Ireland head coach Scott Bemand has named nine uncapped players in his squad of 36 ahead of next month's Guinness Women’s Six Nations campaign.
Hooker Beth Buttimer is among those, the 20-year-old having been in Bemand’s World Cup squad last year, with Jemima Adams Verling, Eilís Cahill, Aoibheann McGrath and Sophie Barrett the other uncapped forwards, along with uncapped backs Alana McInerney, Caitriona Finn, Niamh Gallagher, and Robyn O’Connor.
There has been considerable turnover since that World Cup, with nine of that group not included for the championship.
Among those are retired pair Eimear Corri-Fallon and Nicole Fowley, as well as long-term co-captain Edel McMahon who is out for the season with a knee injury.
Experienced wing Amee-Leigh Costigan will also miss the Six Nations, after confirming she is pregnant in recent days.
As previously announced by Bemand - who has signed a new contract until the 2029 World Cup - Erin King will captain Ireland for the championship.
The 22-year-old, who missed the World Cup due to injury, takes over from McMahon and Sam Monaghan in the role, although Monaghan is still included in the Ireland squad.
Also returning to the Irish squad is versatile forward Dorothy Wall, after she missed the World Cup with an achilles injury.
Ireland will open their campaign away to England at Twickenham on Saturday, 11 April, before hosting Italy at Dexcom Stadium the following week.
Bemand’s charges then travel to Clermont to face France in Round 3 on Saturday, 25 April, and conclude the Six Nations with back-to-back home games in Belfast and Dublin.
Wales are the visitors to Affidea Stadium in Round 4 on Saturday 9 May; then Scotland come to Aviva Stadium on the final weekend on Sunday 17 May in what will be a first-ever standalone Irish women’s Test at the Aviva.
Ireland Squad - 2026 Guinness Women's Six Nations:
Forwards (21): Jemima Adams Verling (Galwegians RFC/Connacht), Sophie Barrett (Enniskillen RFC/Cooke RFC/Ulster), Beth Buttimer (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster), Eilís Cahill (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster), Ruth Campbell (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Jane Clohessy (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster), Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Brittany Hogan (Sale Sharks/Ulster), Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury), Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(captain), Aoibheann McGrath (Ballincollig RFC/Munster), Sadhbh McGrath (Cooke RFC/Ulster), Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs), Sam Monaghan (Gloucester-Hartpury/IQ Rugby), Grace Moore (Trailfinders Women/IQ Rugby), Niamh O'Dowd (Gloucester-Hartpury/Leinster), Ellena Perry (Gloucester-Hartpury/IQ Rugby), Ailish Quinn (Galwegians RFC/Connacht), Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster), Aoife Wafer (Harlequins/Leinster), Dorothy Wall (Exeter Chiefs/Munster)
Backs (15): Alana McInerney (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster), Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC/Connacht), Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht), Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht), Caitríona Finn (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster), Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC/Munster), Enya Breen (Blackrock College RFC/Munster), Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC/Leinster), Nancy McGillivray (Exeter Chiefs/IQ Rugby), Niamh Gallagher (Trailfinders Women/IQ Rugby), Robyn O’Connor (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC/Leinster), Vicky Elmes Kinlan (Wicklow RFC/Leinster).
