Macallister

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Mac Allister Mac Allister

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Dublin town backing Argentina and Irish descendant Alexis ... (Sunday World)

Dublin town backing Argentina and Irish descendant Alexis MacAllister for World Cup ... Donabate is north County Dublin will be a sea of blue and white colours ...

I really hope for him and everybody else in the squad that they win the World Cup, because France is a good team.” We have been in the hurling club in Buenos Aires a few times and you’d want to see all the press stuff on the wall,” he beams. “They came and said ‘we’re the Argentinian MacAllisters’,” he smiles. He ran down the store waving the card, ‘this man is related to the red Carlos’. “The ‘Mac’ is the Irish for ‘Mc’. We presume he went on the cattle boats, then he sent back for his two nephews.

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'Welcome to Little Argentina', relatives of midfielder Alexis Mac ... (Independent.ie)

A village in north Co Dublin was transformed into 'Little Argentina' this evening, as the family of an Argentinian ace celebrated the team's World Cup final ...

“The Mac Allisters have been in Donabate since 1860,” Noel said. And the Mac Allister family spotted a photo of former foreign affairs minister Dick Spring with Dickie Mac Allister, the president of the Buenos Aires hurling club, in the Irish Times. “He was a big sports fan and was delighted about the family connection to Argentina. “In 1865, my great-granddad’s brother, Joseph, boarded a boat for Argentina. Noel and his wife Catherine and other family members have visited Argentina. A short time later, Dickie sent back detailed information linking the Mac Allister name back to Donabate. If there was anywhere to watch this World Cup final but the Lusail Stadium, it has to be in Donabate. “I’ve been watching him play for Brighton and he’s been improving all the time. He’s a great player and this is a great team.” It was great he got to experience that. My mum and dad went out to Argentina with Noel and Catherine. And it was surely one of the best finals ever.

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Irish roots of Argentina's World Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister (Irish Post)

IRELAND may not have been at the World Cup in Qatar but Irish fans were able to get behind Argent...

Former GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail claimed recently on Twitter that the Mac Allister family originated in Cushendall, Co. Dickie Mc Allister,BuneosAires ,receiving his International GAA award,2018. His family originated in Cushendall,Co Antrim,moved to Donabate,Dublin in the 19th century.Dickie’s ancestor left for Argentina in 1868, his cousin Alex plays for Argentina in the World Cup in Qatar. [BBC Northern Ireland spoke to residents of Cushendall](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64011522), where the Mac Allisters originated and where the name remains very common. In his tweet, Ó Fearghail shared a picture of himself with Mac Alister's cousin Ricardo 'Dickie' Mac Allister, a former president of Buenos Aires Hurling Club based in the city of Hurlingham. IRELAND may not have been at the World Cup in Qatar but Irish fans were able to get behind Argentina in Sunday's final thanks to one of their player's Irish links.

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Alexis Mac Allister: History maker, world champion, Brighton player (We Are Brighton)

Alexis Mac Allister becoming the Albion's first World Cup winner will give Brighton fans further belief that anything is possible.

And an incredible eight players at the World Cup, a number greater than Liverpool sent. 1978 was of course the summer before the season when For us, the triumph of 1966 and heartache of 1970 didn’t feature in our lived experience. The atmosphere and the passion for football something else entirely. Five years on from Argentina 1978, Albion’s legendary FA Cup Final side contained no players who did not originate from the UK or Ireland. The first World Cup I remember was the 1978 tournament in Argentina.

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