A woman took a picture of three Irish men in Times Square. It took Twitter only an hour to track the lads down.

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Three Irish men asked a woman to take their photo with her own phone in Times Square. In an hour, Twitter sleuths helped track them down.

They were like in any other group bustling around the tourist haven. But they had an unusual request, Boniello, 23, wrote on Twitter. They said they didn't have their own smartphones or cameras, so they asked her to use hers."We'll find it someday," one of them said.When I was in the city last week, these three Irishmen asked me to take a photo of them, but none of them had phones.so if by some strange turn of events anyone knows these guys, here's their photo pic.twitter.

— Christina May 12, 2019 Lads on tour in AmericaRead MoreTheir faith paid off, thanks to the ancient power of Irish tribal ties now globalized through Internet connectivity, The Irish Sun reported.About a week after taking the photo, Boniello posted it to Twitter, explaining how she met the men and wondering whether anybody knew them.In less than an hour, Irish Twitter came up with the men's identities, and the picture was sent to those Times Square dreamers.

— Christina May 12, 2019 But with great power comes great grammatical responsibility. "As soon as this started gaining traction, my biggest fear was finding a spelling mistake and having that haunt me forever," Boniello wrote.

 

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6 degrees of separation!

odwyersol Ber Waldron in the middle! Up Ballyhaunis!!

Wow, this is your news?

Global village

They were in NY for a Mayo GAA football game which they’re wearing. Mayo population is 130,000. The attendance was 6000. Shows power of social media but also Irish capacity to zoom in on county- town-family to identify 3 of several thousand who travelled over that weekend.

Power of social media

Love!!

3 men full of hopes and joy without smartphones..

They've been missing another friend 'Sam maguire' for quiet sometime as well... He hasn't been seen for over 50 years...😉

Yes!! Has to be!

wwredpepper BetoORourke They too are noted Irishmen arent they amigo? Keep up the good work making red purple. I suspect the machines caused some sort of temporary blindness as people voted when blue was red as if from Bizarro World

Hahaha funny take me back in time

Twitter speaks louder than any shit😎

In my country, the netizens always say 'Twitter pls do your magic' if they want to cause something to be viral in Twitland 😂

With the world today hard to believe that three men traveling to NY without smart phone

Catherine3123 They are 3 guys you would want to have a drink with 👍

Clever strategy.

Very cool

Wow. If Twitter had existed in 2001, Bin Laden would've been dead on September 12th.

Cool.

Great story..

Were those the same three Irishmen who were digging in a ditch?

Brilliant...

Scary...

Only the Irish, Sounds like Donegal men. Great stuff.

Stay off Twitter and facebook

Sounds like the beginning of a joke...great story

Old men don't lie, they say.

he yells has fits that are fake I HANDED him his SSI reveiw papers he's NOT MY son & NOT MY RESPONSABILTY AND he MITE NOT BE sally's kid CAUSE he ONLY HAS BIG EYES she he HAS A HUGE chin I DONT THINK A kid FROM it WOULD HAVE THAT chin

That’s all? Would have been more interesting if one of the men was her long lost father.

he puts hair in food

you’ve heard back from me since early this morning. please delete this sentence or actually reach out to me since no one has thus far

he use to watch TV for 2 years he sits in the living room without tv to act nuts

RiseOfFoles Angrysnowman2 wow how incredible! Jfc

DOESNT WASH his hands AND touch food pisses without washing hands for this phone talks about stabbing weizer MEANING ME

say bitch alot stomps foot and crutch to what they think triggers MY MEMORY LIKE A dog he pretends & needs a crutch CAUSE I USE CRUTCHS WETHER I MAKE A MESS OR NOT he throws garbage ON THE FLOOR OR LEAVES ON THE COUNTERS repeats himself about blood in his stole repeats & repeats

CALLS ME dead sexy fat bastard weizer & Bobo( pretends talks to or about them AND hints means ME) ITS VERY BLASPHAMY AND he calls sally Teri ANDsaid his mom owns the trailer

he said ARE U WATCHING THE LONE RANGER WHEN THE MUSIC STARTED AND he WAS RIDING A HORSE AND I WASNT PAYING ATTN TO TV SINCE THE MONKEES AND SAID pig IN BETWEEN WORDS AND DOES THAT nonsense ALOT

😋

Three Irish men walk into a bar...

New Yorker's may not always have the answer, but, they will always seek an answer to any question with integrity, due diligence, honor and pride. I❤️NY

Groovy!

Not power of social media but rather the power of not having a smartphone

I love this age

Okay, so they've been found -- the last 3 humans alive without smartphones. And we thought they were extinct.

Interesting story but who travels over the Atlantic Ocean to visit New York City without any cameras or cell phones, especially a group of 3 men? Sounds more like a pickup line...

Bet these Micks are illegals.

Mayo men are a different breed. 😂

and people still think BTC is going to die ROFL

cnn on top of breaking news problem is your about 15 hours later than the person who first posted this! Keep up the fake news

Wow holy fuck....... exciting shit here people...,

It’s a small world.

power of social media

that's a mafia thing to do, you buy a camera at a conveineint store

Lets go to the Pub, shall we

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