Phil Matthews
Phillip Michael Matthews (born 21 January 1960) is a former List of Ireland national rugby union players, Ireland rugby union international. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the 1985 Five Nations Championship and the Triple Crown (rugby union), Triple Crown. He represented Ireland at the 1987 Rugby World Cup squads, 1987 and 1991 Rugby World Cup squads, 1991 Rugby World Cups. He also played for both the British and Irish Lions and the Barbarian F.C., Barbarians. He captained both Ireland and the Barbarians. He subsequently served as a rugby union co-commentator with BBC Sport and Virgin Media One, TV3. Between 2010 and 2016 he served as the President of the National College of Ireland. His daughter, Hannah Matthews, is an Ireland women's national field hockey team, Ireland women's field hockey international and played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Early years and education Between 1970 and 1978 Matthews attended Regent House Grammar School. Between 197 ...
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Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east of the border with Wales. Including suburban areas, Gloucester has a population of around 132,000. It is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary. Gloucester was founded by the Romans and became an important city and '' colony'' in AD 97 under Emperor Nerva as '' Colonia Glevum Nervensis''. It was granted its first charter in 1155 by Henry II. In 1216, Henry III, aged only nine years, was crowned with a gilded iron ring in the Chapter House of Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester's significance in the Middle Ages is underlined by the fact that it had a number of monastic establishments, including: St Peter's Abbey founded in 679 (later Gloucester Cathedral), the nearby St Oswald's Priory, Glo ...
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