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The biggest thing was meeting Mary McAleese before the game. That day she could have given the team talk. ‘We need a big one today,’ she told us. Hearing what was nearly an order from the President meant everything to us. It would have been unthinkable if England had won but we beat a very good English ...
Mary Patricia McAleese (Irish: Máire Pádraigín Bean Mhic Ghiolla Íosa; born 27 June 1951) is the eighth, and current President of Ireland. She is Ireland's second female president and the world's first woman to succeed another woman as an elected head of state. She was first elected president in 1997 and was re-elected, without contest, to... Full Article
Ireland's President Mary McAleese, accompanied by her husband Martin, tours downtown Beirut, October 16, 2011.
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, right, with her husband Sen. Martin McAleese walk during a tour in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 16, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three-day visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to check on Irish soldiers serving with U.N....
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese lays a wreath as Irish U.N. peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stand at attention at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south Lebanon, in the town of Tibnin, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese awards medals to Irish U.N. peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at Camp Shamrock, the Irish contingent's base in the town of Tibnin, southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese accompanied by her husband Martin McAleese (R) and Irish Battalion's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Bolger (L) talk during her visit at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south Lebanon, in the town...
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese plants a tree as United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas (L)and Martin McAleese, her husband (2nd L) and the Irish Battalion's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Bolger(3rd L) watch at Camp...
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese, accompanied by her husband Martin McAleese, poses for a picture with orphaned girls during her visit to Tibnin Orphanage, southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese pays her respect at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in the town of Tibnin, southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese sits with orphaned girls during her visit to Tibnin Orphanage, in southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese reviews Irish U.N. peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south Lebanon, in the town of Tibnin, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese stands during a moment of silence with Irish U.N. peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south Lebanon, in the town of Tibnin, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese receives flowers from orphaned girls during her visit to Tibnin Orphanage, southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese, accompanied with her husband, Martin McAleese (C), are welcomed by an Irish U.N. peacekeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), upon their arrival at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, left, receives a bouquet of flowers from Lebanese orphans during her visit to an orphanage, in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with Lebanese officials...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, second right, sits between Lebanese orphans during her visit to an orphanage, in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to check...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, left, pins medal to an Irish UN peacekeeper soldier, right, at their base in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to check the...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, left, addresses a speech at the Irish UN peacekeepers base, in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to check the Irish soldiers...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, right, and her husband Dr Martin McAleese, center, shake hands with UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Alberto Asarta Cuevas, left, at the Irish UN peacekeepers base in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, left, speaks with UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Alberto Asarta Cuevas, right, at the Irish UN peacekeepers base in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with...
View Photo »Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, greets Irish President Mary McAleese, left, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 14, 2011.
View Photo »DUNSHAUGHLIN, IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Irish President Mary McAleese speaks during the opening ceremony prior to the 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle Golf Club on September 22, 2011 in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland.
View Photo »DUNSHAUGHLIN, IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Irish President Mary McAleese chats with Executive Director of the Ladies European Tour Alexandra Armas (R) during the opening ceremony prior to the 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle Golf Club on September 22, 2011 in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland...
View Photo »President of Ireland Mary McAleese, centre, joins the European, left, and U.S. Solheim Cup teams during the opening ceremony for the 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle, Dunsany, Ireland, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.
View Photo »DUBLIN, IRELAND - MAY 23: (L to R) First lady Michelle Obama, Onyedika Ukachukwu, Dr Martin McAleese, Colm Dunne, Maragaret McDonagh, U.S. President Barack Obama, President of Ireland Mary McAleese and Head Gardener Robert Norris attend a tree planting ceremony at Aras an Uachtarain...
View Photo »DUBLIN, IRELAND - MAY 23: (L to R) school children Onyedika Ukachukwu, Colm Dunne and Maragaret McDonagh hold the rope to the Peace Bell as U.S. President Barack Obama plants a tree while being watched by Head Gardener Robert Norris, President of Ireland Mary McAleese, first lady...
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese, accompanied by her husband Martin, tours downtown Beirut, October 16, 2011.
View Photo »The biggest thing was meeting Mary McAleese before the game. That day she could have given the team talk. ‘We need a big one today,’ she told us. Hearing what was nearly an order from the President meant everything to us. It would have been unthinkable if England had won but we beat a very good English ...
