- Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane: (born 8 July 1980 in Tallaght, Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who currently plays as a striker for Tottenham Hotspur
- Andy Townsend
Andrew David Townsend (born July 23 1963, Maidstone) was a professional footballer who played in two World Cups for the Republic of Ireland and is now a television pundit.
- Niall Quinn
Niall John Quinn (Honorary) MBE (b. October 6, 1966 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish international footballer, and the current chairman of Sunderland FC. He is also heavily involved in the management side of horse racing.
- Mick McCarthy
Michael Joseph McCarthy (born 7 February 1959) is a former professional football player who moved into club management with Millwall, the Republic of Ireland, Sunderland, and currently Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has also worked as a television football pundit.
- Tony Cascarino
Anthony Guy ("Tony") Cascarino (born September 1, 1962 in St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, England) made his name as a striker for various British and French football clubs and for the Republic of Ireland. Since retirement, he has presented on TalkSPORT radio and written for both The Times and Ireland's Hot Press Magazine. Having originally planned to be a hair-dresser, Cascarino joined Gillingham in 1982 from Crockenhill FC, …
- Stephen Ireland
Stephen James Ireland (born August 22 1986 in Cobh, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish footballer playing in England for Manchester City.
- Ronnie Whelan
Ronnie Whelan (born 25 September, 1961) is a former Irish football midfielder who was an integral part of the dominant Liverpool side of the 1980s.
- Liam Brady
Liam Brady (born February 13, 1956 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer, who is now a coach and television pundit. He was renowned as a midfielder with elegant technical skills, most notably his left foot, his high-quality passing and close control. He found success both with Arsenal (one FA Cup title) and Juventus (two Serie A titles), and won 72 caps for the Republic of Ireland. He is currently Arsenal's Head of Youth Development.
- Steve Staunton
Stephen Staunton (born 19 January, 1969 in Drogheda, Republic of Ireland) was a professional footballer who enjoyed a distinguished career with Liverpool and Aston Villa, he also became the Republic of Ireland's most capped player. He is currently the Republic of Ireland manager.
- Brian Kerr
Brian Kerr, (born in Dublin, 5 March, 1953) is an Irish football manager, most noted for managing the Republic of Ireland national side.
- Mark Lawrenson
Mark Thomas Lawrenson (born Preston, Lancashire, June 2, 1957) was a defender in the Liverpool and Irish football teams of the 1980s; he later became a prominent radio and television pundit for the BBC.
- Damien Duff
Damien Anthony Duff (born March 2, 1979 in Ballyboden, Dublin) is an Irish footballer. He currently plays as a winger for FA Premier League club Newcastle United and internationally for the Republic of Ireland. After his performances in the Champions League for Chelsea and World Cup 2002 for Ireland, Duff was one of the most feared wingers in Europe. With pace, accurate crossing and impressive finishing combined with his much improved versatility, …
- Leon Best
Leon Best born 19 September 1986 is an English born footballer, with Coventry City. He is a powerful, tall striker who is good at holding up the ball and whose pace makes him a major threat on the break. As a young player, Leon started his career at Notts County before being signed as a trainee by then Premiership club Southampton. He made his professional debut against Newcastle on his 18th birthday in 2004. A loan spell at Q.P.R. followed later in the 2004-05 season.
- Phil Babb
Phil Andrew Babb is a former Irish professional football player who played as a central defender. Babb began his career with Millwall as a trainee, but failed to make an appearance for the first team before signing for Bradford City. Babb played well enough for the Bantams to earn a £500,000 move to Coventry City in July 1992.
- Roy Maurice Keane
Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August, 1971, Cork, Ireland) is a former Irish professional footballer and the current manager of English Premier League club Sunderland, the winners of the 2006-07 Coca-Cola Championship. A dominating central-midfielder, Keane has been hailed as one of the greatest players to grace the game in the modern era. In a highly successful sixteen-year career, he played for Cobh Ramblers, Nottingham Forest and, most notably, Manchester United, …
- Shay Given
Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland, and is regarded as one of the finest and most reliable custodians in the Premier League. He is also vice-captain of both his country and club. For Ireland, Given has been capped 80 times and was his country's starter at the 2002 World Cup.
- Steve Finnan
Stephen John Finnan (born 24 April, 1976 in Limerick) is an Irish football player, who currently plays for Liverpool at right back
- Owen Coyle
Owen Columba Coyle (born July 14, 1966 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish-born footballer who played international football for the Republic of Ireland, and a football manager. He is currently player-manager of St. Johnstone in the Scottish Football League First Division. Despite being born in Scotland he was never picked by that country, so he played for the Republic of Ireland, earning one international cap, against Holland in a friendly in Tilburg in April 1994.
- Nicky Byrne
Nicky Byrne, is the oldest member of popular Irish pop band Westlife. He is from Baldoyle, in County Dublin. He has a younger brother Adam (born 10 March 1990) and an older sister Gillian (born 5 April 1976). He is the eldest son of Nicholas and Yvonne Byrne.
- Michael Collins
Michael Collins (born 30 April 1986) is a professional footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town in Coca-Cola League One. Having come through Town's academy, Collins made his first team debut in 2004, but has found it hard to cement a place in the side, with a lot of competition from captain Jon Worthington, Mark Hudson and Adnan Ahmed amongst others, but he has already produced several superb displays in the early part of this season.
- John O'Shea
John Francis O'Shea (born April 30 1981 in Waterford, Ireland) is a professional footballer, who currently plays for Manchester United.
- Dermot Keely
Dermot Keely, (born 8 March 1954 in Dublin) is the current manager of Irish football team Shelbourne FC. The Keely name has been synonymous with League of Ireland football with his late father Peter playing for Shelbourne, his brother Joe played on the same Home Farm FAI Cup winning side of 1975 as Dermot and his son Alan currently playing for Waterford United. As a player he started with Home Farm and after a spell at St.
- Lee Power
Lee Michael Power (born June 30, 1972 in Lewisham, London) is a former professional footballer and is currently the chairman of Cambridge United. Despite being born in London, his Irish ancestry allowed him to be capped by Republic of Ireland at Youth, Under-21 and B level.
- Stephen Kenny
Stephen Kenny (born October 30 1971 in Dublin) is a former Republic of Ireland footballer and currently manager of Scottish First Division side Dunfermline Athletic
- David Byrne
David Byrne (born November 14, 1979) in Dublin is an Irish footballer who currently plays in midfield for Longford Town. Byrne started his career with Shelbourne before a move to Scottish Premier League side Dundee United. During his season with United he made just one substitute appearance, playing the final few minutes at Parkhead in a 4-1 defeat to Celtic. Byrne moved back to Shelbourne, where he played for three years, picking up a league winners' medal.
- John Anderson
John Anderson (born November 7, 1959 in Dublin) is a former Irish international footballer. His position was defender. During his career he played for West Brom, Preston North End and Newcastle United. As of February 2007, he appears as a summariser for Newcastle United matches on BBC Radio Newcastle.
- Trevor Molloy
Trevor Molloy (born April 14 1977 in Dublin) is an Irish football player who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Motherwell. Molloy started his league career with Shamrock Rovers at 18 but after only a handful of appearances he moved to First Division club Athlone Town in 1996.
- David O'Leary
David Anthony O'Leary is an Irish football manager and former player. He is currently without a job, after leaving his position as manager of Aston Villa in July 2006. His managerial career began at Leeds United and later he managed Aston Villa. The majority of his playing career (19 years) was spent as a defender at Arsenal. His brother Pierce O'Leary played for Shamrock Rovers and Celtic and was capped 7 times for Ireland.
- Jason McAteer
Jason Wynn McAteer (born on 18 June 1971 in Birkenhead, England) is a former Irish international football player. He announced his retirement from professional football on 12 June 2007. His primary position was in centre midfield, though he was an able left winger and full back. During his career, McAteer played for five professional clubs: Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland and finally Tranmere Rovers, …
- Alan Lee
Alan Lee (born August 21, 1978 in Galway) is a professional footballer for Coca Cola Championship club Ipswich Town. He also plays internationally for the Republic of Ireland. He plays as a striker and is 6'3" foot tall. He began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa, turning professional in August 1995, although never made the first team at Villa Park. His league debut came after joining Torquay United on loan in November 1998, scoring 3 times in 9 games.
- Richard Dunne
Richard Dunne (born September 21 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who currently plays in the English Premier League as a defender for Manchester City. He is nicknamed "Honey Monster" because of his size (and therefore resemblance to the character who promotes Sugar Puffs). Having played schoolboy football in Dublin form Home Farm, Dunne started his professional career in 1996 with Everton, making his debut at the age of 16.
- Bill Lacey
Bill Lacey (born September 24, 1889, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland; died May 30 1969), also referred to as Billy Lacey or William Lacey was an Irish footballer who played for, among others, Shelbourne, Everton, Linfield, and Liverpool. As an international, he also played for both Ireland teams - the IFA XI and the FAI XI. An extremely versatile and talented player, Lacey played in all eleven positions during his career.
- Johnny Giles
Johnny Giles (born November 6 1940 in Dublin) was an all-round association football midfielder who played for Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. Giles, alongside skipper Billy Bremner, formed a memorable central midfield partnership which was one of the best and toughest in club football and yielded several trophies in what was the club's finest - and most controversial - era. Giles began his English career with Leeds' great rivals Manchester United, joining in 1957.
- Gary Kelly
Gary Kelly (born 9 July 1974 in Drogheda) is a retired Irish professional footballer who played his whole career for Leeds United. He played as a right back or a right midfielder and made 531 appearances in total for Leeds, being the only player from the non-Revie era at Leeds to join the 500 appearances club.
- Michael Reddy
Michael Reddy (born Kilkenny, March 24, 1980) is a professional footballer, most recently with Grimsby Town. A striker, Reddy's professional career began with Sunderland, who signed him from his hometown club, Kilkenny City. He spent five years with Sunderland, a time typified by many loan spells; between 2001 and his departure in 2004, he was loaned out to Swindon, Hull, Barnsley, York, and twice to Sheffield Wednesday.
- Chris Morris
Chris Morris (born Newquay, England, December 24, 1963) is a former professional footballer who made his name as a defender with Celtic in Scotland and Middlesbrough in England, among others. Morris also had a successful playing career with the Republic of Ireland national side, in their golden era under Jack Charlton.
- Ray Houghton
Raymond James Houghton (born January 9 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) was an industrious footballer best known for his spell with the last great Liverpool team of the 1980s and his goals in big international fixtures for the Republic of Ireland.
- Roddy Collins
Roddy Collins (born August 7 1961 in Dublin), is an Irish former professional football player and manager, and television pundit. He is the brother of successful boxer, Steve Collins.
- Ciarán Martyn
Ciarán Martyn is a midfielder for Derry City F.C. of the Football League of Ireland
- Pat Dolan
Patrick Dolan (born September 20 1967 in Dagenham, Essex) is a former football player, manager and executive, who currently works as a football pundit/analyst for TV station Setanta Sports. He has also recently taken the role of Head Coach with new League of Ireland outfit, Wexford Youths. Dolan, and his twin Eamon, were born to Irish parents and both began life as trainee footballers.