Provisional dates for a Four Nations tournament involving Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Republic of Ireland have been announced.

The 'Celtic Cup' style tournament will be held in Dublin at the new Aviva Stadium and the first two games are to take place on 8 and 9 February 2011.

The remaining four games will take place from 24-28 May.

Football Association of Wales secretary said the FAW was "delighted" to have agreed the dates.

"After many months of work we are delighted that this has now come about," he said.

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"We look forward to a great tournament especially in the new stadium in Dublin and we trust it will be a huge success which will enable us to extending in future years."

The tournament is to be held in one country on a rotational tournament-by-tournament basis with two games being played on match-days.

The old Home Championship, which included England but not the Republic of Ireland, was staged every year until 1984.

But matches between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were eventually scrapped because of increasing fixture congestion.

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