patrickphelan.ie

I’ve kinda gone off Gift Grub in the last while. The material had just gotten stale but this episode just made me smile…

Twitter clouds for #ireita hashtag during the Italy versus Ireland World Cup qualifing game.

Click on the individual twoud images to see the larger versions.

Pre-match

Kick-off – 2000

3 mins : Pazzini sent off for an elbow on John O’Shea

2000 – 2015

11 mins : Italy 1 -0 Ireland. Goal by Iaquinta after Grosso beats McShane and Keogh to the ball in the box

2015 – Half-time

Half-time – 2030 (15 mins to go)

2030 – Full time

87 mins : Italy 1-1 Ireland.  Robbie Keane equalises for Ireland

Twouds for #irebul Ireland versus Bulgaria in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Croke Park, Dublin.

Click on the individual twoud images to see the larger versions.

First-half (1900 – 2000)
1 min: Richard Dunne goal from a Stephen Hunt free kick. Ireland 1 – 0 Bulgaria

First-half (2000 – Half-time)

Half-time

Second Half (2100 – 2120)

Second Half (2120 – Full-time)
74 min: Kevin Kilbane own goal. Ireland 1 – 1 Bulgaria

Post Match

This weekend saw the Ireland versus Wales final RBS 6 nations rugby game in the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff and saw Ireland win their first Grand Slam in 61 years. The hash tag used this time on twitter to mark everyone’s tweets about the match was #irewal and below you can see the results of the twouds (twitter clouds) that came out of the match.

Check out the other match twouds here:

• Ireland versus France
• Ireland versus Italy
• Ireland versus England
• Ireland versus Scotland

Click on the individual images to see the larger versions.

Pre Match
Chatter before the match

1730 (Kick-off) – 1740

Settling down to watch the match. Nerves on show at this point

1740 – 1750

O’Gara misses a kick at goal to put Ireland ahead

Leamy on as blood replacement for Stephen Ferris. Not sure if anyone has noticed

1750 – 1800

More intense play, especially from the forwards on both sides

Still 0-0 on the scoreboard

1800 – 1810

Paul O’Connell stealing balls from Wales throws in the lineout

John Hayes goes to the blood bin with a gash near his eye

1810 – 1820

Lee Byrne leaves the field to be replaced my Roberts

33 mins: PENALTY Wales 3-0 Ireland

Stephen Jones converts a penalty conceded by Marcus Horan

1820 – 1824 (Half time)

39 mins: PENALTY Wales 6-0 Ireland

Jones slots another 3 points, this time from a penalty given away by Fitzgerald

Half time

Some half time discussion on Ireland needing Stringer

RTé and BBC get a mention as people look forward to the second half

1840 (Second half) – 1850

Second half begins

44 mins: TRY Wales 6-7 Ireland

46 mins: TRY Wales 6-14 Ireland

Two quick-fire tries from O’Driscoll and Bowe put Ireland in the driving seat. Both converted by O’Gara

1850 – 1900

51 mins: PENALTY Wales 9-14 Ireland

Donncha O’Callaghan gives away a silly penalty which is put over by Jones

1900 – 1910

56 mins: PENALTY Wales 12-14 Ireland

Leamy concedes another penalty to put Wales right back in the game

More calls for Stringer to be brought on

1910 – 1915

John Hayes gives away a penalty on half way only for Gavin Henson to drop the kick short of the posts. A big sigh of relief for the supporters

Stringer finally gets brought off the bench

1915 – 1920

75 mins: DROP-GOAL Wales 15-14 Ireland

Jones shots a drop goal. A massive wave of profanity from the Irish supporters

1920 – 1925

78 mins: DROP-GOAL Wales 15-17 Ireland

O’Gara put Ireland ahead with 2 mins to go with a drop goal. The crowd go wild!

1925 – 1926 (Full time)

Last minute and Paddy Wallace concedes a penalty just inside the Irish half

Stephen Jones steps up for the kick to win the game for Wales but it falls short of the posts

The ref blows the final whistle and Ireland have won the Grand Slam

1926 (Full time) – 1940

Immediate post match reaction to the win

1940 – 2100

Later match reaction as people calm down and discuss the game

Plenty of re-tweeting of comments going on

THANKS!!!

Thanks to all who tweeted using the #irewal hashtag! Here’s a tribute to you all (loud and quiet!)

Stay tuned for a 5 match Grand Slam twoud summary to be posted real soon…

This weekend saw the Ireland versus Scotland RBS 6 nations rugby game in Murrayfield, Edinburgh. The hash tag used this time on twitter to mark everyone’s tweets about the match was #iresco and below you can see the results of the twouds (twitter clouds) that came out of the match.

Check out the other match twouds here:

• Ireland versus France
• Ireland versus Italy
• Ireland versus England

Click on the individual images to see the larger versions.

Pre Match
Chatter before the match and passing the info about on the hashtag.

1700 (Kick-off) – 1710

The match gets underway

Scotland 3-0 Ireland (Paterson, pen 7mins)

1710 – 1720

Scotland 3-3 Ireland (O’Gara, pen 11 mins)

Scotland 6-3 Ireland (Paterson, pen 15 mins)

1720 – 1730

Scotland 9-3 Ireland (Paterson, pen 21 mins)

Scotland 9-6 Ireland (O’Gara, pen 27 mins)

1730 – 1740

Scotland 12-6 Ireland (Paterson, pen 33 mins)

Scotland 12-9 Ireland (O’Gara, pen 34 mins)

1740 – 1745 (Half Time)

O’Driscoll makes a try-saving tackle on Thom Evans right before half time

Half Time

1755 (Second half) – 1800

Second half gets underway

Ireland up the pace and intensity

1800 – 1810

TRY Scotland 12-14 (Heaslip 51 mins)

Scotland 12-16 (O’Gara, con 52 mins)

A break by Peter Stringer from a lineout and he sets up Jamie Heaslip to run over for a try

1810 – 1820

Scotland 12-19 Ireland (O’Gara drop goal, 57 mins)

1820 – 1830

Scotland 15-19 Ireland (Paterson, pen 61 mins)

1830 – 1842 (Full-time)

Scotland 15-22 Ireland (O’Gara, pen 72 mins)

Stringer named Man of the Match

Post Match

Post match chatter and people look forward to the Wales game in Cardiff next week which could result in a grand slam for Ireland

THANKS!!!

Thanks to all who tweeted using the #iresco hashtag! Here’s a tribute to you all (loud and quiet!)

Last week saw episode 2 of Dragons Den Ireland and after week 1’s twitter analysis twouds (twitter clouds) popularity I’ve put together another selection.
Again we have a play-by-play analysis of the reaction to the show live as people tweeted on twitter using the hashtag #ddire.

Click on the individual twoud images to see the larger versions.

Before the show

General chatter about the build up to the show in the days and hours leading up

Hen Party

Kate introduced us to her website hen-party.ie and succeeded in getting a €30,000 investment

Ride right stabiliser
Lots of clichés  and slagging for Michael who was selling his stabiliser invention for kids. No investment here

Sal’s Pizza
Tony Frattarolli had a good go at trying to get investment in Sal’s Pizza but left without investment also

Miscellaneous pitches

Ratchet Strap for trucks
Instant timber stairs
Alarmfree.ie’
Golf stand which resulted in the comment, “I don’t understand, I don’t play golf. I’m still sexually active, so it’s not for me”

Kay Lite
Adrian Keegan’s unique presentation attempting to get investment in his handbag hands-free light patent

Some great moments and comments like “two millen women” and “setting hair alight” and Adrian walked away with €10,000 investment

Post show reaction
Continuing chat about the show

For the official site on this show check out the RTé website or Ian’s excellent blog on the show.

Thanks!!
Thanks to all who tweeted using the #ddire hashtag. Here’s a tribute to you all!! Please keep it going and remember… the more you tweet the bigger your name is in lights!!

Following on from the popular Ireland versus France and Ireland versus Italy twoud (twitter cloud) analysis, this weekend saw the Ireland versus England RBS 6 nations rugby game in Croke Park, Dublin. The hash tag used this time on twitter to mark everyone’s tweets about the match was #ireeng.

Click on the individual twoud images to see the larger versions.

Prematch chatter

17:36 – 17:49

17:50 – 17:59

18:00 – 18:09

PENALTY Ireland 3-0 England

18:10 – 18:18

PENALTY Ireland 3-3 England

HALF TIME

18:31 – 18:39

DROP-GOAL Ireland 6-3 England

18:40 – 18:49

18:50 – 18:59

TRY Ireland 11-3 England

19:00 – 19:09

PENALTY Ireland 11-6 England

19:10 – 19:19

PENALTY – Ireland 14-6 England

19:20 – 19:23

TRY Ireland 14-13 England

POST MATCH

For all those people who made it to the Irish Blog Awards in Cork this weekend here’s a twoud (twitter cloud) analysis of the hashtag #iba09.

It was a fantastic night and it was great to see and meet people in the flesh. A massive thanks to Damien Mulley and his band of helpers for putting it all together.

A full list of winners can be seen here.

ALL #iba09 tweets

This is the twoud of all the tweets from Saturday and Sunday

Saturday 1400 – 1900

Saturday 1900 – Start of Awards

Saturday Start of Awards – 2045 – 2059

Saturday 2100 – 2114

Saturday 2115 – 2129

Saturday 2130 – 2144

Saturday 2145 – 2159

Saturday 2200 – 2214

Saturday Post Awards – Midnight

Sunday Midnight – 0600

Sunday 0600 – 1200

Sunday 1200 – 1400

Sunday 1400 – 1700

Here’s the twoud of the Late Late Show this evening on RTE for the twitter tweets of those who used the #latelate hashtag.

Click on the individual twoud images to see the larger versions.

Here’s a little video to explain twitter in a way that doesn’t uses the sentence, “you know facebook status updates, right…”