An interesting League of Ireland season awaits after some big transfers.
The League of Ireland is just weeks away from making its long-awaited return, and there are many squads still taking shape ahead of the new season.
So far, there have been a number of eye-catching moves made, including Jack Byrne’s return to Shamrock Rovers, and Michael Duffy’s move home to Derry City from Dundalk.
In addition, notable departures include Ross Tierney’s to Motherwell, while Daniel Cleary and Daniel O’Reilly have also both made the move to Scotland, joining St Johnstone and Hamilton Academical respectively.
Elsewhere, it has also been an interesting off-season on the managerial front, with Dundalk, St Patrick’s Athletic, Shelbourne, Longford Town, Waterford and Athlone all changing managers.
Of those, Damien Duff is the most notable, with the former Premier League winner, and Irish international taking charge of newly-promoted Shelbourne.
As a result, many clubs have been forced into changing around their squads, as is typical in the League of Ireland off-season.
And Pundit Arena have you covered for all the transfer news confirmed so far in our League of Ireland transfer tracker, with all the ins, outs, and re-signings below.
A live-blog can also be found, with many more transfer stories to break ahead of the new season, set to begin next month.
Last updated 21st Februarry, 11.00.
League of Ireland Transfer Tracker: Premier Division.
Bohemians
In: Kris Twardek (FK Senica), Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe (Dundalk), Max Murphy (Shamrock Rovers), Tadgh Ryan (Treaty United), Jordan Doherty (Tampa Bay Rowdies), Grant Horton (Cheltenham Town – loan), Ryan Cassidy (Watford – loan), JJ McKiernan (Watford – loan), Jordan Flores (Northampton Town).
Out: Keith Ward (Dundalk), Anto Breslin (St Patrick’s Athletic), Rob Cornwall (Northern Colorado Hailstorm), Keith Buckley, Stephen McGuinness (Bray Wanderers), Ross Tierney (Motherwell), Jack Moylan (Shelbourne), Bastien Hery (Finn Harps), Andy Lyons (Shamrock Rovers), Georgie Kelly (Rotherham United), Roland Idowu (Waterford).
Re-signed: Liam Burt, Ali Coote, Dawson Devoy, Rory Feely, James Finnerty, Ciarán Kelly, Conor Levingston, Stephen Mallon, Jamie Mullins, James Talbot, Tyreke Wilson, Promise Omochere.
Derry City
In: Michael Duffy (Dundalk), Will Patching (Dundalk), Cameron Dummigan (Dundalk), Brian Maher (Bray Wanderers), Brandon Kavanagh (Shamrock Rovers), Patrick McEleney (Dundalk), Shane McEleney (Finn Harps), Matty Smith (St Patrick’s Athletic).
Out: Will Fitzgerald (Sligo Rovers), Ronan McKinley (Ballinamallard), Caolan McLaughlin (Institute – loan), Patrick Ferry (Ballinamallard -loan), Bastien Hery (end of loan), Jack Le Moignan (Ards – loan).
Re-signed: James Akintunde, Brendan Barr, Ronan Boyce, Ciaran Coll, Jack Lemoignan, Patrick Ferry, Nathan Gartside, Michael Glynn, Ciaron Harkin, Jamie McGonigle, Cameron McJannet, Caoimhin McLaughlin, Evan McLaughlin, Danny Lafferty, Joe Thomson, Gerard Storey, Eoin Toal, Caoimhin Porter, Orrin McLaughlin, Liam Mullan, Daithi McCallion.
Drogheda United
In: Dylan Grimes (Longford Town), Dayle Rooney (Shelbourne), Adam Foley (Finn Harps), Evan Weir (Maynooth University Town), Dean Williams (Shamrock Rovers), Darragh Nugent (Shamrock Rovers), Andrew Quinn (Dundalk), Ryan Brennan (Shelbourne), Georgie Poynton (Shelbourne), Keith Cowan (Dungannon Swifts), Sean Roughan (Lincoln City – loan), Sam Long (Lincoln City).
Out: Jake Hyland, Conor Kane (Shelbourne), Daniel O’Reilly (Hamilton Academical), Dinny Corcoran (Wexford), Mark Doyle (St Patrick’s Athletic), Jordan Adeyemo (Galway United), Hugh Douglas (Bray Wanderers), Joe Redmond (St Patrick’s Athletic), James Brown (Blackburn Rovers), Killian Phillips (Crystal Palace), David Odumosu (St Patrick’s Athletic).
Re-signed: Chris Lyons, Gary Deegan, Dane Massey, Luke Heeney, Darragh Markey, Colin McCabe, James Clarke, Charles Mutawe, Mohamed Boudiaf, Mark Hughes.
Dundalk
In: Sam Bone (St Patrick’s Athletic), John Mountney (St Patrick’s Athletic), John Martin (Waterford), Keith Ward (Bohemians), Paul Doyle (UCD), Robbie Benson (St Patrick’s Athletic), Nathan Shepperd (Brentford), Joe Adams (Brentford), Dan Williams (Swansea City – loan), Mark Connolly (Dundee United – loan), Steven Bradley (Hibernian – loan), Lewis Macari (Stoke City – loan).
Out: Michael Duffy (Derry City), Patrick McEleney (Derry City), Cameron Dummigan (Derry City), Daniel Cleary, Sean Murray (Glentoran), Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe (Bohemians), Sonni Nattestad, Cameron Yates, Han Jeongwoo.
Re-signed: Patrick Hoban, Daniel Kelly, Andy Boyle, Darragh Leahy, David McMillan, Peter Cherrie, Greg Sloggett, Ryan O’Kane, Mayowa Animasahun, Brian Gartland, Mark Hanratty.
League of Ireland Transfer Tracker: Premier Division.
Finn Harps
In: Jesse Devers, Conor Tourish (Letterkenny Rovers), Rob Slevin (Cork City), Jose Carrillo (FK Senica), Regan Donelon (Sligo Rovers), Bastien Hery (Bohemians), Yoyo Mahdy (Shelbourne), Erol Erdal Alkan (Usakspor), Filip Mihaljević (Visakha FC), Élie-Gaël N’Zeyi Kibonge (Pohronie), Gavin Mulreany (Donegal Town FC).
Out: Sean Boyd (Shelbourne), Mark Coyle (Shelbourne), Will Seymore, Tunde Owolabi (St Patrick’s Athletic), Conor Barry (Wexford), Shane McEleney (Derry City).
Re-signed: Barry McNamee, Ryan Rainey, David Webster, Ryan Connolly, Mark McGinley, Ethan Boyle, Mark Timlin, Nathan Logue.
Shamrock Rovers
In: Jack Byrne (Unattached), Andy Lyons (Bohemians).
Out: Darragh Nugent (Drogheda United – loan), Dean Williams (Drogheda United), Max Murphy (Bohemians), Adam Wells (Wexford -loan), Dean McMenamy (Longford Town – loan), Killian Cahill (Brighton & Hove Albion), Jordan Tallon (Wexford), Dylan Duffy (UCD), Alex Dunne (UCD), Alex Moody (Wexford).
Re-signed: Alan Mannus, Leon Pohls, Sean Gannon, Sean Hoare, Lee Grace, Roberto Lopes, Barry Cotter, Sean Kavanagh, Sean Carey, Darragh Nugent, Gary O’Neill, Chris McCann, Neil Farrugia, Ronan Finn, Dylan Watts, Danny Mandroiu, Richie Towell, Conan Noonan, Graham Burke, Aaron Greene, Rory Gaffney, Aidomo Emakhu.
Shelbourne
In: Aodh Dervin (Longford Town), Conor Kane (Drogheda United), Sean Boyd (Finn Harps), Mark Coyle (Finn Harps), Daniel Hawkins (Finn Harps), Jack Moylan (Bohemians), Aaron O’Driscoll (Mansfield Town), Lewis Webb (Swansea City – loan), Sean McSweeney (Treaty United), Dan Carr (Welling United), Jordan McEneff (Arsenal – loan), Adam Thomas (Oakleigh Cannons), Shane Griffin (St Patrick’s Athletic).
Out: Jack Brady (Treaty United), Ryan Brennan (Drogheda United), Dayle Rooney (Drogheda United), Ally Gilchrist (Cork City), Georgie Poynton (Drogheda United), Michael O’Connor (Glentoran), Denzil Fernandes (Treaty United), Yassine En-Neyah (Waterford), Yoyo Mahdy (Finn Harps), Eric Molloy (Longford Town), Alex Nolan (UCD), Michael Barker (Longford Town).
Re-signed: Brendan Clarke, JR Wilson, Luke Byrne, Shane Farrell, JJ Lunney, Brian McManus, David Toure, Colm Cox, Gavin Molloy, Jad Hakiki.
Sligo Rovers
In: Will Fitzgerald (Derry City), Paddy Kirk (Longford Town), Karl O’Sullivan (Finn Harps), Aidan Keena (Falkirk), Nando Pijnaker (Rio Ave – loan), Max Mata (Real Monarchs), Jordan Hamilton (Indy Eleven), .
Out: Romeo Parkes, Johnny Kenny (Celtic), Luke McNicholas (Cliftonville – loan), Regan Donelon (Finn Harps), John Mahon (St Johnstone).
Re-signed: Lewis Banks, Kailin Barlow, Shane Blaney, Greg Bolger, Garry Buckley, Mark Byrne, David Cawley, Colm Horgan, Seamas Keogh, John Mahon, Adam McDonnell, Ed McGinty, Robbie McCourt, Niall Morahan, Conor Walsh, Richard Brush, Conor Walsh, Kailin Barlow.
St. Patrick’s Athletic
In: Anto Breslin (Bohemians), Mark Doyle (Drogheda United), Tunde Owolabi (Finn Harps), Joe Redmond (Drogheda United), Eoin Doyle (Bolton Wanderers), Jack Scott (Wolves – loan), Adam O’Reilly (Preston North End – loan), Tom Grivosti (Ross County), James Abankwah (Udinese – loan), David Odumosu (Drogheda United).
Out: Sam Bone (Dundalk), Robbie Benson (Dundalk), John Mountney (Dundalk), Lee Desmond (Sacramento Republic), Alfie Lewis (Plymouth Argyle), Thomas Lonergan (UCD), James Abankwah (Udinese), Matty Smith (Derry City).
Re-signed: Chris Forrester, Ian Bermingham, Billy King, Jason McClelland, Paddy Barrett, Darragh Burns, James Abankwah, Ben McCormack, Kian Corbally, Josh Keeley, Sam Curtis, Jamie Lennon, Adam Murphy, Ronan Coughlan, Ben Curtis.
UCD
In: Alex Dunne (Shamrock Rovers), Dylan Duffy (Shamrock Rovers), Thomas Lonergan (St Patrick’s Athletic), Alex Nolan (Shelbourne), Kian Moore (Bohemians U19), Eric Yoro.
Out: Paul Doyle (Dundalk).
Re-signed: Lorcan Healy, Sam Todd, Donal Higgins, Adam Lennon, Sean Brennan, Evan Osam, Harry McEvoy, Michael Gallagher, Luke Boore, Jack Keaney, Eoin Farrell, Colm Whelan, Adam Verdon, Liam Kerrigan, Harvey O’Brien, Adam Farrell, Mark Dignam, Ciaran Behan, Danny Norris, Lennon Gill.
League of Ireland Transfer Tracker: First Division.
Athlone Town
In: Daniel Dobbin (Wexford), Success Edogun (Maynooth University Town), Andrew Spain, Stephen Kenny (Avondale United), Jackson Hulme (New Orleans Jesters), Thomas Oluwa (Larne), Noah van Geenen (RKVV DEM), Quincy Nkansah (Telstar), Youri Habing (Koninklijke HFC Haarlem), Gary Armstrong, Aaron Connolly (Shelbourne U19), Sami Clarke.
Out: James Doona (Cork City), Dylan Hand (Warrenpoint Town), Daniel McKenna (Warrenpoint Town), Kurtis Byrne (Bray Wanderers), Aidan Friel (Wexford), Conor Barry (end of loan), Adam Wixted (Warrenpoint Town), Stephen Meaney, Oisin O’Reilly (Galway United).
Re-signed: Michael Schlingermann, Derek Daly, Shane Barnes, Glen McAuley, Oisin Duffy, Aaron McBride, Donal Curtin, Cameron Mulready, Sam Krebs.
Bray Wanderers
In: Rob Manley (Longford Town), Hugh Douglas (Drogheda United), Kurtis Byrne (Athlone Town), Paul Fox (Wexford), Stephen McGuinness (Bohemians), Callum Thompson (Longford Town), Daniel Blackbyrne (Cabinteely), Ben Feeney (Cabinteely, Zak O’Neill (Cabinteely), Kevin Knight (Cabinteely), Conor Knight (Cabinteely), Vilius Labutis (Cabinteely), Keith Dalton (Cabinteely), Jack Hudson (Cabinteely), Eoin Massey (Cabinteely), Kieran Marty Waters (Cabinteely), Eoin McPhillips (Cabinteely), Dean Casey (Cabinteely), Dean Zambra (Longford Town), Michael Kelly (Longford Town), Karl Manahan (Wexford), Ben Clark (Cabinteely), Enda Douglas (Dundalk U19), Darragh Levingston (Bohemians U19), Billy Hendley (Cabinteely), Ugo Anny-Nzuekwe (St Patrick’s Athletic U19s), Jack Curran (Cabinteely), Luke O’Connor (Cabinteely).
Out: Brian Maher (Derry City), Ryan Graydon (Longford Town), Sam Verdon (Longford Town), Dylan Barnett (Longford Town), Darren Craven (Longford Town), Daniel Jones (Longford Town), Luka Lovic (Wexford), Mark Byrne (Crumlin United), Oscar Brennan.
Re-signed: Conor Clifford, Darragh Lynch, Sean Callan.
Cobh Ramblers
In: Beineon O’Brien Whitmarsh (Cork City), Breandan Frahill (Cobh Wanderers), Luke Desmond (Cork City), Issa Kargbo (Cork City), Sean McGrath (Cork City), Jack Larkin, Dale Holland (Cork City), Andy O’Donoghue (Midleton), Darragh O’Sullivan Connell (College Corinthians).
Out: Lee Devitt (Treaty United), Ian Turner (Retired), Charlie Lyons (Galway United), Martin Coughlan (Treaty United), Corey Chambers (Cork City).
Re-signed: Jason Abbott, Sean Barron, Jake Hegarty, Pierce Phillips, Nathan O’Connell, Danny O’Connell, Ciaran Griffin, James McCarthy, John Kavanagh, Ben O’Riordan, Conor Drinan, Justin Eguaibor, Fionn Duggan, Alex Hill, Darryl Walsh, Breadan Frahill, Sean McGrath, Alan Happi, Darragh Burke, Michael McCarthy, Tiernan O’Brien, David Eguaibor.
Cork City
In: Ally Gilchrist (Shelbourne), James Doona (Athlone Town), Jimmy Corcoran (Wexford), Kevin O’Connor (Shelbourne), Ruairi Keating (Galway United), Barry Coffey (Celtic – loan), Matt Healy (Ipswich Town – loan), Matt Srbely (Tampa Bay Rowdies – loan), Corey Chambers (Cobh Ramblers).
Out: Steven Beattie, Gearoid Morrissey, Rob Slevin (Finn Harps), Luke Desmond (Cobh Ramblers), Issa Kargbo (Cobh Ramblers), Sean McGrath (Cobh Ramblers), Dale Holland (Cobh Ramblers), Cathal Heffernan (AC Milan).
Re-signed: Darragh Crowley, Josh Honohan, Uniss Kargbo, Ronan Hurley, Cian Murphy, Cian Bargary, Cian Coleman, Aaron Bolger, Jonas Hakkinen, Gordon Walker, Dylan McGlade, Alec Byrne, George Heaven, Mark McNulty, Mark O’Mahony, David Harrington.
League of Ireland Transfer Tracker: First Division.
Galway United
In: Jordan Adeyemo (Drogheda United), Diego Portilla (CD Atletico Paso), Manu Dimas (CF Union Viera), Charlie Lyons (Cobh Ramblers). Evan O’Connor (Regional United), Edward McCarthy (Regional United), Oisin O’Reilly (Athlone Town), Matthew Connor, Max Hemmings.
Out: Ruairi Keating (Cork City), Joe Gorman (Treaty United), Mikey Place (Ballymena United), Luke Dennison (Longford Town – end of loan), Chris Horgan, Padraig Cunningham, Colin Kelly, Maurice Nugent (Hendon FC), Carlton Ubaezuonu, Thomas Oluwa (Athlone Town).
Re-signed: Killian Brouder, Stephen Walsh, David Hurley, Francely Lomboto, Mikie Rowe, Conor O’Keeffe, Conor Kearns, Conor McCormack, Dean O’Shea, Alex Murphy, Wilson Waweru, Ronan Manning, Shane Doherty, Ben Molloy, Liam Corcoran, Gary Boylan.
Longford Town
In: Ryan Graydon (Bray Wanderers), Sam Verdon (Bray Wanderers), Dylan Barnett (Bray Wanderers), Darren Craven (Bray Wanderers), Daniel Jones (Bray Wanderers), Dean McMenamy (Shamrock Rovers – loan), Eric Molloy (Shelbourne), Cristian Magerusan, Joe Power (Greystones), Adam Hayden (Cabinteely), Michael Barker (Shelbourne).
Out: Rob Manley (Bray Wanderers), Joe Manley (Wexford), Aodh Dervin (Shelbourne), Aaron Dobbs (Wexford), Conor David (Wexford), Aaron O’Driscoll, Dylan Grimes (Drogheda United), Dean Byrne (Hardwicke), Dean Williams (end of loan), Darragh Nugent (end of loan), Paddy Kirk (Sligo Rovers), Callum Thompson (Bray Wanderers), Aaron McNally (ODU University), Dean Zambra (Bray Wanderers), Michael Kelly (Bray Wanderers), Aaron McCabe.
Re-signed: Karl Chambers, Lee Steacy, Ben Lynch, Shane Elworthy, Aaron Robinson, Callum Warfield, Mick McDonnell, Matthew O’Brien, Luke Dennison, Matthew Dunne.
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Treaty United
In: Jack Brady (Shelbourne), Denzil Fernandes (Shelbourne), Lee Devitt (Cobh Ramblers), Enda Curran, Jack Arra (Regional United), Joe Gorman (Galway United), Colin Conroy (Bohemians U19), Martin Coughlan (Cobh Ramblers), Conor Winn.
Out: Tadgh Ryan (Bohemians), Matthew McKevitt (Peake Villa), Sean McSweeney (Shelbourne).
Re-signed: Willie Armshaw, Callum McNamara, Sean Guerins, Kieran ‘Red’ Hanlon, Charlie Fleming, Dean George, Mark Walsh, Joel Coustrain, Stephen Christopher, Matt Keane, Conor Melody, Joe Collins, Marc Ludden, Jack Lynch.
Waterford
In: Yassine En-Neyah (Shelbourne), Kilian Cantwell (Athlone Town), Richard Taylor (Dagenham & Redbridge), Roland Idowu (Bohemians), Nigel Aris (Shrewsbury Town), Louis Britton (Bristol City – loan), Kevin Joshua (West Brom – loan).
Out: John Martin (Dundalk), Kyle Cooke (Chippenham Town).
Re-signed: Eddie Nolan, George Forrest, Jeremie Milambo, Niall O’Keeffe, Junior Quitirna, Phoenix Patterson, Cian Kavanagh, Ronaldo Green, Paul Martin, Shane Griffin, Brian Murphy, Darragh Power, Tumnise Sobowale, Callum Stringer.
Wexford
In: Dinny Corcoran (Drogheda United), Conor Davis (Longford Town), Aidan Friel (Athlone Town), Conor Barry (Finn Harps), Len O’Sullivan (Bohemians), Joe Manley (Longford Town), Aaron Dobbs (Longford Town), Paul Hunt, Adam Wells (Shamrock Rovers – loan), Mitchell Byrne (Cabinteely), Jordan Tallon (Shamrock Rovers), Alex Moody (Shamrock Rovers), Luka Lovic (Bray Wanderers).
Out: Paul Fox (Bray Wanderers), Jimmy Corcoran (Cork City), Karl Manahan (Bray Wanderers), Daniel Dobbin (Athlone Town).
We are thrilled to announce the signing of legendary LOI striker Dinny Corcoran! ✍️
The 32 year old has had an incredible goal-scoring record with Bohemians, Sligo Rovers and Drogheda Utd, a true legend of the league ?
Full story: https://t.co/aILpFxQfJk#WexfordFC pic.twitter.com/Dgqy28gCQX
— Wexford FC (@WexfordFC) December 30, 2021
Re-signed: Lorcan Fitzgerald, Conor Crowley, Paul Cleary, Harry Groome, Thomas Considine, Kevin McEvoy, Jack Doherty, Evan Farrell, Luke Scanlon.
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