Plausibility of Irish Caribbean colony with a strong Spanish influence as well?

Morwen Edhelwen

So I suddenly remembered an old story idea I had a few years ago which was inspired by the song "Carolina Rua," which was covered by Mary Black and Lynn Hilary, who was a member of the group Celtic Woman. Since Mary Black's version of the song (the first version I heard) has a Caribbean-sounding beat, the name "Carolina" is traditionally Spanish, and "Rua" is Irish for "red-haired," I had an idea that it could be set on a Caribbean island with strong Irish and Spanish influences (along with African, French, and English and Taino and Kalinago/Carib).

Is the idea of an Irish-influenced Caribbean island nation too far-fetched? And also, what would such a place be called in European languages? (I assume its indigenous names would be something related to eg some geographical feature or other, or something about its qualities. Like something which translates to "Land of Black Cliffs" (there are black cliffs on the place in my mind.) Anyone know enough about Kalinago or Taino languages to come up with something?
 
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pa_dutch

Morwen Edhelwen said:
Maybe it could be based on Montserrat. What's a good Spanish name for fictionalised Montserrat?
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Montserrat is, in fact, a Spanish name - Given to the island by Christopher Columbus, in fact. The island was named after a monastery in Catalonia located on a mountain of the same name. It just ended up in British hands, and the British imported Irish indentured servants and prisoners of war.
 

Morwen Edhelwen

pa_dutch said:
Montserrat is, in fact, a Spanish name - Given to the island by Christopher Columbus, in fact. The island was named after a monastery in Catalonia located on a mountain of the same name. It just ended up in British hands, and the British imported Irish indentured servants and prisoners of war.
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What I meant was, "What's a good name for an island based on Montserrat which isn't Montserrat?"
 
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