Jamie McGrath makes senior international debut

Athboy man Jamie McGrath made his senior international debut for the Republic of Ireland this evening as an 82nd minute substitute in a 4-1 win against Andorra.

McGrath replaced Troy Parrott for Stephen Kenny's side and is now the second Meath man to earn senior recognition following on from Dunboyne's Darragh Lenihan in June 2018.

McGrath didn't have too much time to make an impact but that won't take away from the occasion and the achievement from the Athboy man who began playing under-age with his local club Athboy Celtic.

He played for the Republic of Ireland at schools, u-19 and u-21 levels and speaking to Jimmy Geoghegan in this week's Meath Chronicle McGrath said:

"It's still probably the best job in the world. As a kid you always wanted to become a professional footballer, I did anyway.

"You have to feel that sense of privilege, feel you are lucky because everyone in the school yard wanted to be a footballer.

"You have to think how lucky you are because it's everybody's dream."