Traditional Games Games covered in Eirball include Card Games, Board Games, Children’s Games, Table Games (Table Football, RPGs and LARPS), Computer Games (Capture the Flag, Robot Football, Console Sports, Fantasy Sports and Simulated Sports), and Party Games
Computer Sports include Capture the Flag (an Ethical Hacking Computer Sport), Robot Football (teams of motorized robots shunt a ball around an Arena towards goals at either end). Console Games (X-Box and Playstation Sports games such as Madden NFL and FIFA Soccer). Fantasy Sports (where players draft real players in a League, and score points based on how well they perform in real matches). Simulation games (where the information for players is inputted into a computer and then a Computer User v Computer User Simulation takes place).
Contests include Quizzes and Mind-Games such as the Maths Olympiad and Spelling Bees; Musical Sports and Games such as The Eurovision Song Contest; Fiddle Contests, Duelling Banjos, Battle of the Bands, Rap Contests; Dance & Cheer Sports such as Ballroom Dancing, Breakdancing and Cheer Sport; TV Sports such as American Ninja; Gladiators; The Crystal Maze; Debating Contests; Talent Contests such as The Rose of Tralee, X-Factor and Ireland’s Got Talent and Body-Building and Beauty Contests.
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Roller Derby
Roller Derby, usually only played by Women, is a sport played on Roller Skates, where two teams (called Leagues in Roller Derby), race around an oval track. The object is to score points by overtaking opposition skaters and blocking them also.
Irish Leagues (teams) in Dublin, Limerick and Belfast have been members of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association over the past four years. The WFTDA is a Worldwide Governing Body for the sport and organises tournaments worldwide, with Weighed Rankings kept, and the top Leagues competing in end-of-year tournaments.
Below you will find links to various WFTDA Rankings and Tournaments
Roller Derby
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Women’s Flat Track Derby Association:
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Irish Ranked Teams 2015-2018
Jugger
Jugger is like a cross between American Football and Medieval Combat. It is a team Sport where the objective is to get a skull from the middle of the field into a zone at the opposing teams end. There are five players on each team, four of whom are paired off fightning each other with padded weapons such as swords.
When a player is ‘killed’ in these fights he has to kneel down and is out of the game for that particular round. The Fifth person is the Qwick. His job is to get the skull from the middle of the field past the opposing Qwick into a zone at their opponents endzone. He can only advance the skull once the other teams fighters are all dead. The team which scores the most skull touchdowns is the winner.
Below you will find links to Tournaments involving Irish Teams
Jugger Turniere
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Jugger Turniere Season 2019
Jugger Turniere Season 2018
Jugger Turniere Season 2017
Jugger Turniere Season 2016
International Tournament of Spain 2016
Metallsvenskan Jugger Turnering 2016
Jugger Turniere Season 2015
Paintball
Paintball and Airsoft are Team Combat sports where pellet guns are used to ‘kill’ an opponent. There are usually a number of objectives to be met i each game, which can score points for the team completing the objective. The sport is usually played in a number of scenarios such as World War II Village, Desert Town, Woodlands, Wild West etc.
The main difference in the guns used are paint guns for Paintball and Woodsball, and hard pellets for Airsoft. Paintball was invented in New England, USA and Airsoft in Japan. Below you will find links to various tournaments and leagues in these sports
Paintball & Woodsball
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Paintball
Millennium European Paintball Series (Seasons):
Irish Paintball League (Overviews):
Irish Paintball League 2008-2010
Irish Paintball League (Seasons):
Woodsball
Irish Woodsball League (Seasons):
Laser Tag (Quasar)
Laser Tag games were invented in Texas, USA, and the most recognizable to Irish readers would be Quasar. The sport is one where two teams engage each other in combat in an indoor arena using Laser Guns. Points are scored for ‘killing’ an opponent and meeting objectives such as capturing bases.
Below you will find links to various Tournaments held in Ireland, or involving Irish Teams and Players
Quasar Stats
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Quasar Stats
Quasar Stats End of Year Team Rankings (Years):
Quasar Stats UK & Ireland Tournaments
QS UK & Ireland:
Table Football (Subbuteo)
Table Football
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Northern Ireland Table Football Association (Overviews):
Northern Ireland Table Football Association National Championships 1979-1990
Capture the Flag
Capture the Flag is Information Security Competitions, a kind of Sport for Computer Combat. There are three common types of CTF Competitions: Jeopardy, Attack-Defense, and Mixed
Jeopardy Competitions have a number of Tasks (questions) such as Web, Forensic, Crypto or Binary. Teams gain points for completed tasks, the harder the task, the more points.
Attack-Defense is another scenario, whereby teams have their own network (or only one host) with vulnerable services. Teams have a time limit for developing services and developing exploits. Then the organisers connect the competitors and the Wargame starts. Points are gained for Defense (protecting own services) and Attack (hacking opponents services).
Mixed employ both Jeopardy and Attack-Defense scenarios.
Capture the Flag games touch on a number of different aspects of information security, such as Cryptography, Stego, Binary Analysis, Reverse Engineering and Mobile Security.
CTF Time
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CTF Time:
Track & Field
Athletics has a long and distinguished presence in Ireland, with numerous Summer Olympics Medal winners. It is also known as Track & Field.
Track & Field
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National Track & Field League:
Athletics Ireland National Track & Field League Premier Men 2007-2009
Athletics Ireland National Track & Field League Final Premier Men 2014-2018
Athletics Ireland National Track & Field League Premier Women Final 2007-2009
Athletics Ireland National Track & Field League Premier Women Final 2014-2017
Athletics Ireland National Combined Events (Years):
Orienteering
Orienteering combines running with the discipline of Map Reading, whereby teams of players must find pre-set stations around a course, usually in an Outdoors Area, and return home in the quickest time. Penalties occur when a station is not reached in the correct order.
Orienteering Ireland organises Leagues in Leinster, Munster, the South East, Dublin and Kerry.
Orienteering Ireland
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Dublin by Night Long (Level 1) (Seasons):
Greenway Series (Seasons):
Mountain Running
Mountain Running
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Irish Mountain Running Association
IMRA Irish Championship (Years):
Bouldering
There are two main types of Competitive Mountaineering in Ireland: Hill Running and Bouldering. The Irish Bouldering League is under Mountaineering Ireland and is run over 5 Competitions each year, with 30 problems to be solved in each competition. Points are scored from 10 Points to 1 depending on which attempt a climber solves a problem (10 Pts for 1st Attempt, 7 Pts for 2nd Attempt etc) [See Articles for References]
Bouldering
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Irish Bouldering League
IBL Senior Female (Seasons):
Strength
The Irish Strength Association runs Strongman and Strongwoman competitions in Ireland, as well as sending representatives to the Ultimate Strength World Championships and other Strength Competitions Worldwide.
Ultimate Strength
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World Ultimate Strength Tour
Ultimate Strength Uzbekistan Event (Years):
Gymnastics
Gymastics Ireland is the National Governing Body for the Olympic Sport in Ireland. It is a member of the Federation of International Gymnastics.
Gymnastics Ireland
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GI Womens Artistic Natonal Series Team Results (Years):
Cheer Sport
Dance and Cheer Sport includes Ballroom Dancing, Irish Dancing and Cheerleading (Cheer Sport).
Cheer Sport
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International Cheer Union
World Cheerleading Championship
ICU WCC All Girl Elite (Editions):
ICU WCC Coed Elite (Editions):
American Football Ireland Cheerleaders
Cork Admirals Irish American Football Team Cheerleaders 2010
Irish-Born US College Football Cheerleaders
Conal Fagan Irish-Born College American Football Cheerleader 2018-2020
Fitness
Cross-Fit Games (Fitness), Ireland’s Fittest Family are examples of Fitness Sports.
Cross-Fit Games
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The Cross-Fit Games is the World Championship for the sport of Fitness whereby contestants compete over gruelling courses and obstacles.
Ireland’s Fittest Family
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Ireland’s Fittest Family is a TV Gameshow whereby family compete over a number of gruelling courses and obstacles.
Boxing and Fighting
Variations on Boxing include Olympic / Professional Boxing, Bare-Knuckle Boxing (currently not sanctioned), UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) and Kickboxing
Boxing
Variations on Boxing include Olympic / Professional Boxing, Bare-Knuckle Boxing (currently not sanctioned), UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) and Kickboxing
Irish Athletic Boxing Association
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Irish Athletic Boxing Association
Irish Athletic Boxing Association Irish Olympic Medal Winners 1952-Present
International Boxing
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Strandja Multi-Nations Sofia Bulgaria (Years):
Ultimate Fighting
Ultimate Fighting is a modern take on Boxing and other fighting games that originated in USA.
UFC (America)
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Ultimate Fighting Championship
Modified Rules Boxing-Ultimate Fighting
The first Modified Rules Boxing-Ultimate Fighting fight took place between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Conor McGregor, with two events – one Boxing and one Ultimate Fighting taking place in the fight, held on different nights. It follows the Irish tradition of Compromise Rules between Gaelic Athletic Association sports and other sports such as Australian Football, Shinty, Pelota, Baseball & Softball, Lacrosse and Golf.
Modified Rules Boxing-UFC
(Ireland-International)
Boxing-UFC Compromise Rules.
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Modified Rules Boxing – Floyd Mayweather Jr versus Conor McGregor
Kickboxing
Kickboxing originated in Thailand. Kicks as well as punches are allowed, as are a variety of weapons.
Kickboxing (Thailand)
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Kickboxing Ireland
Galway International Kickboxing Challenge (Years):
Kickboxing Ireland Award Winners (Years):
Wrestling and Sumo
Competitive Wresling dates back to at least the Original Olympic Games in Athens, Ancient Greece. Another Ancient versions of Wrestling is Sumo (Japan). Modern versions include Olympic (Greco-Roman), WWE (American), Lucha Libre (Mexico), and indeed also Mud Wrestling (England) and Jelly Wrestling (Ireland).
Olympic Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
Olympic Wrestling is the version which dates back to Ancient Greece and Rome and the original Olympic Games. It is the version in the Modern Olympics also.
Olympic Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
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Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Events:
Irish Open (Years):
Dublin Freestyle Open (Years):
WWE Wrestling (USA)
World Wrestling Entertainment is the Modern American made-for-TV version of wrestling.
WWE Wrestling (USA)
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WWE World Wrestling Entertainment Irish Wrestlers 2001-Present
Lucha Libre (Mexico)
Mexican version of WWE Wrestling
Lucha Libre (Mexico)
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Triplemania (Bouts):
Sumo (Japan)
John Gunning was the first Irishman to compete in the Sumo World Championships for Ireland
Sumo (Japan)
Sumo World Championships.
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Irish International Sumo Wrestlers
John Gunning Irish Sumo Wrestler
Sumo Reference
I have it on the authority of John Gunning that this Reference website is one of the best ever. The German who compiled it went through over 100 years of Japanese Newspapers. It contains the results of every Japanese Sumo bout ever recorded back to early 1900s or before.
Sumo Reference: http://sumodb.sumogames.de/
Mud Wrestling
Professional Mud Wrestling started in Akron, Ohio on 7 January 1938 when Miss Leona Gordon and Miss Mildred Burke competed in the first ever fight. Professional Mud Wrestling, like World Wrestling Entertainment is more for show or spectacle with the contestants not seriously trying to harm, injure or fight each other. [References: 1]
Mud Wrestling
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Professional Mud Wrestling started in Akron, Ohio on 7 January 1938 when Miss Leona Gordon and Miss Mildred Burke competed in the first ever fight. Professional Mud Wrestling, like World Wrestling Entertainment is more for show or spectacle with the contestants not seriously trying to harm, injure or fight each other. [References: 1]
References
[1] Life Magazine (1938) January 24, 1938, page 23 [Internet] Available from Google Books at: https://books.google.ie/books?id=yEoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=life+magazine+jan+24+1938&pg=PA23&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=life%20magazine%20jan%2024%201938&f=false [Accessed 17 August 2023]
Mud Bowl
Martial Arts
There are a number of different Martial Arts in Ireland, the most popular of which are Karate, Judo & Taekwondo.
Karate
Karate
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International Japan Karate Association Ireland
IJKAI Irish National Championships (Years):
Irish Kenpo Karate Union
IKKU Open (Years):
IKKU Invitational (Years):
I-Karate Global
I-Karate Global World Cup (Editions):
Taekwon-Do
Taekwon-Do
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Irish Taekwon-Do Association
ITA Irish Cup & National Championships (Years):
Fencing & Sword-Fighting
Fencing is a renaissance sword-fighting sport. Gladiating is the ancient version revived for TV in Gladiators and Armoured Combat is the medieval version of sword-fighting.
Fencing
Fencing is a renaissance sword-fighting sport. Fencing Ireland organises a number of tournaments per year.
Fencing
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Fencing Ireland
FI Medal Winners (Major Tournaments) (Seasons):
FI Rankings Men’s Epee (End-of-Season):
FI Medal Winners Men’s Epee (Seasons):
Medieval Armoured Combat
Armoured Combat is the medieval version of sword-fighting.
Medieval Armoured Combat
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Medieval Armoured Combat Ireland
MACI Claregalway Castle Group Fights (Internationals)(Years):
Gladiating
Gladiating is a fun version of the ancient Roman military combat as was seen on US and British TV Programs from the 1990s onwards. Various types of combat or adventure-like tasks are engaged in by teams of players.
Gladiating
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Irish Gladiator Contestants:
Audrey Garland Irish-born Gladiators Contestant 1997
Irish Gladiating Weekend Venues
There are a couple of venues in Ireland where people can engage in Gladiator Weekends:
Adventure Park (Watergrasshill, Co. Cork): https://www.adventurepark.ie/
Team Building Ireland (Kippure, Blessington, Co. Wicklow): https://teambuildingireland.com/corporate
Archery
An ancient sport, with clubs in Ireland promoting Archery and Crossbow.
Archery Ireland
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Leinster Indoor Open (Seasons):
Wicklow Indoor Open (Seasons):
Darts
Darts has a 500-year history in Ireland. A small dart is thrown at a target which has 20 numbers segments (scoring 1-20), with double and triple points scored for hitting smaller zones in each segment nearer the centre of the Dart board. The centre (the Bull’s Eye) scores 50. players must finish on a double. Points are scored downwards from 501 to zero.
There is a League in most counties with pubs entering teams. There is also a Pro Circuit in Britain which Irish players can enter.
Irish National Darts Organisation
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INDO
Irish National Darts Organisation runs Darts Competitions in the Republic of Ireland.
INDO All-Ireland Inter-County Men (Seasons)
INDO Ladies Rankings (Seasons):
INDO Darts Leagues
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INDO
There are Darts Leagues in every County & District in Ireland, often more than one in each with County Playoffs following the Leagues.
Borough (DLR):
Borough Darts League Harry Halligan Cup (Seasons):
Borough Darts League Singles & Doubles:
South Dublin:
South County Dublin Darts League Premier Division 2016-2020
South County Dublin Darts League Division 1 2016-2020
Kildare
Kildare Darts League 2009-2013
Meath Darts Organisation
South Meath Darts League 2016-2019
South Meath Darts League 2009-2014
South Meath Darts League 2005-2009
Dunboyne and District Darts League 2010-2011
Kells & District Darts League 2005-2009
Trim Summer Darts League 2010-2011
Westmeath
Westmeath Darts League Roll of Honour 2008-2016
Westmeath Darts League 2015-16
North Westmeath Darts League 2017-2019
Wicklow
Wicklow Darts Cup:
Wicklow Darts Singles & Doubles:
Mayo:
Mayo and District Darts Leagues Championship (Seasons):
South Mayo Darts League (Seasons):
Northern Ireland Darts Organisation
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Armagh
Armagh Keady & District Darts League 2014-2016
Newmarket (Belfast)
University Darts Association of Ireland
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UDAI Rolls of Honour:
University Darts Association of Ireland All-Ireland Teams Roll of Honour 2007-2014
University Darts Association of Ireland All-Ireland Singles Roll of Honour 2007-2013
University Darts Association of Ireland All-Ireland University Darts Pairs’ Champion 2007-2013
University Darts Association of Ireland Masters Champion 2008-2014
Irish Darts Players
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Irish Professional & International Darts players
Target Shooting
A small number of Olympic Target Shooting Clubs exist in Ireland. Pistols, Rifles, and Crossbows are among the weapons used. It is governed by Target Shooting Ireland, and is the Olympic Sport.
Below you will find the Results and Tables of various competitions in Ireland
Target Shooting Ireland
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Target Shooting Ireland:
TSI Fingal SC Airgun Open (Seasons):
Contests
Contests include Quizzes and Mind-Games such as the Maths Olympiad and Spelling Bees; Musical Sports and Games such as The Eurovision Song Contest; Fiddle Contests, Duelling Banjos, Battle of the Bands, Rap Contests; Dance & Cheer Sports such as Ballroom Dancing, Breakdancing and Cheer Sport; TV Sports & Games such as American Ninja; Gladiators; The Crystal Maze; Debating Contests; Talent Contests such as The Rose of Tralee, X-Factor and Ireland’s Got Talent and Body-Building and Beauty Contests.
Quizzes & Mind Games
Maths Olympiad
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International Maths Olympiad
Games
Traditional Games Games covered in Eirball include Card Games, Board Games, Children’s Games, Table Games (Table Football, RPGs and LARPS), Computer Games (Capture the Flag, Robot Football, Console Sports, Fantasy Sports and Simulated Sports), and Party Games
Computer Sports include Capture the Flag (an Ethical Hacking Computer Sport), Robot Football (teams of motorized robots shunt a ball around an Arena towards goals at either end). Console Games (X-Box and Playstation Sports games such as Madden NFL and FIFA Soccer). Fantasy Sports (where players draft real players in a League, and score points based on how well they perform in real matches). Simulation games (where the information for players is inputted into a computer and then a Computer User v Computer User Simulation takes place).
Contests include Quizzes and Mind-Games such as the Maths Olympiad and Spelling Bees; Musical Sports and Games such as The Eurovision Song Contest; Fiddle Contests, Duelling Banjos, Battle of the Bands, Rap Contests; Dance & Cheer Sports such as Ballroom Dancing, Breakdancing and Cheer Sport; TV Sports such as American Ninja; Gladiators; The Crystal Maze; Debating Contests; Talent Contests such as The Rose of Tralee, X-Factor and Ireland’s Got Talent and Body-Building and Beauty Contests.
Card Games
Card Games played competitively include Poker and Bridge. Bridge is a Card Game popular with older people.
Card Games
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Donegal Bridge Congress Mixed Pairs (Years):
Board Games
Board Games include Chess, Draughts, Mancala. The Irish Chess Union governs Chess in Ireland.
Board Games
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Irish Chess Union
Irish Chess Union Irish Champions 2009-Present
Community Games Chess & Draughts
Connaught Community Games Chess & Draughts (Seasons):
Table Games
Coin Rugby
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Coin Rugby
Children’s Games
Pass the Parcel
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Children’s Games Overviews
Capture the Flag and Computer Sports
Computer Sports include Capture the Flag (an Ethical Hacking Computer Sport), Robot Football (teams of motorized robots shunt a ball around an Arena towards goals at either end). Console Games (X-Box and Playstation Sports games such as Madden NFL and FIFA Soccer). Fantasy Sports (where players draft real players in a League, and score points based on how well they perform in real matches). Simulation games (where the information for players is inputted into a computer and then a Computer User v Computer User Simulation takes place).
Console Sports
Console Sports
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National Basketball Association 2K League
National Basketball League 2K League 2018-Present
American Football Ireland
American Football Ireland Madden Championship Series 2020
World American Football Madden NFL
Relocation Football League (Madden NFL) 2016-Present
Fantasy Sports
Fantasy Leagues started in Baseball in USA. They were popularised in Britain & Ireland by David Baddiel & David Skinner in their Channel 4 Comedy Programme, Fantasy Football, during the European Championships of 1996, which England hosted.
They all follow a format whereby players pick a squad from real-life players and are awarded points for how those players do in real life matches (i.e. points are awarded for Goals & Assists in Soccer, as well as points deducted for the defensive players letting in goals.)
As well as numerous online Fantasy Leagues run by the Major League sporting organisations and Big English Sports Leagues, Newspapers run their own Fantasy Competitions ranging from Football to Golf.
Below you will find links to the Results of various Fantasy Leagues in Ireland:
Fantasy Sports
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Fantasy American Football (Decade Overviews):
Irish Fantasy League of American Football 2006-2015
Irish Fantasy League of American Football 1997-2005
First Down Fantasy Football
First Down Fantasy Gridiron Ireland 1994-1996
Fantasy NFL
Simulated Sports
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Irish American Football Association Simulation:
Madden NFL Irish American Football League Shamrock Bowl XXII Simulation