Irish Debate History
Every year at the NPDA National tournament, the NPDA and the Irish Times sponsor a debate between three American debaters and three Irish debaters. Here are a list of debaters and resolutions from these debates.
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Acknowledgements to the following for their help in providing information for this page: Brian Shipley, Cheron McGuffey, Geof Brodak, Jason Steck, Dan Nelson, Bill Herman, Kyle Hunsicker, Nathan Wade, Marcus Paroske, Ian Samuel, Joe Gantt and Seamus Doran.
THBT = “This House Believes that”
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| 2009 | NPDA: David Pena-Guzman (University of Nevada-Reno), Matt Fleharty (US Air Force Academy), Aparna Bhaduri (Rice) Irish: Andrea Mulligan (Trinity College), Jeremy Kinsella (University College, Dublin), David Hopkins (Trinity College) |
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| 2008 | NPDA: Jess Ryan (University of Wyoming), Adam Kretz (Colorado College), Eric Atcheson (Lewis & Clark College) Irish: Christopher Kissane and David Kenny (Trinity College), Stephen Boyle (University College-Dublin). Note: John Gallagher, Trinity College, substituted for David Kenny on the tour. |
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| 2007 |
NPDA: Carrie Menapace (Northern Arizona), Allison Westfahl (Claremont McKenna), Matt Paxton (Western Washington)
Irish: |
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| 2006 |
NPDA: Caitlyn Ross (Colorado College), Darryl Stein (UC-Berkeley), Meredith Price (Lewis & Clark).
Irish: |
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| 2005 |
NPDA:
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| 2004 | NPDA: Kristin Barton (Univ. of Wyoming), Keith West (Lewis & Clark), Ian O’Connell (Colorado College) [opposition] Irish: Paul Brady (King’s Inn Law School), David Whelan (University College, Dublin), and Michael Moriarity (Dublin City University) [proposition] |
THBT America has forgotten how to win friends and influence people. |
| 2003 | NPDA: Kyle DeBeer (Colorado College), Michael Owens (Univ. of Wyoming) and Mikel Steinfeld (Northern Arizona University) [opposition] Irish: Leo Mulroney (University College-Dublin), Colm Coyne (University College-Dublin) and Alison McIntyre (Trinity College) [proposition] |
Viva la France. |
| 2002 | NPDA: Jenni DeRousi (UC-Berkeley), Andrea Saenz (UCLA), Will McDonald (Notre Dame) Irish: Brendan Kelly (Trinity College), Louis John Mooney (Trinity College), Conor Buckley (University College-Cork) |
THB the United States poses a threat to world peace. |
| 2001 | NPDA: Shane Meacham (Truman), Matt Dunn (Colorado State), Jason Anderson (Pt. Loma) Irish: Yvonne Campbell (Trinity College), Brid McGrath (Trinity College), Aoife Titley (Trinity College) |
The blood of the patriarchy will run in the streets |
| 2000 | NPDA: David Graham (Pt. Loma), Kevin McCulloch (Colorado State), Nate Truitt (Claremont) Irish: Michael Deasy (Kings Inn), Ronan Mullen (Kings Inn), Louise Rouse (Black Hill Place) |
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| 1999 | NPDA: Tré Huxley (Pt. Loma), Nate Truitt (Claremont), James Stewart (Northwest) Irish: |
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| 1998 | NPDA: Amy Weible (Colorado College), Monte Lutz (Claremont), Geof Brodak (Colorado State) Irish: |
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| 1997 | NPDA: Dan Nelson (Regis), Scott McKay (LaVerne), Brenna Bell (Lewis & Clark-OR) Irish: Seamus Doran (University of Limberick), Padraic O’Halloran (University of Limerick), Matthew McCabe (Solicitors Apprentices Debating Society of Ireland) |
“Clinton is beginning to look a lot like Nixon.” |
| 1996 | NPDA: Scott Ruthfield (Rice), Neal Sample (Wyoming), Misti Melick (Univ. of Colorado-Boulder) Irish: |
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| 1995 |
NPDA: Cheron McGuffey (Willamette), Ross Musselman(Bethel-KS), Diana Thompson (Creighton)
Irish: |
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| 1994 |
NPDA: Marcus Paroske (Regis), Tammy Schultz (Regis), Ryan Clark (Wyoming)
Irish: |