A thread for #BlackHistoryMonth celebrating the contribution black Irish footballers have made to the senior men's international football team. First up...

Darren Randolph: Born in Bray to a US father and Mayo mother, he's the current first-choice keeper with 44 caps since 2012.

Terry Phelan: Born in Salford to a mother who had emigrated from Tubbercurry in Sligo, Phelan won 42 senior caps between 1991 and 2000. He was awarded the FAI Young International Player of the Year in 1992 and went on to represent Ireland at the 1994 World Cup two years later.

Chris Hughton: Hughton won 53 caps for Ireland between 1979 and 1991, including at Euro '88. He was also in the World Cup '90 squad. Born in Essex to an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father, he was Ireland's first ever black player and served as assistant manager from 2003 to 2005.

Derrick Williams: Williams was born in Hamburg, Germany to an American father, who was serving in the US army, and an Irish mother, but was raised in Waterford from the age of seven. He has won three senior caps to date, having made his senior debut in 2018.

Paul McGrath: McGrath was born in London to an Irish mother and Nigerian father but grew up in Dublin. He played at Euro '88 and two World Cups, winning 83 caps from 1985-1997. One of Ireland's greatest ever, he was the first black man to captain his country, doing so four times.

Phil Babb: Babb, who was born in London to a mother from Carlow, played for Ireland 35 times between 1994 and 2002. He partnered Paul McGrath in central defence over four games at the 1994 World Cup, one of which was a famous 1-0 group-stage victory over eventual finalists Italy.

Joe O'Cearuill: Of Irish parentage, O'Cearuill was born in London and won two senior caps for Ireland - against Ecuador and Bolivia - during a senior tour in the US in 2007. Having played youth football at Arsenal, the defender later played for St. Patrick's Athletic in Ireland.

Curtis Fleming: Born in Manchester to a Jamaican father and Irish mother, Fleming was raised in Dublin from the age of a few months. A right-back, he won ten senior caps between 1996-1998, even postponing his wedding in Las Vegas and missing his daughter's birth to join squads.

Cyrus Christie: Born in Coventry, Christie qualifies to play for Ireland through his Dublin grandmother. He also has Jamaican roots. Having won 24 caps since his 2014 debut, he was a part of Ireland's Euro 2016 squad and won the FAI Young International Player of the Year in 2017.

Steven Reid: Born in London, Reid qualified to play for Ireland through his Galway grandfather. He won 23 senior caps between 2001 and 2008, scoring two goals from midfield during that time. He was part of Ireland's 2002 World Cup squad and also captained the team once in 2006.

Callum Robinson: Since his international debut in 2018, Robinson, who was born in Northampton and qualifies to play for Ireland through his Monaghan-born grandmother, has represented the country on 14 occasions. He has scored one international goal to date.

Michael Obafemi: Obafemi was born in Dublin to Nigerian parents and, although his family moved to London, where he was raised, he's chosen to play for Ireland, winning one senior cap to date, in 2018. A striker, he was the first player born in the 2000s to win a senior Irish cap.

Clinton Morrison: Morrison was born in London and has Jamaican heritage, although qualified to play for Ireland through his Dublin grandmother. Between 2001 and 2006, he won 36 senior caps and scored nine international goals, also making the Ireland squad for the 2002 World Cup.

David McGoldrick: Born in Nottingham, McGoldrick, who was adopted, qualifies for Ireland on account of his birth mother's father being from Ireland. He made his debut for Ireland in 2014 and, since then, has won 13 senior caps. He has also scored one international goal to date.

Leon Best: Best represented Ireland at senior level on seven occasions between 2009 and 2010. He was born in Nottingham, but opted to play for Ireland, as his mother is from Dublin. He also lived in Dublin for a time after the age of seven, before returning to live in Nottingham.

Adam Idah: Idah, who was born in Cork to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother, made his senior debut for Ireland in September of 2020. A forward with an impressive under-age record, he has won two senior caps to date. Still aged only 19, he is expected to have a bright future.

Graham Burke: Dublin-born Burke has played for Ireland twice at senior level. He scored in his second senior game, having made his debut in 2018. That goal made him the first home-based Irish goal-scorer since 1978, when Ray Treacy, also of Shamrock Rovers, scored against Turkey.

Caleb Folan: Born in Leeds, Folan qualified to play for Ireland through his maternal grandparents from Galway. A forward, he won seven senior caps from 2008 to 2009 and memorably set up an 87th-minute equaliser for Robbie Keane in a 2010 World Cup qualifier away to Italy in Bari.

Correction regarding Graham Burke's caps total: @RalfRoss3 has reminded me that Burke actually has three senior international caps for Ireland to date. He has played against France, the USA and Poland.

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