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Martin O'Neill - career: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_O%27Neill

Martin O'Neill, from Kilrea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilrea) in County Derry (AKA: 'County Londonderry') in Northern Ireland in 1952, is the new Manager of the Republic of Ireland soccer team as reported in 'The Irish Times' on Friday 15th November 2013:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/martin-o-neill-plays-media-game-with-style-1.1590424

His Assistant Manager will the notoriously temperamental football genius, Roy Keane:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/let-roy-be-unconfined-1.1594050

Roy Keane was born in Cork City in 1971.

This autobiographical speech by Martin O'Neill on the theme 'What it means to be Irish' was recorded by RTÉ Radio 1 at Áras an Uachtarán' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ras_an_Uachtar%C3%A1in), the official residence of the Presidents of Ireland. It was broadcast on the 31st of December 2008. The event, held in the presence of young immigrants from all over the world, was introduced by the then President of Ireland, Mary McAleese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McAleese
The Irish Times of today, Saturday 16 November 2013, reports the first success of the new Martin O'Neill - Roy Keane management team as the Republic of Ireland win 3 - nil against Latvia at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin:
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/northmen-southmen-comrades-all-start-out-on-the-road-to-france-1.1596862