Irish in The New World Before Columbus?
Spanish documents suggest there could have been an Irish colony in what is now South Carolina before Columbus' expedition
While Christopher Columbus is generally credited with having discovered America in 1492, a 1521 Spanish report provides inklings of evidence that there were, in fact, Irish people settled in America prior to Columbus' journey.
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It could be interesting if they settled before or after the Vikings who tried to settled at L'Anse-Aux-Meadows in Newfoundland? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtryAfD8qGU
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