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15th Aug 2017

Ireland player James McClean and wife Erin welcome baby girl

The name they chose is lovely.

Anna O'Rourke

She’s the couple’s third child.

Congratulations to James and Erin McClean, who have announced the birth of their baby girl.

The Irish soccer international and his wife of one year took to social media yesterday share their happy news and reveal that they’ve decided to call the little girl Willow Ivy.

Besotted new dad James shared a number of snaps of the new arrival with his 75,000 Instagram followers, including one of her meeting her big brother.

Miss Willow Ivy McClean ? family ❤️

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Already protecting his wee sister ?❤️

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Little Willow Ivy is James and Erin’s third child – the couple are already parents to Allie May, three, and one-year-old James Junior.

The pair wed in a ceremony in their native Derry in May 2016.

 

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