| Football Association of Ireland: Information from Answers.com (1594 words) |
 | The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the organising body for the sport of association football (soccer) in the Republic of Ireland. |
| The FAI was formed in September 1921 by the Football League of Ireland, founded the previous June, as well as the Leinster FA and the Munster FA, which had withdrawn from the IFA in June. |
| The name Football Association of Ireland was readopted by the FAIFS in 1936, in anticipation of the change of the state's name in the pending Constitution of Ireland, and the FAI began to select players from Northern Ireland based on the Constitution's claim to sovereignty there |
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