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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.
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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