Ireland 17-20 France

Ruck
Originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

Niamh and myself were one of the lucky few (83000) to get tickets for the Six Nations Clash between Ireland and France in Croke Park last Sunday.
This was the historic first rugby match in the G.A.A. grounds.
THe match was a tense affair with Ireland pulling ahead in the dying minutes by four points. Unfortunately France drove down the pitch at the restart and scored a try and clinched the match.
It was like having your stomach torn out, losing at such a late stage and the most galling thing of all was that the French proceeded to do a lap of honour.
Well hopefully Eddie O'Sullivan will now take the opportunity to strengthen the squad for the World Cup and give some of the peripheral players the quality game time that they require.
Although having said that I don't think it would go down too well in the country if England beat Ireland in Croker.

Who Wants a Whack from a Wallaby?

Who Wants a Whack from a Wallaby?
Originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

Niamh, my father and myself went to see the A International in Thomond Park last night. The weather was terrible, but fair play to the lads, they managed to play some nice rugby.
Ireland went ahead early on but the Australians got back into the game in the second half and managed to pull ahead in the last few minutes to win the match 24-17.
Hopefully we can reverse this win this coming weekend and keep up the good form shown during the South Africa match last weekend.

Munster 41-23 Bourgoin

Kyriacou Collects
Originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

Went to the game in Thomond Park last night with Niamh and Simon O'Connell.
A good result, but not really a great game. It took things a while to get going but Bourgoin never really loooked like troubling Munster. Munster got into the swing of things in the second quater of the game and had secured three tries by half-time. Anything but a bonus point win would have been a disappoinment, so it was good to see Munster score a further three tries in the second half.
Munster have got of to a great start in the group and should qualify from the group, but they'll certainly have to "shift up a gear" for the later stages of the competition.

The Honeymoon

Aerial I
Originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

I'm in the slow process of uploading our honeymoon photos to Flickr. Niamh and I went to Alaska for two weeks, the morning after our wedding.
The trip out was terrible, nearly 24 hours travelling. We flew from Shannon to Toronto to Seattle to Anchorage. Our luggage got lost enroute, but was waiting for us when we woke the next morning (Fairplay to United for the prompt return of the bags).
We spent the first week based in Anchorage and did a little bit of traveling from there. It's a nice city, but could do with a little bit of updating. It just feels a little bit out of fashion.
Our second week was spent aboard the Celebrity Cruises' Summit. We had a wonderful week travelling down the Alskan panhandle and the west coast of Canada. Of course the trip was too short with only two weeks to get a taste of Alaska, but maybe we'll get back there sometime again.

Schmapitty Mapitty

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Originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

Schmap are a company which distribute city guides, which are downloadable and viewable on a computer.

They use photos from Flickr users as part of the guide. I have managed to get a few photos included.

Check it out here:
The Schmap Cork Guide

My Beautiful Wife

100_5882, originally uploaded by niallgeaney.

Rock on Baby.

Concentration

Concentration, originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

I've uploaded a few photos from the morning of my wedding. There are plenty of honeymoon photos to come. Will have to edit a bit though. Went click happy first day. Have to cut down those few hundred photos.

Singaporean Temple

Singaporean Temple
Originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

I've finally managed to get my broadband access sorted in our house. The details deserve a post in and of itself.
Anyway Ive uploaded photos of our recent trip to Singapore to Flickr. We had a great few days at Rahul's wedding.

Cruising On The Shannon_0009

Cruising On The Shannon_0009
Originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

This photo has been featured on the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland website.

http://www.iwai.ie

They helpfully added some details as well:

Shannon Marker at Benjamin Rocks on Lough Derg, just above Williamstown. Any information on who the bust depicts will be gratefully received)

Fiji (73)

Fiji (73)
Originally uploaded by BobTheCorkDwarf.

Niamh and I spent 2004 working in New Zealand. We did a bit of traveling going out and coming back. I've finally uploaded the photos from the Fijian leg of our trip.