 Keane applied again in April 1922, during the provisional administration that was preparing for the formal establishment of the Irish Free State that December.De Coubertin was worried that the Tailteann Games were intended to rival the Olympics, and the BOA's delegate was unsure of the political outlook in the buildup to the Irish Civil War.Keane allayed these worries such that the Irish Olympic Council was affiliated to the IOC on 3 June 1922.