Wicklow man first from Ireland to be invited on Choctaw's ‘Trail of Tears' – ‘It's tough...mosquitoes, the heat and stray dogs'
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A Wicklow academic with a vested interest in the age-old bonds between Ireland and Native American nations will make history this month when he and an old friend from have the honour of being the first Irish citizens to join the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma on the 'Trail of Tears Cycle'.
On May 17, Rathdrum native Dr Padraig Kirwan and his former cycling clubmate Andrew Castles will join riders from across the USA on a seven-day journey that follows one of the historic routes walked by the Choctaw during their removal from tribal homelands by the US government in Mississippi during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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