The Ireland national

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team is managed by the Ireland Korfball Association (IKA), representing

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international competitions. The team is almost entirely made up from expatriates and those of Irish heritage, mostly from

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and the

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, as there is no korfball set up within Ireland. The squad is an

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team and uses

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as a national anthem.

Tournament history

Squad rosters

National Team at the 2018 IKF European Championships in Friesland, Netherlands

* Emma Denton (Hind) * Amy Freear * Hannah Goodridge * Abby Golding * Charley Lewis * Alicia Nolan * Sarah Paine (Halpin) * Lizzie Tighe * Shay Conroy * Terry Forde * Sam Galvin * Stewart McConvery * James Norman * Dinos Tritsarolis * Sam Ward * Ashley Yates * ''Coach'': Kees Verhoeven & Rinaldo Molenaar * ''Physio'': Arie van Loon * ''Team Manager'': Claire Woodroofe & Nora Goodridge

National Team at the 2016 IKF European Qualifiers in France

* Katherine Smith * Emma Hind * Lizzie Tighe * Aisling Mullins * Hannah Parnis * Sarah Halpin * Hannah Goodridge * Shay Conroy * Terry Forde * Konstandinos Tritsarolis * Ashley Hind * James Norman * Niall Sheekey * Nathan Berry * ''Coach'': Kees Verhoeven & Wilfred van Wijngaarden * ''Physio'': Arie van Loon * ''Team Manager'': Claire Woorddove

National team in the 2013 European Bowl

* Katherine Smith * Emma Hind * Jane Hutchinson * Katherine Nelson * Claire Woodroffe * Ian Buckle * Shay Conroy * Terry 'Top of the Morning' Forde * Peter M. Quinn * Cathal Quigley * Konstandinos 'Stavros Flatley' Tritsarolis * ''Coach'': Kees Verhoeven & Wilfred van Wijngaarden * ''Physio'': Arie van Loon

National team in the 2010 Korfball European Championships

* Laura Blazey * Rachel Camina * Abi Cook * Nora Goddridge * Lucy Martin * Claire Woodroffe * Jessica Rowden * Tom Brady * Ian Buckle * Shay Conroy * Terry Forde * Peter M. Quinn * Seadna Quigley * Konstandinos Tritsarolis * John Bracey * ''Coach'': Kees Verhoeven & Wilfred van Wijngaarden * ''Physio'': Arie van Loon

National team in the 2009 European Bowl

* Cara Allan * Laura Blazey * Rachel Camina * Abi Cook * Nora Goddridge * Amy O'Neill * Jessica Rowden * Tom Brady * Ian Buckle * Shay Conroy * Terry Forde * Peter M. Quinn * Seadna Quigley * Konstandinos Tritsarolis * ''Coach'': Tom Brady

National team in the 2007 European Bowl

* Anne Rheason * Cara Allan * Emma O'Connor * Rachel Camina * Cassandra Haggart * Sophie Cuene-Grandidier * Catherine Honeyford * Tom Brady * Ian Buckle * John Bracey * Nicholas Donovan * Ryan Keaney * Michael Walsh * Peter M. Quinn * ''Coach'': Tom Brady

References

{{National sports teams of Ireland National korfball teams

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