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To: elmatador who wrote (127165)	12/27/2016 2:07:35 AM
From: James Seagrove	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218131

I've traveled to Brazil a few times and have always enjoyed the culture and vibrancy of the people. I have money riding on Amanda Nunes to kick RR's ass between the goal posts later this month. news.com.au Elroy's racist attack got me curious about Irish immigrants to Brazil and I found this story which was completely new to me. en.m.wikipedia.org Edit Dom Pedro I, the Brazilian emperor, sent Colonel William Cotter back to Cotter's native Ireland to recruit Irish mercenary soldiers. Cotter arrived in early January 1827, no mention was made to the Irish of their being recruited as mercenaries. Instead it was suggested that they would be needed to join a militia in Brazil but that this would not interfere with their farming endeavors. [1] Advertisements were run in local newspapers, and notices were posted on numerous church doors, mainly in County Cork and in County Waterford. The Colonel promised free passage, free land – 50 acres for each family, six shillings per day, and military training (local militia only). No mention of the war against the Argentinians was ever made. [2] Almost 3,000 mostly poor and illiterate people quickly volunteered to make the long and dangerous sea voyage. Some sold what little they owned to buy farm implements for their new life in Brazil. Most apparently did not realize that they had been recruited to fight as mercenaries. 2,700 people actually showed up on sailing day, and boarded the nine ships anchored in Cork Harbor.