Ireland international rules football team

The Ireland international rules football team is the representative team for Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) in international rules football, a compromise between Gaelic football and Australian rules football. The team is made up of Gaelic Athletic Association players.

At present the only team it plays is the Australia international rules football team, on an annual basis.

Starting in 2006 a women's series has been inaugurated to coincide with the men's and become an integral part of the annual series. Ireland won the first series.

Under 19 and Under 17 national teams also participate in separate tournaments.

2006 squad

*Kieran McGeeney (Captain) Armagh
*Tadhg Kennelly (Sydney & Kerry)
*Aidan O'Mahony (Kerry)
*Marc Ó Sé (Kerry)
*Kieran Donaghy (Kerry)
*Paul Galvin (Kerry)
*Kevin Reilly (Meath)
*Anthony Moyles (Meath)
*Graham Geraghty (Meath)
*Alan Quirke (Cork)
*Nicholas Murphy (Cork)
*Rónán Clarke (Armagh)
*Stephen McDonnell (Armagh)
*Tom Kelly (Laois)
*Colm Begley (Brisbane & Laois)
*Seán Marty Lockhart (Derry)
*Shane Ryan (Dublin)
*Alan Brogan (Dublin)
*Kieran Fitzgerald (Galway)
*Joe Bergin (Galway)
*Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone)
*Brendan Coulter (Down)
*Dermot Early (Kildare)
*Paul Barden (Longford)
*Karl Lacey (Donegal)

Three players on standby for selection:

*Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone)
*Dessie Dolan (Westmeath)
*Darragh Ó Sé (Kerry)

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2005 squad (Tour to Australia)

*Michael McVeigh (Down)
*Eoin Brosnan (Kerry)
*Graham Canty (Cork)
*Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone)
*Rónán Clarke (Armagh)
*Colm Cooper (Kerry)
*Brendan Coulter (Down)
*Bryan Cullen (Dublin)
*Dessie Dolan (Westmeath)
*Brian Dooher (Tyrone)
*Matty Forde (Wexford)
*David Heaney (Mayo)
*Phillip Jordan (Tyrone)
*Pádraig Joyce (Galway, captain)
*Tom Kelly (Laois)
*Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
*Anthony Lynch (Cork)
*Ciaran McDonald (Mayo)
*Brian McGuigan (Tyrone)
*Ciaran McManus (Offaly)
*Ryan McMenamin (Tyrone)
*Michael Meehan (Galway)
*Eoin Mulligan (Tyrone)
*Ross Munnelly (Laois)
*Seán Óg Ó hAilpín (Cork)
*Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone)
*Tomás Ó Sé (Kerry) [" [http://www.gaa.ie/plugins/matchfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=9790 International Rules panel announced] ". gaa.ie 3 October 2005. URL accessed 6 September 2006]

2004 squad

*Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)
*Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
*Graham Canty (Cork)
*Seán Óg Ó hAilpín (Cork)
*Ciaran McManus (Offaly)
*Tom Kelly (Laois)
*Joe Bergin (Laois)
*Ciaran McDonald (Mayo)
*Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone)
*Padraic Joyce (Galway)
*Brendan Coulter (Down)
*Tadhg Kennelly (Kerry)
*Paul Galvin (Kerry)
*Stephen McDonnell (Armagh)
*Dessie Dolan (Westmeath)
*Setanta Ó hAilpín (Cork)
*Alan Brogan (Dublin)
*Matty Forde (Wexford)
*Brian McGuigan (Tyrone)
*David Heaney (Mayo)
*James Nallen (Mayo)
*Bryan Cullen (Dublin) [http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=41152 Ireland reign supreme to lift McAnallen Cup]

2003 squad (Tour to Australia)

*Enda Murphy (Kildare)
*Paddy Christie (Dublin)
*Anthony Lynch (Cork)
*Cormac McAnallen (Tyrone)
*Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
*Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
*Graham Canty (Cork)
*Paul McGrane (Armagh)
*Ciaran McManus (Offaly)
*Joe Bergin (Laois)
*Brendan Coulter (Down)
*Padraic Joyce (Galway)
*Stephen McDonnell (Armagh)
*Dessie Dolan (Westmeath)
*Joe Higgins (Laois)
*Tom Kelly (Laois)
*Kevin Hughes (Tyrone)
*Shane Ryan (Dublin)
*Brian McDonald (Laois) [http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=36334 Ireland win battle but lose Rules war]

2002 squad

*Peter Burke (Mayo)
*Joe Bergin (Galway)
*Graham Canty (Cork)
*Ray Cosgrove (Dublin)
*Dessie Dolan (Westmeath)
*Graham Geraghty (Meath)
*Trevor Giles (Meath)
*Pádraig Joyce (Galway)
*Evan Kelly (Meath)
*Tadhg Kennelly (Kerry)
*Anthony Lynch (Cork)
*Cormac McAnallen (Tyrone)
*Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
*Paul McGrane (Armagh)
*Ciaran McManus (Offaly)
*Declan Meehan (Galway)
*Seamus Moynihan (Kerry)
*Eamonn O’Hara (Sligo)
*Darragh Ó Sé (Kerry)
*Tomás Ó Sé (Kerry)
*Brendan Jer O’Sullivan (Cork)
*Anthony Rainbow (Kildare)
*Derek Savage (Galway) [http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=36308 Aussies lift Coca Cola Trophy] [ [http://www.rte.ie/sport/2002/1007/interrules.html RTÉ Sport: Irish International Rules panel named ] ]

2001 squad (Tour to Australia)

*Cormac O'Sullivan (Meath)
*Graham Canty (Cork)
*Coman Goggins (Dublin)
*Darren Fay (Meath)
*Ciarán Whelan (Dublin)
*Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
*Eamonn O'Hara (Sligo)
*Ciaran Mc Manus (Offaly)
*Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
*Francie Grehan (Roscommon)
*Seán Óg de Paor (Galway)
*Anthony Rainbow (Kildare)
*Seamus Moynihan (Kerry)
*Anthony Tohill (Derry)
*Cormac McAnallen (Tyrone)
*Darragh Ó Sé (Kerry)
*Graham Geraghty (Meath)
*Pádraig Joyce (Galway)
*Niall Buckley (Kildare)
*Tadhg Kennelly (Kerry)
*Michael Donnellan (Galway)
*Brendan Jer O'Sullivan (Cork)
*Mike Frank Russell (Kerry)
*Dermot Earley (Kildare)
*Dermot McCabe (Cavan)
*Johnny Crowley (Kerry)
*Brendan Devenney (Donegal) [" [http://www.rte.ie/sport/2001/0917/rules.html International Rules squad announced] ". rte.ie 17 September 2001. URL accessed 6 September 2006]

ee also

*Australian International Rules Team

References