Ireland's County Representatives

[NigeSausagepump]

Anyone know which counties have had representatives on the Ireland team down the years who were born in the county (as opposed to players whose parents were born there)?

Obviously Dublin, Cork, Donegal, Louth, Limerick and Waterford are all represented on the current panel.


Can anyone come up with any more names and counties?

[pineapple stu]

Alan Kernaghan was from the North wasn't he?

Played for an underage team certainly.

[Estar]

Our best player ever came from County London, birth wise. The great Paul McGrath.;)

[tiktok]

Nick Colgan is from Louth
Steve Finnan was born in Limerick
Alan Lee was born in Galway

god this is hard, i'll have to have a cup of tea and a think about it.

[Dodge]

Seems strange that galway hasn't provided many. Is John Herrick the only galway man to represent Ireland? Oh and Kernaghan was born in England.

[pineapple stu]

Originally posted by Dodge
Is John Herrick the only galway man to represent Ireland?

Apart from the just-mentioned Alan Lee of course - who only lived there for a year or two before moving down the road from me - was apparently in the year ahead of me in primary school! Word has it that he was the biggest glory-hunter (or DIY, for those who called it that) going!

[Estar]

The angry ants father is from Galway.

[Mayo_Bhoy]

Sligo - Sean Fallon

[Paddy Ramone]

Originally posted by Dodge
Seems strange that galway hasn't provided many. Is John Herrick the only galway man to represent Ireland?

What about Eamonn Deacy who was also born in Galway and he played for Galway and Aston Villa.

There's also County Westmeath, where Turlough O'Connor was born in Athlone.

There are five County Donegal players who played for Ireland, they are Patsy Gallagher, Mickey Gallagher, Packie Bonner, Shay Given and Gary Doherty. Doherty was born in Buncrana and raised in England, and Patsy Gallagher was born in Milford and raised in Scotland, the others were all born and raised in Donegal.

I think Packie Bonner and Mickey Gallagher are the only players from Gaeltacht areas to have played for Ireland. Hibernian's Mickey Gallagher from Arranmore Island, may also be the only player from the off-shore islands to play for Ireland when he represented Ireland in 1954.

[gustavo]

Paul McGee - Sligo

[TheOne]

Mickey Gallagher was the first native Irish speaker to represent Ireland.

[Paddy Ramone]

There's also Willie Browne from Longford (1963-64) and Tommy Muldoon from Athlone Co Westmeath (1927).

Bill Gorman was another Sligoman to represent Ireland from 1936-47.

[Paddy Ramone]

There's also the following:

Tom Breen - Belfast
Tony Byrne - Co Laois
Brendan Carroll - Co Wicklow
Oliver Conmy - Co Mayo
Seamus Dunne - Co Wicklow
Billy Lacey - Co Wexford
Jimmy McAlinden - Belfast
Andy McEvoy - Co Wicklow
Billy McMillan - Co Antrim
George Moulson - Co Tipperary
Josiah Sloan - Co Armagh
Jackie Vernon - Belfast

So far that's Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Louth, Donegal, Sligo, Longford, Westmeath, Wicklow, Wexford, Laois, Galway, Mayo, Tipperary, Antrim, Down and Armagh. That's 18 counties.

No one born in County Kerry that I know of has played for Ireland but Gary Breen's father came from Beaufort Co Kerry and his great grandfather won an All-Ireland medal. Andy Townshend's grandmother also came from Co Kerry.

[Paddy Ramone]

Eamonn Dunphy's roots are in Co Kilkenny and Niall Quinn's father comes from Co Tipperary. Both support their respective counties in hurling.

[pineapple stu]

I know the original post was about players born in the respective counties, but Mattie Holland's link to Ireland is through Co. Monaghan.

[The Donie Forde]

Originally posted by Dodge
. Is John Herrick the only galway man to represent Ireland?

John Herrick is from Cork...

Donie

[Dodge]

Originally posted by The Donie Forde
John Herrick is from Cork...

Donie
I knew he played for Cork but though he was a Galway man (basing it solely on Mark Herrick's birth place) My apologies to all...

[The Donie Forde]

Originally posted by Dodge
I knew he played for Cork but though he was a Galway man (basing it solely on Mark Herrick's birth place) My apologies to all...

Well, actually, Mark was also born in Cork...:) although he was raised in Gaillimh...

Donie

[Dodge]

Originally posted by The Donie Forde
Well, actually, Mark was also born in Cork...:) although he was raised in Gaillimh...

Donie
Well if you're going to get all technical :D

[Paddy Ramone]

Originally posted by Paddy Ramone
There's also the following:

Tom Breen - Belfast
Tony Byrne - Co Laois
Brendan Carroll - Co Wicklow
Oliver Conmy - Co Mayo
Seamus Dunne - Co Wicklow
Billy Lacey - Co Wexford
Jimmy McAlinden - Belfast
Andy McEvoy - Co Wicklow
Billy McMillan - Co Antrim
George Moulson - Co Tipperary
Josiah Sloan - Co Armagh
Jackie Vernon - Belfast

So far that's Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Louth, Donegal, Sligo, Longford, Westmeath, Wicklow, Wexford, Laois, Galway, Mayo, Tipperary, Antrim, Down and Armagh. That's 18 counties.

No one born in County Kerry that I know of has played for Ireland but Gary Breen's father came from Beaufort Co Kerry and his great grandfather won an All-Ireland medal. Andy Townshend's grandmother also came from Co Kerry.

There's also Jimmy Kelly from Derry. Played for Ireland (Irish Free State) in the 1930's.