Eimear Considine: Pushing The Boundaries

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A lot of the time when we struggle with a sport early in our lives we are inclined to drop it and move on. Eimear Considine didn’t quit when general consensus was her sister was the more athletic. Jarlath sits down with the Irish rugby and camogie star to talk about why that struggle has paved the way for her to jump into this new life and thrive at the international level. In 2018 Eimear made the unusual choice to step away from her sports when it all felt like too much. She later realised that the sensation she was experiencing was in fact, burnout. A time to travel the world and consider whether professional life down under might be the place for her produced some revelations that she still quotes today. On top of all this Eimear is an Irish and PE teacher in Dublin, Jarlath asks her about the way the language is now taught and the change in dynamic now that PE is an exam subject. There’s even more from this Irish sports star when you subscribe to us on Patreon... To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	Hello there. Well, the Irishman Abroad Lifeline is open at last. You can now contact the show
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0:29.1	And it's been great this week to hear your voices, your questions for Marion McKeown and for Sonio Sullivan.
0:36.6	Really interesting stuff coming in there and you can get
0:38.8	yourself heard on the Irish man abroad. Well today's episode is with Imer Considine, the Irish women's
0:47.0	rugby star, Kamogi and football player for Claire. An extraordinary person. Not only all of that, like that would be enough for most
0:55.5	normal people, but she's also a P and Irish teacher in Dublin. How do you manage it all? Like, how do
1:01.5	you do that? Very tempting to ask that question, but we do get to it because it is impossible
1:06.3	sometimes to manage all of what we're doing. And she's very frank about burnout and that sensation and how she arrived at that point
1:15.2	and only realized it later and had the courage to step away, take some time.
1:20.5	I love that part of this conversation, but there's so many elements to it,
1:24.2	including a deep dive into the Irish rugby team and her journey into that game,
1:29.8	which is extremely unusual and how her difficulties with sport in the beginning ended up being
1:36.8	of a huge benefit to her later on in her career. Imer, of course, is on all the socials. Give her a
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1:45.9	This is a snippet of the conversation.
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