Irish Migration Studies in Latin America Irish Doctors in the Colombian Wars of Independence

This essay seeks to return the attention of researchers to a subject that has fallen out of favour in recent decades, especially since the retirement or death of the historians who first identified sources, asserted the significance of the topic, and opened the field to investigation. It presents a bibliographical review of the existing literature on the Irish doctors who served in the wars of independence in Gran Colombia, followed by a short biographical survey of some Irish doctors who have not been studied before, at least not in an English language publication such as this. The conclusion makes some general remarks about the role of Irish doctors in the wars of independence. (2