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Saint Patrick’s Battalion: Seven facts about the little-known Irish war heroes executed in Mexico for turning on the US Army

THE Saint Patrick’s Battalion was a unit of 175 mostly Irish immigrants who defected from the United States Army to fight for Mexico during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848.

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The men of Batallón de San Patricio are still remembered fondly today both in Ireland and Mexico, where the latter continue to memorialise the men on both September 12 and on Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17.

With numerous schools, churches and other landmarks in Mexico taking their name from the battalion, who exactly were they?

Here are seven facts about the men of Batallón de San Patricio...

1. THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE IMMIGRANTS ESCAPING THE GREAT FAMINE

The United States Army often recruited recent Irish immigrants to America straight into military ships via ‘coffin ships’ - named for their crowded, disease-ridden decks.

The men were promised salaries and land after the war in an effort to coerce them to fight, but the promises were often empty gestures.

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