This is a Hypothetical NCAA-Style Conference Alignment for All American Football Ireland Contact Teams ever should they ever all be brought back for something like Madden or Fantasy Football

Conferences

AMERICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND	AMERICAN FOOTBALL IRELAND	IRISH AMERICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
Tara Conference	Capitol Conference	Central Conference
Dublin Celts	Dublin Rebels	Dublin Lightning
Dublin Tornadoes	South Dublin Panthers	Greystones Rebels
Dublin Bulls	Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts	Dublin Dragons
Dublin Tigers	University College Dublin Sentinels	Tallaght Outlaws
Belfast Blitzers	West Dublin Rhinos	Dublin City University Saints
Belfast Spartans	North Dublin Pirates	North Dublin Marshals
Antrim A26 Bulldogs	Louth Mavericks	Dundalk IT Razorbacks *
Mourne Conference	Coastal Conference	Southern Conference
Coleraine Chieftains	University of Limerick Vikings	Waterford Wolves
Jordanstown Jaguars	Cork Admirals	North Kildare Reapers
Carrickfergus / East Antrim Cougars	Cill Dara Crusaders	Tullamore Phoenix
NI Giants	Wexford Eagles	Drogheda Lightning
Bangor Buccaneers	Meath Bulldogs	South Kildare Soldiers
East Side Jets	Westmeath Minotaurs	Galway Sea Devils *
Aldergrove Hawks	Galway Warriors	Dunboyne Druids *
Irish Conference	National Conference	Northern Conference
Bray Seahawks	Belfast Knights	Belfast Bulls
Limerick Patriots	Belfast Trojans	Portadown Panthers
Lee Valley Steelers	Craigavon Cowboys	Tyrone Titans
Drogheda Vikings	Donegal / Derry Vipers	Queen’s University Belfast Broncos
Dublin Pirates	NI Razorbacks	Lurgan Area Raiders
Galway ?? (1990)	Antrim Jets	Newtownabbey Warriors
Waterford ?? (1990)	Causeway Giants	Carrickfergus Knights
Northern Ireland Junior American League	Northern Ireland Championship	DV8 Development League
Ballymena Wolfhounds	Hale Blue Devils (Larne)	Ardee Falcons
Prospect Pumas	Yarvard Crimson Tide (Larne-Belfast)	Athy ?? (1993)
Brownlow Bandits	Tech Fighting Irish (Belfast)	Erris (Mayo) Rams
City Colts	Army Wolverines (Newry)	IT Carlow Chargers
Lisburn Groundhogs	Navy Galloping Gaels (Newry)	Midlands Soldiers
Maiden City Maulers	Redskins (Banbridge)	Edenderry Soldiers
Peel Crusaders	Yankees (Banbridge)	Belfast Lasers

Notes

(1) The “Northern Ireland Championship” features the Seven Pre-Irish American Football League of 1986 teams that were based in Ireland: five “European Theater of Operations” ETO Football Championship teams based in Northern Ireland during WWII and the two teams of specially-trained Rugby Players who played a Festival match at Banbridge RFC in 1983.

(2) The Irish Conference includes six Republic of Ireland teams who were scheduled to play in the Irish American Football League in 1990, but never did – in the end only five Northern Ireland teams started the season, with Dublin Celts playing in the British 2nd Division. At least one Preseason Friendly was played among these teams: Bray Seahawks v Dublin Tornadoes, and Lee Valley Steelers (Cork) and Limerick Patriots were to play in the League in 1992 and 1993. Dublin Pirates collapsed at the end of the season and a failed attempt was made to bring them back in 1992. Nothing else is known about the Waterford and Galway franchises, not even their name, and also the team in Athy mentioned as “already playing” in Lindie Naughton’s Minority Sports Column in the Evening Herald in 1993.

(3) The Northern Ireland Junior American League includes not just teams which played Junior Football only (City Colts, Ballymena Wolfhounds, Prospect Pumas and Brownlow Bandit, but also those who played Two-Touch only – a form of Contact Football without pads and helmets – all players could be tackled except the ball carrier who could only be tackled by placing two hands on him or her. TheseTwo-Touch Only teams are: Lisburn Groundhogs, Maiden City Maulers and Peel Crusaders (Isle of Man).

(4) DV8 Development League includes 8v8 Development League-only teams, who never played full 11v11 Tackle Football.

(5) A separate Belfast Knights and Carrickfergus Knights have been created for the purposes of this hypothetitcal “Madden” / “Fantasy Football” League for the two Eras of the Knights history.

(6) Galway Sea Devils and Dundalk IT Razorbacks, while both never played in the League, were full members (*)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Michael Brophy and Ralph Schmeer of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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