Ireland 1914

Ireland, the last of the 4 'Home Nations' to enter the International arena, had been the perennial whipping boys of the British Home Championship in the early days,
 In 1903 they shared first place with Scotland and England (all 3 finished the campaign with 2 wins and a defeat) and in 1913 enjoyed their first victory over England.


They won their first British Home Championship in 1914.



                                                                            v Wales

19.01.14		Wales  1 Ireland 2		Racecourse, Wrexham
GK	Fred McKee		Belfast Celtic
RB	Bill McConnell		Bohemians
LB	Sandy  Craig (c)		Greenock Morton
RH	Val Harris		Everton	Off injured at 45
CH	Pat O'Connell		Hull City
LH	Dave Rollo		Linfield
OR	Ted Seymour		Bohemians
IR	Sam Young		Linfield
CF	Billy Gillespie		Sheffield United	25, 65
IL	Billy Lacey		Liverpool
OL	Louis Bookman		Bradford City
Coach: R Bennett

14.02.14	England 0 Ireland 3		Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
GK	Fred McKee	Belfast Celtic
RB	Bill McConnell	Bohemians
LB	Sandy  Craig	Greenock Morton
RH	Harry Hampton	Bradford City
CH	Pat O'Connell (c)	Hull City
LH	Mickey Hamill	Manchester United
OR	Dave Rollo	Linfield
IR	Sam Young	Linfield
CF	Billy Gillespie	Sheffield United	36
IL	Billy Lacey	Liverpool	6, 80
OL	Frank Thompson	Clyde
Coach: Rab Torrans

14.03.14		Ireland 1 Scotland 1		Windsor Park, Belfast
GK	Fred McKee		Belfast Celtic
RB	Bill McConnell		Bohemians
LB	Sandy  Craig		Greenock Morton
RH	Val Harris		Everton
CH	Pat O'Connell		Hull City
LH	Mickey Hamill (c)		Manchester United
OR	Johnny Houston		Everton
IR	Rab Nixon		Linfield
CF	Sam Young		Linfield	89
IL	Billy Lacey		Liverpool
OL	Frank Thompson		Clyde
Coach: Hugh McAteer

Ireland wore their St Patrick's Blue strip in all 3 matches: