Jobs Held By The Ireland Rugby Team Who Started Against England In The 1977 Five Nations

There's a great post over on Brand New Retro that features extracts from the match programme for the Ireland-England Five Nations match at Lansdowne 36 years ago. Amongst all the nuggets and the great portraits of the players is the following professional breakdown of that starting XV:

• 4 teachers (Stewart McKinney, Ronnie Hakin, Frank Wilson (PE), Ian McIlraith)
• 1 management consultant (Phillip Orr)
• 1 quantity surveyor (Patrick Whelan)
• 1 doctor (Tom Feighery)
• 1 department of Agriculture inspector (Moss Keane)
• 1 electrical contractor (Willie Duggan)
• 1 veterinary surgeon (Seamus Deering)
• 1 opthalmic optician (Robbie McGrath)
• 1 solicitor (Mike Gibson)
• 1 accountant (Tom Grace)
• 1 student (Alastair McKibbin)
• 1 finance official (Jimmy Bowen)