What if there had always been an All-Ireland Football Team?

100 years ago, Irish soccer went the way that sports like rugby and cricket never did - splitting into separate teams for the Republic and Northern Ireland.

 

But what if they hadn't? What might the impact have been on the international team? How might football in the country have benefitted from an all-island structure? And could it have impacted the wider societal and identity issues across the island?

 

What if there had always been an All-Ireland football team?

 

Guest: Actor and writer Stephen Jones