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The Olympic Federation of Ireland is the new name for the Olympic Council of Ireland, since 15 September 2018. The Irish Olympic Council was founded in 1920, while the Irish War of Independence was pitting the Irish Republic proclaimed by Sinn Féin against the Dublin Castle administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Officials, including the President and the International Olympic Committee Delegate, of the National Olympic Committee for the island of Ireland, which has been known over time as the Irish Olympic Council (IOC), Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), and Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI).
The OFI sees itself as representing the island rather than the state, and hence uses the name "Ireland". [2] It changed its own name from "Irish Olympic Council" to "Olympic Council of Ireland" in 1952 to reinforce this point. [2] (The change from "Council" to "Federation" was a 2018 rebranding after the 2016 ticketing controversy. [63])
Arms as Lord Mountjoy, KG (after 1597), viz: Barry nebuly of six Or and Sable. Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, KG (pronounced Blunt; 1563 – 3 April 1606) was an English nobleman and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I, and later as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under King James I.
[1] [5] He was elected to the executive committee of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in 1981 and was in successive Irish Olympic delegations from Los Angeles 1984. [1] He became president of the OCI in 1989 on the recommendation of Lord Killanin, former president of the OCI and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [3]
Ireland at the 1968 Summer Olympics; IOC code: IRL: NOC: Olympic Federation of Ireland: Website: olympics.ie: in Mexico City; Competitors: 31 in 7 sports: Flag bearer: Jim McCourt [1] Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0: Summer Olympics appearances
The Olympic Council of Ireland fielded a team of 77 athletes, 51 men and 26 women, across 14 sports at the Games. [2] It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics since 1996, due to the historic comeback of the men's field hockey squad after a century-long absence.
[n 1] The Irish Olympic Council had been admitted to the International Olympic Committee after the Irish Free State's 1922 independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Council regarded itself as an all-Ireland body, including Northern Ireland as well as the Free State; it competed as "Ireland" (Irlande) rather than ...