Thanks to a not-mad-but-stubborn Corkman, Mexico City has a GAA Club that is named for a heroic Irish brigade that fought and died for the Mexican army during the Mexican-American war. Tadgh McNally finds out how
The Tánaiste Micheál Martin has met with Mexico's only gaelic football club which is named after a group of Irish soldiers who famously switched sides during the Mexican-American war.
During the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848, a group of Irish immigrants deserted the U.S. Army to fight alongside Mexican soldiers. However remarkable the story might be, it’s a chapter of history that’s not especially well known in the U.S.