Irish military diaspora
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The Irish military diaspora refers to the many people either of Irish birth or extraction (see Irish diaspora), who have served in non-Irish military forces, regardless of rank, duration of service, or success.
Austria
Britain
Because of Ireland's long history as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and continuing close links following its independence from the UK, loyalty and economic necessity huge numbers of Irish people, and their descendants, have served in the forces of the British Crown over the centuries. These include
- The Duke of Wellington
- Lawrence of Arabia[citation needed]
- Field Marshal Montgomery
- Eric Dorman-Smith
- Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
- Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
- Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
- Gen. Alan Cunningham
France
- Patrice MacMahon - General and President
Latin America
- Daniel Florencio O'Leary - aide de camp to Bolivar in Venezuela
- William Brown (admiral) - founder of the Argentine Navy
- William Lamport - nicknamed El Zorro, the Fox, due to his exploits in Mexico
- Alexander O'Reilly - General, "Father of the Puerto Rican Militia",
- Juan MacKenna - Founder of the Military Corps of Engineers of the Chilean Army.
- Jorge O'Brien - Captain of the Chilean Navy during the Chilean War of Independence.
- Ambrosio O'Higgins - Colonial administrator and military governor of Chile (1788–1796), father of Bernardo O'Higgins
- Bernardo O'Higgins - first Chilean head of state (Supreme Director, 1817–23), commanded the military forces that won independence from Spain.
- Patricio Lynch - Admiral of the Chilean navy
- Che Guevera - Revolutionary
Russia
Spain
United States of America
- Jeremiah O'Brien
- Thomas Francis Meagher
- Commodore John Barry "Father of the American Navy"
- Myles Walter Keogh