Barry Keoghan sports unique football gear that could spark fashion trend

Barry Keoghan, the 31-year-old actor from Dublin, was seen sporting a unique piece of League of Ireland gear while playing soccer.

The actor shared a series of summer photos on Instagram yesterday , where sharp-eyed LOI fans quickly spotted something interesting about a photo of the Saltburn star on an astro pitch .

Dressed in a Columbia away jersey from this year's Copa America and a pair of classic black Adidas boots, Barry completed his outfit with some St Patrick's Athletic shorts .

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The Dublin soccer club confirmed in the comments that the shorts appeared to be match-issue player shorts.

They seem to be from the 2022 season and bear the number 31 - a squad number worn by young midfielder Kian Corbally that year. Corbally, 20, now plays for Wexford.

Paul Mescal's GAA shorts picture in 2020 led to a surge in popularity for the humble O'Neill's togs among the high fashion crowd - including some notorious Gucci-branded duplicates.

It remains to be seen if Keoghan wearing these shorts can have a similar impact for either Umbro, St Pat's, or the League.

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