Members of the Longford-Westmeath Argentina society have expressed their heartbreak at the death of football icon Diego Maradona.
The 1986 World Cup winner died on Wednesday afternoon after suffering a heart attack.
The Shannonside-based group is one of a handful in Ireland that celebrates the shared history of Irish people who went to South America and Argentina to begin new lives over the last 100 years.
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It's believed that 40% of all people who claim Irish heritage in Argentina have links to County Longford.
Una Beirne is a committee member with the society - she says his death has shocked everyone :
