A librarian that works in #WebArchiving, personal interest in football history and occasionally tweets from @SLIPIreland All views are my own.

Joined July 2015
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A great night to walk around the streets of Manhattan #KnicksInFive
History made in New York as the Knicks end a 53-year wait for an NBA Championship ๐Ÿ† A 94-90 win over the San Antonio Spurs sealed a 4-1 Finals series victory and the franchise's first title since 1973.
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Breaking newsโ€ผ๏ธ Friday nightโ€™s game between Derry City and Bohemians at Celtic Park will be the first of 8โƒฃ live games shown this season. #BBCFootball โšฝ๏ธ
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Thereโ€™s a saying in the Irish, โ€˜'๐œ๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐จฬ๐  ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐žโ€™ or in English, โ€˜๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž.โ€™ Undoubtedly this campaign has been that for Ireland, the flame has sparked. Exciting times ahead despite defeat. #COYGIG
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชโ˜˜๏ธ IRELAND'S WORLD CUP PLAYOFF ROUTE IS SET! โ˜˜๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช The road to Brazil starts here. Ireland will be seeded in both playoff rounds, meaning the second leg will be played at home if we progress. ๐Ÿ“… Playoff Draws: Thursday 18th September ๐Ÿ‘‡ Who would you like Ireland to draw in Round 1?
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1/2 I've not had chance to talk about this yet but a book I co-edited with @FionaSkillen & @HBee2015 on the history of women's football in Britain and Ireland. To gain international recognition at a major sports history conference in North America is some achievement. Thanks to-
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It's 1973 and an all-Ireland soccer team are playing world champions Brazil... @cormacmoore on the historic friendly at a packed Lansdowne Road which saw a makeshift all-Ireland team take on a starry Brazilian side rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0608/โ€ฆ
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Tomorrow โ˜˜๏ธ
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A Courtney Brosnan appreciation post ๐Ÿ˜ค
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SAVE OUR FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES Football programmes shouldn't be stopped. They are part of the matchday experience & football's heritage. What is the best way to remember the first football match you ever went to? Look at the programme & all your memories come flooding back
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Amber Barrett.
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๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐› ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ˆ๐…๐€ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  Following victory over Netherlands Ireland climb two places to 21st in the rankings. #COYGIG ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชโ˜˜๏ธ
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WE TAKE ALL 3 POINTS โ˜˜๏ธ
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Ireland are the first nation promoted to League A to avoid relegation since the start of the Nations League system. Victory for France means Ireland will finish at least third before even kicking a ball in Cork tonight. #COYGIG โ˜˜๏ธ
Le job est fait en Pologne ! ๐Ÿ‘Œโœ… โšฝ๏ธ @MelvineMalard โšฝ๏ธ Sandy Baltimore #POLFRA
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On this day in 1997, Roberto Carlos scored one of the greatest free-kick of all time!

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I don't say this to criticise volunteers looking for cost-effective designs, but GAA clubs, community groups etc, need to stop using AI for their posters/ads etc. Badly done MS paint would be vastly preferable to the shiver people get down their spine at the sight of that font.
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Mamdani's World Cup promotional video features, among other players, Morad Fareed, a member of the first Palestinian national team to attempt World Cup qualification and a Bronx native.

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Mark Bonnick gave 22 years to Arsenal. They sacked him for speaking out about Palestine. Sign the petition to get his job back ๐Ÿ‘‡ย  the.organise.network/campaigโ€ฆ
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#OnThisDay in 1984 we played in our first ever European final ๐Ÿฅน We played the second leg at Kenilworth Road against Sweden, losing on penalties, but it was the start of a special journey ๐Ÿคฉ
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