History of the Irish FA Badge

The Irish FA badge has evolved gradually, and occasionally drastically, over the last 130-odd years...

ON THE SHIRT:

		1920s (away)
1890s	1920s
1930s*	1950*	1952-1957
1955-1967	1967-1976 (also appeared on a patch  sewn  onto shirt)	1977
1990-1992  (away, match worn)	1990-1992 (home, match worn)	1992-1994
1994	1994-1996	1996-1998

1998 (worn with dark border  against Finland only)	1998-1999 (badge also embroidered directly onto shirt)	1999-2002
2002-2004	2004-2006	2005
2006-2008	2008-2010	2010-2012

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2012-2014

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* While the shamrock style badge was worn on the shirts in the 1930s and 1940s, the IFA continued to use a Celtic cross style badge for other purposes.

JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL SHIRTS:
As noted below, the Junior international side wore a simplified shamrock badge for many years rather than the celtic cross style badge worn by the senior team.

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1920s

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IN PRINTED MEDIA:

- Full - Amateur - Junior - 1924 Hignett's Cigarettes
Panini Europa  1980 Sticker Album	Panini World Cup  1982 Sticker Album	Panini World Cup  1986 Sticker Album

More to follow.


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With thanks to Roy Cathcart, Francis Heaney, Barry Rojack and Alan Crossley.


See Also:
Kits Out
Caps