During the medieval ages, Colmar was a booming marketplace and a melting pot of different religious orders, from Protestants to Dominicans to Catholics.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/03/18/a-glimpse-of-petite-france-and-more-in-alsace/

I do believe national pride around the national pastime would form and interest would grow if the U.S. played the Dominicans in the semifinals on March 19 and Japan and Shohei Ohtani in the March 21 final.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/11/world-baseball-classic-interest-in-us-more-likely-to-come-later/

The Dominicans first arrived in Ireland in the year 1224, just three years after St. Dominic died.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/signs-of-hope-and-renewal-amid-the-dramatic-decline-of-the-catholic-church-in-ireland

These sentiments, in concert with a description of the neighborhood by George S. Moore, then the society’s president, as “nontaxpaying slums,” prompted protests by local Dominicans.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/realestate/washington-heights-audubon-terrace-hispanic-art.html