Irish Teams versus Canadian Teams 1994-1995

Date	Irish Team		Canadian Team
07.1994	Carrickfergus/Belfast	L	Hull Raiders (QC)	W
10.07.1994	Dublin Tornadoes	18	Hull Raiders (QC)	17
08.1994	Dublin Tornadoes	19	Team Canada	18
08.1994	Ireland/Le Mans Caimans	7	Team Canada	27
19.07.1995	Ireland	22	Ottawa Gee Gees Alumni (ON)	34
03.08.1995	Ireland	27	Ottawa Gee Gees Alumni (ON)	24

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Irish American Football teams have played Canadian teams as well as American teams, faring much better.

The first of these matches was in 1994, when the Hull Raiders from Quebec toured Ireland, defeating a combined Carrickfergus/Belfast team and losing 18-17 to the Dublin Tornadoes, who would also defeat a Team Canada 19-18, while a combined Ireland/Le Mans Caimans team would lose 27-7 to the Canadians in France. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

In 1995, Team Ireland would split a two-game series with the Gee-Gees a Canadian Alumni team from Ottawa. During these games Canadian Football rules were slipped in, making it difficult for the Irish teams.[5][6][7][8]

Carrickfergus Knights lost a game to a Team Canada U21s, 34-6 in 2002 [10],  before Ireland U20s beat Greendell Falcons, a junior team from Manitoba 22-20 in 2013 [11].

Bibliography

[1] Evening Herald (1993) Tornadoes Plan for ’94 Evening Herald. Thursday, October 07, 1993, pg. 52

[2] Evening Herald (1994) YOUR SPORTING UPDATE AT A GLANCE – AMERICAN FOOTBALL Evening Herald. Thursday February 17, 1994, pg. 53

[3] Evening Herald (1994) Tornadoes Test Evening Herald. Thursday July 07, 1994, pg. 61

[4] Evening Herald (1994) “Tornadoes Test” Evening Herald. Thursday July 07, 1994, pg. 61

Websites

[5] Irish American Football Association (2016) History of US Teams playing in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/history-of-us-teams-playing-in-ireland/ [Accessed 22 November 2016]

[6] Wayback Machine – Irish National Team (1999) The Irish National Team [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19990203153252/http://fiachra.ucd.ie/~alan/national_team.html [Accessed 5 July 2017]

[7] Wayback Machine – Dublin Tornadoes (2000) Welcome to the Dublin Tornadoes Web Site [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20000422074512/http://www.connect.ie/users/tornadoes/Welcome.htm [Accessed 16 April 2017]</p

[8] Wayback Machine – Dublin Tornadoes (2001) Irish National American Football Team [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010710173628/http://www.connect.ie/users/tornadoes/NatTeam/History.htm [Accessed 16 April 2017]

[9] Wayback Machine – Irish American Football Association (2002) August 25th 2002 – TEAM CANADA 34 – 6 CARRICKFERGUS KNIGHTS [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021210031300/http://www.irish-american-football.org/news%20stories/25aug02.htm [Accessed 8 October 2017]

[10] Irish American Football Association (2013) IAFA U20s have historic win against Greendell Falcons [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/breaking-news-iafa-u20s-win-against-greendell-falcons/ [Accessed 30 April 2017]

[11] Greendell Falcons (2017) MMFA Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://falconsfootball.ca/index.php [Accessed 16 November 2017]

[12] Irish American Football Association (2016) Journey to Thirty [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/journeyto-thirty/ [Accessed 08 August 2016]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association. Also thanks to Ciaran Columb, Marlay Martyrs

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