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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