Following the friendly against Bulgaria, former goalkeeper Alan Kelly noticed that, in amongst the five debutants, two goalkeepers made their first international appearance, and wondered if this had ever happened in a senior international before?
We've examined the history of senior internationals, and produced this table of the debuts of each of the 45 goalkeepers to player for Ireland - and can confirm that the game was the first time that two goalkeepers made their debut in the same game!
| Name | Date | Level | Home | Score | Away |
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| Harry Cannon | Sun 21 March 1926 | Friendly | Italy | 3-0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Frank Collins | Sat 23 April 1927 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 1-2 | Italy |
| Tom Farquharson | Sat 20 April 1929 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 4-0 | Belgium |
| Mick McCarthy | Sun 8 May 1932 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 0-0 | Poland |
| Jim Foley | Sun 25 February 1934 | World Cup Qualifier | Republic of Ireland | 4-4 | Belgium |
| Bill Harrington | Sun 8 December 1935 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 3-5 | Netherlands |
| Tommy Breen | Mon 17 May 1937 | Friendly | Switzerland | 0-1 | Republic of Ireland |
| George McKenzie | Sun 10 October 1937 | World Cup Qualifier | Norway | 3-2 | Republic of Ireland |
| Ned Courtney | Sun 16 June 1946 | Friendly | Portugal | 3-1 | Republic of Ireland |
| George Moulson | Sun 23 May 1948 | Friendly | Portugal | 2-0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Willie Hayes | Sun 24 April 1949 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 0-2 | Belgium |
| Tommy Godwin | Sun 22 May 1949 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 1-0 | Portugal |
| Fred Kiernan | Sun 13 May 1951 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 0-1 | Argentina |
| Jimmy O'Neill | Sun 1 June 1952 | Friendly | Spain | 6-0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Tom Scannell | Sun 7 March 1954 | World Cup Qualifier | Luxembourg | 0-1 | Republic of Ireland |
| Alan Kelly Snr | Sun 25 November 1956 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 3-0 | Germany |
| Noel Dwyer | Sun 1 November 1959 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 3-2 | Sweden |
| Maurice Swan | Wed 18 May 1960 | Friendly | Sweden | 4-1 | Republic of Ireland |
| Dinny Lowry | Sun 8 April 1962 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 2-3 | Austria |
| Pat Dunne | Wed 5 May 1965 | World Cup Qualifier | Republic of Ireland | 1-0 | Spain |
| Mick Smyth | Wed 30 October 1968 | Friendly | Poland | 1-0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Kevin Fitzpatrick | Tue 7 October 1969 | World Cup Qualifier | Czechoslovakia | 3-0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Mick Kearns | Wed 23 September 1970 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 0-2 | Poland |
| Paddy Roche | Sun 10 October 1971 | European Cup Qualifier | Austria | 6-0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Peter Thomas | Sun 21 October 1973 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 1-0 | Poland |
| Gerry Peyton | Wed 9 February 1977 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 0-1 | Spain |
| ron Healey | Sun 24 April 1977 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 0-0 | Poland |
| Seamus McDonagh | Tue 24 Feb 1981 | Friendly | republic of Ireland | 1-3 | Wales |
| Packie Bonner | Sun 24 May 1981 | Friendly | Poland | 3-0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Kelham O'Hanlon | Tue 10 November 1987 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 5-0 | Israel |
| Alan Kelly Jnr | Wed 17 February 1993 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 2-1 | Wales |
| Shay Given | Wed 27 March 1996 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 0-2 | Russia |
| Keith Branagan | Tue 11 February 1997 | Friendly | Wales | 0-0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Dean Kiely | Sat 13 November 1999 | European Cup Play off | Republic of Ireland | 1-1 | Turkey |
| Nick Colgan | Wed 27 March 2002 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 3-0 | Denmark |
| Joe Murphy | Tue 9 September 2003 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 2-2 | Turkey |
| Paddy Kenny | Wed 31 March 2004 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 2-1 | Czech Republic |
| Wayne Henderson | Wed 1 March 2006 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 3-0 | Sweden |
| Colin Doyle | Wed 23 May 2007 | Friendly | Ecuador | 1-1 | Republic of Ireland |
| Keiren Westwood | Fri 29 May 2009 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 1-1 | Nigeria |
| David Forde | Tue 24 May 2011 | Carling Nations Cup | Republic of Ireland | 5-0 | Northern Ireland |
| Darren Randolph | Tue 11 September 2012 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 4-1 | Oman |
| Robert Eliott | Sun 25 May 2014 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 1-2 | Turkey |
| Mark Travers | Tue 10 September 2019 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 3-1 | Bulgaria |
| Kieran O’Hara | Tue 10 September 2019 | Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 3-1 | Bulgaria |
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