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Continue reading →: Touch Euros 2014 – Day 2vs England 11.30am We lost by one try. Aaarrrrrghhhhhhhhhh!
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Continue reading →: Touch Euros 2014 – Swansea, WalesSo here we go again…sitting here in my room in Swansea university campus and tomorrow morning I’ll be representing Ireland at my fourth international Touch tournament. First up at 10.40 am, I’ll earn my 21st cap against the hosts Wales in the Senior Mixed category.
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Continue reading →: Home Nations 2013 – Day 2Touch Home Nations, Albert Park Dublin, Saturday 22nd, June 2013 This will give an idea of how great the whole event has been:
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Continue reading →: Home Nations 2013 – Day 1
Touch Home Nations, Albert Park Dublin, Friday 21st, June 2013 Game 1: Lost vs Wales 14-6 It feels like we’ve been here before. There were tries which we conceded where I could see what was happening as it happened but we still couldn’t stop it.
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Continue reading →: Euros 2012 Treviso – Fine di nostra adventureDay 5 – Final Day. 7th/8th place playoff & celebrations vs. France – Part Deux. The last game in the blazing sun.
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Continue reading →: Euros 2012 Treviso: Day 4
Day 4 – Scots & Swiss vs. Scotland This was an exhausting, high-emotion, interesting, disappointing day. A lot of tension, a lot of fatigue. We were in the Quarter-finals against an experienced Scottish team.
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Continue reading →: Euros 2012 Treviso: Day 3 – Allez les Verts
Day 3 – Wales & France vs. Wales First up was Wales, probably the pre-tournament favourites.
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Continue reading →: Euros 2012 Treviso: Day 2 – Forza Irlanda
Day 2 – Italy We found out early that the result from the Switzerland game would stand. And our playing schedule was revised. We would have just one match today, against the hosts Italy.
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Continue reading →: Euro 2012 Treviso – Day 1
Day 1 – Guernsey, Switzerland Howyis. Sooooo… First day of competition. With all my worries about my calf, the management decided to rest me for the first game, which was a fair call, even though I was dying to play. I did a full hard warm up,
Hello,
I’m Ian
I am a writer and educator.
I’m the author of the The Irish Culture Books series, activity books aimed at language students studying English in Ireland, a novel ‘God on a Bicycle’. and a short story ‘Speech! Speech!’ (read story here) which was published in the short story collection, ‘A Pint and a Haircut‘.
I have worked as a teacher, as a content creator, Academic Director of educational organisations, an examiner, teacher trainer. From Ireland, I have also lived in Spain, Italy and Switzerland.
I’ve also worked in no particular order as a furniture mover, security guard, barman, in a garage, in fast food restaurants and as a life-model.
I have represented both Ireland and Switzerland in Touch Rugby at World Cups and European Championships.
I have masters in English literature and English linguistics.
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