Randomly came across this club in Argentina, funnily enough called âhurlingâ. They do play hurling, gaelic football, hockey and rugby.
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The All-Stars played there a few times
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The brother of a pal of mine was the Ambassador to Argentina and we were trying to get out there to play an exhibition match but it never came to pass, alas.
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Would have been some trip out to Argentina. Something different.
Had a quick look at their Instagram and thereâs a young lad called Francisco Quinn. What a name!
Iâll be meeting a few of them next summer !
They all have quite Latin first names, mixed with Irish surnames - Guillermo OâShaughnessy and the likes
PS I gather their main sport these days is rubby, unfortunately.
Like Uruguay, wasnât there a load of Irish farmers who went over and set up shop donkeys years back?
Historically Argentina was the country that received the third most Irish immigrants during/after the famine. (Or something like that, I remember reading somewhere)
There were hapes of paddies in Argentina, their first admiral was an Irish lad or son of one
Yeah and Uruguay had one specific period too where Irish poured in to help build the agricultural industry
There is a statue of him on Sir John Rogersonâs Quay in Dublin.
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The way I heard the story he was made head of the navy after one of his successes. Then in peacetime he had nothing to do so went away off and became a pirate for which he was discharged in disgrace. Then Argentina got into another war and were getting the head pucked off them so they went looking for admiral brown and made him head of the navy again and he saved the day.
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I remember when I was I a barman serving 3 Argie Navy guys who came in wearing full navy uniform because they had come to Ireland to find the birthplace of Admiral Brown and honour him.
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Scorer if first goal in 1986 World Cup final was a Brown
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Sure doesnât Pochettino come from Murphy a small town in Argentina named after an Irish emigrant from Wexford.
Uruguay rugby had Kilkenny man Santiago Phelan lining out for years.
Soccer wise, Carlos/Alexis McAllister, Fabien OâNeill and Diego Forlan have Irish lineage.
To honour him. and to clean up with the chicks.
That the end of that story?
Maybe in 86 but not sure you can call Latin Americans that anymore
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Big Wexford connection in the pampas