Prior to this a unified Irish team had represented the whole of Ireland in international football.
[3] The first player to achieve the feat was Ned Brooks on 16 June 1924 against the United States.
Don Givens is also one of three players to have scored more than one hat-trick for Ireland, the others being John Aldridge (2) and Robbie Keane (3).
[3] The Republic of Ireland have conceded eight hat-tricks during their history, the first being scored by Karl-Erik Palmér in a 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 13 November 1949 against Sweden.
Christian Eriksen of Denmark is the most recent player to score a hat-trick against the Republic of Ireland, in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match.