Ireland's 1920s matches

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Matches under the auspices of the IFA

14 Feb 1920: Ireland 2-2 Wales, The Oval, Belfast
13 Mar 1920: Scotland 3-0 Ireland, Parkhead, Glasgow
23 Oct 1920: Ireland 0-2 England, Roker Park, Sunderland
26 Feb 1921: Ireland 0-2 Scotland, Windsor Park, Belfast
09 Apr 1921: Wales 2-1 Ireland, Vetch Field, Swansea

The FAI was formed on 01 June 1921, and subsequently (1923) renamed itself as the FAIFS. Between 1924 and 1936, the team competed as the Irish Free State.
The IFA Irish team played its first international outside these islands on 25 May 1922, against Norway in Bergen. In 1924 they hosted a South African team, and they played France in 1928, in Paris.

Matches under the auspices of the Olympic Council of Ireland

The only known picture from the Olympics proper shows just nine players. Right is the team - substantially the same - that faced the USA in a post-tournament friendly.
Back (l-r): Johnny Murray, Paddy Duncan, Tommy Muldoon, Frank Collins (gk), Charlie Dowdall, Tony Hunston
Front: Mickey Farrell, Ned Brookes, Bertie Kerr (c), Tom Murphy, John Thomas

1924: Ireland 1-0 Bulgaria (28 May - OLY 2nd Rd, Stade Olympique, Colombes, Paris)
1924: Netherlands 2-1 Ireland aet (02 Jun - OLY QF, Stade de Paris)
1924: Ireland 3-1 Estonia (03 Jun - FR, Paris)
1924: Ireland 3-1 USA (14 Jun - FR, Dalymount Park)
[Brooks 3; Rhody]

Matches under the auspices of the FAIFS

1926: Italy 3-0 Ireland (21 Mar - FR, Turin)
1927: Ireland 1-2 Italy (23 Apr - FR, Lansdowne Road)
1928: Belgium 2-4 Ireland (12 Feb - FR, Liege)
1929: Ireland 4-0 Belgium (20 Apr - FR, Dalymount Park)

The IFA website no longer has details of Ireland matches played under the auspices of the IFA after 1921. It is intended to archive them here in the future.

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