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((Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Irish Indians
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| population       = 
| popplace       = Throughout [[India]]
| langs            = '''Irish-born''': [[Irish language|Irish]]((·))[[English language|English]]((·))'''Indian-born''': [[Languages of India|Indian languages]]
| rels             = [[Pentecostalism]], [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Catholicism]], [[Hinduism in the Republic of Ireland|Hinduism]], [[Islam in the Republic of Ireland|Islam]]((·))[[Irreligion in Ireland|Non-religious]]
| related          = ((hlist|[[Anglo-Indian]]|[[Irish diaspora]]|[[Indian diaspora]]))
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An '''Irish Indian''' is an Indian citizen who is fully or partially of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent, who is aware of such ancestry and remains connected, to some degree, to Irish culture and also can be an [[Ireland|Irish]]-born person who is of [[Indian people|Indian]] origin. As per article 366(2) of the [[Constitution of India|Indian Constitution]], an Irish Indian can be categorized as an Anglo-Indian.((cn|date=March 2024))

== History ==
Irish people were known to have traveled to India from at least the days of the [[East India Company]].((Citation needed|date=March 2020)) While most of the early Irish came as traders, some also came as soldiers. Prominent among them were the generals [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] who later became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] and his brother, [[Lord Charles Wellesley]], both of whom were from the Protestant [[Anglo-Irish]] landowning class. During the 19th century, a number of missionaries and educationists were involved in setting-up educational, healthcare and other institutions in India.<ref>((cite web|url = http://mea.gov.in/portal/foreignrelation/ireland-march-2012.pdf | publisher = Government of India - Ministry of External Affairs | website = mea.gov.in | title = India-Ireland Relations | access-date = 11 May 2019 ))</ref> Later in the 19th century, a number of philosophers and Catholic Irish nationalists travelled to India, including the theosophist [[Annie Besant]]. It is widely believed that there existed a secret alliance between the Irish and Indian independence movements. Some Indian intellectuals like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[V. V. Giri]] were likely inspired by Irish nationalists when they studied in the [[United Kingdom]]. Indian [[Immigrants]] who have emigrated to [[Ireland]] in the recent years might have had their children born and raised here.

==Culture==
One of the cultural activities that Indians of Irish descent (who are aware of their Irish ancestry) participate in is [[Saint Patrick's Day]].((cn|date=March 2023))

==Notable people==
((Unsourced|section|date=March 2023))
* [[Amala Akkineni]] - Actress
* [[Annie Besant]] - Theosophist and Indian independence activist
* [[James Cousins]] - Writer
* [[Margaret Cousins]] - Educationist, suffragist and [[Theosophist]]
* [[S. M. Cyril]] - Internationally recognized educational innovator
* [[Spike Milligan]] - comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor
* [[Cyrus Pallonji Mistry]] - Former Chairman of Tata Group
* [[Sister Nivedita]] - Disciple of [[Swami Vivekananda]]
* [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]] - [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]], author and quiz show host
* [[Leo Varadkar]] - [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland
* [[Gavin Packard]] - A [[Bollywood]] and [[Malayalam Cinema|Mollywood]] villainous actor. 3rd Generation Irish American

==Company and British India Officers of Irish and Anglo-Irish ancestry==
* [[Barry Close]] - General, East India Company 
* [[Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)]]
* [[Robert Rollo Gillespie]] - Major-general
* [[William Nassau Lees]] - Major-general
* [[Robert Montgomery (colonial administrator)]]
* [[John Nicholson (East India Company officer)]]
* [[Michael O'Dwyer]] - Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab 
* [[Joseph O'Halloran]] - major-general, East India Company
* [[William Olpherts]] - General, Indian army
* [[Eldred Pottinger]], Major East India Company
* [[Henry Pottinger]] - Lieutenant General, East India Company 
* [[Abraham Roberts]] - General
* [[Richard Hieram Sankey]] - Lieutenant General
* [[Charles Stuart (East India Company officer)]]
* [[Ephraim Gerrish Stannus]] - Major-General, East India Company 
* [[James Travers]] - General, East India Company
* [[Hugh Wheeler (East India Company officer)]]
* [[Frederick Young (East India Company officer)]]
* [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] - Major General, East India Company
* [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley]] - Governor-General of Bengal

==See also==
* [[India–Ireland relations]]
* [[Anglo-Indian]]
*[[Indian diaspora]]
*[[kim (novel)]]

== References ==
((Reflist))

((Immigration to India))
((Irish diaspora))

[[Category:Europeans in India]]
[[Category:Irish diaspora]]
[[Category:Irish expatriates in India| ]]
[[Category:Indian people of Irish descent| ]]
[[Category:Diasporas in India]]

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