13 of the Samoans were born in NZ.
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Argentina are the only country to have 100% Argies playing for them 
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O’Leary didn’t score a goal, mate.
The only player who has accomplished the feat you mention is Peter McParland in 1958.
Armstrong put Ireland through the last 12. I’d rank that goal very slightly ahead of Ronan O’Gara’s in 2009 as the most famous in Irish history.
Niall Quinn put Ireland through to the last 16 - That is Ireland’s biggest goal, surely? David O’Leary’s peno was the biggest moment in Irish sport.
So you pulled that from the bullshit ThisIsAmericanRugby article I take it? What relevance does the total number of overseas players for all countries have in a discussion about Ireland pal? I think they had 5 out of 30 for the Irish squad born overseas including;
-Jamie Heaslip, whose old man was abroad peacekeeping for the only true Army in Ireland?;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnesYbRgOm4
Jamie played underage rugby football for Naas rugby club, went to Newbridge College, Dublin City University and University College Dublin and played for the oldest Rugby Football Club in the world, Dublin University.
-And Jordi Murphy, who captained one of the famous schools in the country to the prestigious and coveted under 13 Holy Ghost Cup?
So that leaves 3 guys. 1 of whom who has lived in Ireland for 6 years and is an Irish citizen. And two others who have lived in Ireland for 4 years.
When are Irish and Liverpool greats Ray Houghton, John Aldridge, Jason McAteer, Phil Baab, Michael Robinson and Mark Lawrenson coming to Dublin next to celebrate their Irishness and pick up a cheque from whatever evening sports radio show hosts them to get pissed for the night?
Given @ChocolateMice’s criteria for being Irish doesn’t extend to Jamie Heaslip and Jordi Murphy, I wonder where he stands on whether Paul McGrath (born Ealing) and David O’Leary (born London) are Irish?
Can you name an Irish team that has won something of note on the World Stage?
This is american what? How the fuck would I have access to that shite?
I know nothing about where these lads were and were not born and said no such thing, pal… However, McGrath and O’Leary were part of Jack’s Army and therefore, could have been born in mongolia but would still be Irish.
Bar plying their trade in that Country & gaining citizenship.
Si si si…
The Ireland snooker team, made up of Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor and Eugene Hughes, won several snooker World Cups in the 1980s, I believe.
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Ireland holds the 4 x 1 mile relay record in athletics set in 1985 and still standing to this day.
That is sport. Objectively the best ever.
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Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley won the golf World Cup in 1997.
Dermot Gilleece famously wrote the book “Days Of Heaven” about that triumph and the way it captured the country’s imagination.
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Any soccer wins worth talking about?
A load of Home Nations championships.
In fact we’ve been the reigning champions for over 30 years at this stage and I don’t see that changing in the near future.
What a legacy.
And the “knowledgeable” rugby folk are always complaining about NZ poaching players, when it’s invariably the other way around. A dim bunch.
What, the “knowledgeable” rugby folk have a team?
Where does this “KRF” team play?
Poor @Sidney must be seething at your it’s / its errors in that post. No wonder he’s driven to distraction.