Ireland is a football nation when every local loves and watches football match as their daily favorite.

From Ireland, there are many talented players and head coaches to contribute winnings for some teams in the Premier Leagues. However, someone is confusing between football in Ireland and the UK. Although they have familiar performance and though, they are independent football.

So, to understand more about football in Ireland, we refer some major events in there as followings.

Irish football was introduced firstly when McAlery who was considered as founder of this game. Once a time on the honeymoon in Edinburgh, Scotland, he saw one match on the pitch. However, it was not updated new regulations as in the UK. Finally, he decided to advertise this interesting game from the UK to there.

He invited two teams: Queens Park and Caledonians and Ulster Cricket Grounds to play together at Balleynafeigh in 1877. In this match, the Irish sport association also met and watched all match.

Finally, the Queens Park defeated Ulster Cricket Grounds with 3-2 goals. Since this match, Irish people can imagine more about an official football match.

After two years, McAlery decided to establish one football club officially in 1897 at Ireland. His club was named after Cliftonville. He also introduced his team by advertising good news to the News Letter or the Northern Whig. All was the same as purpose as to introduce more and more players and spectators throughout the nation.

Immediately, Liftonville received many invitations and requests to compete each other.

In 1897, the first match of Liftonville was against Quidnunces. Finally, they finished with 2-0 scores. Although the process to go to winning was further, the establishment of this club was sensitive to appeal other teams to set up official clubs.

This was put as the first event to create winning and experience all the time.

Ireland has a long football history. They are always proud of pioneer to develop football stronger and faster as nowadays.

All local in Ireland love football and cheer up their national football team to all international events.

In this article, we share one aspect about Irish football which referring some major events during football history. Following it if you are exciting to discover some history and culture in Irish football.

Although no documents could prove the first origin of football in Ireland. Almost the local accepted that soccer was introduced when one Belfast merchant named John McAlery went this nation. When he had his honeymoon at Edinburgh, he saw someone played with a ball on the beach. He introduced rule of football to them through the Irish association as reference.

After considering about new method of game, Ireland invited two football teams called Queens Park and Caledonians to exchange and share official rules in one match. It was John McAlery to connect football teams into one league. They played an exhibition game at Ulster Cricket Grounds in 1878. The winning was Queens Part with 3-2 goals.

After this match, football started to be played widely for people in Ireland. As good consequence, many pro clubs were established along the nation.

The first club was organized in 1897 by John McAlery. He built up Cliftonville. He also played an important role to make advertisement about this club to foreign nations. Then he took his team to exchange many big events as a good way for experience and skill improvements.

The first match of this club as in 1897 against Quidnunces. They were defeated with 1-2 goals. After hard practices, they got the first winning in the same year before Knock under 2-0 goals. Besides Cliftonville, there were many football clubs also established and made the first inspiration for organization a national league in the next period