Jack Grealish's history with Ireland has been well documented and the England international has made no secret of his GAA playing days.
His father Kevin ensured he was aware of his Irish roots during his youth, playing plenty of Gaelic Football as he tried his hand at multiple sports growing up.
He lined out for the John Mitchels club in the English Midlands, and he excelled - just as he did with Ireland at underage level.
He was awarded Ireland's U21 Player of the Year award back in 2015, but would famously declare for England a few months later.
The Manchester City star, who has won the Premier League and Champions League since his lucrative move from Aston Villa, has recently spoken on his love for Gaelic football.
Jack Grealish played secret GAA matches
The Brimingham native spoke to the Sports Direct TikTok page about how he believes the sport helped better prepare him for the world of professional soccer.
Having worked his way up through the ranks at Villa, Grealish admitted that he would play GAA matches in secret despite the club's wishes for him not to do so.
I know it helped me so much”, he said.
"You used to get hit, whacked and stomped while you were dribbling. So, I feel like it toughened me up, and that was the reason why, obviously, Aston Villa wanted me to stop playing, but I don’t regret it.
"I never wanted to stop playing, I wanted to carry on. I did privately, but Villa wouldn't find out, and there was big tournaments going on and I wanted to play in them, so I carried on playing.
"I got caught a few times, yeah. But it wasn't like, if you don't stop playing, we’re going to release you. But they were just wanting me to stop, you know, for my own good, which I understood, but I just loved it."
Grealish has actually scored a point at Croke Park, togging out for Warwickshire GAA during the half-time break of of Dublin and Kerry's 2009 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash.