The Irish American Football League (IAFL) is an amateur American football league in Ireland. Founded in 1984, it consists of 23 teams competing in two conferences, the Shamrock Bowl Conference, IAFL-1 and IAFL-2. The championship game of the league is the Shamrock Bowl. The Cork Admirals are the current league champions, having won Shamrock Bowl XXXII.
The Belfast Trojans are an American Football team formed in January 2006, and have competed in the IAFL since 2007 playing NCAA rules in full contact. The Belfast Trojans are the current national champions, after winning Shamrock Bowl XXXIII.
The Dublin City University Saints was a former American football team of Dublin City University, Ireland. Established in 2005, the DCU Saints initially competed in the Irish American Football League (IAFL) for five seasons, reaching the playoffs in 2008 and 2009. The team collapsed following the conclusion of the league's 2010 season, before attempting to unsuccessfully reform for the 2013 season.
The University of Limerick Vikings are the American football team from the University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland. The team currently competes in the Irish American Football League. The Vikings have won three IAFL Shamrock Bowl titles – in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The Dublin Rebels are the most successful team in the history of the Irish American Football League with nine national championship wins, four league titles, three European crowns and registering the perfect season with no defeats in 2006 and again in 2010.
The 2008 Irish American Football League (IAFL) season is the 22nd season since its establishment. The current champions are the UL Vikings. The first games were played on 30 March. The Shamrock Bowl was scheduled for 10 August in Cork Institute of Technology's brand new stadium. The Shamrock Bowl was the first major national event played there.
The Cork Admirals are an American Football team that play in the Irish American Football League (IAFL). The team is based in Presentation Brothers College Sports Ground, Cork.
The 2007 IAFL season, with new divisional format, was due to begin on March 4 with the College Championship game between DCU Saints and UL Vikings, but the game was delayed due to rain, so the season proper began on March 25 when the Cork Admirals beat the Belfast Bulls, the UL Vikings beat the Tallaght Outlaws and Dublin Rebels beat the Dublin City University Saints. The season continued throughout April and May, with the IAFL College Championship Game eventually been rescheduled on June 3, with the UL Vikings beating the DCU Saints 50–2.
Trinity College Dublin American Football is the American Football team of Trinity College Dublin.
The Belfast Knights is an American Football team and Ireland's longest running American Football club, formerly Carrickfergus Knights. Founded in 1993 by Eddie Kelly, the Knights have been National Champions 3 times, in 1997, 1998 and 2002 and have competed in 9 of the 15 championship games. Their current coaching structure consists of Adam Devenney as head coach, Phil Gunning as offensive co-ordinator, Aaron McNaughton as defensive co-ordinator and Andrew Black as special teams co-ordinator.
The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college. The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie. The competition features many of the current stars of the game and is sometimes known as the ‘Olympics of Camogie’ because of the disproportionate number of All Star and All-Ireland elite level players who participate each year Since 1972 it has been administered by the Higher Education committee of the Camogie Association.
The Craigavon Cowboys are an American football team playing in Craigavon, currently playing in the Irish American Football League. Early success for the Cowboys seen them take home the Shamrock Bowl Crown in 1986, 1990 and 1992. The Club folded in the mid 90s but reformed again in 2005, winning the DV8 League in 2009 - the DV8 league was set up for young clubs giving them the base to slowly grow their team and to give the rookie players some valuable game time. After winning the DV8 championship the Cowboys jumped up to the top division in Ireland.
IAFL College Championship is an annual American Football competition between Universities in Ireland. Currently there are four university teams participating in the IAFL College Championship. Trinity College, Dublin City University Saints, UCD American Football and University of Limerick Vikings.
The 2011 IAFL season was the 25th regular season of the Irish American Football League.
Shamrock Bowl XXV was an American football game pitting the 6 time Shamrock Bowl champions, Dublin Rebels against university side, UL Vikings. The game was played on July 31, 2011, at the Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin. The Rebels defeated the Vikings by a score of 14 - 13, earning their seventh Shamrock Bowl win. Rebels safety Marcus Naylor was named the Shamrock Bowl MVP. He was the second Rebels safety ever to win the award following, Brian Carter.
Drogheda Lightning was an Irish American Football team based in the town of Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. They played in the second tier of Ireland's American football league system The team played their home games at St. Oliver's Community College in Rathmullen, Drogheda Founded in 2010, Drogheda Lightning competed in the IAFL DV8s Division in 2011 and 2012. Following the restructuring of the Irish American Football League structure ahead of the 2013 season, they competed in the newly created IAFL-1 Division from March 2013.
The Galway Warriors are an Irish American Football team formed in 2012, and located in Galway City. The team currently competes in IAFL-2 of the Irish American Football League. They will play their home games at St. Mary's College, Galway in 2015.
The IAFL is the Irish American Football League. It is an amateur American football organization in Ireland. It was founded in 1984, and it has two conferences which consist of 23 teams competing in the Shamrock Bowl Conference, IAFL-1 and IAFL-2
North Dublin Pirates are an American Football team founded in 2015 and are based in the North County Dublin area of Fingal primarily the large suburban town of Swords. The Club plays in the IAFA affiliated IAFL2 division, The Third Tier of the American Football League system in Ireland. The Pirates currently play their home games at Malahide Rugby Club.
'IAFL-2' is the third tier of American football in Ireland. The League was Founded in 2014 with the Tyrone Titans Winning the inaugural competition.
