Republic of Ireland Under 17's

O'Halloran and Skelly Named in Ireland Under 17 Squad

Belvedere players, Tom O'Halloran and Sean Skelly have been named in the Republic of Ireland Under 17 squad for the double friendly internationals with Poland on Tuesday 21st and Thursday 23 April 2009. Also included in manager Sean McCaffery's 18 man squad is former Belvedere player Danny Joyce ( Reading ).  The first match on Tuesday is at United Park, Drogheda, while the second match on Thursday 23 April will be played at the new Tallaght stadium which will host its first ever international fixture since it opened in March this year.

Republic of Ireland U-17 Squad 
Aaron McCarey - Monaghan Utd
Josh Byrne - Waterford Bohs
Sean Skelly - Belvedere
John Egan - Greenwood
Danny Joyce – Reading
Tom O’Halloran – Belvedere
Anthony O’Connor - Blackburn Rvs
Sean Tse - Manchester City
Sean McGinty - Charlton Athletic
Eoghan Osbourne - Drogheda Utd
Sean Stewart - St. Kevin’s Boys
Paudie Quinn - Fulham
Stephen McDonnell - Celtic
Stephen Folan - Newcastle Utd
Craig Walsh - Cherry Orchard
Patrick Mc Eleney - Foyle Harps
Selcuk Tidim - St Pauli
Sean Brosnan - Castleisland

Fixtures
Tuesday 21 April
Republic of Ireland v Poland
United Park, Drogheda
Kick-off 7.30pm

Thursday 23 April
Republic of Ireland v Poland
Tallaght Stadium
Kick-off 7.30pm.

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Bulgaria v Republic of  Ireland 

Belvedere Under 16's Sean Skelly has been named in the Republic of Ireland Under 17 squad for the double friendly internationals away to Bulgaria in Sophia on August 12th and 14th 2008. Also named in the18 man squad is former Belvedere player Danny Joyce who signed for Reading in July.

These friendly matches will be used by Republic of Ireland Under 17 Manager Sean McCaffrey as preparation for the UEFA Championship, first qualifying phase in September 2008 where Ireland will face the group hosts Luxembourg along with Greece and Andorra.

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