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My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pennsylvania.


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BETHANY IRWIN We were trying to delay it as much as we could. The longer we kept the ball at our end, the less the...
BETHANY IRWIN Our district tries to give us games later, down the road, because all the other districts are still ...
BETHANY IRWIN We had to set some screens. We set her a nice one on the baseline. When she came off that screen and...
BETHANY IRWIN When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptom...
IRWIN REDLENER I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them.
BINDI IRWIN The risks are far greater to your child of not getting immunized than any kind of speculative potent...
IRWIN REDLENER I live in a town called Beerwah, right in the middle of Australia Zoo. It's not hustle and bustl...
BINDI IRWIN I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.
STEVE IRWIN I have friends who come to the Australia Zoo, and it's just, instead of playing video games, we ...
BINDI IRWIN Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling...
STEVE IRWIN My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.
STEVE IRWIN So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where th...
STEVE IRWIN I don't want to see crocs end up as boots, bags and belts. We're killing and consuming our w...
BINDI IRWIN I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comforta...
ASHTON IRWIN