Arthur William Devenish Meares, also known as Arthur William Devenish-Meares or "Newry" Meares (1874–1935)
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player who won four caps for

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and two for the

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. Meares was a part of the

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British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, where he appeared as full back in the third and fourth test matches. In

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he went on to make his Ireland debut, appearing this time as a forward against Scotland and Wales in what was a Triple Crown winning year for the Irish team. His final international game came against Wales in Belfast on 17 March

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

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