Celtic duo Liam Scales and Adam Idah have been called up to play for Ireland next month.
Heimer Halgrimsson this morning named a 23-man squad for a duo of June friendlies.
Ireland first take on Senegal at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Friday, June 6. Then, four days later, on Tuesday, June 10, they travel to face Luxembourg.
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Idah and Scales have both registered a combined 39 caps for their country.
The striker scored a late winner for Ireland during the last international break, as they successfully navigated a UEFA Nations League B play-off against Bulgaria.
Their World Cup qualification campaign doesn't begin until September, hence the friendlies this international break.
News of the squad comes after Scales admitted he didn't expect to be in the frame at Celtic as much as he has: "I probably wasn’t ready to come straight in and play when I first moved over here, it took me time," he told The Herald Ireland.
"I probably needed the loan spell at Aberdeen to bridge the gap and give me experience of Scottish football, that was brilliant.
"Coming back to Celtic then, I got a little bit of luck, there were a few injuries. I probably didn’t see myself in the picture as much as I actually ended up being in it.
"Once I got the chance, it was a free hit nearly. I got the chance to play and start in my preferred position. I saw it as a free hit, in that ‘if I don’t play well, nothing is going to change because I was probably leaving [on loan] anyway, but if I do well, I have a chance to stake my claim’. I have enjoyed every bit of it."
