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Mon 03 Mar 2009Inis Orr wants rematch to settle dispute
FOOTBALL IS going to be the solution to an unholy row which threatens the peaceful life on the Aran Islands. Father Tedenthusiasts thought that, like the GAA row in Cork, a solution had been found last year but trouble is again brewing after the staging of Tedfest ’09. The event was another superb success last weekend on Inis Mór but islanders on Inis Oírr feel left out.
Last year they challenged the larger island to a football match to decide where Tedfest would be held and Inis Mór’s victory sorted that out. But now Inis Oírr, the smallest of the islands, want a rematch as they believe Tedfest should be on their island.
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