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Murphy and McGoldrick in Irish Squad - Ipswich Town News

Town strikers Daryl Murphy and David McGoldrick have been named in a provisional 37-man squad for the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Gibraltar and Georgia next month.

The final squad will assemble on August 30th before the Gibraltar match in Faro, Portugal on Friday 4th September and then the Georgia fixture at the Aviva Stadium Dublin on the following Monday.

Manager Martin O’Neill, who was at Portman Road on Saturday for Town’s 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday, said: "These are two very important games in our qualifying campaign and we are looking forward to them. The players are all now back in action with their respective clubs and will be ready for these games.

"We will be training at the new FAI National Training Centre in preparation for the trip to Faro to take on Gibraltar and the home game against Georgia at Aviva Stadium.

"The facilities are very impressive and we look forward to making this our training base for all future international camps.”

Murphy has previously won 16 full caps and McGoldrick two and both are still looking for their first international goal.

Provisional Ireland squad: David Forde - Millwall, Shay Given - Stoke City, Keiren Westwood - Sheffield Wednesday, Darren Randolph - West Ham United, Rob Elliot - Newcastle United, Richard Keogh - Derby County, Marc Wilson - Stoke City, Seamus Coleman - Everton, Cyrus Christie - Derby County, John O’Shea - Sunderland, Alex Pearce - Derby County, Ciaran Clark - Aston Villa, Paul McShane - Reading, James McCarthy - Everton, Jeff Hendrick - Derby County, Stephen Ward - Burnley, Greg Cunningham - Preston North End, Harry Arter - Bournemouth, Glenn Whelan - Stoke City, Eunan O’Kane - Bournemouth, Aiden McGeady - Everton, James McClean - West Bromwich Albion, Alan Judge - Brentford, Robbie Brady - Norwich City, Anthony Pilkington - Cardiff City, Stephen Quinn - Reading, David Meyler - Hull City, Wes Hoolahan - Norwich City, Robbie Keane - LA Galaxy, Shane Long - Southampton, Daryl Murphy - Ipswich Town, Jon Walters - Stoke City, Kevin Doyle - Colorado Rapids, Anthony Stokes - Celtic, David McGoldrick - Ipswich Town, Adam Rooney - Aberdeen, Simon Cox - Reading.

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