Northern Irish F.A. - Sandy Row - Belfast
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Northern Irish football association mosaic on Sandy Row, Belfast.
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Location: Ulster, Ireland
Date Posted: 02/04/2017
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This mosaic is a tribute to Northern Irish football association, situated abuve the 'Our Wee Country' mural on Sandy Row.
"The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1921, the jurisdiction of the IFA was reduced to Northern Ireland following the secession of clubs in the soon-to-be Irish Free State, although its team remained the national team for all of Ireland until 1950, and used the name Ireland until the 1970s. The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) organises the separate Republic of Ireland national football team.
Although part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland has always had a representative side that plays in major professional tournaments – whether alongside the rest of Ireland pre-1922 or as its own entity – though not in the Olympic Games, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has always recognised United Kingdom representative sides."
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