Mistress of Paraguay
Written by Mick Fealty
Published March 25, 2003
Published March 25, 2003
There's been an interesting flow of information on the post famine links between Ireland and South America. A few months back Slugger O'Toole picked up on two pieces from Guillermo McLoughlin and Edmundo Murray.
Today the New York Times reviews a fictionalised biography of a Cork woman who by way of a short spell in Paris became the mistress of one of the that Paraquay's earlier dictators. Not great history but, perhaps, a rattling good yarn.
For further detail check out the Irish Diaspora Studies in Argentina site.
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- Published: March 25, 2003
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- Writer: Mick Fealty
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