O\'Dea in Ireland Squad - Ipswich Town News

Town defender Darren O’Dea has been named in the Republic of Ireland squad for their Euro 2012 qualifier against Macedonia and a friendly with Uruguay later this month. On-loan Celtic man O’Dea has previously won four full caps.

Ireland take on Macedonia on Saturday 26th March and Uruguay on Tuesday 29th March, both in Dublin.

Republic of Ireland: Keiren Westwood (Coventry), Darren Randolph (Motherwell),, David Forde (Millwall), Kevin Foley (Wolves), John O’Shea (Man Utd), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), Sean St Ledger (Preston), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Darren O’Dea (Celtic — on loan at Ipswich), Kevin Kilbane (Huddersfield), Marc Wilson (Stoke), Darron Gibson (Man Utd), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), Paul Green (Derby), Liam Lawrence (Portsmouth), James McCarthy (Wigan), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Keith Treacy (Preston), Keith Andrews (Blackburn), Keith Fahey (Birmingham), Damien Duff (Fulham), Robbie Keane (West Ham), Jonathan Walters (Stoke), Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Shane Long (Reading), Leon Best (Newcastle), Andy Keogh (Bristol City).

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