PRESTON NORTH END are set for a big Irish clearout this summer.

Last week, the Lilywhites signed Graham Burke but on the same day, Greg Cunningham left for Cardiff City.

3 Daryl Horgan will be one of four Irish players allowed to leave Preston this summer Credit: Rex Features

And SunSport has learned he could be the first of FIVE Irish players to leave as Alex Neil shuffles his pack.

Senior internationals Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle — plus Eoin Doyle and Kevin O’Connor — do not feature in Neil’s plans and will be allowed to leave for a suitable fee.

Boyle and Horgan signed in January 2017 after catching the eye during Dundalk’s Europa League run.

Horgan, 25, made a quick breakthrough under Simon Grayson, although Boyle had to wait longer.

3 Andy Boyle joined from Dundalk in 2017 Credit: Rex Features

Both were handed their Ireland debuts against Iceland last March.

Horgan started just two Championship games last season, coming off the bench a further 18 times.

Boyle, 27, was picked three times before being loaned out to Doncaster in January, but an injury has since held him back.

The Dubliner has been linked with a move back to Oriel Park but that is considered unlikely, with League One a more probable destination.

Doyle, 30, joined North End on a permanent basis two years ago after impressing on loan from Cardiff City.

3 Kevin O'Connor joined from Cork City Credit: PA:Press Association

He last played for them in January 2017, spending the rest of that season on loan with Portsmouth.

He was sidelined for 2½ months of the last campaign with a blood clot but still managed to score 16 times.

Sunderland, Scunthorpe United and Fleetwood Town are keen to get him on board, with North End looking for £250,000.

O’Connor, 23, will also be on the lookout for somewhere to kick-start his career less than a year after joining from Cork City at the same time as Seán Maguire.

Even if the quartet leave, the club would still boast five Irish players on their books.

As well as Maguire and Burke, international midfielder Alan Browne, Callum Robinson and Adam O’Reilly, 17, are at the club. Robinson has declared for Ireland and is awaiting his passport.

North End have announced they will play Cobh Ramblers in a friendly at St Colman’s Park on Tuesday, July 17 at 7pm.