 More recently a League of Ireland U-23 XI has represented the Republic of Ireland in the International Challenge Trophy.Meanwhile, a senior team with no age or nationality restriction regularly plays visiting club sides.More recently the team competed in the 2011 Dublin Super Cup

During the 1920s and 1930s, the four national associations that made up the International Football Association Board (IFAB)– The Football Association, the Scottish Football Association, the Football Association of Wales and Northern Ireland's Irish Football Association – refused to recognise the rights of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) when it came arranging full internationals.