In rugby union, rugby league, field hockey, cricket, boxing, golf, athletics and others the Ireland team is drawn from the whole island (i.e. both the Republic and Northern Ireland).
在聯合式橄欖球、聯盟式橄欖球、曲棍球、板球、拳击、高爾夫、田徑和其它運動中，愛爾蘭隊是由全島選出（ie. 包括愛爾蘭共和國和北愛爾蘭）。