John Madden
@johnmadden2706
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Mayo man in the midlands. Loving Isabelle, Tom & Conor and my wife Edel. Views are all my own. Proud #AutismDad
Mount Temple, Wmeath, Ireland
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No new words this year. An inch forward, an inch back. Unconditional love.
#AutismDad
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In my young teens, I think I developed a perception of WWII allies soldiers as tough-as-nails, brave, unshaven, older, etc. But my God - middle row 3 back 😲
American troops on board a landing craft heading for the beaches at Oran in Algeria during Operation 'Torch', November 1942.
Colorized for The World Aflame.
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I'd sooner have an U-12 Div 5 league medal in my collection than a senior club provincial medal with a club that I have zero connection to......
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David Clarke - take a bow. The best game of kickouts you have every taken in Mayo jersey. Awesome
#mayogaa
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How I wish my little man was verbal and high functioning. We give everything we have - emotionally, physically & financially - but to be honest, seems to make damn all difference. But will never give up; until my last breath
#worldautismawarenessday
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What a dig on
#cblive
by Tomas Ryan towards the government.... 'it costs €25 to do a test in our labs but costs €200 if you have a government contract'. Ouch!!
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@piersmorgan
I guess they sort of took the idea from the
@irishexaminer
when Jonah Lomu died. Except the Examiner one was superb and appropriate
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The most scenic bog in Ireland... from Stags of Broadhaven to the Ceide Fields to the Donegal Mountains in the distance. And finally, of course, the imperious Downpatrick Head!!
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Autism has thought me not to dream about what lies ahead. Instead, struggle on. 1 day at a time.
Lockdown has made that struggle so difficult.
But then you get moments like this. Out of the blue. Catch. Stunned.
And so I smile & shed a tear & dare to dream again.
#AutismDad
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So its 'Baile Atha Cliath' versus 'An Mhi' in Leinster Football Final. Given that allocation of Croke Park dressing room, dug-out & warming up at Hill 16 end is based on which team is alphabetically first in Irish, then looking forward to seeing 'An Mhi' warming up at Hill 16 end
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From a Mayo viewpoint (stop reading if you're not from Mayo as you won't be interested!!), that game confirmed for me that it was a complete system failure in first 10 minutes of 2nd half semi by Mayo rather than unprecedented Dublin brilliance.
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Hey
@johnjgreene
- given you've allowed ~10 articles over the yrs from 1 of your columnists where primary intent = insult an amateur sportsman, would you accept any responsibility for the social media hate directed at that player given your papers articles normalized the hate?
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@john_mcguirk
You expect a garda to differentiate in such a situation between accredited journalists versus the 2-a-penny citizen journalists?
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Katie arrived today 😁😁😁 Excited, and nervous. Hopeful, and cautious. This is going to be great though. Thank you so much
@irishguidedogs
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@UberFacts
Because she was allowed continue writing her diary after she was arrested............
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I can still feel it in me bones - Andy Moran on as a sub to score winning goal (putting Mayo 1 up at end of injury time) in 2019 All-Ireland final and stopping the 5 in a row in the process
#MayoGAA
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Deliberate trip apparently🙄
Disappointed that
@TheSundayGame
analysis spent most of their time looking at an incident that a bitter losing manager whinged about; helping create a narrative he wants that his team is often hard done by (rather than reality of being poor tacklers)
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Played my first game at adult level for
@ballycgaa
in 1989. I, somehow, ended up playing yet another game this evening. 30 years. Jesus. Still can't get my head around that 😵
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"I marked Boyle in '15 All-Ireland & even then, he was starting to show his age" '15 replay, 6 days after the draw. Boyler (MotM on Sat. BTW), a guard in Clifden & driving up/down to CP & Castlebar while you had recovery sessions in a pool
@alanbrogan13
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Half back line combined age 124. Midfield combined age 90.
@ballycgaa
... we may not have won (it was close!!) but by God we gave it our all and we loved our Jersey v
@mayogaelsgaa
this evening in Mayo junior C champhp.
@MayoGAA
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I've been to many a theme park but none to compare with
@taytopark
in terms of the effort and priority they give to special needs kids. Top notch!! And
@MrTaytoIreland
must be other-worldly to get
#MyLittleMan
to stand like this for a photo 😁
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Mayo v Dubs many times, Mayo v Cork '17, Mayo v Kildare' 18. All great games in sport I love like no other. But never once I felt the need to roar:"Gaelic Football, Greatesht Shport ever." Hurling a great game & I love watching it but FFS lose the insecurity hurling folk
#CORvLIM
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7 pts from Cillian v Galway would see him break 400 point championship scoring total.
He's already 41 pts ahead of the Gooch in 2nd place.
Average of 6.9 pts per game over 57 championship appearances.
And the man is only 28 - in his prime.
#Greatness
#mayogaa
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Right
@mayogaa
folk in New York.... tomorrow evening (Saturday) at 6pm on the viewing steps at Time Square - a rendition of the 'Green and Red of Mayo'. Chorus, 1st verse and chorus again. Be there
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Immediately after last word of the national anthem is sang, we blast into 2 renditions of chorus of the ‘Green & Red of Mayo.' And we give it a blast at 3:40pm too.
Loud and Proud.
Spread the word - Twitter, WhatsApp, everywhere!!
#The16thMan
#MayoAnthem
#MayoGAA
#KerryvMayo
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Yes, I'd have wing forward Brian Howard as my centre back instead of Colm Boyle..... said NO fucking rational thinking, half knowledgeable, gaelic football person ever.
#AllStarsMeHole
#PwCAllstars
#mayogaa
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@Natalie4e
@MaiaDunphy
Side effects? I got my first dose yesterday and managed to run a 10km PB yesterday evening. Delighted. Can't wait to see my time after the 2nd dose 🏃💨😁
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The actions of Mayo footballers have caused me to shed a tear on a few occasions in the past. Brogan in '85. McD in '06. ... To name but 2.
But now the mere words of one Mayo footballer has triggered that emotion. O'Hora. The great Padraic O'Hora. Thank you.
#ASDDad
During the week, Padraig O'Hora was asked about the most enjoyable aspect of playing for Mayo.
His answer: Getting to sit in from of the media and tell them about the need for greater inclusion of the neurodivergent community.
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Given the All-Ireland is now put back by 2 wks compared to original plan and given anyone who will get a vaccine will have got their 2nd dose by end Aug, then no reason why full capacity shouldn't be possible for the final??
@TheSundayGame
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Looking forward to seeing this bounce. Might knock me off the stage for being involved in the most improbable ridiculous one ever 😜
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@OtooleMarian
@MayoGAA
You have to draw a line. Given the history of the engagement and the terms agreed in January as detailed in paragraph 2, then there was only 1 option. If the man cares about Mayo GAA, then he can still contribute; but without the ego boost that seemed to be a prerequisite for him
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The repeated attempts all day by manys the Dublin GAA head (plus indirectly by others that should know better) to create a legacy for D Connolly by suggesting his battles with Leeroy were battles of equals, is utter rubbish. Leeroy won every 1 of them comfortably & emphatically
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Hope the physio puts ice on the correct side of Smalls face. They tend to get a bit confused on that point when there is a chance of a red card for the opposition
#AllIrelandFinal
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Yes, great watching Katie and all that... but spare me the BS about being Irelands greatest ever sports person (its a fringe minority sport at best). Sonia O'Sullivan and Roy Keane must be looking on wondering 'what the fcuk'
#KatieTaylor
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@daraobriain
My favourite hurling clips tend to come from here....
What a day, what a comeback for the silverbacks.
Very unreal for the silverbacks as they scored their only goal in the final minute.
Kayunga Silverbacks. 1-04(7)
Bugembegembe Falcons 0-04(04)
Looks like the league is going to be more interesting than expected.
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Jason Doherty had a bigger impact on Mayo forward line yesterday than Donaghy did for Kerry. And yet he's never mentioned. Why?
#mayogaa
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Hi
@TescoIrl
- great job by your staff in Athlone today.
#MyLittleMan
not happy at all today as we shopped. An extra staff member came over as I came to till and insisted on unloading trolly & bag-packing for me. And took care of him when I came back to pay. Thanks!
#AutismDad
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Because Conroy failed in his attempt to break Aidan's hand or jaw, then it's not worth commenting on. Sure it'll toughen Aidan up. He'll be grand. A coming together. The rough and tumble of the game, and thus not worth mentioning on
@TheSundayGame
@sportsdes
@dessiedolan
thinks a knee to the head is a "coming together". Red card all day long
#mayogaa
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3 months of lockdown, or play a game of football as a corner forward being marked by Chris Barrett.... lockdown is fine
#mayogaa
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@BarryWhyte85
@NewstalkFM
Very little of it a protest vote i would say.
Largely down to 2 words - "strive" (meaning nothing) and "durable" (which nobody understands)
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So it's General Humbert versus Admiral Brown..... so for a change, its a final we can't lose 😜
#mayogaa
#francemaroc
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@RTE2
Ask the shows producer that.... who allowed a narcissistic grade A asshole to humiliate a really nice girl on TV.
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Trusting all Mayo GAA folk on twitter are members of their local clubs & have informed themselves what options (re new board officers) are at convention next wknd & thus tried to influence their clubs vote accordingly. If not, then don't whinge here if little change
#mayogaa
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Sad to report the passing of my grandmother
#MollyMadden
#IrelandsOldestPerson
in her 110th year
#Ballycastle
#Mayo
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From 2012 All-Ireland semi to this years semi, the number of times Dublin and Mayo have forced the umpires to wave a green or white flag - Dublin 124, Mayo 123. Whats the old saying ...... Goals win games!!
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@carstynes
@crazyhouseprice
Tell them the bid holds until 10am tomorrow. Meanwhile, knock on the door of neighbouring houses to try and get a contact number for the owner so that you can call them and tell them about the bid... auctioneer won't!!
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@ciaranmullooly
Before the election, I would have presumed you posted this as a positive news story for Ireland. Now, after seeing you make up your own 'facts' since you got elected, well, I now know better.
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I'd have John Small on my team ahead of Paddy Durkin.... said nobody ever, except for a few drunk All-Star selectors
#AllStars
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Sitting at bottom of stairs while Mrs M sorts of what Santa left knowing that this is probably the last year the older 2 believe & also knowing that the youngest of the 3 will probably never really understand it all.
#EnjoyingTheMoment
but
#BitterSweet
.
#AutismDad
#HappyChristmas
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A broadcaster paid from our license fee resorts to trolling a county to get attention. Give everything to
@SkySportsGAA
if this is what it's come to
The ONLY one who predicted
#Mayo
would not make the Super 8’s. He wasn’t nasty, wasn’t malicious - he just felt
#Galway
would beat them & tiredness & injury would catch them in Qualifiers. He was vilified!The most accurate
#GAA
punditry of 2018 from Sean Cavanagh
#TheSundayGame
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And Cillian O'Connor had just become the highest 'west of the Shannon' championship scorer of all time!!
#mayogaa
266pts
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Kerry playing like the end of the world is nigh if they lose. Mayo like "thank God its not knock out"
#KerryvMayo
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The point is
@alanbrogan13
- you were living life as a professional back then. Boyler, like the rest, are amateurs - and it was remarkable that he kept going for 60 minutes in the replay. And i trust you are aware he was deserved MotM on Saturday? No, thought not.
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Needless to say this tweet didn't last long after the PBP account was reminded where Richard BB and Paul Murphy went to school 😅😅
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@SeanMcGoldrick1
Why does a (not unprecedented) hammering of Leitrim by Mayo trigger a national focus about inequality and unfairness when it has been happening in Leinster championship for a decade? Or in Munster for decades?
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Irelands oldest person & as of today also Mayo's oldest EVER - my granny Molly Madden, Ballycastle. Born Dec 8th 1906
http://t.co/jWB7WM1n9f
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It wasn't a choke job. They're not useless. If you're embarrassed then go fcuk yourself.
We lost an inch or 2 of sharpness after the orchestrated 4 week gap since the semi and any additional analysis from Mayo perspective is almost pointless
#mayogaa
#MAYOVTYRONE
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When my little man unexpectedly and gleefully took the reigns of my brothers (
@paul_madden
) family's dog for a walk a few days ago. No New Years resolution - instead, I just want a dozen more unexpected gleeful moments in 2018
#AutismDad
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In 1993, I had the honour of captaining my club in a county final against Kilmeena. They broke our hearts after a replay largely due to this man putting in a master class performance. 28 years on and he has another (3rd) county medal. Incredible stuff. A legend & inspiration.
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Mayo getting relegated was only ever a Netflix fiction series... in the real world, I never saw them playing in the flesh to get relegated and I never saw them playing in the flesh to get promoted. So therefore none of it ever happened
#mayogaa
😜
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Was that deliberate obfuscation by
@Colmogorman
trying to explain the funding questions wrt
@AmnestyIreland
... speaking so fast and in such legalesque terms that it was impossible to understand
#rtept
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@MarcPColeman
@SenatorMcDowell
@elonmusk
@Twitter
@TodaywithClaire
Well he never said anything when the previous billionaire owner, Jack Dorsey, was dictating policy on what was appropriate for people to discuss
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Thank God for the 'burst' feature on camera phones!! Happy Christmas to one and all 🎅 🎄🎅🔔❄
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From being unexpectedly subbed on in a 2nd team match meaning he had to stop tweeting the score updates, to planning the arrival home of the county champions. Been a heck of a year for the Belmullet PRO😁..... and mighty stuff
@BelmulletGaa
Congrats!
The team will be arriving via bus to the square in Belmullet later on, we ask any supporters planning on attending to be on the square before the bus for health and safety reasons. Parking is available at Civic Centre, Docks and Gala.I will post time of arrival shortly. Thanks
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It amazes me that Jim Gavin persists with MDMA. He is a high risk red card every game. Should have had 2 yellows in 1st half alone (obviously not including the sneaky effort to smash Ruanes face below). And a hop ball after his reaction when awarded a free
#SundayGame
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*fouled
Aidan O'Shea of Mayo is tackled by Gavin Cooney of Clare during their Allianz Football League Division 2 semi-final at Cusack Park in Ennis.
📸
@Sportsfilebren
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This rhetoric about Cluxtons kickout accuracy is way over the top. Maybe 3 kicks that weren't 10-30 yard easy pops today... to match 3 clangers. It's the outfield players that enable it. And exposed under a high ball many times. Beggan way ahead
#SundayGame
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Including injury time,
#MAYOvRos
was 80 min game. Our terrible 1st 12 minutes aside, Ros scored just twice from play for remaining 68 mins
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@RoryHearneGaffs
So you've an issue now with Gardai carrying out the laws of the state. Got it.
Your excitement from the oxygen of attention you're getting is causing your mask to slip
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If there is no outstanding goalkeeper next year, then looking forward to an outfield player getting the award for the
#1
position. Not really much of a stretch when you see a wing forward is picked at
#6
.
#PwCAllStars
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The labels on the bedding plants used in the window boxes and hanging baskets said they would be a mix of colours.
But now, 6 weeks on, it's clear that it'll be green and red that will dominate the summer.
Tis a sign I tell ye.
#mayogaa
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Please take time to read this thread on the Senator Noone autistic slur and then share widely. The damage she has done is both profound and upsetting. People need to understand "autism is not an insult"
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Clock due to move forward March 28th. Sun will still rise early in Ireland at ~7:15am morning after change.
Bringing change forward to Feb 28th would mean sunrise at ~8:15am morning after change but would be bright in evenings until ~7:30pm.
Change it even for this year?!
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Nothing issue in bigger scheme of things but feck it - were supposed to have 'Katie', assistance dog for
#MyLittleMan
home with us this evening after a week's training at
@irishguidedogs
....desperately hope they can get the show on the road again in a couple of months 😕
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@paulmurphy_TD
Can you clarify why you needed to claim €80 per day Dail Expenses during the trial ?
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Regardless of their political parties & views, feels wrong to me that experienced campaigners with strong records like Lisa Chambers and Michelle Mulherrin fail to get elected on back of a candidate playing the
#mayogaa
card.
#Election2020
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@mayogaa
... if you're going to the men's final, you're duty bound to go to the women's too.
#TheDouble
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Not to be feared or dismissed but to be respected, cherished and loved.
#MyLittleMan
#WorldAutismAwarenessDay
http://t.co/LVOIWId0Ws
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So this 'quality' of ticket remains available on ticket master for Saturday double header (they have been all week). So unless a late rush, then very low numbers looking likely
#mayogaa
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First 2 items in RTE 9pm news -
#Ophelia
and
#FFArdFheis17
. Note sure which will do the country more damage
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@killianm97
Maybe just accept it as a good news story and move on. No caveats. No "but, but, but...". No "look at me, I've done the maths."
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Quality time with kids, have found time to read books, an hours exercise every morning at 7:30, able to work from home & be fully productive... notwithstanding virus risk, am I allowed say that stepping off the fast bumpy treadmill of normal life has been fine
#Coronavirusireland
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