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Zorro was based on an Irishman how cool that.

posted 14 years ago by Larkrise
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I was reading about the real Zorro on Wikipeadia and he is based on an Irishman who lived in Mexico over a 100 years ago. Although apparently their is disputes as to the authencity of it but if really true thats pretty cool with me.

[–] whitehorse88 12 years ago

perhaps he was part of the San Patricios? The bravest most noble Irishmen to exist imo

[–] actionmanrandell 11 years ago

WRONG he was based on the life of Joaquín Murrieta the older brother on here and he was definitely mexican