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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Chileans of Irish ancestry and Irish-born person migrated to Chile}}<br />
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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
|group = Irish Chileans<br />
|native_name = <small>''{{hlist|Hiberno-chilenos | Gael-Sileánach}}''</small><br />
|population = '''180,000'''<ref name="Irlandeses, 120.000">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohigginstours.com/esp/irlandeses.php |author=O'Higgins Tours |title=Los irlandeses en Chile |access-date=10 January 2010}}</ref><br/>1% population of Chile<br />
|regions = [[Punta Arenas]], [[Magallanes Region]], [[Santiago]], [[Chile]] <br />
|langs = Predominantly [[Chilean Spanish|Spanish]], Minority speaks [[English language|English]] and/or [[Irish language|Irish]] as first language.<br />
|rels = [[Roman Catholicism]]. <br />
|related = [[Irish people]], [[Irish American]]s, [[Irish Argentine]]s, [[Irish Brazilian]]s, [[Irish Canadian]]s, [[Irish Mexican]]s, [[Irish Paraguayan]]s, [[Irish Peruvian]]s, [[Irish Uruguayan]]s, [[Scottish people]], [[Scottish Chilean]]s, [[Welsh Chilean]]s.<br />
}}<br />
{{Irish Latin-Americans}}<br />
'''Irish Chileans''' (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Hiberno-chilenos'', [[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Gael-Sileánach'') are the inhabitants of [[Chile]] who either came from some part of the island of [[Ireland]] or are descendants of immigrants from there. Generally coming in the 18th century and early 19th century, the generally [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Irish were seeking refuge from the oppression of the [[Protestantism|Protestant]]-run government of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]. [[Spain]], being a Catholic power, enticed many Irish to move to Latin America. Immigration diminished later in the 19th century as [[Catholic Emancipation]] made emigration to a Catholic nation less of a vital consideration and as the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] established themselves as more viable lands for settlement.{{cn|date=July 2022}}<br />
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A large proportion of Irish Chileans are sheep farmers in the [[Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region|Magallanes Region]] of the far south of the country, and the city of [[Punta Arenas]] has a large Irish foundation dating back to the 18th century.{{cn|date=July 2022}}<br />
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The most notable Irish Chilean, [[Bernardo O'Higgins]], is often referred to as the "Father of Chile", and is commemorated in many places in Chile.{{cn|date=July 2022}}<br />
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==Notable Irish Chileans==<br />
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*[[Jorge Arrate]], [[Communist Party of Chile]] politician.<br />
*[[Patricio Aylwin]], President of Chile<br />
*[[Paz Bascuñán|Paz Bascuñán Aylwin]], actress<br />
*[[Alberto Blest Gana]] (1830-1920), a Chilean novelist and diplomat <br />
*[[Pedro Dartnell]], Chilean Army Inspector General<br />
*[[Carlos Ibáñez del Campo]], Chilean general and twice president of the republic<br />
*[[Patricio Lynch]], Admiral of the Chilean Navy<br />
*[[Juan Mackenna]], general, Chilean patriot<br />
*[[Pablo Mackenna]], writer, TV host, poet<br />
*[[Bernardo O'Higgins]], Supreme Director of Chile<br />
*[[Sandra O'Ryan]], actress<br />
*[[Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna]] politician, writer (Irish grandfather: [[Juan MacKenna]]).<br />
*[[Camila Vallejo]] (Vallejo-Dowling), [[Communist Youth of Chile]] politician.<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Ireland|Chile}}<br />
*[[Chile–Ireland relations]]<br />
*[[Irish Argentines]]<br />
*[[Irish Mexicans]]<br />
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{{Ethnic groups in Chile}}<br />
{{Irish diaspora}}<br />
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[[Category:Irish diaspora by country|Chilean]]<br />
[[Category:Irish diaspora in South America|Chile]]<br />
[[Category:European diaspora in Chile]]<br />
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