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    Mayo-born Argentine Navy founder honoured

    By admin | September 28, 2006

    A monument to Admiral William Brown was unveiled by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday in Dublin’s Docklands. The Irish Independent says the Mayo-born founder of the Argentine Navy who died in 1857, has 1,100 streets, 420 schools, six football clubs and two cities named after him in Argentina.
    http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1695760&issue_id=14694

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