{"id":17177,"date":"2026-05-05T11:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/17177\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:14:20","slug":"republic-of-ireland-include-seven-new-faces-for-spain-training-camp-and-grenada-friendly-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/17177\/","title":{"rendered":"Republic of Ireland include seven new faces for Spain training camp and Grenada friendly \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

THERE are seven new faces in the Republic of Ireland\u2019s 21-man squad for the upcoming training camp in Murcia, Spain which concludes with an international friendly against Grenada.<\/p>\n

Leyton Orient goalkeeper Killian Cahill, defenders Eiran Cashin, Tayo Adaramola and Joel Bagan, midfielder Jack Moylan, and forwards Aidomo Emakhu and Jaden Umeh will all be looking to make their international debuts in Murcia.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, experienced regulars including Dara O\u2019Shea, who captained Ipswich Town to automatic promotion to the Premier League, Jayson Molumby, Adam Idah and Jason Knight provide the backbone of the squad.<\/p>\n

Kasey McAteer returns to the fold alongside Sheffield United duo Tom Cannon and Mark McGuinness, son of former Derry GAA star John McGuinness. <\/p>\n

\"North<\/a>\"Ulster<\/a><\/p>\n

Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson\u2019s squad will travel to Spain on Thursday for an intensive warm-weather training camp. The window will culminate in a fixture against Grenada on Saturday (5pm Irish time).<\/p>\n

Since the English Football League\u2019s regular season having concluded last weekend Hallgr\u00edmsson has selected a squad primarily composed of players from the Championship and League One.<\/p>\n

Players involved in play-off games or in the Premier League, the League of Ireland, the Scottish Premiership and other major European leagues will be considered for selection for the matches against Qatar and Canada later in the month.<\/p>\n

\"SkipperSkipper Dara O\u2019Shea celebrates as Ipswich Town seal promotion to the Premier League (Nigel French\/PA) <\/p>\n

One exception is the inclusion of 18-year-old forward Jaden Umeh. The Benfica striker has been released by the Portuguese club to participate in the Murcia camp, marking his first step into the senior international set-up.<\/p>\n

Republic of Ireland Squad for international friendly v Grenada<\/p>\n

Goalkeepers: Max O\u2019Leary (West Bromwich Albion), Josh Keeley (Luton Town), Killian Cahill (Leyton Orient)<\/p>\n

Defenders: Dara O\u2019Shea (Ipswich Town), Eiran Cashin (Blackburn Rovers – loan), James Abankwah (Watford), Mark McGuinness (Sheffield United), Tayo Adaramola (Sheffield Wednesday – loan), Joel Bagan (Cardiff City). <\/p>\n

Midfielders: Jayson Molumby (West Bromwich Albion), Jason Knight (Bristol City), Conor Coventry (Charlton Athletic), Andrew Moran (Preston North End).<\/p>\n

Forwards: Adam Idah (Swansea City), Tom Cannon (Sheffield United), Chiedozie Ogbene (Sheffield United – loan), Kasey McAteer (Ipswich Town), Millenic Alli (Portsmouth), Jack Moylan (Lincoln City), Aidomo Emakhu (Oxford United), Jaden Umeh (Benfica).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THERE are seven new faces in the Republic of Ireland\u2019s 21-man squad for the upcoming training camp in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4965,9585,9584,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-17177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-benfica","9":"tag-ipswich-town","10":"tag-republic-of-ireland","11":"tag-spain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}