Peter Rileyhttps://davidrovics.substack.com/p/the-piper-for-the-san-patricios
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The Piper for the San Patricios
Ballad of the guy who might have played the pipes for the St Patrick Battalion.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/hindsight/freedom-denied-the-st-patricks-battalion/3011320
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Freedom Denied: the St Patrick's Battalion - ABC listen
During the two-year war between the United States and Mexico which began in 1846, a large contingent of conscripted soldiers, most of them Irish Catholic, deserted the American army to fight alongside the Mexicans. Known as the St Patrick's Battalion, or Los San Patricios, the story of this rebel group, and their battle against the more powerful forces of the US army, has become part of national folklore in both Mexico and Ireland.