Ireland national football team
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Association football
- Ireland national football team (1882–1950), the Irish Football Association's (IFA) original all-island team; first played in 1882
- Northern Ireland national football teamNorthern Ireland national football teamThe Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
, the successor to the original IFA team; sometimes played as "Ireland" until the 1970s - Republic of Ireland national football teamRepublic of Ireland national football teamThe Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
, the current Football Association of Ireland (FAI) team, previously played as "Irish Free State" and then "Ireland"; first played in 1926
Other sports
- Ireland international rules football teamIreland international rules football teamThe Ireland International rules football team is the representative team for Ireland in international rules football, a compromise between Gaelic football and Australian rules football...
- Irish national Australian rules football teamIrish national Australian rules football teamThe Irish national Australian rules football team represent Ireland in Australian rules football and is selected from the best Irish born players from the clubs of the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland....
- Ireland national rugby union teamIreland national rugby union teamThe Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
- Ireland national rugby league teamIreland national rugby league teamThe Ireland national rugby league team, known as the Wolfhounds, represent the island of Ireland in rugby league football. The team is organized by Rugby League Ireland and are accredited as an affiliate member of the Rugby League International Federation...