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Gary Spain

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Football,Rugby and politics. Big fan of Treaty United. Republic of Ireland MNT SLO. Huge interest in the history of Irish football. ⚽️ Dum Spiro Spero

Dublin City, Ireland Katılım Eylül 2012
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ArchaeoHistories
ArchaeoHistories@histories_arch·
In 1835, port of New Orleans, Irish families step off the gangway into swampland heat, carrying everything they own. Among them, a small girl named Margaret Gaffney clutches her father's hand. She is five years old. She does not yet know that within the year, both her parents will be dead. Yellow fever moves through the immigrant quarters like wildfire through dry grass. Margaret's mother dies first. Her father follows days later. At six years old, she becomes a ward of Welsh neighbors who need extra hands more than they need another mouth to feed. There is no school. No tenderness. Just work. By nine, she is scrubbing laundry. By eleven, she is entirely on her own. At twenty-one, she marries Charles Haughery. They have a daughter. For the first time since childhood, Margaret feels safe. Then yellow fever comes again. Her husband dies. Her baby dies. She is twenty-two, widowed, childless, illiterate, and alone in a city that considers Irish Catholics less than human. Most people would have broken. Margaret borrowed forty dollars, bought two cows, and started selling milk. She walked the French Quarter before sunrise, knocking on doors, undercutting prices, outworking everyone. People mocked her. A poor Irish widow with a milk cart was not supposed to become anything. Within a year, she paid back the loan. Within five, she owned the largest dairy in the city. Then she met the nuns at the orphanage. They were trying to feed children no one else wanted. Margaret saw herself in every face. She gave them all her milk, every day, and refused payment. She told them she remembered what hunger felt like. She remembered being six and abandoned. In 1858, she sold the dairy and bought a bakery she had no idea how to run. She could not read recipes. She learned by feel, by repetition, by refusing to fail. Within a year, her bread was everywhere. She standardized loaves, mechanized production, and fed a city that once looked through her like she was invisible. When yellow fever returned, she nursed the dying. During the Civil War, she fed Union soldiers and Confederate families without asking which side they supported. She became one of the wealthiest women in America and gave away over six hundred thousand dollars. She never learned to write her name. She signed every document with an X. When Margaret Haughery died in 1882, New Orleans erected the first statue ever dedicated to a woman in the city. At the base, they carved an X. The mark of someone who could not write, but who rewrote what mercy looked like. Margaret lived so simply that many people did not realize she was wealthy. She wore plain dresses, lived in modest rooms, and walked to work every day. Visitors to her bakery often mistook her for a cleaning woman. She preferred it that way. She believed attention should go to the work, not the person doing it. The statue erected in her honor still stands in Margaret Place in New Orleans. It depicts her sitting with a child on her lap and another at her side. The inscription reads simply, "Margaret." For decades, locals called her "the Bread Woman of New Orleans." Children she helped grew up, had children of their own, and told them about the woman who made sure no one went hungry. Margaret's bakery became so successful that during the Civil War, Union officers tried to seize it for military use. She reportedly walked into the commanding officer's tent and told him that if he took her bakery, the orphans would starve. He let her keep it. Another detail: she was known to test her bread by touch alone, never needing to read temperatures or measurements. Workers said she could tell if dough was ready just by pressing it with her thumb. 📷 : Portrait of Margaret Haughery, 1842, by Jacques Amans. © Daughters of Time #archaeohistories
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Lansdowne Road ☘️🇮🇪⚽
🇮🇪 Ireland Away Day: Czechia 🇨🇿 Our latest Fanzine for Prague is live and it’s a must-read for anyone making the trip 🇮🇪✈️ Inside, you’ll find everything you need for the away day: 🧭 Travel tips & tricks 📍 All you need to know about Czechia 📊 Squad insight & build-up 🔥 Full preview of the big game Whether you’re heading over or just want to get stuck into the match build-up, this one’s for you. 👉 Check it out via the link and let us know what you think! Big thanks to everyone who contributed and if you fancy getting involved for our summer Fanzine, drop us a message 🙌 lansdowneroar.ie/international/
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Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪
Your Ireland squad for the FIFA World Cup 26 Qualifying Play-Offs is in 🇮🇪 @QPR’s Harvey Vale receives his first senior Ireland call-up as Alan Browne & Robbie Brady both return 👏 Thu 26th March | 🇨🇿 v 🇮🇪 Tue 31st March | 🇮🇪 v 🇩🇰/🇲🇰
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The Masters
The Masters@TheMasters·
Served in honor of Mr. Rory McIlroy. #themasters
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Ireland Football SLO
Ireland Football SLO@IrelandSLO·
FYI Canada away. There will be an away allocation sold through the FAI in a few weeks. Tickets are on sale also for home and away fans via the Canadian Federation. #COYBIG #CANIRL
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський
Wishing the Irish in Ireland and around the world a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Ukraine deeply appreciates Ireland’s significant support at the political, economic, and humanitarian level, as well as the shelter your country has given to thousands of Ukrainians. May peace and plenty bless your world With a joy that long endures And may all life’s passing seasons Bring the best to you and yours.
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ChoctawNationOK
ChoctawNationOK@choctawnationOK·
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ In 1847, during the Irish Potato Famine, Choctaws gathered what they could and sent a donation to help the people of Ireland. That act of generosity created a lasting friendship between the Choctaw and Irish people that continues today. From one community to another, it’s a reminder that kindness can travel far and endure for generations. 💚 Learn more about this connection at choctawnation.com/about/history/….
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Sevilla FC
Sevilla FC@SevillaFC_ENG·
🇮🇪 Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona do lucht tacaíochta Sevilla Éireannaigh ar fud an domhain! Have some good craic! 😀 Our first-ever foreign manager Charles O’Hagan was from Donegal 👔
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Gary Spain@SpainGary·
@ExtremeFootbal4 There were at least 50K Irish fans in the Giants Stadium for the Italian game.
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The Extreme Football Enthusiast
In 1994, over 30,000 Irish fans travelled to the USA for the World Cup, making Ireland one of the most supported nations at the tournament.
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Karl Brophy
Karl Brophy@KarlBrophy·
Tadhg Beirne walking around the pitch with a baby in his hands after the match. I think it’s his but there’s a very good chance he stole it from the Scots. #IREvSCO
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Ireland Football SLO
Ireland Football SLO@IrelandSLO·
Attn MNT season ticket holders. The FAI have sent a survey link to your email regarding the #FIFA World Cup. It would greatly assist in planning if you could complete it even if you don't intend on travelling. All will be entered in a draw for a signed jersey. #COYBIG
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RTÉ Archives
RTÉ Archives@RTEArchives·
Ronnie Delany wins 880 yard race at Trinity College Dublin in 1954 The footage here is taken from film shot by Norman Hodgson. @tcddublin rte.ie/archives/2014/…
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