The Ireland International rules football team is the representative team for Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 (both Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 and the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

) in international rules football

International rules football

International rules football is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players....

, a compromise between Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 and Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

. The team is made up of Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 players from the Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 and Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

.

Prior to 2006, an Under 19 and Under 17 team had participated in a similar series, while a women's representative team participated in 2006 only. Currently, the Irish national team plays at least one of its home games at Croke Park

Croke Park

Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

, with recent alternative venues being Pearse Stadium

Pearse Stadium

Pearse Stadium is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium, in County Galway, Ireland. The stadium opened on June 16, 1957, as 16,000 people came to watch Galway beat Tipperary in hurling, and Kerry in football, and to watch Bishop Michael Browne bless the facility.The stadium was opened...

 in Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

 in 2006

2006 International Rules series

The 2006 International Rules series is the 9th annual International Rules Series and the 15th time that a test series of international rules football has been played between Ireland and Australia....

 and the Gaelic Grounds

Gaelic Grounds

The Gaelic Grounds or Páirc na nGael is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Limerick City, Ireland, home to the Limerick hurling and football teams....

 in Limerick

County Limerick

It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...

 in 2010.

At present the only team Ireland plays is the Australian international rules football team, on an annual basis. As of 2011

2011 International Rules Series

The 2011 International Rules Series was the 13th International Rules Series contested between Gaelic footballers from Ireland and Australian rules footballers from Australia. The series was played over two test matches, with Ireland winning the series by 130-65 points on aggregate...

, Ireland have won six of 12 series

International Rules Series

The International Rules Series is a senior men's International rules football competition between the Australia international rules football team and the Ireland international rules football team...

, lost six to Australia, won 12 of 24 test matches played and participated in two draws, all since the 1998 Series

1998 International Rules Series

The 1998 International Rules Series was the first official annual series between the Gaelic Athletic Association and Australian Football League since it was cancelled in 1990,it was part of a 4 year agreement...

.

2011

2011 International Rules Series

The 2011 International Rules Series was the 13th International Rules Series contested between Gaelic footballers from Ireland and Australian rules footballers from Australia. The series was played over two test matches, with Ireland winning the series by 130-65 points on aggregate...

 squad (Tour to Australia)

• Stephen Cluxton
  Stephen Cluxton
  Stephen "Clucko" Cluxton is a Gaelic football goalkeeper with Dublin. He plays his club football for Parnells. Cluxton is unusual for a goalkeeper as he often opts to take frees during games...
  
   (Dublin - captain/goalkeeper)
• Ciaran McKeever
  Ciaran McKeever
  Ciaran McKeever is a Gaelic football player from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Armagh senior inter county football team.He won a National Football League medal in 2005 as Armagh defeated Cavan in the final by 0-15 to 0-7....
  
   (Armagh - vice captain)
• Pearce Hanley (Brisbane Lions)
• Eoin Cadogan
  Eoin Cadogan
  Eoin Cadogan is an Irish sportsperson. he plays Gaelic football and hurling with his local club Douglas. He has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2007 and the Cork senior hurling team since 2008.-Club:Cadogan plays hurling and football with his local club in Douglas and has...
  
   (Cork)
• Kieran Donaghy
  Kieran Donaghy
  Kieran Donaghy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry. Donaghy has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Munster Championships and a National League title with the county. He has also been awarded two All Stars.He plays his club football for Austin Stacks in...
  
   (Kerry)
• Leighton Glynn
  Leighton Glynn
  Leighton Glynn is a Gaelic football and hurling player from County Wicklow in Ireland. He was born and raised in Rathnew, County Wicklow. He has represented the Wicklow senior GAA teams in both football and hurling...
  
   (Wicklow)
• Finian Hanley
  Finian Hanley
  Finian Hanley is a Gaelic footballer from Galway. He is currently a member of the Galway Football Panel. He plays in the full-back position.-Galway:...
  
   (Galway)
• Emmet Bolton
  Emmet Bolton
  Emmet Bolton is a Gaelic football player from County Kildare, Ireland. He plays for the Kildare senior inter county football team. He was named in the 2010 Opel GPA Team of the Year, and in 2011 he was nominated for an All Star Award....
  
   (Kildare)
• Darren Hughes
  Darren Hughes (Gaelic footballer)
  Darren Hughes is a Gaelic football player from County Monaghan, Ireland. He plays for the Monaghan senior inter county football team.In 2011, Hughes was part of the Ireland team that won the 2011 International Rules Series against Australia by 130 to 65....
  
   (Monaghan)
• Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish sportsperson known for his top level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football....
  
   (Sydney Swans - Irish player of the series)
• Steven McDonnell (Armagh)
• Kevin McKernan
  Kevin McKernan
  Kevin McKernan is a Gaelic football player from County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior inter county football team.He started at centre back in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final where Down were defeated 0-15 to 0-16 by Cork. kevin won a mckenna cup in 2008 scoring 1 point from...
  
   (Down)
• Joe McMahon
  Joe McMahon
  Joe McMahon is a two-time All-Ireland-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He started the 2005 All-Ireland Final, but had to be replaced because of injury, making him the first Omagh man to win an All-Ireland...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Neil McGee
  Neil McGee
  Neil McGee is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. He plays his club football for Gaoth Dobhair and has been playing for the Donegal senior inter-county team since 2005.He was part of the Donegal senior team that won the county's first National Football League against...
  
   (Donegal)
• Michael Murphy
  Michael Murphy (footballer)
  Michael Murphy is an Irish sportsperson. He is the captain of the Donegal senior inter-county team, and plays his club football with Glenswilly.-Underage:...
  
   (Donegal)
• Karl Lacey
  Karl Lacey
  Karl Lacey is an inter-county GAA football player with Donegal in Ireland.He was part of the Donegal team that won its first National League title in 2007 in the final against Mayo....
  
   (Donegal)
• Kevin Reilly
  Kevin Reilly
  Kevin Reilly is the entertainment president of the Fox Broadcasting Company, where he oversees prime-time development, programming, and creative strategy for the network.-FOX:...
  
   (Meath)
• Aidan Walsh
  Aidan Walsh
  Aidan Walsh is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football and hurling with his local club Kanturk and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county football team since 2009....
  
   (Cork)
• Zach Tuohy
  Zach Tuohy
  Zach Tuohy is an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. Tuohy previously played Gaelic football....
  
   (Carlton)
• Colm Begley
  Colm Begley
  Colm Begley is a Gaelic footballer from Ireland. He has also played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League .-Recruitment:...
  
   (Laois)
• Brendan Murphy (Carlow)
• Eamonn Callaghan
  Eamonn Callaghan
  Eamonn Callaghan is a Gaelic football player from County Kildare, Ireland. He plays for the Kildare senior inter county football team.In 2011, Callaghan was part of the Ireland team that won the 2011 International Rules Series against Australia by 130 to 65....
  
   (Kildare)
• Tommy Walsh
  Tommy Walsh (Kerry footballer)
  Tommy Walsh is an Irish sportsman who is currently playing Australian Football in the Australian Football League with the Sydney Swans. He has played Gaelic football at club level with the Kerins O'Rahilly's club team and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team...
  
   (Sydney Swans)
• Patrick Kelly
  Paddy Kelly (Gaelic footballer)
  Paddy Kelly is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Ballincollig and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2008.-References:...
  
   (Cork)

Manager: Anthony Tohill

Anthony Tohill

Anthony Tohill is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also winning two Ulster Championships and four National League titles with the county. Tohill won four All Star...

• Ireland won series 130-65 on aggregate

2010

2010 International Rules Series

The 2010 International Rules Series was the 12th International Rules Series, contested between Gaelic football players from Ireland and Australian rules football players from Australia...

 squad

• Steven McDonnell (Armagh - captain)
• Finian Hanley
  Finian Hanley
  Finian Hanley is a Gaelic footballer from Galway. He is currently a member of the Galway Football Panel. He plays in the full-back position.-Galway:...
  
   (Galway - vice captain)
• Colm Begley
  Colm Begley
  Colm Begley is a Gaelic footballer from Ireland. He has also played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League .-Recruitment:...
  
   (Laois - Irish player of the series)
• Bernard Brogan
  Bernard Brogan (junior)
  Bernard Brogan is a Gaelic football player who plays inter-county football with Dublin and his club football for St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh. Bernard alongside most of his family hove all attended St. Declan's College on the Navan Road...
  
   (Dublin)
• Graham Canty
  Graham Canty
  Graham Canty is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Bantry Blues and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2001. Canty captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2010.-Club:Canty plays his club football with his local club called Bantry...
  
   (Cork)
• Sean Cavanagh
  Sean Cavanagh
  Seán Cavanagh is a four-time All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He has won All-Ireland championships for Tyrone at Minor level and three times at Senior level, and has captained Ireland at the International Rules Series....
  
   (Tyrone)
• Martin Clarke
  Martin Clarke
  Martin 'Marty' Clarke is a Gaelic footballer from Cranfield Point, County Down, Northern Ireland. He is also an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.- Underage :...
  
   (Down)
• Stephen Cluxton
  Stephen Cluxton
  Stephen "Clucko" Cluxton is a Gaelic football goalkeeper with Dublin. He plays his club football for Parnells. Cluxton is unusual for a goalkeeper as he often opts to take frees during games...
  
   (Dublin - goalkeeper)
• Brendan Donaghy (Armagh)
• Leighton Glynn
  Leighton Glynn
  Leighton Glynn is a Gaelic football and hurling player from County Wicklow in Ireland. He was born and raised in Rathnew, County Wicklow. He has represented the Wicklow senior GAA teams in both football and hurling...
  
   (Wicklow)
• Daniel Goulding
  Daniel Goulding
  Daniel Goulding is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Éire Óg and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2006.-Biography:...
  
   (Cork)
• James Kavanagh (Kildare)
• Paddy Keenan
  Paddy Keenan (Gaelic footballer)
  Paddy Keenan is a Gaelic football player from County Louth, Ireland. He plays for the Louth senior inter county football team and for his club St. Patrick's, Lordship...
  
   (Louth)
• Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish sportsperson known for his top level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football....
  
   (Sydney Swans)
• Sean McDermott
  Sean McDermott
  Sean McDermott is an American football defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He served as defensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles from 2009–2010, a position he took over shortly before his predecessor, Jim Johnson, died of cancer...
  
   (Roscommon)
• Ciaran McKeever
  Ciaran McKeever
  Ciaran McKeever is a Gaelic football player from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Armagh senior inter county football team.He won a National Football League medal in 2005 as Armagh defeated Cavan in the final by 0-15 to 0-7....
  
   (Armagh)
• Kevin McKernan
  Kevin McKernan
  Kevin McKernan is a Gaelic football player from County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior inter county football team.He started at centre back in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final where Down were defeated 0-15 to 0-16 by Cork. kevin won a mckenna cup in 2008 scoring 1 point from...
  
   (Down)
• Brendan Murphy (Carlow)
• Michael Murphy
  Michael Murphy (footballer)
  Michael Murphy is an Irish sportsperson. He is the captain of the Donegal senior inter-county team, and plays his club football with Glenswilly.-Underage:...
  
   (Donegal)
• Kevin Reilly
  Kevin Reilly
  Kevin Reilly is the entertainment president of the Fox Broadcasting Company, where he oversees prime-time development, programming, and creative strategy for the network.-FOX:...
  
   (Meath)
• Michael Shields
  Michael Shields (footballer)
  Michael Shields is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club St. Finbarr's and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2006.-Club:...
  
   (Cork)
• Tommy Walsh
  Tommy Walsh (Kerry footballer)
  Tommy Walsh is an Irish sportsman who is currently playing Australian Football in the Australian Football League with the Sydney Swans. He has played Gaelic football at club level with the Kerins O'Rahilly's club team and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team...
  
   (St Kilda)
• Benny Coulter (Down)
• Niall McNamee (Offaly)
• Emmet Bolton
  Emmet Bolton
  Emmet Bolton is a Gaelic football player from County Kildare, Ireland. He plays for the Kildare senior inter county football team. He was named in the 2010 Opel GPA Team of the Year, and in 2011 he was nominated for an All Star Award....
  
   (Kildare)

Manager: Anthony Tohill

Anthony Tohill

Anthony Tohill is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also winning two Ulster Championships and four National League titles with the county. Tohill won four All Star...

• Ireland lost series 102-92 on aggregate

2008

2008 International Rules Series

The 2008 International Rules series was the 10th annual International Rules Series and the 16th time that a test series of international rules football has been played between Ireland and Australia....

 squad (Tour to Australia)

• David Gallagher (Meath) goalkeeper
• Aidan O'Mahony
  Aidan O'Mahony
  Aidan O'Mahony is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kerry senior football team. O'Mahony is a member of An Garda Síochána.O'Mahony played for Kerry's U21 team in 2000 and 2001....
  
   (Kerry)
• Finian Hanley
  Finian Hanley
  Finian Hanley is a Gaelic footballer from Galway. He is currently a member of the Galway Football Panel. He plays in the full-back position.-Galway:...
  
   (Galway)
• John Keane
  John Keane (Gaelic footballer)
  John Keane is an inter-county Gaelic footballer for Westmeath. He was awarded an all star for performances with Westmeath in 2008. This was his second All Star, also winning an award in 2004. He was part of the Weastmeath team that won the county's first Leinster Senior Football Championship in...
  
   (Westmeath)
• Bryan Cullen
  Bryan Cullen
  Bryan Cullen is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a left wing-forward for the Dublin senior team.Cullen made his first appearance for the team during the 2003 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland...
  
   (Dublin)
• Kevin Reilly
  Kevin Reilly
  Kevin Reilly is the entertainment president of the Fox Broadcasting Company, where he oversees prime-time development, programming, and creative strategy for the network.-FOX:...
  
   (Meath)
• Ciaran McKeever
  Ciaran McKeever
  Ciaran McKeever is a Gaelic football player from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Armagh senior inter county football team.He won a National Football League medal in 2005 as Armagh defeated Cavan in the final by 0-15 to 0-7....
  
   (Armagh)
• Graham Canty
  Graham Canty
  Graham Canty is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Bantry Blues and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2001. Canty captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2010.-Club:Canty plays his club football with his local club called Bantry...
  
   (Cork - Irish player of the series)
• Colm Begley
  Colm Begley
  Colm Begley is a Gaelic footballer from Ireland. He has also played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League .-Recruitment:...
  
   (Brisbane Lions
  Brisbane Lions
  The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
  
  )
• Enda McGinley
  Enda McGinley
  Enda McGinley is a Tyrone Gaelic footballer, who was part of the All-Ireland-winning teams of 2003, 2005 and 2008. He is known for his hard working style of play and can also be noted for scoring from midfield. He announced his retirement from inter-county football in November 2011.-Football...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Seán Cavanagh
  Sean Cavanagh
  Seán Cavanagh is a four-time All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He has won All-Ireland championships for Tyrone at Minor level and three times at Senior level, and has captained Ireland at the International Rules Series....
  
   (Tyrone) - Captain
• Joe McMahon
  Joe McMahon
  Joe McMahon is a two-time All-Ireland-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He started the 2005 All-Ireland Final, but had to be replaced because of injury, making him the first Omagh man to win an All-Ireland...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Steven McDonnell (Armagh)
• Kieran Donaghy
  Kieran Donaghy
  Kieran Donaghy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry. Donaghy has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Munster Championships and a National League title with the county. He has also been awarded two All Stars.He plays his club football for Austin Stacks in...
  
   (Kerry)
• Benny Coulter (Down)
• Paddy Bradley
  Paddy Bradley
  Patrick 'Paddy' Bradley is a Gaelic footballer from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, who plays for Derry. With the team he has won two National League titles, and individually an All Star Award for his performance in the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship .Bradley plays his club...
  
   (Derry)
• Leighton Glynn
  Leighton Glynn
  Leighton Glynn is a Gaelic football and hurling player from County Wicklow in Ireland. He was born and raised in Rathnew, County Wicklow. He has represented the Wicklow senior GAA teams in both football and hurling...
  
   (Wicklow)
• Aaron Kernan
  Aaron Kernan
  Aaron Kernan is a Gaelic football player from Crossmaglen, County Armagh, in Ireland. He plays for the local Crossmaglen Rangers club and for the Armagh senior football team.-Early and personal life:...
  
   (Armagh)
• Ciarán Lyng
  Ciaran Lyng
  Ciaran Lyng is an Irish inter-county senior Gaelic footballer, playing for Wexford senior football team.-Early and personal life:Lyng grew up as one of four brothers in Wexford playing football, hurling, handball and soccer...
  
   (Wexford)
• Justin McMahon
  Justin McMahon
  Justin McMahon is an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. In 2006, he captained the Tyrone Under 21 team in their Ulster Championship-winning campaign, and has lived up to expectation and has graduated to the senior squad, joining his older brother, Joe.He made...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Michael Meehan
  Michael Meehan
  Michael Meehan is an Irish Gaelic Footballer from Galway. Meehan plays his club football with Caltra and county football for the Galway senior team.-Career:...
  
   (Galway)
• John Miskella
  John Miskella
  John Miskella is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with the Ballincollig club and with the Cork senior inter-county team.-Playing career:Miskella made his debut for the Cork team in 1999 against Waterford....
  
   (Cork)
• Pearse O'Neill
  Pearse O'Neill
  Pearse O'Neill is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Aghada and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2006.-References:...
  
   (Cork)
• Tom Parsons
  Tom Parsons (footballer)
  Tom Parsons is a Gaelic football player from County Mayo in Ireland. He plays for the Charlestown club and the Mayo senior football team.Parsons is recognised as a promising midfielder. He broke onto the Mayo senior team in 2008, giving what was described as an 'inspirational' display against ...
  
   (Mayo)
• Paul Finlay
  Paul Finlay
  Paul Finlay is a Gaelic footballer from County Monaghan in Ireland. He plays club football for Ballybay Pearses as well as playing for the Monaghan senior team....
  
   (Monaghan)

Manager: Sean Boylan

Seán Boylan

Seán Boylan is a former football manager from Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland. He retired from his position as manager of the Meath GAA Senior Football team on the evening of 31 August 2005 after twenty-three years in charge...

• Ireland won series 102-97 on aggregate

2006

2006 International Rules series

The 2006 International Rules series is the 9th annual International Rules Series and the 15th time that a test series of international rules football has been played between Ireland and Australia....

 squad

• Kieran McGeeney (Captain) (Armagh)
• Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish sportsperson known for his top level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football....
  
   (Sydney & Kerry)
• Aidan O'Mahony
  Aidan O'Mahony
  Aidan O'Mahony is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kerry senior football team. O'Mahony is a member of An Garda Síochána.O'Mahony played for Kerry's U21 team in 2000 and 2001....
  
   (Kerry)
• Marc Ó Sé
  Marc Ó Sé
  Marc Ó Sé is an Irish sportsman. A teacher by profession, he plays Gaelic football for the Kerry county team and the local An Ghaeltacht club. His older brothers Darragh and Tomás also represent Kerry.- 2002 :...
  
   (Kerry)
• Kieran Donaghy
  Kieran Donaghy
  Kieran Donaghy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry. Donaghy has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Munster Championships and a National League title with the county. He has also been awarded two All Stars.He plays his club football for Austin Stacks in...
  
   (Kerry)
• Paul Galvin
  Paul Galvin (footballer)
  Paul Galvin is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Finuge, his divisional side Feale Rangers and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2003. Galvin had the honour of being named as the 1000th All-Star.Galvin writes a weekly fashion column...
  
   (Kerry)
• Kevin Reilly (Meath)
• Anthony Moyles (Meath)
• Graham Geraghty
  Graham Geraghty (footballer)
  Graham Geraghty , is a Gaelic football player for the Meath senior football team.-Football career:Geraghty achieved numerous honours during his playing career with the Meath football team. He received GAA All Stars Awards in 1994 and 1999. He won three Leinster Senior Football Championship medals...
  
   (Meath)
• Alan Quirke
  Alan Quirke
  Alan Quirke is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Valley Rovers and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 1999.-Club:...
  
   (Cork)
• Nicholas Murphy
  Nicholas Murphy
  Nicholas Murphy is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Carrigaline and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 1998.-Club:...
  
   (Cork)
• Rónán Clarke (Armagh)
• Stephen McDonnell
  Stephen McDonnell
  -Playing career:Steven is the current right corner forward on the Armagh senior football panel. He most recent successes include his sides 2006, Ulster senior football championship winning medal for his part in Armagh's easily won victory over rivals Donegal...
  
   (Armagh)
• Tom Kelly
  Tom Kelly (gaelic football)
  Tom Kelly is a former Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland.His club is St Josephs GAA. He usually plays at centre back for Laois and in 2003 won an All-Star award and was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.Kelly...
  
   (Laois)
• Colm Begley
  Colm Begley
  Colm Begley is a Gaelic footballer from Ireland. He has also played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League .-Recruitment:...
  
   (Brisbane & Laois)
• Seán Marty Lockhart
  Seán Marty Lockhart
  Seán Martin Lockhart is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry. He has won an Ulster Senior Football Championship and three National League titles with the county, as well an All-Ireland Under 21 Championship. He also won an All Star for his performances in the 1998 All-Ireland Senior...
  
   (Derry)
• Shane Ryan
  Shane Ryan
  Shane Ryan is an Irish sportsperson who plays hurling for Dublin and a former Gaelic footballer and All Star with Dublin. Ryan plays his club hurling and football for Naomh Mearnóg and his preferred position is centre back, although he is known to have played many positions for Dublin. He made his...
  
   (Dublin)
• Alan Brogan
  Alan Brogan
  Alan Brogan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Dublinwho plays for St. Oliver Plunkett's. He is the son of famous Dublin footballer Bernard Brogan. He can play in the full forward line but usually plays centre half forward for Dublin...
  
   (Dublin)
• Kieran Fitzgerald (Galway)
• Joe Bergin
  Joe Bergin (footballer)
  Joe Bergin is a Gaelic footballer from Mountbellew County Galway. He is currently a member of the Galway panel. He plays his club football with Mountbellew-Moylough.-Career:Bergin's rise at a young age was meteoric...
  
   (Galway)
• Sean Cavanagh
  Sean Cavanagh
  Seán Cavanagh is a four-time All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He has won All-Ireland championships for Tyrone at Minor level and three times at Senior level, and has captained Ireland at the International Rules Series....
  
   (Tyrone)
• Brendan Coulter
  Brendan Coulter
  Brendan Coulter is a Gaelic football player from with County Down in Ireland. He plays for the Down senior football team and his local club Mayobridge.-Football career:...
  
   (Down)
• Dermot Early (Kildare)
• Paul Barden
  Paul Barden
  Paul Barden is a Gaelic footballer from County Longford, Ireland. He has been a member of the Longford intercounty team since 1999. He won an O'Byrne Cup medal with them in 2000. He was also a member of the Ireland international rules football team in 2002 and 2006. He also won a Railway Cup with...
  
   (Longford)
• Karl Lacey
  Karl Lacey
  Karl Lacey is an inter-county GAA football player with Donegal in Ireland.He was part of the Donegal team that won its first National League title in 2007 in the final against Mayo....
  
   (Donegal)

Manager: Sean Boylan

Seán Boylan

Seán Boylan is a former football manager from Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland. He retired from his position as manager of the Meath GAA Senior Football team on the evening of 31 August 2005 after twenty-three years in charge...

• Ireland lost series 109-79 on aggregate

2005

2005 International Rules Series

The 2005 International Rules series was the 8th annual International Rules Series and the 14th time that a test series of International rules football was played between Ireland and Australia and was won by Australia....

 squad (Tour to Australia)

• Michael McVeigh (Down)
• Eoin Brosnan
  Eoin Brosnan
  Eoin Brosnan is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at centre forward. He is a former member of the for Kerry senior county team and plays his club football for Dr. Crokes. He is particularly renowned for his goal-scoring ability...
  
   (Kerry)
• Graham Canty
  Graham Canty
  Graham Canty is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Bantry Blues and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2001. Canty captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2010.-Club:Canty plays his club football with his local club called Bantry...
  
   (Cork)
• Sean Cavanagh
  Sean Cavanagh
  Seán Cavanagh is a four-time All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He has won All-Ireland championships for Tyrone at Minor level and three times at Senior level, and has captained Ireland at the International Rules Series....
  
   (Tyrone)
• Rónán Clarke (Armagh)
• Colm Cooper
  Colm Cooper
  Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dr. Croke’s and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2002. Cooper is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.-Club:Cooper helped Dr. Crokes win the 2000 Kerry...
  
   (Kerry)
• Brendan Coulter
  Brendan Coulter
  Brendan Coulter is a Gaelic football player from with County Down in Ireland. He plays for the Down senior football team and his local club Mayobridge.-Football career:...
  
   (Down)
• Bryan Cullen
  Bryan Cullen
  Bryan Cullen is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a left wing-forward for the Dublin senior team.Cullen made his first appearance for the team during the 2003 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland...
  
   (Dublin)
• Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan is a Gaelic football player for Westmeath and Garrycastle. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Westmeath in 2004....
  
   (Westmeath)
• Brian Dooher
  Brian Dooher
  Brian Dooher is an Irish Gaelic footballer who was a member for Tyrone between 1995 and 2011.He has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, five Ulster Senior Football Championship and two National League titles with the county...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Mattie Forde (Wexford)
• David Heaney (Mayo)
• Phillip Jordan (Tyrone)
• Pádraig Joyce (Galway, captain)
• Tom Kelly
  Tom Kelly (gaelic football)
  Tom Kelly is a former Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland.His club is St Josephs GAA. He usually plays at centre back for Laois and in 2003 won an All-Star award and was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.Kelly...
  
   (Laois)
• Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
• Anthony Lynch
  Anthony Lynch
  Anthony Lynch is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Naomh Abán and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 1999.-Club:...
  
   (Cork)
• Ciaran McDonald
  Ciarán McDonald
  Ciarán McDonald is a former Irish Gaelic football player for Mayo and plays his club football for Crossmolina.-Playing career:McDonald has been among the most consistent forwards in Gaelic football for the last ten years. He is yet to lift the All-Ireland title with Mayo, having lost to Kerry in...
  
   (Mayo)
• Brian McGuigan
  Brian McGuigan
  Brian McGuigan is an All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He won three All-Ireland medals in 2003 , 2005 and 2008....
  
   (Tyrone)
• Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus is a Gaelic footballer from County Offaly, Ireland. He has played with the Offaly intercounty team from 1996 to 2011 and won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League Div 1 in 1997 and Div 2 in 2003. Before braking into the seinor team he...
  
   (Offaly)
• Ryan McMenamin
  Ryan McMenamin
  Ryan 'Ricey' McMenamin is a Canadian-born Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Tyrone. McMenamin has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Ulster Championships and two National League titles with the county. He has also been awarded an All Star for his performances in...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Michael Meehan
  Michael Meehan
  Michael Meehan is an Irish Gaelic Footballer from Galway. Meehan plays his club football with Caltra and county football for the Galway senior team.-Career:...
  
   (Galway)
• Eoin Mulligan
  Eoin Mulligan
  Eoin "Mugsy" Mulligan is an Irish Gaelic football player. He helped Tyrone win the 2003, 2005 and 2008 All-Ireland Finals and plays in Cookstown for the Fr...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Ross Munnelly
  Ross Munnelly
  Ross Munnelly is a Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland. He plays for the Arles/Kilcruise club. He usually plays at wing forward for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.-Club:In 2003 he starred...
  
   (Laois)
• Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
  Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
  Seán Óg Ó hAilpín is an iconic Irish-Fijian sportsperson. A former dual player, he currently plays hurling with his local club Na Piarsaigh and is a member of the Cork senior inter-county team. Ó hAilpín captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2005...
  
   (Cork)
• Stephen O'Neill
  Stephen O'Neill
  Stephen O'Neill is a Gaelic footballer from Strabane, Northern Ireland, who plays for the Tyrone Senior football team. He won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Under 21 medals, and a Minor medal...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Tomás Ó Sé
  Tomás Ó Sé
  Tomás Ó Sé is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1998.-Club:...
  
   (Kerry)

2004 squad

• Stephen Cluxton
  Stephen Cluxton
  Stephen "Clucko" Cluxton is a Gaelic football goalkeeper with Dublin. He plays his club football for Parnells. Cluxton is unusual for a goalkeeper as he often opts to take frees during games...
  
   (Dublin)
• Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
• Graham Canty
  Graham Canty
  Graham Canty is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Bantry Blues and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2001. Canty captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2010.-Club:Canty plays his club football with his local club called Bantry...
  
   (Cork)
• Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
  Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
  Seán Óg Ó hAilpín is an iconic Irish-Fijian sportsperson. A former dual player, he currently plays hurling with his local club Na Piarsaigh and is a member of the Cork senior inter-county team. Ó hAilpín captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2005...
  
   (Cork)
• Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus is a Gaelic footballer from County Offaly, Ireland. He has played with the Offaly intercounty team from 1996 to 2011 and won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League Div 1 in 1997 and Div 2 in 2003. Before braking into the seinor team he...
  
   (Offaly)
• Tom Kelly
  Tom Kelly (gaelic football)
  Tom Kelly is a former Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland.His club is St Josephs GAA. He usually plays at centre back for Laois and in 2003 won an All-Star award and was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.Kelly...
  
   (Laois)
• Joe Bergin
  Joe Bergin (footballer)
  Joe Bergin is a Gaelic footballer from Mountbellew County Galway. He is currently a member of the Galway panel. He plays his club football with Mountbellew-Moylough.-Career:Bergin's rise at a young age was meteoric...
  
   (Laois)
• Ciaran McDonald
  Ciarán McDonald
  Ciarán McDonald is a former Irish Gaelic football player for Mayo and plays his club football for Crossmolina.-Playing career:McDonald has been among the most consistent forwards in Gaelic football for the last ten years. He is yet to lift the All-Ireland title with Mayo, having lost to Kerry in...
  
   (Mayo)
• Sean Cavanagh
  Sean Cavanagh
  Seán Cavanagh is a four-time All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He has won All-Ireland championships for Tyrone at Minor level and three times at Senior level, and has captained Ireland at the International Rules Series....
  
   (Tyrone)
• Padraic Joyce
  Pádraic Joyce
  Pádraic Joyce |Galway]], Ireland) is a current inter-county Gaelic football player for Galway. He plays his club football with Killererin. He is regarded in GAA circles as one of the best forwards in the game over the past decade. His key abilities include excellent accuracy both from frees and...
  
   (Galway)
• Brendan Coulter
  Brendan Coulter
  Brendan Coulter is a Gaelic football player from with County Down in Ireland. He plays for the Down senior football team and his local club Mayobridge.-Football career:...
  
   (Down)
• Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish sportsperson known for his top level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football....
  
   (Kerry)
• Paul Galvin
  Paul Galvin (footballer)
  Paul Galvin is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Finuge, his divisional side Feale Rangers and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2003. Galvin had the honour of being named as the 1000th All-Star.Galvin writes a weekly fashion column...
  
   (Kerry)
• Stephen McDonnell
  Stephen McDonnell
  -Playing career:Steven is the current right corner forward on the Armagh senior football panel. He most recent successes include his sides 2006, Ulster senior football championship winning medal for his part in Armagh's easily won victory over rivals Donegal...
  
   (Armagh)
• Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan is a Gaelic football player for Westmeath and Garrycastle. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Westmeath in 2004....
  
   (Westmeath)
• Setanta Ó hAilpín
  Setanta Ó hAilpín
  Setanta "Carlos" Ó hAilpín is an Australian-Irish sportsman. He was a hurler with the Cork senior team before becoming a professional Australian Rules footballer. He is of mixed Irish and Rotuman background...
  
   (Cork)
• Alan Brogan
  Alan Brogan
  Alan Brogan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Dublinwho plays for St. Oliver Plunkett's. He is the son of famous Dublin footballer Bernard Brogan. He can play in the full forward line but usually plays centre half forward for Dublin...
  
   (Dublin)
• Mattie Forde (Wexford)
• Brian McGuigan
  Brian McGuigan
  Brian McGuigan is an All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He won three All-Ireland medals in 2003 , 2005 and 2008....
  
   (Tyrone)
• David Heaney (Mayo)
• James Nallen
  James Nallen
  James Nallen is an All Star winning Gaelic footballer for Mayo. He played in five All-Ireland finals, including an All-Ireland final replay against Meath in 1996, and won two All Stars, in 1996 and 2004. He won a National Football League medal in 2001. However, he never won an All-Ireland medal...
  
   (Mayo)
• Bryan Cullen
  Bryan Cullen
  Bryan Cullen is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a left wing-forward for the Dublin senior team.Cullen made his first appearance for the team during the 2003 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland...
  
   (Dublin)

2003 squad (Tour to Australia)

• Enda Murphy
  Enda Murphy
  Enda Murphy is a Kildare Gaelic football goalkeeper. He has held the position since 2002. He has played in two Leinster finals, his first in 2002 and again losing in 2003 . He represented Ireland in the International Rules Series in two tests in Australia both in 2003.He plays with the Leixlip...
  
   (Kildare)
• Paddy Christie
  Paddy Christie
  Paddy Christie, born in Dublin in 1976, is an Irish Gaelic footballer who usually plays in the full-back position. He made his inter-county senior debut for the Dublin senior football team against Armagh in April 1995. At club level he plays for Ballymun Kickhams. He served as Dublin in 2005. He...
  
   (Dublin)
• Anthony Lynch
  Anthony Lynch
  Anthony Lynch is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Naomh Abán and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 1999.-Club:...
  
   (Cork)
• Cormac McAnallen
  Cormac McAnallen
  Cormac McAnallen was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Tyrone. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the county in 2003, also winning the Ulster Senior Football Championship twice and two National League titles. At underage level he won an All-Ireland Minor and two...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
• Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
• Graham Canty
  Graham Canty
  Graham Canty is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Bantry Blues and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2001. Canty captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2010.-Club:Canty plays his club football with his local club called Bantry...
  
   (Cork)
• Paul McGrane (Armagh)
• Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus is a Gaelic footballer from County Offaly, Ireland. He has played with the Offaly intercounty team from 1996 to 2011 and won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League Div 1 in 1997 and Div 2 in 2003. Before braking into the seinor team he...
  
   (Offaly)
• Joe Bergin
  Joe Bergin (footballer)
  Joe Bergin is a Gaelic footballer from Mountbellew County Galway. He is currently a member of the Galway panel. He plays his club football with Mountbellew-Moylough.-Career:Bergin's rise at a young age was meteoric...
  
   (Galway)
• Brendan Coulter
  Brendan Coulter
  Brendan Coulter is a Gaelic football player from with County Down in Ireland. He plays for the Down senior football team and his local club Mayobridge.-Football career:...
  
   (Down)
• Padraic Joyce
  Pádraic Joyce
  Pádraic Joyce |Galway]], Ireland) is a current inter-county Gaelic football player for Galway. He plays his club football with Killererin. He is regarded in GAA circles as one of the best forwards in the game over the past decade. His key abilities include excellent accuracy both from frees and...
  
   (Galway)
• Stephen McDonnell
  Stephen McDonnell
  -Playing career:Steven is the current right corner forward on the Armagh senior football panel. He most recent successes include his sides 2006, Ulster senior football championship winning medal for his part in Armagh's easily won victory over rivals Donegal...
  
   (Armagh)
• Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan is a Gaelic football player for Westmeath and Garrycastle. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Westmeath in 2004....
  
   (Westmeath)
• Joe Higgins
  Joe Higgins
  Joe Higgins is an Irish Socialist Party politician. In the 2011 general election he was elected to Dáil Éireann as Teachta Dála for the Dublin West constituency, having previously served in that capacity from 1997–2007...
  
   (Laois)
• Tom Kelly
  Tom Kelly (gaelic football)
  Tom Kelly is a former Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland.His club is St Josephs GAA. He usually plays at centre back for Laois and in 2003 won an All-Star award and was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.Kelly...
  
   (Laois)
• Kevin Hughes
  Kevin Hughes (GAA)
  Kevin Hughes is an All-Ireland-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He was a major figure in Tyrone's midfield on their way to their first ever All-Ireland triumph in 2003, earning the Man of the Match for the All-Ireland final against Armagh....
  
   (Tyrone)
• Shane Ryan
  Shane Ryan
  Shane Ryan is an Irish sportsperson who plays hurling for Dublin and a former Gaelic footballer and All Star with Dublin. Ryan plays his club hurling and football for Naomh Mearnóg and his preferred position is centre back, although he is known to have played many positions for Dublin. He made his...
  
   (Dublin)
• Brian McDonald (Laois)
• Odhran O'Dwyer (Clare)

2002 squad

• Peter Burke
  Peter Burke
  Peter Burke is a British historian and professor.He was born to a Roman Catholic father and Jewish mother . He was educated by the Jesuits and at St John's College, Oxford, and was a doctoral candidate at St Antony's College...
  
   (Mayo)
• Joe Bergin
  Joe Bergin (footballer)
  Joe Bergin is a Gaelic footballer from Mountbellew County Galway. He is currently a member of the Galway panel. He plays his club football with Mountbellew-Moylough.-Career:Bergin's rise at a young age was meteoric...
  
   (Galway)
• Graham Canty
  Graham Canty
  Graham Canty is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Bantry Blues and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2001. Canty captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2010.-Club:Canty plays his club football with his local club called Bantry...
  
   (Cork)
• Ray Cosgrove
  Ray Cosgrove
  Ray "Cossy" Cosgrove is an Irish Gaelic footballer, born in Dublin. He attended St. Benildus College in Kilmacud. He plays his club football for Kilmacud Crokes and played for the Dublin senior football team between 1999 and 2008...
  
   (Dublin)
• Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan is a Gaelic football player for Westmeath and Garrycastle. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Westmeath in 2004....
  
   (Westmeath)
• Graham Geraghty
  Graham Geraghty (footballer)
  Graham Geraghty , is a Gaelic football player for the Meath senior football team.-Football career:Geraghty achieved numerous honours during his playing career with the Meath football team. He received GAA All Stars Awards in 1994 and 1999. He won three Leinster Senior Football Championship medals...
  
   (Meath)
• Trevor Giles
  Trevor Giles
  Trevor Giles is a successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation. He plays club football for Skryne. He came to prominence first when he won an All Ireland minor medal with Meath in 1992. He would go on to win 2 All Ireland Senior medals, 3...
  
   (Meath)
• Pádraig Joyce (Galway)
• Evan Kelly (Meath)
• Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish sportsperson known for his top level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football....
  
   (Kerry)
• Anthony Lynch
  Anthony Lynch
  Anthony Lynch is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Naomh Abán and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 1999.-Club:...
  
   (Cork)
• Cormac McAnallen
  Cormac McAnallen
  Cormac McAnallen was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Tyrone. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the county in 2003, also winning the Ulster Senior Football Championship twice and two National League titles. At underage level he won an All-Ireland Minor and two...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
• Paul McGrane (Armagh)
• Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus is a Gaelic footballer from County Offaly, Ireland. He has played with the Offaly intercounty team from 1996 to 2011 and won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League Div 1 in 1997 and Div 2 in 2003. Before braking into the seinor team he...
  
   (Offaly)
• Declan Meehan
  Declan Meehan
  Declan Meehan is an Irish radio presenter. Currently fronting The Morning Show with local radio station East Coast FM, his career has incorporated involvement with multiple pirate radio stations and, later, Radio 2...
  
   (Galway)
• Seamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Shronedarraugh - a townland half way between Barraduff and Glenflesk, County Kerry. He has played football for St Brendan's College, Glenflesk, East Kerry, University College Cork, Institute of Technology Tralee, Kerry Minor, U21 and Senior teams,...
  
   (Kerry)
• Eamonn O'Hara
  Eamonn O'Hara
  Eamonn O'Hara is a Gaelic football player from County Sligo, Ireland. He plays for both the Sligo senior inter county football team, and his club, Tourlestrane. He won a Connacht Senior Football Championship medal for Sligo in 2007. This victory made Sligo the Connacht champions for the first time...
  
   (Sligo)
• Darragh Ó Sé
  Darragh Ó Sé
  Darragh Ó Sé is a former Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2009. Ó Sé has made more championship appearances than any other player in the history of the game...
  
   (Kerry)
• Tomás Ó Sé
  Tomás Ó Sé
  Tomás Ó Sé is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1998.-Club:...
  
   (Kerry)
• Brendan Jer O'Sullivan (Cork)
• Anthony Rainbow
  Anthony Rainbow
  Anthony Rainbow is a former Gaelic footballer from County Kildare, Ireland. He played with the Kildare intercounty team for almost 20 years with whom he won two Leinster Senior Football Championship medals, in 1998 and 2000. He played in the 1998 All Ireland Senior Football final where Kildare lost...
  
   (Kildare)
• Derek Savage
  Derek Savage
  Derek Stanley Savage , pacifist poet and critic, usually published as "D.S.Savage". He was General Secretary of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship -Life:...
  
   (Galway)

2001

2001 International Rules Series

The 2001 International Rules series was the 8th annual International Rules Series and the xth time that a test series of International rules football was played between Ireland and Australia and was won by Ireland.-2001 Series:...

 squad (Tour to Australia)

• Cormac O'Sullivan (Meath)
• Graham Canty
  Graham Canty
  Graham Canty is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Bantry Blues and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2001. Canty captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 2010.-Club:Canty plays his club football with his local club called Bantry...
  
   (Cork)
• Coman Goggins
  Coman Goggins
  Coman Goggins is a former Dublin footballer and All-star, from the Ballinteer St Johns Club. He went to school in Coláiste Eoin, Stillorgan. He is therefore a fluent Irish speaker. He works with A.I.B Bank, and is married....
  
   (Dublin)
• Darren Fay
  Darren Fay
  Darren Fay is a former successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded the latest in a long line of Great Meath Full Backs, following the likes of Mick Lyons, Jack Quinn, Paddy O'Brien & Tommy "The Boiler" McGuinness and Brendan Murphy. He plays club football for Trim...
  
   (Meath)
• Ciarán Whelan
  Ciarán Whelan
  Ciarán Whelan is a former inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for Dublin although he remains a club footballer with Raheny. He is right footed but can kick with both feet and usually plays in midfield. He was a member of the Dublin squad from 1996 to 2009...
  
   (Dublin)
• Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
• Eamonn O'Hara
  Eamonn O'Hara
  Eamonn O'Hara is a Gaelic football player from County Sligo, Ireland. He plays for both the Sligo senior inter county football team, and his club, Tourlestrane. He won a Connacht Senior Football Championship medal for Sligo in 2007. This victory made Sligo the Connacht champions for the first time...
  
   (Sligo)
• Ciaran McManus (Offaly)
• Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
• Francie Grehan
  Francie Grehan
  Francie Grehan is a Gaelic footballer from County Roscommon, Ireland. He played with the Roscommon intercounty team from 1998 to 2005. He helped Roscommon win the 2001 Connacht Championship, and later won an All Star at Center Back.-References:...
  
   (Roscommon)
• Seán Óg de Paor
  Seán Óg De Paor
  Seán Óg de Paor is a former inter-county footballer for Galway.De Paor comes from An Cheathrú Rua in the Connemara Gaeltacht, where he attended the local national school, Scoil Mhic Dara...
  
   (Galway)
• Anthony Rainbow
  Anthony Rainbow
  Anthony Rainbow is a former Gaelic footballer from County Kildare, Ireland. He played with the Kildare intercounty team for almost 20 years with whom he won two Leinster Senior Football Championship medals, in 1998 and 2000. He played in the 1998 All Ireland Senior Football final where Kildare lost...
  
   (Kildare)
• Seamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Shronedarraugh - a townland half way between Barraduff and Glenflesk, County Kerry. He has played football for St Brendan's College, Glenflesk, East Kerry, University College Cork, Institute of Technology Tralee, Kerry Minor, U21 and Senior teams,...
  
   (Kerry)
• Anthony Tohill
  Anthony Tohill
  Anthony Tohill is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also winning two Ulster Championships and four National League titles with the county. Tohill won four All Star...
  
   (Derry)
• Cormac McAnallen
  Cormac McAnallen
  Cormac McAnallen was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Tyrone. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the county in 2003, also winning the Ulster Senior Football Championship twice and two National League titles. At underage level he won an All-Ireland Minor and two...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Darragh Ó Sé
  Darragh Ó Sé
  Darragh Ó Sé is a former Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2009. Ó Sé has made more championship appearances than any other player in the history of the game...
  
   (Kerry)
• Graham Geraghty
  Graham Geraghty (footballer)
  Graham Geraghty , is a Gaelic football player for the Meath senior football team.-Football career:Geraghty achieved numerous honours during his playing career with the Meath football team. He received GAA All Stars Awards in 1994 and 1999. He won three Leinster Senior Football Championship medals...
  
   (Meath)
• Pádraig Joyce (Galway)
• Niall Buckley (Kildare)
• Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly
  Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish sportsperson known for his top level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football....
  
   (Kerry)
• Michael Donnellan
  Michael Donnellan (GAA player)
  Michael Donnellan is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer for Galway. He is the son of former politician and footballer, John Donnellan and grandson of politician and footballer Michael Donnellan. All them have captained the Galway football team in their careers...
  
   (Galway)
• Brendan Jer O'Sullivan (Cork)
• Mike Frank Russell (Kerry)
• Dermot Earley
  Dermot Earley
  Lieutenant-General Dermot Earley DSM was an Irish army officer and sportsman. He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Michael Glavey's and Sarsfield's and was a member of the Roscommon GAA senior inter-county team from 1965 until 1985...
  
   (Kildare)
• Dermot McCabe
  Dermot McCabe
  Dermot McCabe was a former Gaelic football player for Cavan.-Playing career:He has been ever-present since breaking into the Cavan team in 1995 when they lost an Ulster final against Tyrone. He helped Cavan reach reached the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship final in 1996, but they were...
  
   (Cavan)
• Johnny Crowley
  Johnny Crowley (Kerry GAA)
  John Crowley is a former Irish Gaelic football forward with the Glenflesk and Bishopstown clubs, East Kerry divisional side and Kerry county team.- Playing career :...
  
   (Kerry)
• Brendan Devenney (Donegal)

2000 squad

• Cormac O'Sullivan (Meath)
• Declan O'Keefe (Kerry)
• Darren Fay
  Darren Fay
  Darren Fay is a former successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded the latest in a long line of Great Meath Full Backs, following the likes of Mick Lyons, Jack Quinn, Paddy O'Brien & Tommy "The Boiler" McGuinness and Brendan Murphy. He plays club football for Trim...
  
   (Meath)
• Seamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Shronedarraugh - a townland half way between Barraduff and Glenflesk, County Kerry. He has played football for St Brendan's College, Glenflesk, East Kerry, University College Cork, Institute of Technology Tralee, Kerry Minor, U21 and Senior teams,...
  
   (Kerry)
• Sean Martin Lockhart (Derry)
• Mark Crossan (Donegal)
• Seamus Quinn
  Seamus Quinn
  Seamus Quinn is a former Gaelic footballer from County Leitrim. Along with Mickey Quinn he is Leitrim's only All Star winner. Quinn won an All Star at full-back in 1994...
  
   (Leitrim)
• Finbar Cullen (Offaly)
• Anthony Rainbow
  Anthony Rainbow
  Anthony Rainbow is a former Gaelic footballer from County Kildare, Ireland. He played with the Kildare intercounty team for almost 20 years with whom he won two Leinster Senior Football Championship medals, in 1998 and 2000. He played in the 1998 All Ireland Senior Football final where Kildare lost...
  
   (Kildare)
• Seán Óg de Paor
  Seán Óg De Paor
  Seán Óg de Paor is a former inter-county footballer for Galway.De Paor comes from An Cheathrú Rua in the Connemara Gaeltacht, where he attended the local national school, Scoil Mhic Dara...
  
  (Galway)
• Eoin Sexton (Cork)
• Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
• Glen Ryan (Kildare)
• Anthony Tohill
  Anthony Tohill
  Anthony Tohill is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also winning two Ulster Championships and four National League titles with the county. Tohill won four All Star...
  
   (Derry)
• Darragh Ó Se
  Darragh Ó Sé
  Darragh Ó Sé is a former Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2009. Ó Sé has made more championship appearances than any other player in the history of the game...
  
   (Kerry)
• Brian Stynes
  Brian Stynes
  Brian Stynes is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Dublin and now resides in Australia. He Attended De La Salle College, Churchtown,Dublin-Australian rules football career:...
  
   (Dublin)
• Trevor Giles
  Trevor Giles
  Trevor Giles is a successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation. He plays club football for Skryne. He came to prominence first when he won an All Ireland minor medal with Meath in 1992. He would go on to win 2 All Ireland Senior medals, 3...
  
   (Meath)
• Dermot Earley
  Dermot Earley
  Lieutenant-General Dermot Earley DSM was an Irish army officer and sportsman. He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Michael Glavey's and Sarsfield's and was a member of the Roscommon GAA senior inter-county team from 1965 until 1985...
  
   (Kildare)
• Colm McMenamon (Mayo)
• Michael Donnellan
  Michael Donnellan
  Michael Donnellan was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician.Michael Donnellan was born in Dunmore, County Galway in 1900. He joined Sinn Féin after the Easter Rising in 1916 and was elected as a councillor on Glenamaddy District council in 1917...
  
   (Galway)
• Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus is a Gaelic footballer from County Offaly, Ireland. He has played with the Offaly intercounty team from 1996 to 2011 and won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League Div 1 in 1997 and Div 2 in 2003. Before braking into the seinor team he...
  
  (Offaly)
• Gerard Cavlan
  Gerard Cavlan
  Gerard Cavlan is a former Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He was part of the team that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2003, but was ejected from the team in 2007 when it transpired he was embroiled in an illegal dog fighting ring....
  
   (Tyrone)
• Colin Moran
  Colin Moran
  Colin 'Collie' Moran was born on the 6 June 1980 was an inter county Dublin Gaelic footballer. He was captain of the Leinster Championship-winning Dublin teams in 2006 and 2007....
  
   (Dublin)
• Larry Reilly
  Larry Reilly
  Larry Reilly was a former Gaelic football player for Cavan.-Playing career:The Knockbride clubman helped Cavan by scoring 2pts to claim their only Ulster Senior Football Championship title in 28 years, beating Derry in Clones. His older brother Peter Reilly also played in the Final.-International...
  
   (Cavan)
• Eoin Gormley (Tyrone)
• Padraig Joyce (Galway)
• Graham Geraghty (Meath)
• Ireland lost series 123-98 on aggregate

1999

1999 International Rules Series

The 1999 International Rules Series was the 2nd annual International Rules Series and the third time that a test series of International Rules Football has been played between Ireland and Australia since the series resumed in 1998....

 squad (Tour to Australia)

• Declan O'Keeffe
  Declan O'Keeffe
  Declan O'Keeffe is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football at various times with his local clubs Rathmore in Kerry and Clooney/Quin and St Josephs Doora-Barefield in Clare. He was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1996 until 2003. He won All-Ireland Senior...
  
   – Goalkeeper
• Seán Óg De Paor
  Seán Óg De Paor
  Seán Óg de Paor is a former inter-county footballer for Galway.De Paor comes from An Cheathrú Rua in the Connemara Gaeltacht, where he attended the local national school, Scoil Mhic Dara...
  
  
• Darren Fay
  Darren Fay
  Darren Fay is a former successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded the latest in a long line of Great Meath Full Backs, following the likes of Mick Lyons, Jack Quinn, Paddy O'Brien & Tommy "The Boiler" McGuinness and Brendan Murphy. He plays club football for Trim...
  
  
• Finbarr Cullen
  Finbarr Cullen
  Finbarr Cullen was a Gaelic footballer from County Offaly, Ireland. He played with the Offaly intercounty team from 1991 to 200?.He was part of the Offaly team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship in 1997 and the National Football League in 1998...
  
  
• Glen Rana
• Sean Marty Lockhart
  Seán Marty Lockhart
  Seán Martin Lockhart is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry. He has won an Ulster Senior Football Championship and three National League titles with the county, as well an All-Ireland Under 21 Championship. He also won an All Star for his performances in the 1998 All-Ireland Senior...
  
  
• James Nallen
  James Nallen
  James Nallen is an All Star winning Gaelic footballer for Mayo. He played in five All-Ireland finals, including an All-Ireland final replay against Meath in 1996, and won two All Stars, in 1996 and 2004. He won a National Football League medal in 2001. However, he never won an All-Ireland medal...
  
  
• John McDermott
  John McDermott (Gaelic footballer)
  John McDermott is a retired inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success playing inter-county football in the ninety's on the Meath team's managed by Sean Boylan. For Meath he played in the Midfield position. He played club football first for Curraha and...
  
    – Captain
• Ciarán Whelan
  Ciarán Whelan
  Ciarán Whelan is a former inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for Dublin although he remains a club footballer with Raheny. He is right footed but can kick with both feet and usually plays in midfield. He was a member of the Dublin squad from 1996 to 2009...
  
  
• Trevor Giles
  Trevor Giles
  Trevor Giles is a successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation. He plays club football for Skryne. He came to prominence first when he won an All Ireland minor medal with Meath in 1992. He would go on to win 2 All Ireland Senior medals, 3...
  
  
• Bryan Stynes
• Peter Canavan
  Peter Canavan
  Peter Canavan is manager of Fermanagh and an Irish former Gaelic football player for Tyrone, and is one of the most decorated players in the game's history, winning two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, six GAA All Stars Awards , four provincial titles, and two National Leagues and...
  
  
• Joe Kavanagh
  Joe Kavanagh
  Joe Kavanagh is an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1992 until 2002. His brother, Derek Kavanagh, also played football with Cork.-References:-Teams:...
  
  
• Jarlath Fallon
  Jarlath Fallon
  Jarlath "Ja" Fallon is a Gaelic footballer for County Galway and Tuam Stars.He is widely regarded as one of the finest players to come from Tuam since the legendary Seán Purcell and Frank Stockwell. He has been an integral part of Galway County Football for the past 15 years.Fallon was born in...
  
  
• Anthony Tohill
  Anthony Tohill
  Anthony Tohill is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also winning two Ulster Championships and four National League titles with the county. Tohill won four All Star...
  
  
• Kiernan O'Sullivan
• Michael Donnellan
  Michael Donnellan (GAA player)
  Michael Donnellan is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer for Galway. He is the son of former politician and footballer, John Donnellan and grandson of politician and footballer Michael Donnellan. All them have captained the Galway football team in their careers...
  
  
• Seamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Shronedarraugh - a townland half way between Barraduff and Glenflesk, County Kerry. He has played football for St Brendan's College, Glenflesk, East Kerry, University College Cork, Institute of Technology Tralee, Kerry Minor, U21 and Senior teams,...
  
  
• Dermot Earley
  Dermot Earley
  Lieutenant-General Dermot Earley DSM was an Irish army officer and sportsman. He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Michael Glavey's and Sarsfield's and was a member of the Roscommon GAA senior inter-county team from 1965 until 1985...
  
  
• Niall Buckley
• John Quane
  John Quane
  John Quane was a Gaelic footballer from County Limerick, Ireland. He played with the Limerick team from 1991 to 2005. He played at midfield and was one of the top players in the county for most of the 90's and into the 00's....
  
  
• James Horan
• Graham Geraghty
• Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus
  Ciaran McManus is a Gaelic footballer from County Offaly, Ireland. He has played with the Offaly intercounty team from 1996 to 2011 and won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League Div 1 in 1997 and Div 2 in 2003. Before braking into the seinor team he...
  
  
• Derry Foley
• Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan
  Dessie Dolan is a Gaelic football player for Westmeath and Garrycastle. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Westmeath in 2004....
  
  

1998

1998 International Rules Series

The 1998 International Rules Series was the first official annual series between the Gaelic Athletic Association and Australian Football League since it was cancelled in 1990,it was part of a 4 year agreement...

 squad

• Finbarr McConnell
  Finbar McConnell
  Finbar McConnell is a former Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He was Tyrone's first-choice goalkeeper throughout most of the nineties, and played in the 1995 All-Ireland Final. He set a Tyrone record for being the first Tyrone player to win four Ulster Championship medals in 2001.In 1996, he won an All...
  
   (Tyrone - goalkeeper)
• Peter Canavan
  Peter Canavan
  Peter Canavan is manager of Fermanagh and an Irish former Gaelic football player for Tyrone, and is one of the most decorated players in the game's history, winning two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, six GAA All Stars Awards , four provincial titles, and two National Leagues and...
  
   (Tyrone)
• Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
• Diarmuid Marsden (Armagh)
• Anthony Tohill
  Anthony Tohill
  Anthony Tohill is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also winning two Ulster Championships and four National League titles with the county. Tohill won four All Star...
  
   (Derry)
• Seán Marty Lockhart
  Seán Marty Lockhart
  Seán Martin Lockhart is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry. He has won an Ulster Senior Football Championship and three National League titles with the county, as well an All-Ireland Under 21 Championship. He also won an All Star for his performances in the 1998 All-Ireland Senior...
  
   (Derry)
• Brendan Devenney (Donegal)
• Paul Brewster
  Paul Brewster
  Paul Brewster is a former Gaelic footballer from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He played with the Fermanagh intercounty team for a number of years and was regarded as one of the top Midfielders of his time...
  
   (Fermanagh)
• Dermot McCabe
  Dermot McCabe
  Dermot McCabe was a former Gaelic football player for Cavan.-Playing career:He has been ever-present since breaking into the Cavan team in 1995 when they lost an Ulster final against Tyrone. He helped Cavan reach reached the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship final in 1996, but they were...
  
   (Cavan)
• Darren Fay
  Darren Fay
  Darren Fay is a former successful Meath Gaelic Footballer. He is regarded the latest in a long line of Great Meath Full Backs, following the likes of Mick Lyons, Jack Quinn, Paddy O'Brien & Tommy "The Boiler" McGuinness and Brendan Murphy. He plays club football for Trim...
  
   (Meath)
• James Nallen (Mayo)
• Colm Parkinson
  Colm Parkinson
  Colm Parkinson is an Irish footballer.-Career:Parkinson played minor football for Laois in 1995 and 1996.He returned to the Laois setup for the 2011....
  
   (Laois)
• Derry Foley (Tipperary)
• Finbar Cullen (Offaly)
• John Kenny (Offaly)
• Brian Stynes
  Brian Stynes
  Brian Stynes is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Dublin and now resides in Australia. He Attended De La Salle College, Churchtown,Dublin-Australian rules football career:...
  
   (Dublin)
• Séamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan
  Séamus Moynihan is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Shronedarraugh - a townland half way between Barraduff and Glenflesk, County Kerry. He has played football for St Brendan's College, Glenflesk, East Kerry, University College Cork, Institute of Technology Tralee, Kerry Minor, U21 and Senior teams,...
  
   (Kerry)
• John McDermott
  John McDermott (Gaelic footballer)
  John McDermott is a retired inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer for County Meath in Ireland. He enjoyed much success playing inter-county football in the ninety's on the Meath team's managed by Sean Boylan. For Meath he played in the Midfield position. He played club football first for Curraha and...
  
   (Meath)
• Jarlath Fallon
  Jarlath Fallon
  Jarlath "Ja" Fallon is a Gaelic footballer for County Galway and Tuam Stars.He is widely regarded as one of the finest players to come from Tuam since the legendary Seán Purcell and Frank Stockwell. He has been an integral part of Galway County Football for the past 15 years.Fallon was born in...
  
   (Galway)
• Michael Donnellan
  Michael Donnellan (GAA player)
  Michael Donnellan is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer for Galway. He is the son of former politician and footballer, John Donnellan and grandson of politician and footballer Michael Donnellan. All them have captained the Galway football team in their careers...
  
   (Galway)
• Niall Buckley (Kildare)
• Seán Óg de Paor
  Seán Óg De Paor
  Seán Óg de Paor is a former inter-county footballer for Galway.De Paor comes from An Cheathrú Rua in the Connemara Gaeltacht, where he attended the local national school, Scoil Mhic Dara...
  
  (Galway)
• Colm McManaman (Mayo)
• Glen Ryan (Kildare)
• Ireland won series 128-118 on aggregate