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Published 12:23 24 May 2022 BST
Updated 12:38 24 May 2022 BST
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"There are plenty of Scottish players that have played for other teams," he continued.
"Does Scott Arfield not play for Canada? Brian McLean - he chose Northern Ireland. Did they get the same abuse as me? No. Why did I get that abuse?"
He then explained why he ended up playing for Ireland over Scotland, the country of his birth.
McGeady didn't play for his school team in Glasgow, so he wasn't called up to the Scotland underage teams. Ireland did not have such a rule.
"I made the decision when I was 14. It’s not like I made the decision when I was 18," McGeady said.
"Scotland had those rules where if you didn’t play for your school team, you didn’t play for the schoolboys, which was fine. Ireland didn’t have that."
Meanwhile, Packie Bonner, the former Ireland goalkeeper who worked as a technical director for the FAI at the time, reached out to McGeady's father and grandparents and the talented winger switched allegiance to Ireland.
He went on to play 93 times for the Boys in Green and represent the country at Euro 2012 and Euro 2016.
"Packie Bonner knew my dad and my grandparents. He asked if I wanted to play for Ireland from like Under-14, Under-15. Then I just played for Ireland. That was it.
"I knew the boys. I liked the setup. When I got in the (Celtic) first team it was like, ‘How is this guy not playing for Scotland?’ It’s not like I’d just chosen Ireland."
McGeady also detailed the abuse he suffered when playing in Scotland after he opted to represent Ireland.
He questioned why other players who switched international allegiance did not receive similar treatment. McGeady feels that he, and James McCarthy, a fellow Glaswegian who played for Ireland, were targetted.
"Plenty of other players have switched allegiances to countries, but they’ve not all got that. In a way, it’s a compliment because if they didn’t think you were a good player, they wouldn’t be bothering.
"I used to get it everywhere I went really. Traitor, turncoat, Judas, not from everybody, but from proper Scotland fans, which there aren’t that many of in Glasgow. It’s mainly Ireland or England, isn’t it?”
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