The middle ground in Northern Ireland can ‘get their heads around’ multiple identities, says former rugby international Trevor Ringland
Coleraine rower Hannah Scott celebrates winning gold for Great Britain in the Women's Quadruple Sculls final at the Paris Olympics on July 31st. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA Wire“I think they didn’t feel aligned with those who lived in England, Wales or Scotland and they didn’t feel quite aligned to those who lived in
Team Ireland swimmer Mona McSharry with her bronze and Daniel Wiffen with his gold and bronze medals. Photograph: Photograph: James Crombie/InphoRhys McClenaghan Efforts were later made to get the title changed to “Team UK”, but that ran into hurdles when the BOA pointed out that the team also represents the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and overseas territories such as the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.of the United Kingdom, even though the UK is responsible for their defence and external affairs, so a “Team UK” brand would exclude Manx cyclist Mark Cavendish and dressage rider Carl Hester, from Sark.
In truth, the number of people in the Republic who would be able to identify him in a line-up of medal winners is a fraction of those who would be able to pick out Today, Ringland remembers cross-Border journeys in the 1980s and early 1990s during his coaching days travelling to games in Galway with “two prison officers and an RUC officer” in the car, or getting tickets for his RUC officer father for matches in Dublin.
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