The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the organising body for association football in Northern Ireland, and was historically the governing body for Ireland. It should not be confused with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), which is the organising body in the Republic of Ireland. It originally organized the Ireland national football team which, after 1921 or 1950, depending on which event is taken as the significant factor, became the Northern Ireland national football team.
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“O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!”
—Unknown. The Wearing of the Green (l. 37–40)
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“In this great association we know no North, no South, no East, no West. This has been our pride for all these years. We have no political party. We never have inquired what anybody’s religion is. All we ever have asked is simply, “Do you believe in perfect equality for women?” This is the one article in our creed.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)