This week we're talking about a group of Irish immigrants, called the St. Patrick's Battalion or Battalón de San Patricios, in the US army who switched sides to fight with Mexico during the Mexican-American War.

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SOURCES:

-One Man’s Hero (1999): movie

-Saol John Riley (2010/11): Irish-language documentary, https://tinyurl.com/4kjkpcpk

-The San Patricios deserted the U.S. Army to fight forMexico. To this day, their legacy lives on: https://tinyurl.com/mryxm3s6

-The San Patricio Brigade: https://tinyurl.com/yc6ys3s2

-The Mexican American War: https://tinyurl.com/2j6apv9m

-Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: https://tinyurl.com/3xb5htbp

-Mariachi San Patricio: https://tinyurl.com/yvua82vs

-land loss in trying times: https://tinyurl.com/4v34rp2j

-Mexican Americans: https://tinyurl.com/256t2ypz

-cinco patricio’s tequila: https://tinyurl.com/4pbzn2cs

- The San Patricios: the Irish Heroes of Mexico: https://tinyurl.com/2rkedhns

-The Chieftans, march to the battle (w/ Liam Neeson): https://tinyurl.com/44eherzw