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FAI First Division
Sport	Football
Founded	2006
No. of teams	10
Country	Ireland
Current champions	n/a

The FAI First Division is the second tier of the Republic of Ireland's new FAI National League created following the merging of the FAI and the League of Ireland. It sits below the FAI Premiership and is the successor of the League of Ireland First Division which was established in 1985. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Football League of Ireland is once again sponsored by eircom and is commonly known as the eircom League in the media. ... new Irish FA crest, This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... // December 1-December 15: The 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar December 10: 33rd Annual Honolulu Marathon December 10-December 17: FIFA Club World Cup in Japan December 31: The NRL will officially retire the nickname Chargers as the Gold Coast Titans take the field in 2007. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... The characters n/a (sometimes N/A) is an abbreviation that is mainly used in information tables. ... The FAI National League is the Republic of Irelands new national football league system created following the merging of the FAI and the League of Ireland. ... The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the organising body for the sport of Association football (soccer) in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telcom Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. ... The FAI Premiership (FAI Premier league) is a new Irish football league created following the merging of the FAI and the League of Ireland. ...

All clubs participating in the old league were invited to apply for inclusion in the new Premiership with the top twelve, as selected by an Independent Assessment Group, being handed a spot in the Premier Division. A remaining 10 were to be placed in the First Division. So far, 8 teams have been placed in the First Division. Another two remain to be chosen.

Clubs

To date, the clubs chosen to compete in the 2007 First Division are:

• Athlone Town A.F.C.
• Cobh Ramblers F.C.
• Dundalk F.C.
• Finn Harps F.C.
• Kildare County F.C.
• Kilkenny City F.C.
• Monaghan United F.C.
• Waterford United F.C.

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Past winners

See League of Ireland First Division Winners for a list of past winners of the Republic of Ireland's second tier competition between 1985 and 2006.

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FAI National League 2007 FAI Premiership Bohemians | Bray Wanderers | Cork City | Derry City | Drogheda United | Galway United Longford Town | Shamrock Rovers | Shelbourne | Sligo Rovers | St. Patrick's Athletic | UCD FAI First Division Athlone Town | Cobh Ramblers | Dundalk | Finn Harps Kildare County | Kilkenny City | Monaghan United | Waterford United
Football in Ireland
Football Association of Ireland - National team - List of football clubs in Ireland
Competitions: FAI Premiership - FAI First Division - FAI Cup - League Cup - Setanta Cup