Town winger Dylan Connolly has been named in the Republic of Ireland U21 squad for their first UEFA U21 Championship qualifying round fixture against Andorra in Waterford on Thursday 26th March.
Connolly, 19, joined the Blues in January having left his former club Shelbourne at the end of the Irish season in November and has already been on the first team bench on a number of occasions. He has previously won three U21 caps, scoring one goal.
Republic of Ireland U21s: Daniel Rogers (Aberdeen), Ian Lawlor (Manchester City), Jack Connors (Dagenham & Redbridge), Callum O’Dowda (Oxford United), Bradley Garmston (West Bromwich Albion), Niall Keown (Reading), Lee Desmond (St Patrick’s Athletic), Sean Kavanagh (Fulham), Thomas Hoban (Watford), Daragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers), Glen Rea (Brighton & Hove Albion), Alan Browne (Preston North End), Matthew Hamilton (Wigan Athletic), Jack Byrne (Manchester City), Kenneth McEvoy (Tottenham Hotspur), Dylan Connolly (Ipswich Town), Shamir Goodwin (Brighton & Hove Albion), Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers).