 ), emerged in Dublin in 1921 and organised a separate league and later a national team.In 1923, during a period when the home nations had dis-affiliated from the governing body, the FAI was recognised by FIFA as the governing body of the Irish Free State on the condition that it changed its name to the "Football Association of the Irish Free State".At the same time, the IFA continued to organise its national team on an all-Ireland basis, regularly calling up Free State players.