Editing Irish diaspora (section)

==Asia==

===Indian Subcontinent===
{{Main|Irish Indians}}
Irishmen have been known in India right from the days of the [[East India Company]], which was founded in 1600. While most of the early Irish came as traders, some also came as soldiers. However, the majority of these traders and soldiers were from the [[Protestant Ascendancy]]. Prominent among them were the generals [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] (1769–1852) who became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in 1834 and his brother [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley]] (1760–1842), who was [[Governor-General of India]] (1798–1805). Later in the Victorian period, many thinkers, philosophers and Irish nationalists from the Roman Catholic majority too made it to India, prominent among the nationalists being the theosophist [[Annie Besant]].

It is widely believed that there existed a secret alliance between the Irish and Indian independence movements.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} Some Indian intellectuals like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[V. V. Giri]] were certainly inspired by Irish nationalists when they studied in the [[United Kingdom]]. The Indian revolutionary group known as the [[Bengal Volunteers]] took this name in emulation of the [[Irish Volunteers]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

*[[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]], quiz master turned [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in Indian state of [[West Bengal]].
*[[Michael John O'Brian]] is an eminent Air Vice-Marshall of [[Pakistan Air Force]].