I wasn’t outside the GPO in 1916 but I was inside Soldier Field as Ireland, in a Test rugby context, finally came of age a century on. It was without doubt one of the greatest occasions in our long and proud history and such a privilege to have been there in the flesh as the most sought-after scalp at international level was achieved with every shred of conviction appropriate to the occasion.
I wasn’t outside the GPO in 1916 but I was inside Soldier Field as Ireland, in a Test rugby context, finally came of age a century on.
It was without doubt one of the greatest occasions in our long and proud history and such a privilege to have been there in the flesh as the most sought-after scalp at international level was achieved with every shred of conviction appropriate to the occasion.
