List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland

The Republic of Ireland national football team, as governed by the Football Association of Ireland, has featured many players who were not born in the Republic of Ireland. The first player to be capped after qualifying through his parents' nationality was Shay Brennan, who made his debut in a World Cup qualifier against Spain in 1965.

The majority of these players were born in England, mostly the North West and London due to the large Irish diaspora in those areas. Most famously, in the late 1980s and 1990s the Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton sought out players in England and used what became known as the "granny rule", with the stronger pool of talent helping the team to qualify for several tournaments, which had never been achieved prior to Charlton's appointment. There were a few England-born internationals in the squads of that era who had been raised in Ireland and learned to play football at local clubs, not least Paul McGrath and David O'Leary as well as Curtis Fleming and Stephen McPhail.

England
• John Aldridge

• Harry Arter

• Phil Babb

• Leon Best

• Keith Branagan

• Gary Breen

• Shay Brennan

• Alex Bruce

• Paul Butler

• John Byrne

• Lee Carsley

• Tony Cascarino

• Jeff Chandler

• Cyrus Christie

• Ciaran Clark

• James Collins

• David Connolly

• Simon Cox

• Josh Cullen

• Ronan Curtis

• Liam Daish

• Rory Delap

• John Dempsey

• Terry Donovan

• Rob Elliot

• Mickey Evans

• Curtis Fleming

• Caleb Folan

• Kevin Foley

• Tony Galvin

• Jon Goodman

• Tony Grealish

• Paul Green

• CJ Hamilton

• Austin Hayes

• Ron Healey

• Scott Hogan

• Matt Holland

• Chris Hughton

• Will Keane

• Mick Kearns

• Alan Kelly Jr.

• David Kelly

• Mark Kelly

• Mick Kennedy

• Paddy Kenny

• Richard Keogh

• Alan Kernaghan

• Dean Kiely

• Kevin Kilbane

• Liam Lawrence

• Mark Lawrenson

• Jon Macken

• Sean Maguire

• Terry Mancini

• Jason McAteer

• Mick McCarthy

• Jim McDonagh

• David McGoldrick

• Eddie McGoldrick

• Paul McGrath

• Alan McLoughlin

• Stephen McPhail

• Mike Milligan

• Chris Morris

• Clinton Morrison

• Jerry Murphy

• Aiden O'Brien

• Andy O'Brien

• Brendan O'Callaghan

• Kevin O'Callaghan

• Joe O'Cearuill

• Callum O'Dowda

• Sean O'Driscoll

• Kelham O'Hanlon

• Kieran O'Hara

• Eamonn O'Keefe

• David O'Leary

• Alex Pearce

• Gerry Peyton

• Terry Phelan

• Anthony Pilkington

• Darren Potter

• Steven Reid

• Declan Rice

• Callum Robinson

• Michael Robinson

• Martin Rowlands

• John Sheridan

• Will Smallbone

• Sean St Ledger

• Peter Thomas

• Andy Townsend

• Gary Waddock

• Mickey Walsh

• Mike Walsh

• Jonathan Walters

• Keiren Westwood

Northern Ireland

 * Shane Duffy
 * Darron Gibson
 * James McClean
 * Eunan O'Kane
 * Marc Wilson
 * Mark Sykes

Scotland

 * Owen Coyle
 * Tommy Coyne
 * Charlie Gallagher
 * Ray Houghton
 * Mikey Johnston
 * James McCarthy
 * Aiden McGeady
 * Bernie Slaven

Wales

 * Kevin Sheedy

Germany

 * Derrick Williams

Nigeria

 * Chiedozie Ogbene

United States

 * Joseph Lapira