Crawford champions 'enormous potential' of burgeoning talent O'Mahony

At 19, Cork's Mark O’Mahony is younger than Sinclair Armstrong, Johnny Kenny and Aidomo Emakhu and Armstrong Oko-Flex but that doesn’t concern the Ireland boss when assessing his options.

EAGER TO LEARN: Irish striker Mark O'Mahony shoots and scores his team fourth goal during the English League Cup football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Crawley Town.

Mark O’Mahony has been tipped to become an exceptional striker by his Ireland U21 boss.

The Corkman joined Championship newcomers Portsmouth on loan last week the day after scoring his first senior goal for Brighton and Hove Albion.