BEFORE 1978, THE Irish football team wore fairly bland kits – consisting of the green jersey with a shamrock crest, white shorts and either plain or striped socks.
The Boys in Green, one of two national sides in Europe to play in the colour as their first choice along with Northern Ireland, have since had three sponsors (Opel, Eircom and the current one 3 Mobile) while Athleta, O’Neill’s, Adidas and Umbro have all manufactured the team’s clothing down the years.
Below, we look back at how the home, away and goalkeeper strips have evolved over the past 30 years.
1980 - Home
1982 - Home
1984 - Goalkeeper
1985 - Home
1987 - Home
1988 - Home
1990 - Home
1990 - Away
1990 - Goalkeeper
1990 - Goalkeeper
1992 - Home
1993 - Away
1993 - Goalkeeper
1994 - Home
1994 - Away
1994 - Goalkeeper
1995 - Home
1995 - Goalkeeper
1996 - Home
1996 - Away
1996 - Goalkeeper
1996 - Goalkeeper
1997 - "I had a Macedonia"
1998 - Home
1998 - Away
1998 - Goalkeeper
2000 - Home
2000 - Away
2002 - Home
2002 - Away
2002 - Goalkeeper
2002 - Goalkeeper
2003 - Home
2003 - Away
2003 - Goalkeeper
2004 - Home
2004 - Goalkeeper
2005- Away
2005 - Goalkeeper
2006 - Home
2006 - Goalkeeper
2007 - Away
2008 - Home
2008 - Away
2008 - Goalkeeper
2009 - Away
2010 - Home
2010 - Away
2010 - Goalkeeper
2010 - Charity
2011 - Home
2011 - Away
2011 - Third strip
2011 - Goalkeeper
2011 - Goalkeeper
2012 - Home
2012 - Away
2012 - Goalkeeper
Well if Catherine martin does the same as she done for music and the arts expect rugby along will all other sports to be shut down and all clubs and their grounds turned into cycle paths.
@Chris Mc: Spon on Chris. Most useles two Ministers in Government.
@Chris Mc: thats what you get with so called “gender quotas” – rubbish
Well done ladies..I fully support the message from the ladies rugby. However I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for the Minister to actually effect any meaningful change or exert any relevant presence on the IRFU.
Good on em!! Time now to get back on track with a clean slate!!
@Bart O Brien: until they lose again to a team who can barely spell rugby never mind play the game and they blame everyone else for their failure.
No organisation that underperformed got betrer by giving those who failed more money.
And that’s all this is about money.
@Chris Mc: do you have insider information that you’d like to share with the rest of us ?
I find it comical that most on here are slating the Minister for Sport, rather than the actual serious and cultural issues that exist in the IRFU as an organisation.
@TheHospitalPass: Comical minster of sport thats about right.
@TheHospitalPass: Not really that surprising for a site that is very largely about mens’ rugby in Ireland and whose users are very largely male