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Continue reading →: Touch Euros 2014 – PostscriptA few days after the tournament… It’s strange to come back down from the emotional height. I didn’t want to come down. I don’t want to come down. The first thing I did when I got back home to my house in Dublin was open the fridge and it was…
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Continue reading →: Day 4 Touch Euros 2014
Just a very short post because we’re heading out to celebrate… I’ll write properly tomorrow. Ireland Senior Mixed Open – European Bronze Medalists!
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Continue reading →: Touch Euros 2014 – Day 3
vs France 11.30am Drew 8-8 I’m writing this straight after the game still in sweaty shorts and jersey. It’s weird. We threw this game away. We basically let in 8 versions of the same try… how poor is that. There were other flaws in our game too obviously,
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Continue reading →: Touch Euros 2014 – Day 2
vs 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.
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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