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Who are the top 20 greatest Irish players of the Premier League era?

Richard Dunne, Kevin Doyle, Gary Kelly, Shane Long and Andy Townsend

Richard Dunne, Kevin Doyle, Gary Kelly, Shane Long and Andy Townsend

Kevin Palmer

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The Premier League changed the face of football when it launched in 1992 and for a generation of Irish greats, a grand new stage awaited.

Only a handful of league matches were broadcast live on television until Sky Sports gave the rebranded top division of the English game a platform for hours of lives games over long weekends, with the money flowing into the game transforming so many aspects of its ecosystem.

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