Heirs of Ireland at the service of Spain during the Peninsular War: the first battalion of the regiment Hibernia

Abordamos aquí cómo una unidad del Ejército español, pero con raíces irlandesas, se une al estallido de la Guerra de la Independencia en Asturias, primer territorio donde triunfó. Mostramos entonces qué había de tales raíces, sus dificultades en un ambiente revolucionario, el papel de la Junta del Principado, las sospechas de afrancesamiento, etc. Se trató de una unidad que ayudó realmente a componer el Ejército asturiano, distinguiéndose sus hombres en su servicio.We will undertake to explain how a Spanish Army unit, but with Irish roots, got involved in the outbreak of the Spanish War of Independence in Asturias, the first territory in which it succeeded. We will highlight what stilll remained of those Irish roots, their difficulties due to the revolutionary context, the role of the Asturian Parliament, the suspicions of those that could be pro-French, and so on. Here indeed we have a military unit whose role gave significant stability to the Asturian Army, and its members made a name for themselves in its service