DISTINGUISHED PLAYERS
Stephen McPhail
Stephen played with Leeds United, Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Barnsley and Cardiff, whom he captained in their great run to the FA Cup Final in the 2007/2008 season. He also has played 10 times for the Republic of Ireland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_McPhail
David McAllister
Played with Shrewsbury Town in the English League One, whom he joined from Sheffield United in January 2013, then Stevenage before returning to Ireland to play with Shamrock Rovers. Formerly of St. Patricks Athletic in the Airticity League of Ireland Premier Division. He had previously played with Drogheda United and Shelbourne where in 2009 he was named Player of the Year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McAllister_(Irish_footballer)
David Worrell was capped at every level for the Republic of Ireland up to U21’s and played with Shelbourne, Blackburn, Plymouth Argyle, Dundee Utd and Dundee among others. He also played in the Republic of Ireland B Team alongside future internationals, Damien Duff, Robbie Keane and Richard Dunne.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McAllister_(Irish_footballer)
Liam Kelly played with St. Patricks Athletic and Shelbourne and played in an FAI Cup Final.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Kelly_(footballer,_born_1975)
Gareth Kelly played League of Ireland soccer with Home Farm and Shamrock Rovers, and in 2009/2010 managed the Rush U9’s who completed a League and Cup Double.
Paul Smith played for Shamrock Rovers and Drogheda Utd.
Vinny Whelan won an Under 21 All Ireland Football Winners Medal in 2010 with Dublin, also played professional football with Wrexham FC and Shelbourne FC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Whelan
Claire Scanlan has played soccer in many corners of the globe, including England in the FA Womens Premier League with Leeds Utd and Bristol Rovers, Japan in the L - League and the W-League in the USA. She has also amassed a very impressive fifty caps for the Republic of Ireland in the process. Her coaching CV include spells at Bristol Rovers, she was on the coaching staff at the FAI and Claire was also assistant coach on the Ireland U17 team that reached the quarter finals of the FIFA U17 Womens World Cup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Scanlan
Megan Nugent has played and coached in the USA, and has won eight caps for Ireland.
Eoghan Dempsey while playing with Rush Athletic Under 16's, in 2011 became the first Rush Athletic player to win a Kennedy Cup Winners medal while still playing with the club. He was the right full on the NDSL team who defeated the DDSL to win the trophy for only the second time in the leagues history.
Erica Byrne while playing for Rush Athletic U18 girls team, was capped by the Ireland U16’s against England in November 2012. The following weekend she was representing Leinster in the Inter Provincials. As of 2021, Erica also played for Bohemians FC in the Womens National League.
Izzy Atkinson played youth football for Rush Athletic Football Club and the Metropolitan Girls' League Academy, before spending three years with Enniskerry FC. She signed for Women's National League (WNL) club Shelbourne in July 2017.
In February 2021, Atkinson signed for Scottish Women's Premier League club Celtic, a dream move as Izzy and her family are Celtic fans.
She won her first senior International cap in a 3-1 friendly win over Portugal at the Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, on 22 January 2018.[5]
Keep up to date with Izzy here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isibeal_Atkinson