Moylan joined the Imps from Irish Premier Division facet Shelbourne after a stellar remaining season with the Dublin membership wherein he completed because the league’s joint highest scorer with 15 targets.
On the time of the transfer, he stated it was “the subsequent step” in his profession and, after an preliminary bedding in interval and two separate spells on the therapy desk with an ankle drawback, his and Lincoln’s kind exploded from November 2025 onwards.
The versatile attacker scored 11 targets and supplied six assists final season as Lincoln gained promotion and beat Cardiff to the League One title.
His spectacular marketing campaign led to a primary call-up to the Irish senior squad in Could and he marked his debut with a hat-trick in a 5-0 win in opposition to Grenada earlier than he was despatched off in his second sport as they drew with Qatar.
Cardiff got here calling in the summertime and Moylan made the transfer to Wales on a four-year deal for an undisclosed payment.
He scored the winner on his debut within the EFL Cup in opposition to Swindon and three extra adopted earlier than the primary worldwide break, however he has actually kicked on since returning to membership obligation in early October, proving he has tailored to life within the Championship seamlessly.
Moylan, who has featured as a false 9, a quantity 10 and off the left this season, has seven targets in his final seven league video games, together with a first-half hat-trick in opposition to West Ham together with his first objective a advantageous end from exterior the field.
His boss at membership degree informed BBC Sport Wales in October that Moylan is a “very thrilling participant to look at due to how attack-minded he’s”.
Republic of Eire followers had been handled to snippets of these attacking skills within the first 4 Nations League video games.
After coming off the bench within the defeat in opposition to Kosovo, Moylan began the subsequent three video games, coming in off the precise to hyperlink properly with Troy Parrott and Adam Idah.
He impressed alongside these two gamers within the complete win over Israel, organising Idah’s objective earlier than racing by means of and calmly slotting dwelling.
He was a livewire within the attracts that adopted in opposition to Austria and Israel and is within the body to proceed his burgeoning relationship with star striker Parrott, beginning with Saturday’s journey to Linz to face Austria.
His worldwide boss Heimir Hallgrimsson knew that he had unearthed a gem from the second Moylan arrived to coach with the senior squad for the primary time and hopes there’s lots extra to come back from him in a inexperienced shirt.
“Moylan after all has taken the headlines and brought the highlight the final couple of weeks and hopefully he can switch that into the nationwide group,” he stated.
“His rise has been actually quick, however that is good while you discover somebody within the Could [friendly] camp, coming in and scoring three targets in his first sport and since then he is been concerned within the beginning 11 kind of.
“Absolute impression from his first sport. Typically you want as much as 10 video games to be comfy at this degree, however he was comfy from the primary minute and from the primary coaching session he had a ‘wow’ impression.”
Whereas it’s early days with membership and his nation, the indicators are good that Moylan’s trajectory is about to proceed on the upward curve it has been trending at over the past two years.