List of Northern Irish football transfers summer 2023

This is a list of Northern Irish football transfers for the 2023 Summer Transfer Window.

Sports Direct Premiership

Ballymena United

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Donal Rocks (on loan from Cliftonville)^[1]
6	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Colin Coates (from Cliftonville)^[2]
7	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Alex Gawne (from Coleraine)^[3]
14	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	John McGuigan (from Australia St Albains Saints)^[4]
15	FW	Republic of Ireland IRL	Fiontan O'Boyle (loan return from Crumlin United)^[5]
16	MF	Scotland SCO	Fraser Taylor (on loan from Scotland St Mirren)^[6]
19	FW	Republic of Ireland IRL	Marc Walsh (from Dungannon Swifts)^[7]
20	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	TJ Murray (from Ards)^[7]
22	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Caleb Crawford (loan return from Crusaders)^[5]
26	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Sam Johnston (loan return from Harland & Wolff Welders)^[7]
27	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Jonny McMurray (from Warrenpoint Town)^[8]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Nathan Clarke (to Newington)^[9]
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Craig Farquhar (to Larne)^[10]
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Robbie McVarnock (to Newington)^[11]
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Pierce Quigley (to Moyola Park)^[9]
—	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Jake Corbett (to Dundela)^[11]
—	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Joshua Kelly (to Glentoran)^[12]
—	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	George Tipton (to Ards)^[9]
—	MF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Evan Tweed (on loan to Institute)^[9]
—	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Dougie Wilson (to Republic of Ireland Portadown)^[13]
—	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Kenny Kane (to Portadown)^[14]
—	FW	Republic of Ireland IRL	David McDaid (to Coleraine)^[3]
—	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	David Parkhouse (Released, previously on loan at Cliftonville)^[15]

Carrick Rangers

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Daniel Purkis (from Glentoran)^[16]
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Lewis MacKinnon (from Scotland Rangers)^[17]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Stewart Nixon (on loan to Queen's University Belfast)^[18]
—	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Ronan Kalla (to Knockbreda)^[19]

Cliftonville

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Conor Pepper (from Linfield)^[20]
3	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Sean Stewart (on loan from England Norwich City)^[21]
5	DF	Scotland SCO	Luke Kenny (on loan from Scotland St Mirren)^[22]
15	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Reece Jordan (from Portadown)^[23]
20	FW	England ENG	Sam Ashford (from Scotland Ayr United)^[24]
23	GK	Republic of Ireland IRL	David Odumosu (on loan from Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic)^[25]
27	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Ben Wilson (from England Brighton & Hove Albion)^[26]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Jamie McDonagh (on loan to Glenavon)^[27]
12	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Seanna Foster (on loan to Bangor)^[28]
18	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Donal Rocks (on loan to Ballymena United)^[1]
21	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Gerard Storey (on loan to Lisburn Distillery)^[29]
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Colin Coates (to Ballymena United)^[2]
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Levi Ives (to Larne)^[30]
—	MF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Sean Moore (to England West Ham United)^[31]
—	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	David Parkhouse (loan return to Ballymena United)^[15]

Coleraine

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	Republic of Ireland IRL	David McDaid (from Ballymena United)^[3]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Luca Doherty (on loan to Limavady United)^[32]
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Conor McDermott (on loan to Lisburn Distillery)^[33]
—	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Ronan Wilson (to Harland & Wolff Welders)^[34]
—	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Alex Gawne (to Ballymena United)^[3]

Crusaders

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Caleb Crawford (loan return to Ballymena United)^[5]

Dungannon Swifts

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	Republic of Ireland IRL	Marc Walsh (to Ballymena United)^[7]

Glenavon

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Jamie McDonagh (on loan from Cliftonville)^[27]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Glentoran

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Joshua Kelly (from Ballymena United)^[12]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	Northern Ireland NIR	Terry Devlin (to England Portsmouth)^[35]
—	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Daniel Purkis (to Carrick Rangers)^[16]

Larne

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Craig Farquhar (from Ballymena United)^[10]
14	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Levi Ives (from Cliftonville)^[30]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	England ENG	Jamie Pardington (to England Cheltenham Town)^[36]

Linfield

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Conor Pepper (to Cliftonville)^[20]

Loughgall

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Newry City

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "CONTRACT NEWS - DONAL ROCKS". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "CONTRACT NEWS - COLIN COATES". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "CONTRACT NEWS - DAVID MCDAID AND ALEX GAWNE". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "CONTRACT NEWS - JOHN MCGUIGAN". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "CONTRACT NEWS - CALEB CRAWFORD/FIONTAN O'BOYLE". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "CONTRACT NEWS - FRASER TAYLOR". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 "CONTRACT NEWS - TRIPLE BOOST". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "MCMURRAY RETURNS TO SHOWGROUNDS". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 "CONTRACT NEWS - 1 OUT ON LOAN, 3 LEAVING". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 "FARQUHAR MOVING ON". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 "MCVARNOCK AND CORBETT LEAVE CLUB". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 "JOSHUA KELLY LEAVES". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "DOUGLAS WILSON DEPARTS". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "CONTRACT NEWS - KENNY KANE DEPARTS". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 "DAVID PARKHOUSE LEAVES". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 "Purkis Joins The 'Gers". www.carrickrangers.co.uk. Carrick Rangers F.C. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Lewis Lands". www.carrickrangers.co.uk. Carrick Rangers F.C. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "Nixon Loan". www.carrickrangers.co.uk. Carrick Rangers F.C. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "Kalla Joins Knockbreda". www.carrickrangers.co.uk. Carrick Rangers F.C. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 "Pepp in our step". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "In a Stew". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Luke here". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "In through the Jor". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Sam and substance". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Much Odu". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Wil power". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ ^27.0 ^27.1 "McDonagh makes Mourneview move". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Foster's back with a Bang". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Another loan Storey". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ ^30.0 ^30.1 "Ives departs". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Moore makes Hammers move". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
↑ "Luca joins Lims". www.colerainefc.com. Coleraine F.C. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
↑ "McDermott joins Whites". www.colerainefc.com. Coleraine F.C. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
↑ "Wilson departs". www.colerainefc.com. Coleraine F.C. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
↑ "Terry Devlin: Portsmouth sign Glentoran midfielder for undisclosed fee". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
↑ "Jamie Pardington: Cheltenham Town sign keeper after release by Irish Premiership champions Larne". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[Rocks-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "CONTRACT NEWS - DONAL ROCKS". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[Coates-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "CONTRACT NEWS - COLIN COATES". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[Gawne-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "CONTRACT NEWS - DAVID MCDAID AND ALEX GAWNE". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[4] "CONTRACT NEWS - JOHN MCGUIGAN". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[Crawford-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "CONTRACT NEWS - CALEB CRAWFORD/FIONTAN O'BOYLE". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[6] "CONTRACT NEWS - FRASER TAYLOR". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[Johnston-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 "CONTRACT NEWS - TRIPLE BOOST". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[8] "MCMURRAY RETURNS TO SHOWGROUNDS". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[Tweed-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 "CONTRACT NEWS - 1 OUT ON LOAN, 3 LEAVING". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[Farquhar-10] 10.0 ^10.1 "FARQUHAR MOVING ON". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[McVarnock-11] 11.0 ^11.1 "MCVARNOCK AND CORBETT LEAVE CLUB". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[Kelly-12] 12.0 ^12.1 "JOSHUA KELLY LEAVES". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[13] "DOUGLAS WILSON DEPARTS". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[14] "CONTRACT NEWS - KENNY KANE DEPARTS". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[Parkhouse-15] 15.0 ^15.1 "DAVID PARKHOUSE LEAVES". www.ballymenaunitedfc.com. Ballymena United F.C. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[Purkis-16] 16.0 ^16.1 "Purkis Joins The 'Gers". www.carrickrangers.co.uk. Carrick Rangers F.C. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[17] "Lewis Lands". www.carrickrangers.co.uk. Carrick Rangers F.C. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[18] "Nixon Loan". www.carrickrangers.co.uk. Carrick Rangers F.C. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[19] "Kalla Joins Knockbreda". www.carrickrangers.co.uk. Carrick Rangers F.C. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[Pepper-20] 20.0 ^20.1 "Pepp in our step". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[21] "In a Stew". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[22] "Luke here". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[23] "In through the Jor". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[24] "Sam and substance". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[25] "Much Odu". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[26] "Wil power". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[McDonagh-27] 27.0 ^27.1 "McDonagh makes Mourneview move". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[28] "Foster's back with a Bang". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[29] "Another loan Storey". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[Ives-30] 30.0 ^30.1 "Ives departs". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[31] "Moore makes Hammers move". www.cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[32] "Luca joins Lims". www.colerainefc.com. Coleraine F.C. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[33] "McDermott joins Whites". www.colerainefc.com. Coleraine F.C. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[34] "Wilson departs". www.colerainefc.com. Coleraine F.C. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[35] "Terry Devlin: Portsmouth sign Glentoran midfielder for undisclosed fee". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[36] "Jamie Pardington: Cheltenham Town sign keeper after release by Irish Premiership champions Larne". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

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List of Northern Irish football transfers summer 2023

Contents

Sports Direct Premiership

Ballymena United

Carrick Rangers

Cliftonville

Coleraine

Crusaders

Dungannon Swifts

Glenavon

Glentoran

Larne

Linfield

Loughgall

Newry City

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