Blessington's Louise Quinn Makes Up Part Of World Cup Squad

Kill's Hayley Nolan has missed the cut

Kill's Hayley Nolan, Aoife Mannion, Megan Campbell, Leanne Kiernan and Jamie Finn have all missed out on selection for the Republic of Ireland's 23-player squad.

Blessington's Louise Quinn, 33, who plays wing back for Birmingham City has made Pauw's final selection.

Vera Pauw has sprung a few surprises in her final selection having spent the last five days agonising over who would make the cut.

Mannion tweaked knee ligaments in Manchester United training a month ago and only had a knee brace removed on Monday.

Campbell withdrew from Ireland's double-header against the USA in April and failed to feature in any of Liverpool's final six games.

The team is named as follows;

Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw has named her 23 strong squad for the World Cup finals in Australia.

Pauw has decided to bring three goalkeepers - who are Courtney Brosnan, Grace Moloney and Megan Walsh.

The defenders that will be on the plane are Heather Payne, Aine O'Gorman, Niamh Fahey, Louise Quinn, Diane Caldwell, Claire O'Riordan, Megan Connolly, Chloe Mustaki and Izzy Atkinson.

The midfielders selected are captain Katie McCabe, Denise O'Sullivan, Lily Agg, Ruesha Littlejohn, Ciara Grant, Sinead Farrelly and Lucy Quinn.

And Pauw has picked the following forwards - Kyra Carusa, Amber Barrett, Marissa Sheva and Abbie Larkin.

It's believed Jamie Finn, Harriett Scott and goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse make up a three strong standby list.

As well as the prestige of being part of Ireland's first ever appearance at a Women's World Cup, there's a financial boost for the players, who are each guaranteed at least €27,400 after FIFA set aside a pool of €102.8m in prize money to divided among the 32 squads depending on how far they progress.

The 'Girls in Green' kick off their campaign against co-hosts Australia in Sydney on July 20th.

The @IrelandFootball World Cup Squad for the first ever team to represent the Republic of Ireland at the @FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/7MG8GNEfIf

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