Ireland national football team (1882–1950)

Ireland
1882–1950
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	Irish Football Association
Most caps	Elisha Scott (31)
Top scorer	Billy Gillespie; Joe Bambrick (12);
Home stadium	Windsor Park; Lansdowne Road; Solitude; Ulster Cricket Ground; Celtic Park, Belfast;
FIFA code	EIR
	Team colours File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg First colours
	Team colours File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg First colours
First international
	22x20px Ireland 0–13 England 22x20px; (Belfast, 18 February 1882)
Last international
	22x20px Wales 0–0 Ireland 22x20px ; (Wrexham, 8 March 1950)
Biggest win
	22x20px Ireland 7–0 Wales 22x20px; (Belfast, 1 February 1930)
Biggest defeat
	22x20px Ireland 0–13 England 22x20px; (Belfast, 18 February 1882)

The Ireland national football team were the past Ireland national football team that lasted from 1882 to 1950. It was controlled by the Irish Football Association.

Team colours and emblems

Team colours File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Usual	Team colours File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Away to Scotland
Early Ireland colours

Up to 1950

British Home Championship
- Winners: 1 (1914)
- Shared title: 1 (1903)
- Runners up: 5 (1904, 1926, 1928, 1938, 1947)

Joe Bambrick - Blue plaque, Rodden Street, Belfast, 27-Jan-2008.JPG

Blue plaque noting six goal hero Bambrick's home in Belfast
Hignett 15.ireland assoc football.jpg

Cigarette card issued by Hignett Bros. & Co. in 1924, displaying the IFA cap and logo
Elisha Scott.jpg

Elisha Scott is Ireland's most capped player at 31 capps.

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