Four uncapped players make their bows with Celtic's Glasgow-born talent Aidan McGeady amongst them. Coventry City's Michael Doyle, the only one with previous senior squad experience, Stoke City's Clive Clarke and QPR's Martin Rolland included also.
The Romania fixture takes place on Thursday May 27th at Lansdowne Road, with the Unity Cup to follow - ending on June 2nd. Three days later, the Republic will take on Holland in the Amsterdam Arena.
Ireland squad (announced May 14th):
Given (Newcastle), Colgan (Hibernian), Kenny (Sheffield Utd), Maybury (Hearts), Finnan (Liverpool), Cunningham (Birmingham), O'Brien (Newcastle), Doherty (Tottenham , Breen (Sunderland), Clarke (Stoke), Holland (Charlton), Douglas (Blackburn), O'Shea (Man United), Miller (Celtic), Roy Keane (Man United), A Reid (Nottingham Forest), Rowlands (QPR), Kennedy (Wolves), Doyle (Coventry), S Reid (Blackburn), Quinn (Sheffield Wed), Delap (Southampton), McPhail (Leeds), Kinsella (WBA), McAteer (Sunderland), Barrett (Coventry), Robbie Keane (Tottenham), McGeady (Celtic), Lee (Cardiff), Connolly (West Ham), Morrison (Birmingham).