Ireland omitted defender Marc Wilson and striker Caleb Folan from its squad on Friday for next month's European Championship Group B qualifiers against Armenia and Andorra.
Otherwise, the 25-man group contained the same players who were called up for the 1-0 friendly defeat by Argentina earlier this month.
The squad was announced by assistant coach Marco Tardelli, who took charge of Ireland against Argentina while manager Giovanni Trapattoni was recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery for an abdominal complaint.
Trapattoni is still recuperating but remains hopeful of taking charge of the team for the two games in Armenia on Sept. 3 and at home to Andorra four days later.
''We go into this double header of qualifiers well prepared and confident, having held a successful training camp in May and played a number of competitive and challenging friendly matches over the summer,'' Tardelli said.
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Squad:
Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Manchester City), Keiren Westwood (Coventry), Joe Murphy (Scunthorpe).
Defenders: John O'Shea (Manchester United), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), Sean St Ledger (Preston), Greg Cunningham (Manchester City), Kevin Foley (Wolverhampton), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Paul McShane (Hull), Darren O'Dea (Ipswich).
Midfielders: Kevin Kilbane (Hull), Keith Andrews (Blackburn), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), Darron Gibson (Manchester United), Paul Green (Derby), Liam Lawrence (Stoke), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Andy Keogh (Wolves), Damien Duff (Fulham), Keith Fahey (Birmingham), Keith Treacy (Preston).
Forwards: Robbie Keane (Tottenham), Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Sean Long (Reading).
