INDEPENDENT: Wes Houlihan article/LOI Mavericks

Apologies if this has already been posted:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...s-2018358.html

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There are some who were nowhere near as successful as Hoolahan was in Ireland, but have benefited from their choice of club and circumstances.

The likes of Kevin Doyle, Daryl Murphy and Shane Long spring to mind.

Even in the past year or so, talents such as Keith Fahey, Jay O'Shea, Brian Murphy, David Meyler and Gary Deegan have gone straight from home into the first-team picture in the top two divisions.

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http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...s-2018328.html

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THERE have been plenty of players to emigrate from the League of Ireland with success in the last 15 years, but for the mavericks, those individuals who really succeeded in entertaining during their time at home, the path to success hasn't always been so easy.

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