Episode 24: Mexico’s Irish Heroes, The Legacy of Los San Patricios

The story of the Irishmen remembered as heroes by Mexico.Episode Icon: Churubusco's monastery at the height of the 1847 Battle of Churubusco, painted by James Walker, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.Recommended further reading…Bender, Abby, ‘Irish-Mexican Solidarity and the San Patricio Battalion Flag’, Genre Volume 36 Issue 3-4, (2003), pp. 271–293.Fanning, Tim, Paisanos, The Forgotten Irish Who Changed the Face of Latin America, (Dublin, 2016).Hogan, Michael, The Irish Soldiers of Mexico, (Guadalajara, 2011 edition).Miller, Robert Ryal, Shamrock and Sword: The Saint Patrick's Battalion in the U.S.-Mexican War, (Norma, Oklahoma, 1989).Wallace, Edward S. ’The Battalion of Saint Patrick in the Mexican War, Military Affairs, Volume 14, Issue 2, (Summer 1950), pp. 84-91.Wynn, Dennis J. The San Patricios and the United States-Mexican War of 1846-1848, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Loyola University of Chicago, 1982.Break audio: La Llorona by Tom Deis from Premiumbeat.com (Purchased with Standard License on the 04/05/2026). Opening and closing theme: 'Classical Orchestral Dvorak Serenade Waltz Strings Music, provided by mrgwertz on https://www.pond5.com (Purchased with license on the 01/06/2024).