Ireland national football team may refer to: Association football (soccer) Ireland national football team (1882–1950), the Irish Football Association's (IFA) original all-island team; first played in 1882 Northern Ireland national football team, the successor to the original IFA team; sometimes played as "Ireland" until the 1970s Northern Ireland women's national football team Republic of Ireland national football team, the current Football Association of Ireland (FAI) team, previously played as "Irish Free State" and then "Ireland"; first played in 1926 Republic of Ireland women's national football team Proposed all-Ireland football team, a proposed future team to represent the whole island of Ireland Other sports Ireland international rules football team Irish national Australian rules football team Ireland national futsal team Ireland national rugby union team Ireland national rugby league team fr:Équipe d'Irlande de football