Other: The Irish and the English were the second and third largest groups of Europeans to settle in Texas. Irish empresarios had received grants under Spain and were active in Texas Revolution. an 1845, many Irish fled their homeland because disease attacked Ireland's main food crop, the potato, causing a famine. By 1850 there were 1,403 Irish settlers in Texas. The number increased to 3,480 by 1860. Many Irish immigrants settled around San Patricio. Some settlers came from France. Henri Castro founded a colony named Castroville along the Medina River. The colony’s settlers, who came from the German-
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