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What if the majority of Irish immigrants traveled to and settled in Mexico, rather than the United States as in OTL? There were a number of Irish fighters in the Mexican-American War (on the Mexican side) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Battalion), and many of them were even American deserters who changed sides. For whatever reason, be it the higher wages offered by the Mexican military, the promise of more land, or a sense of Catholic comradery, what would have been necessary for a greater Irish population in Mexico? What would have been the result on the development of both the US and Mexico?
Also, forgive me if this isn't exactly the right spot for this thread, this is my first post and I wasn't exactly sure where it should go.
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