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In the first British Empire Games in 1930, the forerunner of the Commonwealth Games, held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a team representing all of Ireland competed[dubious – discuss].
In the second British Empire Games in 1934, held at London, England, two teams representing Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State took part. The 1934 games is the only games at which a team from the Irish Free State took part.
The next games were held in 1950. In 1949 the Republic of Ireland was established and had left the Commonwealth, so did not participate.
Northern Ireland has participated in the games from 1934, see Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games.
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| Ireland only competed at the 1930 Games, in 1934 the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland competed separately, and from 1938 only Northern Ireland has competed |
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