Irish Provincial Rugby

The IPR was an amateur rugby competition in Ireland from 1917-1946. At the leagues height it had twenty-four teams from all of Ireland. The three original members from the 1917 season are the Dublin Brewers (Northside and Southside) and Belfast Mammoth (Belfast RFC). After World War II many teams folded which led to the demise of the IPR and the creation of the Rugby Union of Ireland.