Viva Irlanda! Exploring the Irish in Argentina

Hi terelinares, Apologies for long delay but I am going to forward your comment to The Beara Society (Maureen O'Sullivan) in Ireland who is most interested in following this up If you like you can forward your email address to me , donalodowd52@hotmail.com and I will forward it to her

To the author. Sorry for not replying before! I can only assure that my greatgrandfather (together with some brothers and sisters, but not exactly how many) came from Beara to Argentina. And one sister married here in Córdoba 1883 to Patrick Murphy, who was born in Rerrin, Bere Island, (my great grandfather war born in Rerrin too). There are many Irish families here in Córdoba, Argentina, I have asked some of them if they know where the ancestors are from, they know only the county, but not the exactly place where they were born. (For example, in my case, I would say my ancestors came from Co. Cork, because they were Sullivan). Tell me if I can help you. María Teresa

Great piece Donal. Might just make a trip to BA to check out the cemetery and creamy chocolates.

From the author of the article , Thanks all for your comments . To terelinares especially: When I was reserching the article I heard about the emigrants from Beara who went to Argentina but could not find any further information on the web . I spend a lot of time myself in the Beara peninsula where we have a summer house .I would love to know further about the Beara emigrants Do you have any further information? Did they all go to Cordoba?

Good article, I walked through that cemetery ten years ago and had no idea Willie Brown was there. Is the Kilkenny bar still there. Buenos Aires has a lot of elegance.

Great article my father use to tell stories of the Irish in Argentina.

tradition of serving others to the death except their own.

There is an Irish man who lived in Córdoba, Argentina, between 1780 and 1810 and who played an important paper in the political life of Córdoba: Guillermo Reinafé (perhaps William Kennefeakey or Kennefeacky or Kennefick) married a cordobesa in Córdoba, they had 12 children, two of them were governors of Córdoba, and the others were politicians. They were executed because they were involved in the assassination of Facundo Quiroga (an important politician). Lorenza Reinafé, a daughter of Guillermo Reynafé, survived her 11 brothers and sisters. Mabel Pagano, an argentine writer, has a book about the terrible story of Lorenza Reynafé. My great grandfather was Irish too (Jeremiah Sullivan, born in Rerrin, Bere Island, Co. Cork) and settled down 1890 here in Córdoba. María Teresa

Very informative and well written article!

Is it true that Commodore John Barry, a son of the Sweet County Wexford, is Father of the American Navy?

As one of the "200", I would like to say Thank You to the author, an excellent article. Next time you are in BsAs let us know.

Viva Admiral Brown! Do not forget Chili's Liberator, Bernando O'Higgins.