Clare teacher stunned to see his pupil starring in Squid Game on Netflix 

"The fact that I knew him and taught him gives me lots of kudos with my kids in school, many of whom claim I have photoshopped it" 

Lee Jung-Jae, centre, in a scene from Squid Game. 

As the dystopian Netflix series Squid Game takes the world by storm, a Clare man living in South Korea has revealed his personal connection to the show.

Stephen McKeogh, who lives on Jeju Island with his wife Mira and sons Seanie and Oscar, recently revealed on social media that Lee Jung-Jae, who plays the main protagonist Seong Gi-Hun, is one of his former students.