Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kungiyar ta fara halartar wasannin Olympics na 1924, inda ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe. Tsakanin 1924 da 1936, ƙungiyar ta yi gasa a matsayin Irish Free State kuma daga wannan lokacin har zuwa 1950, FAI ta kira shi Éire ko Ireland. A cikin 1953, FIFA ta ba da umarnin cewa don wasannin gasa a wasannin da ƙungiyoyin Irish za su iya shiga, za a kira ƙungiyar FAI a hukumance Jamhuriyar Ireland yayin da ƙungiyar IFA za a kira ta Arewacin Ireland. An ba da izinin Arewacin Ireland ta FIFA ta yi amfani da taken Ireland a Gasar Kasa da Kasa har zuwa lokacin da aka dakatar da shi a shekarar 1984. Jamhuriyar Ireland ita ce kasa ta farko daga wajen Burtaniya da ta doke Ingila a gida a wasan da aka buga a Goodison Park, Liverpool, a shekarar 1949. Har ila yau, tawagar ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin Turai ta 1964.
, inda suka yi rashin nasara a gasar zakarun Spain.