http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Wild_Geese
Yep, those Irishmen loved to fight. They were called Wild Geese, Irish Jacobites who fled abroad and found their fortunes in the various European armies, including the Spanish.
I learnt in another article that a very prominent French Metis, Louis Riel (French form of O'Rielly/Rielly), was descended from an Irishmen who served under Montcalm in the most famed of the French and Indian Wars, a dude called "Jack 'Devil may care' Rielly, one of Patrick Sarsfield's Wild Geese." That's nice to know. My Metis ancestors, through my dad, fought together with Louis Riel; it's nice to know this stuff.
Anyways, the point is that these Irishmen spread their blood throughout the world.
EDIT: Don't the Mexicans have the exact same uniform colours and unit roster as the Spanish and New Spanish factions? They're the triple clones; triplets.![]()
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