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WIN tickets to Ireland vs Argentina and entry to an exclusive Smirnoff Party

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  • #102
    RCHB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭RCHB


    The Irish invaded Buenos Aires in 1807! (or at least tried).

    Buenos Aires was invaded twice by the British. Once in 1806, when they held it for a couple of months until they were driven out and then in 1807 when they were defeated soon after landing.
    In the second invasion, the 88th Regiment of Foot, the Connaught Rangers (“The Devil’s Own”) took part. The British troops attacked on 3 fronts, North, South and West, with the Irish troops advancing from the West, lead by Lt. Col. Alexander Duff (a Scott!). They were obliterated by the local troops who inflicted on then some 200 casualties by noon in the vicinity of San Miguel Church (Corner of today Mitre St. And Suipacha St.)
    They Irish where so confident that they were being sent in a semi-suicide mission that they left their flags in HQ lest they’d be captured. Some of the other participant regiment’s flags are still being displayed behind one of the altars in Santo Domingo Church in Buenos Aires, where some of the surviving British troops took refuge and then surrendered.

    These invasions contributed to South American independence as a number of local battalions were created to drive the British out. These troops were used three years later to fight the Spaniards and secure the continent’s independence in a 16 year long war.
    Some of the Irish prisoners decided to stay in what today is Argentina and even joined the local troops, crossing the Andes into Chile (without blue and white ponchos as somebody mentioned earlier) and helping the independence cause.

    The Connaught Rangers were disbanded in 1922 and replaced by the 1st Infantry Batallion based in Renmore, Galway.


  • #103
    PabloDublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭PabloDublin


    What do you get when you put a banker from New Jersey together with asian spices, fashion design and 103 different types of vodka bottles? An amazing experience u will never forget!
    Go and have a chat with owner Kevin Rodriguez tasting some thai food and meet Mona Gallosi, this cute and smart bar tender at the Empire Thai venue in Buenos Aires will serve you the perfect vodka mix based on her fashion design skills and background!

    This is what i most love about Argentina, you can always find some unexpected and unbelievable places and times :)


  • #104
    Brenireland
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Brenireland


    99% of Argentinians don't realise how much I want to win those tickets,the other 1% well who knows :)


  • #105
    Pason
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Pason


    Queen where the first band to fill every place in Argentina's Top Ten album chart.


  • #106
    geraldino
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭geraldino


    the May Revolution of 1810 took place in Buenos Airies


  • #107
    Reganio 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,732 ✭✭✭Reganio 2


    Argentina has a very high robbery rate (2nd only to Spain) but when taking into account the amount of people, its actually quite low and dosn't figure anywhere near the top 50 when working it out per 1,000 people.


  • #108
    connie_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭connie_c


    Just like Ireland the Argentinians have been bailed out by the IMF.


  • #109
    crossy
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭crossy


    Argentina Law: It is illegal for any man to marry his brother.


  • #110
    Reg_hurley
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭Reg_hurley


    Nearly half of Argentina's population lives in the area around Buenos Aires.
    Nicknamed the "Paris of South America", because of it's European influences


  • #111
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Closing this now and will pick some winners later this afternoon. Thanks to everyone who entered.


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  • #112
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    I have the winners!

    They were randomly chosen by 2 of my colleagues here in the office and they are shrapnel222 and PatB71 so I'll be contacting them today to arrange the details of the prize with them.

    Thanks again to Smirnoff for the prizes and to all of you who entered - it's been one of the more interesting competitions we've had on the site :)


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