List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland

This is a list of players who have played international football for the Republic of Ireland national football team who were born outside of the Republic of Ireland. All players have received at least one cap playing for the Republic of Ireland national football team as governed by the Football Association of Ireland. The first player to have qualified for the Irish team through his parent's nationality was Shay Brennan, making his debut against Spain in a World Cup qualifier in 1965.^[1]

The majority of these players were born in England due to its large Irish diaspora. Most famously, in the late 1980s and 1990s the Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton sought out players in England and used what became known as the "granny rule".^[2]^[3]

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

United States of America

Joseph Lapira

Wales

Kevin Sheedy

References

↑ "Shay Brennan". Soccer Ireland. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
↑ Paul, Rowan (1994). The Team That Jack Built. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing Company. ISBN 1 85158 670 9.
↑ "Irish Football and the 'Granny Rule'". Soccer Ireland. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

Lists of international association football players
UEFA European	Albania born outside Andorra Armenia Austria men's born outside (men's) women's Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium born outside Bosnia and Herzegovina born outside Bulgaria Croatia men's women's born outside (men's) Cyprus Czech Republic men's women's Denmark England men's born outside (men's) women's Estonia men's women's Faroe Islands Finland France men's women's Georgia Germany men's women's Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo born outside Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg men's women's Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal born outside Republic of Ireland born outside Romania Russia born outside San Marino Scotland men's born outside (men's) women's Serbia born outside Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden born outside Switzerland Turkey Ukraine born outside Wales born outside
CONMEBOL South American	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Honduras Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
CONCACAF North American	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Belize Bermuda Canada men's women's Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Jamaica Mexico Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States born outside (men's)
CAF African	Algeria born outside Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo DR Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Martinique Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands Antilles Nigeria men's women's Niger Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
AFC Asian	Australia born outside Bahrain Bangladesh China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon North Korea Oman Pakistan men's women's Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Syria Taiwan Thailand Tunisia United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
OFC Oceanian	Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand men's women's Solomon Islands

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