Sligo Internationals???

[robbie_B]

Hello Rovers fans. Just a quick question, having sligo roots myself I was wondering how many players from Sligo have represented Ireland at the full international level. I know Barry Coogan was the first sligoman to play in the FA Cup final but surely sligo have had a few players to represent the full team??

Hope Coogan can fulfil his potential and put Sligo on the footballing map!!

[The Donie Forde]

Hello Rovers fans. Just a quick question, having sligo roots myself I was wondering how many players from Sligo have represented Ireland at the full international level. I know Barry Coogan was the first sligoman to play in the FA Cup final but surely sligo have had a few players to represent the full team??

Hope Coogan can fulfil his potential and put Sligo on the footballing map!!

Paddy Monahan won caps v Switz & Germany in 1935, the only player to be capped while with Sligo Rovers.

Donie

[Petmuller]

Sean Fallon would be another Sligo player to win full international caps. David Pugh I know won inter league honours, don't think he won full cap.

[Terry]

I suppose the obvious one is Paul McGee. He played for Rovers before going across the pond and then getting into the Ireland set-up.

I think there was a player many many years ago who was involved with Ireland. But cant say who ?


Except that Paul is a Galwayman

[ranting rover]

Yeah true but his made his mark at Rovers, before going onto bigger things.

debateable - his family are from sligo are they not? did he not grow up in sligo?

[Terry]

debateable - his family are from sligo are they not? did he not grow up in sligo?


No, his family are from the claddagh.

[Terry]

Yeah true but his made his mark at Rovers, before going onto bigger things.


the question is sligo natives not sligo rovers players

[gustavo]

dont forget conor o grady captained irish schoolboys also played for the u 18s at the European Championships and played for the U 21s .

[raginrover]

Sean Flannery played schoolboys and u-21's as well.Just wondering did Ciaran Martyn get any honours also??

[Schumi]

Just wondering did Ciaran Martyn get any honours also??
He was in an Ireland under 21 squad a few years back. Don't know if he played though.

[pineapple stu]

Played against Greece in April 2000, along with UCD teammate Clive Delaney.

[Patrick Dunne]

.. Alvin Rouse, who has represented the Barbados army team. Or was it the navy ? A gallant band of fighting men !

[Petmuller]

A couple of points on this one;
Paul 'Ski' McGee is definitely from Sligo.
Ski is from the Calry area, played his schoolboy football with Summerhill where he won an All-Ireland Colleges trophy, he then joined Finn Harps, then came to Rovers where he almost singlehandedly won the league for us in 1977. Paul then went over the water when he joined QPR scoring two goals on his debut the highlights of the game were on TV the next day - no sky tv in those days. Paul played something like 16 times for Ireland scoring a few goals in the process.

Sligo players that played for Ireland

Back in the twenties John Joe Dykes played for and captained Ireland in the Olympics. John Joe also won an FAI Cup winners medal with Athlone Town, I think 1928 was the year, becoming the first Sligo player to do so.

A player that didn't play for Ireland but was called into the panel for training was the Riverstown man Johnny Kenny. Johnny was called into the squad by the then Ireland manager Jack Charlton.

[red_all_rover]

Maybe a long shot here but wasn't Terry Phelans mother from Tubbercurry? I know he wasn't born or brought up here but I'd like to think that there's a link, even if it is somewhat tenuous!! :)

[robbie_B]

I heard the same thing about Terry Phelen's mother being from Tubbercurry. Im sure some of the English born players must have links with Sligo.

[DonalE]

Barry O'Dwyer played schoolboy too

[sligoman]

Maybe a long shot here but wasn't Terry Phelans mother from Tubbercurry?

Yes she was and Terry said he would like to manage Sligo Rovers some day because of his family ties ;)

[sligoman]

Hey MARTINHO II, I seen the message you left here earlier and obviously you deleted it since. :eek:

[Martinho II]

howya sligoman,

one of the lads i share a house with in carrick on shannon is a dundalk supporter and he typed in the message in not me hence why i deleted it! :(

i might make an appearance at the sligo shams game might see ya there!

[sligoman]

one of the lads i share a house with in carrick on shannon is a dundalk supporter and he typed in the message in not me hence why i deleted it!

:D :D :D

[DonalE]

Philip Gallagher played for Ireland school boys too. So did Keith McLoughlin but dunno did he ever play for Rovers

[Daxion]

Patrick Cregg, born in Dublin of Sligo Parents.