TWO Donegal players have been named on the Republic of Ireland Under-15 Development squad for this week’s Hibernia Trophy in Dublin.
Mark Walsh of Gweedore Celtic and Conor O’Reilly from Bonagee United are part of an 18-strong Irish panel (pictured above) that has been selected by Colin O’Brien.
The Hibernia Trophy has developed into one of the top schoolboy tournaments in the country and once again a stellar selection of entries are present including Celtic FC, Norwich City FC, Sunderland FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Nottingham Forest FC, hosts St Joseph’s Boys, the Republic of Ireland Development Squad and Northern Ireland Development Squad.
These players have been selected after appearing in the SFAI Kennedy Cup with their leagues or having being identified in the Emerging Talent Programme nationally.
“The main point of the competition for us is that it involves using players who’ve been spotted in the Kennedy Cup and assessed so it’s part of our development programme,” said O’Brien.
“For these players its an opportunity to play high level games. They are not international games as such but will set things up nicely for when the international programme pushes on in September.”
O’Brien’s charges commence their Hibernia Trophy programme against Wolves on Friday night, before taking on the host club, St Joseph’s Boys and Sunderland on Saturday.
On Sunday they will have a classification game to be determined by their final group position.
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