Ciaran Whelan and Jason Sherlock are included in new Dublin football manager Pat Gilroy's provisional squad for 2009. The inclusion of the veteran pair finally ends speculation that they were set to retire from the inter-county scene. The squad is dominated by players from county champions Kilmacud Crokes, beaten finalists St. Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh, St. Brigid's and reigning All-Ireland club champions St. Vincent's. The Brogan brothers, Alan and Bernard, are joined by their cousin James, while younger brother Paul is also expected to feature once he has fully recovered from a cruicate ligament injury. Neither Brogan or St. Jude's defender Niall O'Shea were considered due to injury. There's a recall for highly-rated St. Vincent's defender Ger Brennan, who dropped off the panel prior to this year's championship, while some of the newcomers include Sean Breheny, Alan Hubbard, Blaine Kelly and Thomas McGrath. Other players from Kilmacud Crokes will be considered once their involvement in the Leinster club championship ends. Provisional Dublin football squad: 1 Paddy Andrews (St Brigid's) 2 Denis Bastick (Templeogue Synge St) 3 Kevin Bonner (St Brigid's) 4 Sean Breheny (St Jude's) 5 Ger Brennan (St Vincent's) 6 Alan Brogan (St Oliver Plunkett's/ER) 7 Bernard Brogan (St Oliver Plunkett's/ER) 8 James Brogan (St Oliver Plunkett's/ER) 9 Barry Cahill (St Brigid's) 10 Paul Casey (Lucan Sarsfields) 11 Stephen Cluxton (Parnells) 12 Paul Conlon (St Vincent's) 13 Diarmuid Connolly (St Vincent's) 14 Bryan Cullen (Skerries Harps) 15 Colin Daly (Skerries Harps) 16 Tiernan Diamond (St Vincent's) 17 Enda Dolan (Ballymun Kickhams) 18 Eamonn Fennell (O'Toole's) 19 Paul Flynn (Fingallians) 20 Hugh Gill (St Vincent's) 21 Paul Griffin (Kilmacud Crokes) 22 David Henry (Raheny) 23 Alan Hubbard (Ballymun Kickhams) 24 Conal Keaney (Ballyboden St Enda's) 25 Blaine Kelly (St Mary's, Saggart) 26 Darren Magee (Kilmacud Crokes) 27 Ross McConnell (St Oliver Plunkett's/ER) 28 Thomas McGrath (Fingal Ravens) 29 Brendan McManamon (St Jude's) 30 David Mooney (O'Toole's) 31 Colin Moran (Ballyboden St Enda's) 32 Derek Murray (Round Tower's, Clondalkin) 33 Kevin Nolan (Kilmacud Crokes) 34 Rory O'Connor (St Oliver Plunkett's/ER) 35 Michael Savage (St Vincent's) 36 Stephen O'Shaughnessy (Lucan Sarsfields) 37 Tomás Quinn (St Vincent's) 38 Shane Ryan (Nh Mearnog) 39 Donal Ryan (Raheny) 40 Jason Sherlock (St. Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh) 41 Mark Vaughan (Kilmacud Crokes) 42 Seamus Walsh (St Mary's, Saggart) 43 Ciarán Whelan (Raheny) Tweet

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