AZ Alkmaar's exit from the UEFA Conference League last week meant any dreams Troy Parrott had of getting some European silverware this season are over.
The Republic of Ireland sharpshooter did make up for it in style though as he scored in the Dutch Cup final on Sunday to help his club to an emphatic victory.
But on the continental stage, there is just one Irish player standing and that is Andrew Omobamidele.
The defender played a key role as Strasbourg roared back to beat Mainz in their Conference League second leg last Thursday to book a semi-final against Madrid-based Rayo Vallecano.
The Kildare native was not involved in the Ireland squad last month with Watford's versatile James Abankwah getting the nod ahead of him.
Injuries and a lack of game-time had hampered the 23-year-old in recent seasons but prior to Sunday, when he was rested until the second half by Strasbourg, Omobamidele had made seven league starts on the trot for the Ligue 1 side - a spell that has coincided with ex-Wolves manager Gary O'Neil succeeding now Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior.
The move to France is clearly starting to pay off for him at a time when he was beginning to become a "forgotten man of Irish football" as one email sent in by a France-based Boys in Green supporter to the RTÉ Soccer Podcast had queried.
His performances though should pave the way for a return to Heimir Hallgrimsson's squad with the added benefit of learning in a new culture, according to Dundalk's record goalscorer in Europe David McMillan.
"It's a slightly different style of football for him, who could be playing maybe Championship level," McMillan said on this week's podcast.
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"It hasn't quite worked when he's moved to Nottingham Forest. He didn't get enough game time in the Premier League and what do you do then?
"You've got that big step up, you've made that move. So what's the next step for you? A bit like Jake O'Brien, who got games in Belgium and with Lyon, Omobamidele has taken that step to Strasbourg.
"Maybe that's a good club for him. As you mention, Liam Rosenior was there prior to Gary O'Neil. English-speaking coaches probably help him settle in there and players have obviously gone. I think Ben Chilwell is there and players from Chelsea have obviously gone on loan there.
"So that probably helps when you're moving abroad and if you don't speak the language. It's a brilliant experience to be playing in a semi-final of a European competition and the style of football that is.
"When you're playing league games, they're teams you play regularly, they're teams you're used to playing. When you step into European football, there are different styles. It's much more like international football in that way and I think that can stand to him if he does get back into (Ireland) squads which I'm sure he will."
Not every Irish player has thrived on the continent but the experiences of Parrott, O'Brien and latterly Omobamidele do offer a pathway for other Ireland squad members in the English Championship.
That's a point McMillan's former Dundalk team-mate Richie Towell concurred with, particularly the proximity to players from other footballing cultures and the lessons to be gained from that in regard to technique and conditioning.
"I was very lucky when I was at Brighton, a lot of Spanish players were there," he said.
"The likes of Bruno Saltor, he's assistant manager at Spurs now, and I was just like a sponge to him, trying to learn what he was doing, because I'd seen him, he was 40 years of age, still playing in the Premier League, lean as anything.
"So (I was) just trying to learn from someone like him. With Omobamidele going over to France, there could be players there (with) different lifestyles, different culture that you're learning different things from.
"So it can be brilliant for him on an individual basis. He's still only 23 years of age which is really young and he's been really unfortunate with injuries and lack of game time.
"The semi-final in Europe is a great platform. If he can put in some good performances in that, you get people looking out thinking, 'he's still there'. As you said, he's kind of the forgotten man.
"But you put in good European performances and people start perking their ears up."
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