I’m 49 going on 19

I’m a rustic from Somerset in the West of England still wondering how I came to be where I am.

I went to the local primary school and to a special school because my asthma got bad. I went to the London School of Economics and then Trinity College, Dublin (those things are all true, but the story is far more complicated than that and has far more twists and turns).

I was ordained in 1986, and am in the closing weeks of my third incumbency (that’s the official term for being in charge of a parish).  On 18th May, I become Rector of the parish of Mountrath in Co Laois, a parish at the heart of Ireland.

I have lived in Ireland since 1983, which is most of my life. I cannot imagine doing a different job or living in a different country.

You can email me at: ian at forthefainthearted dot com