Pobull Fhinn, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

07/08/2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Pobull Fhinn is a stone circle on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The modern standard spelling would be “Poball Fhinn” – Fionn’s people. The stones were probably named after the legendary hero Fionn mac Cumhaill. The stones are also known as “Sòrnach Coir’ Fhinn,” or “the fireplace of Fionn’s cauldron” and […]

Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion

12/09/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Formed and led by John Riley, was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants (accounts vary) and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War of 1846–8. El Batallón de San Patricio, The Saint Patrick’s Battalion, deserted to fight on the side […]

Pobull Fhinn, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

07/08/2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion

12/09/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion – Mexico 1847.

12/09/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion – Mexico (1847)

12/09/2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Recruited by the United States to invade Mexico during the Mexican-American War, El Batallón de San Patricio, The Saint Patrick’s Battalion, deserted to fight on the side of Mexico. Los San Patricios fought in five major battles from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon to Churubusco in Mexico City. 30 San Patricios were later hung for treason by […]

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Pobull Fhinn, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

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