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	Football article - Football sports Association Football American football Rugby football - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1867 the Sheffield Football Association was formed by a number of clubs in the local area and the Sheffield clubs continued to play by their own rules until they decided to fall in line with the FA in 1878.
		In the Republic of Ireland, "football" is somewhat ambiguous.
		Whilst it often refers to Gaelic football, the word "football" is also used when referring to Association football, particularly at the international level (as in the Football Association of Ireland the official national body) and also with a large number of Association football clubs using the initials "F.C" (Football Club) in their name.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Football (5408 words)

	Ireland - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is composed of the Republic of Ireland which covers five sixths of the island (south, east, west and north-west) and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island.
		92% of the population of the Republic of Ireland are Roman Catholic, and 40% in Northern Ireland.
		The Iron Age in Ireland is associated with the Celts, who colonised Ireland in a series of waves between the 8th and 1st centuries BC.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /ireland.htm (3955 words)

	Football Association of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the organising body for the sport of Association football (soccer) in the Republic of Ireland.
		It should not be confused with the Irish Football Association (IFA), which is the organising body for the sport in Northern Ireland.
		Whereas the IRFU, the governing body for rugby union, remained a single all-Ireland organisation, the FAI was formed initally as a split by southern representatives who felt the Belfast-based IFA was too northern-oriented.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Football_Association_of_Ireland (392 words)

	Ireland Article, Ireland Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is composed of the Republic of Ireland in the south and Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom.
		Gaelic football is the most popular form offootball and is played and organised on an All-Ireland basis; Hurling, a faster, moreviolent precursor of field hockey, is another popular traditional Irish sport, with teams from all 32 counties north and southcompeting - both these sports are governed by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).
		92% of the population ofthe Republic of Ireland are Roman Catholic, and 40% in Northern Ireland.
	www.anoca.org /island/northern/ireland.html (1095 words)

	Learn more about Ireland in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The River Shannon, which runs from North-East to South-West, is the longest river, and there are a large number of lakes, of which Lough Neagh is probably the most famous.
		In 2002 and 2003, Armagh and Tyrone respectively won the coveted Gaelic football All-Ireland title, with both teams meeting in the 2003 final.
		As such, the Irish Pound was replaced by the Euro as the official currency on the 1st of January, 2002.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /i/ir/ireland.html (1041 words)

	England - Appendices - England's Opponents: Ireland's National Football Teams
		International Football Association Board, which has had charge of the Laws of the Game since its founding in 1882, the Belfast association insisted on using "Ireland" as the name of its national team and on choosing players from the entire island of Ireland.
		Over the objections of the Dublin association, the British football associations and FIFA yielded and allowed the Belfast association to select players from anywhere in Ireland, including the southern part, for matches against the home countries, although restricting selection for other matches to players from the north.
		Since Ireland was partitioned in 1921 and since a separate football association representing the south was established in 1921, we see no reason why the demarcation point ought not to be 1921.
	www.englandfootballonline.com /App/AppIrelnd.html (1543 words)

	Ireland Football -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the league's sponsorship by Irish telcom Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland.
		Formed by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) in 1921, the league originally contained 8 teams and was first won by St. James' Gate FC.
		The county is a geographical region in Ireland, and each of the thirty-two counties in Ireland organises its own GAA affairs through a County Board.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/80/ireland-football.html (924 words)

	Republic of Ireland national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of Ireland national football team is the national team of the Republic of Ireland and is governed by the Football Association of Ireland.
		The Republic of Ireland play their home matches at Lansdowne Road.
		Football Association of Ireland - National Team - Football League
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team (170 words)

	Keane may spurn Ireland's call
		The Football Association of Ireland's attempt to resurrect Roy Keane's international career is in danger of descending into another public embarrassment.
		Ireland's defeats in their first two matches in the Euro 2004 qualifying campaign will not deter him: his winning mentality is such that he will be adamant they can still reach the finals.
		Ireland have almost five months before their next qualifier, in Georgia, and Menton said it was unlikely there would be a quick appointment.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/11-7-2002-29810.asp (728 words)

	CNN.com - Ireland boss backed in Keane row - May 23, 2002
		The Manchester United midfielder had earlier launched an outspoken attack on the Republic's preparations for the finals and was expelled by McCarthy after talks aimed at resolving their differences turned into a "slanging match".
		FAI treasurer John Delaney told the Press Association: "We view the events with great regret, but the manager is fully supported by the association.
		Ireland open in Group E against Cameroon in Nigata, Japan, on June 1.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/worldcup/05/23/ireland.keane (632 words)

	uefa.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A cross-border competition in Ireland will be introduced after a 25-year absence after the Republic's Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and Irish Football Association in Northern Ireland (IFA) agreed to come together for a new competition.
		There was an all-Ireland competition, the Blaxnit Cup, held in the 1960s and 1970s but violence because of the political situation in Ireland saw it abandoned in 1979.
		In December, I spoke to Jim Boyce, the president of the Irish Football Association and he was interested and since then myself, Jim and Milo [Corcoran, FAI president] have regularly spoken about it.
	www.uefa.com /uefa/news/Kind=128/newsId=213830.html (469 words)

	The Football Association of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the governing body of football in the Republic of Ireland.
		Today, over 180 000 people play football in Irish football clubs and schools and many more people are involved as coaches, officials and volunteers.
		The FAI controls the activities of all Ireland's international football teams and is affiliated to Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
	meathlive.com /TheFootballAssociationofIrelandFAI (132 words)

	ipedia.com: Football Association of Ireland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Football Association of Ireland is the organising body for the sport of Association football in the Republic of Ireland.
		The already existent IFA that had been the organising body across the whole of Ireland continued to organise in the North and the FAI was formed to organise in the Free State.
		The FAI formed a league championship, the Football League of Ireland, and extablished a FAI Cup competition along the lines of the FA Cup and Scottish Cup competitions.
	www.ipedia.com /football_association_of_ireland.html (204 words)

	BBC SPORT \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Eircom Park's stay of execution
		Football Association of Ireland chief executive Bernard O'Byrne has vowed to battle on with his plan to build a national soccer stadium in Dublin.
		The FAI chief had also been under pressure over claims that he had been aware of a payment of £30,000 by the association's commercial agent to sports manufacturers Umbro after the decision to switch sponsors from Opel to eircom.
		Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy is a big supporter of the eircom Park project while several Irish internationals have also come out in favour of the plan.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/northern_ireland/newsid_1044000/1044606.stm (372 words)

	cidoc: corporate identity related news - Football Association of Ireland
		The Football Association of Ireland today unveiled a new brand strategy which heralds the many changes in football and the commencement of a new and exciting period for football in Ireland.
		The new brand strategy includes a new brand image, website, fans network and merchandise and it recognises the core objectives of the Football Association of Ireland which are to support the development of all its teams and affiliates and to market its brand worldwide.
		FAIreland Website: The website of the Football Association of Ireland, www.fai.ie, is continuing to be developed and it is being transformed into a state of the art, dynamic and user-friendly site.
	www.cidoc.net /001299.html (785 words)

	Irish soccer, eircom League football Ireland - eleven-a-side.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Republic of Ireland international manager Brian Kerr admits he would be open to returning to a management role in the eircom League should his three-year stint as Irish boss come to an end in the coming days or weeks.
		Former Manchester United and Ireland star Denis Irwin has revealed his suspicion that Football Association of Ireland officials have already sounded out United chief Sir Alex Ferguson about becoming the next manager of Ireland.
		The repercussions from Ireland’s failure to qualify for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany next year has hit travel agents at a staggering cost of Eur40 million on package deals.
	www.eleven-a-side.com (675 words)

	The Association of Football Statisticians
		In the shop you can buy a subscription to the members’ area and also pick up football data files (eg attendances, stats on hat tricks, etc), AFS Reports (pdf versions are free to AFS Online members; printed copies are just £15 per year), back issues and AFS Annuals.
		Just the Play-Offs remain to be settled with the winners set to join some of the strongest footballing nations on the planet along with some who’ll be there for the first time.
		His last appearance for Stoke and in first class football was against Fulham in February 1965, a few days after his 50th birthday.
	www.11v11.co.uk (997 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Scotland, Ireland set for joint Euro 2008 bid - Wednesday January 23, 2002 03:41 PM
		Posted: Wednesday January 23, 2002 3:41 PM LONDON (Reuters) -- Scotland and Ireland are to work on a joint bid to host the European championship in 2008, government and football officials announced on Wednesday.
		McConnell said the two sides would spend the next few weeks working out details, and would be in a position by February 28 to tell UEFA whether or not their joint bid would proceed.
		Ireland's contribution would be their existing venue at Lansdowne Road, plus a new national stadium to be built at Abbotstown in west Dublin.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/01/23/2008_bid (580 words)

	FAI 'indifferent to Anti-racism Plan'
		Sport Against Racism Ireland has claimed the association is indifferent to its campaign against racism and sectarianism in the game.
		Buckley called on the Irish association to open talks with its northern equivalent, the IFA, to combat racism and sectarianism in soccer throughout Ireland.
		The Republic's football chiefs did put up posters for a match against Australia last year calling on supporters to stop booing players from other nations because their dislike the teams the visitors play for in the domestic game.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/11-20-2004-61913.asp (383 words)

	Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Women's football in Ireland is organised by the Ladies Football Association of Ireland.
		The LFAI was formed in 1973 and immediately organised an International side, with a victory against Northern Ireland coming during that year.
		In 1991 the Association was formally assimilated into the structures of the FAI and granted a seat on the Senior Council of the FAI.
	www.btinternet.com /~a.drake/women/Other/ireland.htm (97 words)

	ireland.com / Today / Sport / Soccer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		22/10/2004: The Football Association of Ireland is keeping tightlipped on this afternoon's meeting called to discuss the future of chief executive Fran Rooney.
		Today's meeting of the board of management, held at a secret location and not the Citywest Hotel as had been anticipated, was tabled to consider a letter of complaint from senior staff about Rooney.
		The statement read: "A meeting of the board of the Football Association of Ireland took place today to consider an issue in relation to the chief executive officer, Mr Fran Rooney.
	www.ireland.com /sports/soccer/2004/1022/1097847311691.html (229 words)

	Football \| Football managers' union presses for an all-Ireland premiership
		An all-Ireland soccer league is the main goal of the first trade union to represent football managers on the island.
		The Dublin-based Football Managers' Association of Ireland will hold its inaugural AGM this month and top of the agenda is a campaign for a cross-border premiership.
		McCue insisted however that the all-Ireland premiership could be supported by sponsorship for large Irish based corporations such as Guinness or Coca-Cola: 'If these companies get excited about a new type of league football it can attract the sponsorship money that would cover the costs of travel.'
	football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4859210-103,00.html (770 words)

	Table Football Association of Ireland
		Ireland's Gary Moore lost in the Barrage Round after finishing runner-up in his group.
		The former governing body was the Republic of Ireland Subbuteo Association (RISA) headed by Martin Taylor.
		When the sport was at its peak in the early 1990s, Dublin was a highly respected International Open venue which attracted the World's top players.
	website.lineone.net /~ken.b/Eire/TFAI.htm (189 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Irish warn City: Stay away from Mick
		The Football Association of Ireland has vowed to resist any approach from Manchester City to recruit Mick McCarthy as manager following Joe Royle's sacking.
		But Pat Quigley, president of the Football Association of Ireland, who fears City could be interested in McCarthy, said: 'Mick is contracted to us until the end of the World Cup qualifying campaign and that's that.
		Ireland, who are three points clear in Group Two with just four matches to go, meet third-placed Portugal in Dublin a week on Saturday and then travel to Estonia four days later.
	www.soccernet.com /england/news/2001/0522/20010522mcfcmccarthyfai.html (260 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Ireland opens talks with managerial candidate - Saturday January 25, 2003 01:10 PM
		Posted: Saturday January 25, 2003 1:10 PM DUBLIN (Reuters) -- The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) entered discussions Saturday with the man it wants to be the country's next manager.
		Under his stewardship, Ireland won the 1998 European championships at both under-16 and under-18 level and finished third in the 1999 World Youth Cup in Malaysia.
		Kerr is not only the preferred choice of the majority of the Irish media and public, but is also admired by most of the Ireland's senior players, many of whom have already played for him during their junior careers.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2003/01/25/ireland_manager (288 words)

	ireland.com / Today / Sport / Soccer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The participating teams in the new tournament, which will be played in April 2005, will be the winners and runners up of the Premier League of each Association together with the winners of the annual Premier Cup Competition of each Association.
		In the event of any team achieving qualification through both of the respective competitions then the quota of three from each Association will be made up by the team, which is third placed in the respective league competition.
		The maximum number of teams from each Association in any one group will be two and the minimum will be one.
	www.ireland.com /sports/soccer/2004/0804/1091051854171.html (430 words)

	Articles - Football Association of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Whereas the IRFU, the governing body for rugby union, remained a single all-Ireland organisation, the FAI was formed initially as a split by southern representatives who felt the Belfast-based IFA was too northern-oriented.
		As a measure of the competitiveness of domestic football only one League of Ireland club (Derry City FC in 1989) has ever won the league championship, the FAI Cup, and the FAI League Cup in the same season.
		The Setanta Cup was inaugurated in 2005 as cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League from Northern Ireland.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Football_Association_of_Ireland (445 words)

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