Irish American Football League

Irish American Football League

sport	American football
abbreviation	IAFL
Association	Irish American Football Association
League foundation	1984
Teams	17 (divided into 2 leagues)
Country countries	Ireland and Northern Ireland
Title holder	University College Dublin
Record champions	Dublin Rebels
TV partner	Setanta Sports
Website	www.americanfootball.ie

The Irish American Football League is the main league of American football in Ireland. It was founded in 1984 and has been running a regular league since 1987. In 2013, the league was expanded to include one division, the IAFL-1, adding six more teams.

Teams

Shamrock Bowl Conference

North	South
Belfast Trojans Dublin Rebels West Dublin Rhinos Carrickfergus Knights Craigavon ​​Cowboys	Univ. of Limerick Vikings Trinity College Dublin UCD Cork admirals DCU Saints

IAFL 1

• Tullamore Phoenix
• Dublin Dragons
• Drogheda Lightning
• Meath Bulldogs
• Mullingar Minotaurs
• North Kildare Reapers
• Waterford Wolves

Shamrock Bowl

Events

The Shamrock Bowl, the final of the Irish championship, has been held since 1986. The only interruption so far was in 2000.

number	date		winner	result	finalist		place	Stadion	reference
I.	1986		Craigavon ​​Cowboys	6: 2	Dublin Celts		Dublin	St Mary's RFC Templeville road
II	1987		Dublin Celts	43:25	Craigavon ​​Cowboys		Belfast	North RFC Belfast
III	1988		Dublin Celts	34: 60	Belfast Blitzers		Dublin	Terenure College RFC
IV	1989		Dublin Celts	7: 6	Antrim Bulldogs		Belfast	Musgrave park
V	1990		Craigavon ​​Cowboys	64: 30	Belfast Spartans
VI	1991		Dublin Celts	44: 00	Antrim Bulldogs
VII	1992		Craigavon ​​Cowboys	14: 60	Antrim Bulldogs
VIII	1993		Dublin Tornadoes	22: 20	Dublin Celts
IX	1994		Dublin Tornadoes	21:15	Carrickfergus Knights
X	1995		Dublin Tornadoes	44:12	Carrickfergus Knights
XI	1996		Dublin Lightning	26: 80	Dublin Tornadoes
XII	1997		Carrickfergus Knights	21: 00	Dublin Bulls
XIII	1998		Carrickfergus Knights	22:14	Dublin Tigers
XIV	1999		Dublin Tigers	22: 60	Carrickfergus Knights
2000			Discontinued due to the restructuring of the IAFA
XV	2001		Dublin Rebels	28: 70	Carrickfergus Knights
XVI	2002		Carrickfergus Knights	66: 00	UL Vikings AFC
XVII	2003		Dublin Rebels	24:12	Carrickfergus Knights
XVIII	2004		Dublin Rebels	24:22	Carrickfergus Knights
XIX	2005		Dublin Rebels	26:19	Belfast Bulls
XX	2006		Dublin Rebels	44:12	UL Vikings AFC
XXI	2007		UL Vikings AFC	22:14	Cork admirals
XXII	2008		UL Vikings AFC	14:12	Dublin Rebels
XXIII	2009		UL Vikings AFC	9: 6 OT	Dublin Rebels
XXIV	0Aug 7, 2010		Dublin Rebels	15: 00	UL Vikings AFC		Dublin	Tallaght Stadium
XXV	July 31, 2011		Dublin Rebels	14:13	UL Vikings AFC		Dublin	Morton Stadium
XXVI	July 14, 2012		Belfast Trojans	16:14	UL Vikings AFC		Dublin	Tallaght Stadium
XXVII	20th July 2013		Belfast Trojans	48:18	Dublin Rebels
XXVIII	Aug 10, 2014		Belfast Trojans	7-0	Dublin Trinity Thunderbolts
XXIX	0Aug 9, 2015		Belfast Trojans	28:14	Dublin Trinity Thunderbolts
XXX	07 Aug 2016		Dublin Rebels	12: 7	Belfast Trojans
XXXI	13 Aug 2017		Dublin Rebels	12: 6	Carrickfergus Knights
XXXII	19th Aug 2018		Cork admirals	18:16	Dublin Rebels		Dublin	Tallaght Stadium
XXXIII	4th Aug 2019		Belfast Trojans	24:10	South Dublin Panthers

Participation by team

rank	team	Victories	Participation	Season (s)
1	Dublin Rebels	9	13	2001, 2003–2006 , 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 , 2013, 2016, 2017 , 2018
2	Dublin Celts	5	7th	1986, 1987-1991 , 1993
3	Belfast Trojans	5	6th	2012–2015 , 2016, 2019
4th	Carrickfergus Knights	3	10	1994, 1995, 1997 , 1998 , 1999, 2001, 2002 , 2003, 2004, 2017
5	UL Vikings	3	8th	2002, 2006, 2007–2009 , 2010–2012
6th	Dublin Tornadoes	3	4th	1993-1995 , 1996
7th	Craigavon ​​Cowboys	2	4th	1986 , 1987, 1990, 1992
8th	Cork admirals	1	2	2007, 2018
	Dublin Tigers	1	2	1998, 1999
10	Dublin Lightning	1	1	1996
11	Antrim Bulldogs	0	3	1989, 1991, 1992
12	Trinity College	0	2	2014, 2015
13	Belfast Bulls	0	1	2005
	Dublin Bulls	0	1	1997
	Belfast Blitzers	0	1	1988
	South Dublin Panthers	0	1	2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.americanfootball.ie/irish-american-football-league-announces-2013-league-line-up/
2. ↑ Shamrock Bowl Winners. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Shamrock Bowl results 1986 to present day. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Shamrock Bowl. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Ireland. In: fottball-aktuell.de. Retrieved June 23, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Craigavon ​​Cowboys History. Craigavon ​​Cowboys, accessed August 6, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Rebels are Irish record champions. In: football-aktuell.de. August 9, 2010, accessed June 23, 2020 . 
8. ↑ But the rebels again. In: football-aktuell.de. August 7, 2011, accessed June 23, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Belfast Irish champion for the first time. In: football-aktuell.de. July 26, 2012, accessed June 23, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Ireland: Cork Admirals historic in 1st ever Shamrock Bowl triumph. In: americanfootball.ie. August 29, 2018, accessed June 26, 2020 . 

Web links

• Association website