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North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs – Dublin University and Wanderers – were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland. It was founded in 1868 by members of North of Ireland Cricket Club. NIFC also played in the first recorded rugby game in Ulster when they played a 20-a-side match against Queen’s University RFC.

founding year
1868-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
league
Ulster Senior League (rugby union), All-Ireland League (rugby union)
team name
North of Ireland FC

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