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Sinead Farrelly: 'I was never going to be able to play soccer until I got that heavy burden off of me'

The football aspect of her biography seems so miniscule in the context of the struggles she’s overcome to start for Ireland.
Sinead Farrelly: 'I was never going to be able to play soccer until I got that heavy burden off of me'

FROM THERE TO HERE: Sinead Farrelly. Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Broken hand? Not a problem for Sinead Farrelly. Recovering from a broken spirit is a different matter and a process the latest Irish international admits she has yet to fully arc to.

This is the story of a person born to an Irish dad, who once lived in Ireland but was on the trajectory to be an integral part of the World champions.

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