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Irish-Argentinians
I'm starting this thread after interactions with Erronkari about a country where it isn't really well known for Irish immigration. Irish have a very large diaspora for such a small country and everyone knows that countries like the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and UK have seen a large amount of Irish immigration but Argentina is lesser known. Irish descent in Argentina range from a low of 500,000 to 1,000,000. It is the only non-English speaking country that has a large Irish diaspora.
Please feel free to post any information here about Argentinians of Irish descent.
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Irish started coming to Argentina between 1822 and 1829. One out of every two Irish immigrants went back to Ireland or re-migrated to the United States, Canada, Australia and other destinations. But obviously quite a few stayed.
I think the most famous Irish-Argentinian known to the world is Che Guevara the revolutionary. Che is descended on his father's side from the Lynch family from Co Galway.
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Cool thread. I was totally ignorant of the Irish diaspora to Argentina. I would go just for the steak and Malbec.
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I'll post more on Che later but the founder of the Argentinean Navy was an Irishman from Co Mayo William Brown.
Like many Irish William Brown's family emigrated to Pennsylvania in the US when he was 9 years old. His father died when he was very young and he became a cabin boy at a young age. During the Napoleonic Wars he was imprisoned but managed to escape but was recaptured and imprisoned in Verdun. He eventually escaped again with a British Colonel. On returning to England he married Elizabeth Chitty in Kent.
He then went to South America with his wife. He eventually became an Admiral in the Argentinian Navy and is considered a national hero in Argentina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brown_(admiral)
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Irish stamps from 1957 with Admiral William Brown
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Statues and memorials of Brown's battles are located in both Buenos Aires and Foxford, his birthplace in Ireland.[19] A museum to his honour was open in Foxford, located in Lower Main Street.[20] In April–June 2006 the Irish Naval Service patrol boat LÉ Eithne travelled to Buenos Aires in the first-ever deployment of an Irish warship in the southern hemisphere, in order to participate in commemorations of the impending sesquicentenary of Brown's death, and to bring back a statue of Brown to be displayed in Dublin.[21] During the trip, LÉ Eithne made a stop in the city of Mar del Plata, where they visited Plazoleta Almirante Brown (Admiral Brown's Square) and pay tribute to the Irish naval hero along with their colleagues of the Argentine Navy.[22]
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/William_Brown_(admiral)
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Carlos Mac Allister
Carlos Javier Mac Allister (born March 6, 1968) is an Argentine former footballer. His club career included spells at Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors and Racing Club, and he got three international caps for Argentina in 1993. Mac Allister played as a left-back.
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María Elena Walsh
María Elena Walsh (1 February 1930 – 10 January 2011) was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children, who has been considered a "living legend, cultural hero (and) crest of nearly every childhood".
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Anthony Dominic Fahy
Anthony Dominic Fahy, (11 January 1805 – 20 February 1871) was an Irish Dominican Priest, missionary and head of the Irish community in Argentina between 1844 and 1871.
Life
Anthony Dominic Fahy (or Fahey) was born on 11 January 1805 in Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland.
He was ordained priest on 19 March 1831, in Rome. Between 1834 and 1836 he lived and worked with his Dominican brothers in the Saint Joseph Convent, in Somerset, Ohio. In 1836 he returned to Ireland.
In 1843, Fahy was appointed by the Archbishop of Dublin Daniel Murray to the Irish chaplaincy of Buenos Aires in place of father Patrick O'Gorman.
In a short time Fahy become leader of the Irish community in Argentina and, as himself wrote, he acted as consul, postmaster, financial adviser, marriage counselor, matchmaker, judge, interpreter and employment agent for the member of his community.
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Anthony Fahy
Fahy organized his flock in chaplaincies in Buenos Aires province, and appointed twelve Irish priests to these areas.
In 1847 Fahy organized a fundraising campaign and collected ₤411 for the victims of the Irish famine.
Fahy was a fervent supporter of Juan Manuel de Rosas’ regime and he approved Rosas’ decision to execute Camila O'Gorman in 1848.
Fr. Fahy sponsored the training of a number of priests from Ireland, in All Hallows College, Dublin, for the Argeintine mission, these included Fr. Patrick Joseph Dillon, Fr. Patrick Lynch, Fr. Thomas Carolan, Fr. John Baptist Leahy, Fr. Thomas Mulleady, Fr. Felix O'Callaghan, and Fr. Edmund Flannery.
Anthony Fahy died of a heart attack on 20 February 1871; according to other sources he was victim of a cholera outbreak that killed thousands of people in Buenos Aires in 1871. Fahy was buried in La Recoleta Cemetery.
After his death Father Fahy was succeeded by father Patrick Joseph Dillon as Irish Chaplain of Buenos Aires.
Places named after Joseph Fahy
Two streets —in La Reja, (Moreno Partido) and Capilla del Señor— bear his name. Instituto Fahy, a Catholic school located in Moreno, was also named after him; the journalist and writer Rodolfo Walsh was alumni of this school. In the association of ex-alumni of the "Instituto Fahy" is located the practice centre of "Celtic Argentina", an argentinian stepdancing group.
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Edelmiro Julián Farrell
Edelmiro Julián Farrell Plaul (Spanish: [eðelˈmiɾo faˈrel]; February 12, 1887 – October 21, 1980) was an Argentine general. He was the de facto president of Argentina between 1944 and 1946.
Farrell had a great influence on later Argentine history by introducing his subordinate Juan Perón into government and paving the way for Perón's subsequent political career.
Early life
He was born in 1887 in Villa de los Industriales (Lanús, Buenos Aires). He was the tenth son of Juan C. Farrell (1846-1887) and Catalina Plaul (1852–1917) and the grandson of Matthew Farrell (1803-1860) of County Longford where the family seat of the Farrell clan heralds from in Ireland as Lords of Annaly, and Mónica Ibáñez (1819-1867).
Military career
Farrell graduated from Argentine military school in 1907 as an infantry sub-lieutenant. He served in an Italian alpine regiment in Fascist Italy between 1924 and 1926. He then returned to Argentina.[citation needed]
After the 1943 coup, Farrell was promoted to Brigadier General and became vice-president during the military government of General Pedro Pablo Ramírez, who had deposed President Arturo Rawson. He was simultaneously Minister of War. Farrell appointed Juan Perón as his secretary.
President
Ramírez named Farrell as president on February 25, 1944. Farrell appointed Perón as vice-president. After popular demonstrations in favour of Perón in 1945 made Perón the most influential and important man in the government, Farrell announced presidential elections for 1946, and Perón was elected. On June 4, 1946, Farrell was succeeded as president by Perón. Farrell had been his commander while Perón was a colonel.
Despite having been brought to power through a coup d'état, Peronist historiography never calls him a dictator.
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