish Royal armies; other irish influx arrived from the u. S. For the construction of railroads used to transport sugar cane to the sugar plantations. That was at the end of the 19th century. And then at the beginning of the 20th century, were talking 1902, 1910, before odono that i mentioned before, this man who gave his name to he was very proud of this lighthouse. The cubans offer hospitality to general Alexander Alejandro oreilly. He rose through the ranks of the spanish army. The
The havana harbor, you find an irish name. That lighthouse was known for many years as the odono lighthouse. Who was this person, odono the man that oversaw the project of the lighthouse in 1844 and he was a governor of cuba from 1843 to 48, but he was a spanish man of irish origin and irish ancestry, a descendant of the chieftan of the ticanelles. He is spanish and irish together. If we look at the history of the irish in cuba, most of the irish to went to cuba in the 18th and 19th centuries arrived from spain, some of them with the Spanish Royal armies; other irish influx arrived from the u. S. For the construction of railroads used to transport sugar cane to the sugar plantations. That was at the end of the 19th century. And then at the beginning of the 20th century, were talking 1902, 1910, before odono that i mentioned before, this man who gave his name to he was very proud of this lighthouse. The cubans offer hospitality to general Alexander Alejandro oreilly. He rose through the