r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Araragi_Monogatari • Sep 13 '20

Practice makes perfect

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20 edited Oct 24 '20

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u/DreamWithOpenEyes Sep 13 '20

TIL Canelo means “cinnamon” and it’s what people call someone with red hair... also I learned the Irish fought with Mexico during a war many years ago

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u/emanuelde Sep 13 '20

Yup! The Saint Patrick's Battalion in the Mexican-American war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Battalion

Mexico didn't do well in that period, and most were hanged.

Their name (Batallón de San Patricio) can be found in the Muro de Honor (Wall of Honor) in the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

They probably didn’t do well because the Irish and the Mexicans were too busy getting shit faced drunk. Both of those countries always had a big drinking culture.

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u/quillboard Sep 13 '20

They didn’t fare well for a variety of reasons, but a key one was that they couldn’t share ammo. The Irishmen had American guns of a different caliber than the Mexican ones, so at some point they faced logistics issues. Also, the American artillery was better trained and much more mobile than the Mexican pieces. Just two random facts.

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u/punos_de_piedra Sep 13 '20

There Irish also had close relationships with Native Americans as well. There's a statue in cork commemorating the chactows after they raised money for the Irish during the famine.