20 Years of NIFG - The Top 20s!
Day 24: Most Capped Dual Internationals
38 players have won senior caps from both the Irish FA (now Northern Ireland) and the FAI (Irish Free State/Eire/Republic of Ireland). Others have also been capped by England and the USA.
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Eire is used in the images below for formatting reasons.
20. Patsy Gallagher
12 caps total
b. Co. Donegal
IFA Caps: 11 (1919-1927)
FAI Cap: 1 (1931)
19. Jack Reynolds
13 caps total
b. Blackburn, England
IFA Caps: 5 (1890-1891)
ENG Caps: 9 (1892-1897)
18. Billy Walsh
14 caps total
b. Dublin
IFA Caps: 5 (1947-1948)
FAI Caps: 9 (1946-1950)
[also won England Schoolboys caps and won Auckland representative honours]
17. Harry Duggan
14 caps total
b. Dublin
IFA Caps: 8 (1929-1935)
FAI Caps: 6 (1927-1937)
16. Tommy Breen
14 caps total
b. Co. Louth
IFA Caps: 9 (1935-1939)
FAI Caps: 5 (1937-1947)
15. Mick O'Brien
14 caps total
b. England*
IFA Caps: 10 (1921-1927)
FAI Caps: 4 (1927-1932)
[*it is believed that O'Brien misled both the IFA and the FAI over his birthplace]
14. Jimmy Kelly
16 caps total
b. Co. Donegal
IFA Caps: 11 (1931-1936)
FAI Caps: 5 (1932-1936)
13. Reg "Paddy" Ryan
17 caps total
b. Dublin
IFA Caps: 1 (1950)
FAI Caps: 16 (1949-1955)
12. Bill Gorman
18 caps total
b. Co. Sligo
IFA Caps: 4 (1946-1948)
FAI Caps: 14 (1936-1947)
11. Jackie Vernon
19 caps total
b. Belfast
IFA Caps: 17 (1946-1951)
FAI Caps 2 (1946)
10. Tom "Bud" Aherne
20 caps total
b. Co. Limerick
IFA Caps: 4 (1946-1949)
FAI Caps: 16 (1946-1953)
9. Jimmy Dunne
24 caps total
b. Dublin
IFA Caps: 7 (1928-1932)
FAI Caps: 17 (1930-1939)
8. Alex Stevenson
24 caps total
b. Dublin
IFA Caps: 17 (1933-1947)
FAI Caps: 7 (1932-1948)
7. Billy Lacey
26 caps total
b. Wexford
IFA Caps: 23 (1909-1924)
FAI Cap: 3 (1927-1930)
6. Davy Walsh
29 caps total
b. Co. Waterford
IFA Caps: 9 (1946-1950)
FAI Caps: 20 (1946-1953)
5. Tommy Eglington
30 caps total
b. Co. Dublin
IFA Caps: 6 (1946-1948)
FAI Caps: 24 (1946-1955)
4. Peter Farrell
35 caps total
b. Co. Dublin
IFA Caps: 7 (1946-1949)
FAI Caps: 28 (1946-1957)
3. Con Martin
36 caps total
b. Co. Dublin
IFA Caps: 6 (1946-1950)
FAI Caps: 30 (1946-1956)
2. Jackie Carey
37 caps total
b. Dublin
IFA Caps: 7 (1949-1949)
FAI Caps: 30 (1937-1952)
1. Dave Clements
51 caps total
b. Larne
IFA Caps: 48 (1965-1976)
USA Caps: 3 (1976)
[for the USA Bicentennial Tournament a multi-national squad was picked for games v Brazil, England & Italy. For BRA & ITA these are full internationals, for ENG it isn't. The US didn't issue caps]
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