Terenure College RFC
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| Full name | Terenure College Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union |  IRFU | |
| Branch | Leinster | |
| Founded | 5 November 1940 | |
| Region | South Dublin | |
| Ground(s) | 'Lakelands', Terenure, Dublin (Capacity: 3,000) | |
| President | Paul Haycock [1] | |
| Coach(es) | Sean Skehan [1] | |
| Captain(s) | Luke Clohessy [1] | |
| League(s) | All-Ireland League, 1A | |
| 2023-24 | 1st (Runners-up)[2] | |
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| Official website | ||
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Terenure College RFC is an amateur rugby union club based in the Terenure suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The institution, founded on 5 November 1940,[3] plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League.
History
[edit]Terenure College RFC was founded on 5 November 1940.[3] With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev. Fr Jackie Corbett, O.Carm., chaired a meeting of rugby playing past pupils of Terenure College in the Hotel Lenehan, Harcourt Street, Dublin.[citation needed]
Terenure played their first match shortly afterwards against the Terenure College SCT at the time. The club won 8 points to 3. It took until 8 January 1959 for Terenure to be promoted to a Senior club after fourteen applications to the Leinster Branch, that after winning five Junior 1 titles and many other trophies. Two years later Mick Hipwell was selected to play for Ireland, Terenure's first Irish international. Mick played against England at Twickenham.[citation needed]
The years 1965-7 were successful seasons for Terenure under the captaincy of Eddie Coleman (later to be IRFU president) and Eddie Thornton respectively, as they won the Leinster Senior league twice in a row. Terenure College RFC has had a number of players represent Ireland. These include Mick Hipwell, Brendan Sherry, Paul Haycock, Ciaran Clarke, Niall Hogan, David Corkery, Girvan Dempsey, and Eric Miller. Terenure has also supplied personnel to the Irish team at other levels including a number of "baggage masters".[citation needed]
Present day
[edit]Leinster have benefited from Terenure's 'rugby factory' with former players such as Girvan Dempsey, David Blaney, Niall Hogan, Mark Egan, James Blaney, David McAllister and Brian Blaney playing for the province.[citation needed]
Terenure field the most adult teams in the province of Leinster, with six adult teams fielded each week.[citation needed] In addition, more than 600 boys and girls play mini-rugby every Sunday morning. They were recognised as the "best senior club in Ireland" at the Energia All-Ireland League Awards 2023.[4]
Terenure College has provided two presidents of the IRFU - M. H. Carroll (1984–85) and E. Coleman (2000–01) and two president of the Leinster Branch - D. Lamont (2009–2010)[citation needed]
Coached by Sean Skehan, who is assisted by former player Conor Gildea, Terenure play in the top division of the All Ireland League, having been promoted in 2014 from Division 1B on the back of promotion the previous season from Division 2A. They finished as runner up in 2021–22, losing to Clontarf in the final. In 2022–23 the club again met Clontarf in the final, winning the match to claim their maiden All Ireland League title.[5]
Honours
[edit]- Leinster Senior League (6): 1983-84, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2019-20, 2022-23
- Leinster Senior Cup (6): 1965-66, 1966–67, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2021-22, 2022-23
- Metropolitan Cup (10): 1949, 1950, 1960, 1979, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2022
- All Ireland League
- Division 1A (1): 2023
- Division 1B (1): 2014
- Division 2A (2): 2006, 2013
Notable players
[edit]Internationals
[edit] Ireland
- Mick Hipwell
- Brendan Sherry
- Paul Haycock
- Ciaran Clarke
- Niall Hogan
- David Corkery
- Girvan Dempsey
- Isaac Boss
- John Cooney
Barbarians
Other
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "INFORMATION - Terenure College RFC INFORMATION (updated, 3 Aug 2023)".
- ^ Thornley, Gerry (29 April 2024). "Seventh heaven for 14-man Cork Con as they dethrone Terenure to claim AIL glory". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Club History".
- ^ "Irish Rugby | Energia All-Ireland League Award Winners Announced".
- ^ O'Sullivan, John (7 May 2023). "Glory Days for Terenure College as Caolan Dooley's boot leads them to first All-Ireland League title". Irish Times.
