As a natural destination within the continent, they arrived in Cuba, expanded their horizons, made their culture known, but most transcendently, left behind a family lineage.

They settled in areas of Pinar del Río (which today belong to Artemisa), as well as in Havana, Holguín, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Camagüey, Santiago de Cuba, and in some places in Villa Clara.

in History Dúnyer Pérez Roque, in a conference recently held at the Center for the Interpretation of Cuba-Europe Cultural Relations, the former Palacio del Segundo Cabo, on the occasion of the Celebration of St. Patrick's Day (patron saint of Ireland) in Havana.

Two of its members, Rafael and José Ricardo O'Farrill, propelled the economic boom of Cuba in the sugar market, alongside other men of position.

As for Byrne, "the poet of the war," his father arrived in the 17th century in Matanzas to settle permanently in the Athens of Cuba.

His best-known work is the poem "Mi bandera" (My Flag), although he is also the author of the texts "Excéntricas" (1893), "Efigie," "Sonetos patrióticos" (1897), "Poemas" (1903), and "En medio del camino" (1914).

His mother being of Irish descent, the young Julio Antonio wrote in the magazine Alma Mater, founded by him, under the pseudonym of Lord Mc Partland "thus strengthening his roots," Dúnyer stated in his presentation.