Irish Free State at The Commonwealth Games | Irish Free State Commonwealth Games

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. Bill Britton (IRL) was awarded a silver medal in the Hammer Throw, the only medal to the team.

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, although the team did not win any medals.

The next games were held in 1938, but by this time, the Irish Free State no longer existed. By 1950, the Republic of Ireland had been created, and had left the Commonwealth, and so has not sent a team to any subsequent Games.

Northern Ireland has participated in the games from 1934, see Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games.

Ireland at the Commonwealth Games

1930

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

Irish Free State at the Commonwealth Games

1934

Irish Free State only competed at the 1934 Games

Associations at the Commonwealth Games

Current	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Cook Islands Cyprus Dominica England Falkland Islands Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Grenada Guernsey Guyana India Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Montserrat Mozambique Namibia Nauru New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Ireland Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Scotland Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Wales Zambia

Historical	Aden Fiji Hong Kong Ireland Irish Free State Malaya Newfoundland British North Borneo Sarawak Federation of South Arabia Zimbabwe

Fiji is currently suspended from the Commonwealth.

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