Have any Irish born people played for a foreign country?

**Wangball** · 09/04/2008, 4:01 PM

Owne Finnegan (The Aussie Rugby Player) was the only member of his family not born in Ireland, his parents, brothers & sisters all were....afaik!

**rambler14** · 10/04/2008, 10:22 AM

Sonia O'Sullivan represented Austrailia at the Commonwealth games.

Luke O'Callaghan is the Irish fella playing rugby for Kazakhstan.

**Dodge** · 10/04/2008, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by rambler14

Sonia O'Sullivan represented Austrailia at the Commonwealth games.

No she didn't

**rambler14** · 10/04/2008, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

No she didn't

It mightn't have been the Commonwealth games but she definetley applied for representation with Austrailia because the Irish Olympic Council refused to fund her competing anymore.

**Dodge** · 10/04/2008, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by rambler14

It mightn't have been the Commonwealth games but she definetley applied for representation with Austrailia because the Irish Olympic Council refused to fund her competing anymore.

Jaysus, you're way off.

She lives in Australia with her Aussie husband and had retired from full time athletics. The Aussies asked her to compete at the Ciommonwelath games and she thought about it but decided against it. In an interview before the Aussie trials she said she'd never compete in a championship against Irish athletes. It had nothing to do with funding.

She's now a coach with the Aussie team

**Snoop Drog** · 10/04/2008, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Jaysus, you're way off.

She lives in Australia with her Aussie husband and had retired from full time athletics. The Aussies asked her to compete at the Ciommonwelath games and she thought about it but decided against it. In an interview before the Aussie trials she said she'd never compete in a championship against Irish athletes. It had nothing to do with funding.

She's now a coach with the Aussie team

I seem to recall she decided to compete but failed to qualify.

**Dodge** · 10/04/2008, 11:33 AM

actually i think she got injured...

**rambler14** · 10/04/2008, 1:56 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

In an interview before the Aussie trials she said she'd never compete in a championship against Irish athletes. It had nothing to do with funding.

Ireland arn't represented at the Commonwealth games so the above isn't a problem. She defo got injured otherwise she'd have represented the Aussie team.

**Dodge** · 10/04/2008, 1:58 PM

I know...

But you're way off with the funding thing.

**old git** · 11/04/2008, 8:46 AM

Originally Posted by geysir

In the 1960´s there was a top class marathon runner (from Limerick?) called Jim Hogan who competed for Britain. He had an Irish accent, so heavy that they needed an interpreter to translate it. He won a Euro gold medal but failed to deliver on expectations in the Olympics.

yes your right story on him last night in the limerick post paper .. he moved to england but changed his second name by deed poll and was honoured to stand for god save the queen as his national anthem ... !!!!!!!!!

**endabob1** · 22/04/2008, 10:27 AM

Australian surfer Mick Fanning claims to be irish, although born in Oz he says he was "raised as Irish"

http://www.isasurf.ie/index.php?page=mickfanning

Tentative I know but we don't have many world champions!!