IRISH AND FRENCH IN MEXICO
SCULLY – THE IRISH FRENCH FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE – 5/30/2020 The Irish, when their great wave of immigration crashed on American shores, were widely reviled. In the industrial north many businesses wouldn’t hire them – so the men often joined the army, for food, lodging and a small wage. But they were treated terribly in the …
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