Second run for book about Republic of Ireland jerseys including Roy Keane's 2002 World Cup shirt

A book about the shirts worn by Irish football internationals over the years is to get a second print run, owing to the huge demand for the illustrated tome.

Second run for book about Republic of Ireland jerseys including Roy Keane's 2002 World Cup shirt

Eddie O’Mahony has collected match-worn Republic of Ireland jerseys for almost 20 years, and his gallery now forms the basis of ‘Forty Shades of Green’ — a book charting the history of team shirts from 1986 to 2018.

The book begins with the shirt worn in Ireland’s 1986 match against Wales and appropriately ends with the jersey worn by Wes Holohan against the same opposition this year.

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