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Lansdowne Football Club, also sometimes referred to as Lansdowne Rugby Football Club, is a
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team based in
Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
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Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. It was founded in
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Henry Dunlop Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop (1844 – 1930) was a sports promoter, civil servant, engineer and, a former leader of Irish Rugby, founder of Lansdowne Football Club and figure behind the construction of the former Lansdowne Road stadium. An engi ...
as the ''Irish Champion Athletic Club''. Its senior team currently plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. The club's playing colours are black, red and yellow hoops, with navy shorts. Lansdowne have won the Leinster Senior Cup a record 28 times, winning it for the first in 1891. Lansdowne won the All Ireland League for the first time in March 2013 and also won the Fraser McMullen cup in the same season. Lansdowne completed the "All Ireland Double" again in May 2015 winning the All Ireland League and the Fraser McMullen again. In 2017/2018 captained by Ian Prendiville & coached by Mike Ruddock & Mark McHugh Lansdowne won the All Ireland League, The Bateman Cup, The Leinster Senior Cup and The Leinster Senior League Cup. Lansdowne is the first ever Leinster team to win all of these trophies in one season. Together with Wanderers, Lansdowne have shared the use of
Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Stadium ( ga, Bóthar Lansdún, ) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily used for rugby union and association football matches. The stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for ...
since 1880, with each club having their own clubhouse at opposite ends of the ground. However, since 1974 the ground itself has been owned by the IRFU.


Honours

* All-Ireland League: 3 **2012-13, 2014–15, 2017–18 * All-Ireland Cup: 7 **1921-22, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 2017–18, 2019-20 (Joint winners), 2021-22 * Leinster Senior League 11 **1973-74, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 * Leinster Senior Cup 28 **1890-91, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1964–65, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018-19 *
Metropolitan Cup The Ron Massey Cup (formerly known as the Bundaberg Red Cup and Jim Beam Cup) is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, run jointly by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and th ...
(16) **1927, 1948, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2019 *Fraser McMullen Cup **2012-13, 2014–15


Notable players


Current Leinster / Connacht / Munster -contracted players


Ireland sevens international players

The following Lansdowne players have played for the
Ireland national rugby sevens team The Ireland national rugby sevens team competes in several international rugby sevens competitions. The team is governed by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Ireland competes as a "core team" on the World Rugby Sevens Series, a competitio ...
: * Ian Fitzpatrick * Foster Horan * Adam Leavy *Fiachra Baynes * John O'Donnell * Cian Aherne * Tom Daly *
Mark Roche Mark Roche (born 25 January 1993) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays for the Ireland national rugby sevens team as a scrum-half. Youth rugby and early career In his youth, Roche played with Blackrock. He then went on to play for the Irela ...
* Peter Sullivan *
Aidan McCullen Aidan McCullen (born 5 January 1977) is a businessman and retired Ireland national rugby union team player. He played as a back rower, principally at blindside flanker but also as an openside, no.8 and occasionally in the second row. He played ...
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Eric Elwood Eric Elwood is a former Irish rugby union player from Galway. He played as a fly-half. He played for Ireland internationally, and provincially for Connacht. He split his club career between hometown club Galwegians and Lansdowne in Dublin, star ...
* Brian Glennon * Vinnie Becker {, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , 4 Lansdowne players represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics : Adam Leavy, Mark Roche, Foster Horan, Ian Fitzpatrick


Ireland Club international players

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Mark Roche Mark Roche (born 25 January 1993) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays for the Ireland national rugby sevens team as a scrum-half. Youth rugby and early career In his youth, Roche played with Blackrock. He then went on to play for the Irela ...
2014/2015/2016 * Tyrone Moran 2014 * Willie Earle 2014/2017 *
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Scott Deasy Scott Deasy (born 11 October 1988) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays at fly-half, centre and fullback. Munster After shining at various age grades with Presentation Brothers College, Cork, including three years with the Senior Cup Tea ...
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Ireland

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at full international level. The latest Lansdowne player to be capped by Ireland is Harry Byrne. On two occasions in
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Lawrence Bulger Lawrence 'Larry' Quinlivan Bulger (5 February 1870 – 17 March 1928) was an Irish rugby union player, athlete and doctor. Bulger played international rugby for Ireland and in 1896 was chosen to represent a British Isles XV in their tour of Sou ...
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Barry Bresnihan Finbarr Patrick Kieran Bresnihan (13 March 1944 – 18 July 2010) was an Irish rheumatologist and international rugby union player. Bresnihan was born in Waterford in 1944 and educated at Gonzaga College, Dublin before qualifying as a doctor ...
* Brian Carney *
Reggie Corrigan Reggie Corrigan (born 19 November 1970) is a former Ireland, Irish rugby union footballer, playing at loose-head prop-forward. He attended school in Presentation College, Bray. Corrigan made his international debut against Canada in November 19 ...
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Ernie Crawford William Ernest Crawford (17 November 1891 – 12 January 1959) was an Ireland rugby union international during the 1920s. He was also a noted soccer player and was included in the Ireland squad for the 1924 Olympic Football Tournament. Club c ...
* Morgan Crowe * William Cunningham *
Eugene Davy Eugene O'Donnell Davy (26 July 1904 – 11 November 1996) was an Ireland international rugby union fly-half. Davy was born into an affluent family in County Dublin on 26 July 1904.http://sv1.sotic.net/scrum/players.php?player=23770&includeref=dyn ...
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Gordon D'Arcy Gordon William D'Arcy (born 10 February 1980, in Ferns, County Wexford) is a retired Irish rugby player who played most of his career at inside centre. He played for Irish provincial side Leinster for his entire professional career and is secon ...
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Eric Elwood Eric Elwood is a former Irish rugby union player from Galway. He played as a fly-half. He played for Ireland internationally, and provincially for Connacht. He split his club career between hometown club Galwegians and Lansdowne in Dublin, star ...
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Noel Mannion Noel Mannion (born 12 January 1963 in Ballinasloe, Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a number eight. He played for the Ireland team from 1988 to 1993, wi ...
* Vincent Becker * Michael English * Michael Gibson *
Shane Horgan Shane Patrick Horgan (born 18 July 1978) is an Irish former rugby union player who played wing or centre for Leinster and Ireland. Early life He was born on 18 July 1978 in Bellewstown, County Meath, to an Irish mother, Ursula (née Campbell) ...
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Bernard Jackman Bernard Jackman (born 5 May 1976) is an Irish former rugby union player who played for Connacht, Leinster and Sale Sharks. At international level, he has also played for Ireland. He released his autobiography, ''Blue Blood'' in 2011. He was di ...
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Moss Keane Maurice Ignatius "Moss" Keane (27 July 1948 – 5 October 2010) was a Gaelic footballer and a rugby union footballer who played for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. Life and career Born at Currow in County Kerry, Keane started out as a ...
* Patrick Berkery *
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Victor Le Fanu Victor Charles Le Fanu (14 October 1865 – 9 August 1939)Griffiths (1987), 12:24. was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne. Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for ...
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Des Fitzgerald Desmond Fitzgerald (born 20 December 1957 in Dublin) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a prop forward. He played for the Ireland team from 1984 to 1992, winning 34 ...
* Noel Feddis * Con Feighery * Seamus Kelly * Barry McGann * Ned Lightfoot * Con Murphy *
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Mick O'Flanagan Mick O'Flanagan (29 September 1922 – 13 September 2015) was an Irish former sportsman who represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. As a soccer player, O'Flanagan played for, among others, Home Farm, Bohemians and Belfast Cel ...
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Conor O'Shea Conor O'Shea ( ga, Conchúir Ó Sé) (born 21 October 1970) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Italy national team from 2016 to 2019. He played as a full back and occasionally at out-half and centre ...
* Noel Purcell *
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* Martin Moore *
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Eoin Reddan Eoin Reddan (born Limerick, Ireland, 20 November 1980) is an Irish rugby union player who plays at scrum half. He initially attended the Jesuit boarding school, Clongowes Wood, before moving school to Crescent College Comprehensive where he ...
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Dominic Ryan Dominic Ryan (born 28 March 1990) is an Irish former professional rugby union player who last played for Leicester Tigers. He was a back row player, playing at predominantly openside or blindside flanker. During his first year in the Leinster a ...
* Donal Spring *
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Harry Byrne Harry Byrne (born 22 April 1999) is an Irish rugby union player who is currently a member of the Leinster academy. He plays as a fly-half and represents Lansdowne in the All-Ireland League. Leinster Whilst still in Leinster's academy, Byrne w ...
As well as playing international rugby union for
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player and represented both
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and 1924 Summer Olympics respectively. He helped Great Britain win the gold medal in 1920
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played 21 times for the
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between 1931 and 1947.. Brothers
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Mick O'Flanagan Mick O'Flanagan (29 September 1922 – 13 September 2015) was an Irish former sportsman who represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. As a soccer player, O'Flanagan played for, among others, Home Farm, Bohemians and Belfast Cel ...
also played
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. On 30 September 1946 they both played for Ireland in a 1-0 defeat against
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Brian Carney played as a junior with Lansdowne before switching rugby codes. He represented both
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before returning to the union code.


British & Irish Lions

As well as representing
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Gerry Doran Gerald "Gerry" Percy Doran (15 July 1877 – 31 March 1943) also known as Blucher Doran, was an Irish international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Lansdowne. Doran played international rugby for Ireland and in 1899 he was selected for ...
: 1899 (70) * William Cunningham: 1924 (229) * Michael J Dunne:
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Other internationals

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Rugby league internationals * Rody Corrigan: 1995 * Phelim Commerford: 1995 * Brian Carney: 1998 *
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Ireland league records

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: 36 * Ross McCarron: 28 * Dan McEvoy: 27 * Cian Aherne: 26 * Fiachra Baynes: 23 * Brian Glennon: 20 * Marcus Dillon: 20 Forward * Ron Boucher: 19 * Tyrone Moran: 17 * Collie McEntee: 13 , , AIL top points scorers *
Scott Deasy Scott Deasy (born 11 October 1988) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays at fly-half, centre and fullback. Munster After shining at various age grades with Presentation Brothers College, Cork, including three years with the Senior Cup Tea ...
: 942 * Craig Ronaldson: 417 *
Eric Elwood Eric Elwood is a former Irish rugby union player from Galway. He played as a fly-half. He played for Ireland internationally, and provincially for Connacht. He split his club career between hometown club Galwegians and Lansdowne in Dublin, star ...
: 384 , , Most capped AIL players * Willie Earl: 145 * Enda Bohan: 142 * Ron Boucher: 134 * Angus McKeen: 130 * Stephen Rooney: 128 * Shane Whelan: 114 * Ian Prendiville: 110 *
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: 106 * Stephen O'Connor: 104 *
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: 104 , , Most AIL Tries in a Season * Peter Sullivan: 15 (2018/2019) *
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: 26 (2017-2018) Largest win in an AIL match * Lansdowne: 71
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: 15 (2005-2006)


Trustees

Michael Kearney, Mark Dawson, Rory Williams, Oisin O'Buachalla, Michael Ryan


Past captains

{, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , *1872-73 J. D. Ogilby *1873-74 J. D. Ogilby *1874-75 J. D. Ogilby *1875-76 D. T. Arnott *1876-77 F. W. Kidd *1877-78 J. W. Richards *1878-79 G. Scriven *1879-80 E. H. Nunns *1880-81 J. C. Bagot *1881-82 J. B. Moore *1882-83 J. B. Moore *1883-84 J. B. Moore *1884-85 R. G. Warren *1885-86 R. G. Warren *1886-87 R. G. Warren *1887-88 R. G. Warren *1888-89 R. G. Warren *1889-90 R. G. Warren *1890-91 V.C. Le Fanu *1891-92 V.C. Le Fanu *1892-93 F E. Davies *1893-94 F E. Davies *1894-95 S. C. Smith *1895-96 A. A. Brunker (resigned)R. P. Rowan *1896-97 R. W. Jeffares *1897-98 R. W. Jeffares *1898-99 G. P. Doran *1899-1900 G. P. Doran *1990-01 B. R. Doran *1901-02 B. R. Doran *1902-03 J. J. Coffey *1903-04 J. J. Coffey *1904-05 J. J. Warren *1905-06 J. J. Warren *1906-07 A. L. Leeper *1907-08 M. J. D’Alton (Resigned)J.J. Coffey *1908-09 H. G. Sugars *1909-10 G. Weldon *1910-11 R. Donnelly *1911-12 R. Donnelly *1912-13 C. R. Wilson *1913-14 J. Burke-Gaffney , , *1914-15 J. Burke-Gaffney *1919-20 N. M. Purcell *1920-21 N. M. Purcell *1921-22 W. E. Crawford *1922-23 W. E. Crawford *1923-24 W. A. Cunningham *1924-25 P. J. Whitty *1925-26 T. V. Harris *1926-27 T. O. Pike *1927-28 G. P. S. Hogan *1928-29 E. O’D. Davy *1929-30 E. O’D. Davy *1930-31 J. E. McEnery *1931-32 M. J. Dunne *1932-33 M. J. Dunne *1933-34 T. A. O’Reilly *1934-35 E. J. Lightfoot *1935-36 J. E. Aright *1936-37 Rev. St. J. Pike *1937-38 T. P. Sinnott *1938-39 T. J. O’Driscoll *1939-40 C. J. Murphy *1940-41 W. G. Sutherland *1941-42 W. G. Sutherland *1942-43 R. Mitchell , , *1943-44 N. J. Burke *1944-45 C. J. Murphy *1945-46 D. Hingerty *1946-47 C. Callan *1947-48 Rev. W. J. Moynan *1948-49 J. F. Coffey *1949-50 R. Carroll *1950-51 J. C. Dawson *1951-52 E. Connellan *1952-53 C. V. Crowley *1953-54 T. D. McNally *1954-55 L. M. Lynch *1955-56 J. P. D. Morris *1956-57 P. J. Berkeley *1957-58 A. Twomey *1958-59 M. A. L. Taney *1959-60 S. Kelly *1960-61 B. G. M. Wood *1961-62 N. Feddis *1962-63 B. G. M. Wood *1963-64 Dr. M. D. Kiely *1964-65 Caleb Powell *1965-66 A. Twomey *1966-67 A. T. A. Duggan *1967-68 P. J. Casey *1968-69 Noel Dwyer *1969-70 Dr. J. Craig *1970-71 P. Sutherland *1971-72 Dr. E. Kiely *1972-73 J. Mitchell *1973-74 D. Power *1974-75 J. Flanagan *1975-76 P. Inglis *1976-77 D. Caniffe *1977-78 P. Gahan *1978-79 R. Spring *1979-80 P. Boylan *1980-81
Moss Keane Maurice Ignatius "Moss" Keane (27 July 1948 – 5 October 2010) was a Gaelic footballer and a rugby union footballer who played for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. Life and career Born at Currow in County Kerry, Keane started out as a ...
*1981-82
Mick Quinn (rugby union) Michael Anthony Mary Quinn (31 May 1952) is a former rugby union footballer who played international rugby as a fly-half for Ireland. He played schools rugby for Newbridge College and captained them to victory in the 1970 Schools Cup Final over ...
*1982-83 M. Gibson *1983-84 V. Becker *1984-85 D. Spring , , *1985-86 M. Ryan *1986-87 W. Burns *1987-88 P. Collins *1988-89 G. Dilger *1989-90 V. Ryan *1990-91 P. Clinch *1991-92 W. Burns *1992-93 Fergus Aherne *1993-94
Johnny Sexton Jonathan Jeremiah Sexton (born 11 July 1985) is an Irish rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Leinster Rugby and Ireland, and he also captains both teams. He represented the British & Irish Lions in both 2013 and 2017 and has scored o ...
*1994-95 Fergus Aherne *1995-96 B. Glennon *1996-97 M. McDermott *1997-98 Kurt McQuilkin *1998-99 Kurt McQuilkin *1999-2000 D. O’Mahony *2000-01 Colin McEntee *2001-02 S. Rooney *2002-03 E. Bohan *2003-04 E. Bohan *2004-05 Liam Toland (Resigned) S. O'Connor *2005-06 G. Quinn *2006-07 D. Lavin *2007-08 A. Maher *2008-09 A. Maher *2009-10 J. Lyne *2010-11 J. Lyne *2011-12 R. McCarron *2012-13 R. McCarron *2013-14 W. Earle *2014-15 R. Boucher *2015-16
Scott Deasy Scott Deasy (born 11 October 1988) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays at fly-half, centre and fullback. Munster After shining at various age grades with Presentation Brothers College, Cork, including three years with the Senior Cup Tea ...
*2016-17 I. Prendiville *2017-18 I. Prendiville *2018-19 E. Mills *2019-20 J. Dwan *2020-21 J. Dwan *2021-22 J. O’Sullivan


Presidents

{, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , * 1872-04 H. W. D. Dunlop * 1904-05 J. Sibtdorpe *1905-06 J. B. Moore *1906-07 H. Moore *1907-08 W. Pigot *1908-09 J. Denning *1909-10 R. G. Warren *1910-11 F. W. Kidd *1911-12 R. W. Jeffares Snr. *1912-13 A. M. Toomey *1913-14 J. Chambers *1914-19 F. Denning *1919-20 A. A. Brunker *1920-21 F. Joynt *1921-22 F. Joynt *1922-23 B. R. Doran *1923-24 J. J. Coffey *1924-25 J. J. Warren *1925-26 R. Simmons *1926-27 J. A. Gardan *1927-28 A. C. Sibtdorpe *1928-29 M Dawson *1929-30 M. J. D’Alton *1930-31 C. J. Law *1931-32 F. E. Davies *1932-33 V. C. Le Fanu *1933-34 F. A. Ross *1934-35 V. V. Drennan *1935-36 R. H. Lambert *1936-37 R. Donnelly *1937-38 N. M. Purcell *1938-39 F. W. Warren , , *1939-40 W. E. Crawford *1940-41 W. E. Crawford *1941-42 J. A. Cooke *1942-43 A. H. Robinson *1943-44 W. J. Young *1944-45 R. H. Maunsell *1945-46 R. W. Jeffares Jr. *1946-47 L. B. Heaney *1947-48 A. J. Beatty *1948-49 R. Noel Mitchell *1949-50 Michael J. Dunne *1950-51 F. C. Conroy *1951-52 E. J. Lightfoot *1952-53 Lt. Col. J. J. Burke-Gaffney, M C. *1953-54 T. A. O’Reilly *1954-55 E. O’D. Davy *1955-56 J. Bell *1956-57 Dr. M. P. Crowe *1957-58 T. C. Fox *1958-59 E. W. Garland *1959-60 H. W. Jack OBE. D. Sc. *1960-61 C. S. P. Randel *1961-62 N.H. Lambert *1962-63 G. P. S. Hogan B. L. *1963-64 Major-Gen S. Collins Powell *1964-65 W. G. Sutherland *1965-66 J. E. McEnery *1966-67 C. J. Murphy *1967-68 J. N. Garland *1968-69 R. Mitchell *1969-70 T. C. Byrne *1970-71 T. V. Davy, S.C. *1971-72 Rev. W. J. Moynan , , *1972-73 J. F. Coffey *1973-74 A. W. Campbell *1974-75 H. Vard *1975-76 J. C. Dawson *1976-77 P. J. Berkery *1977-78 J. P. Barrett *1978-79 A. McNally *1979-80 A. Twomey *1980-81 R. Carroll *1981-82 L. Lynch *1982-83 S. McHale *1983-84 P. Moorhead *1984-85 K. Kelleher *1985-86 N. Hayden *1986-87 Dr. J. Craig *1987-88 J. Maguire *1988-89 P. Ward *1989-90 M. English *1990-91 P. J. Casey *1991-92 C. Flanagan *1992-93 L. McSherry *1993-94 C. Powell *1994-95 R. J. Mitchell *1995-96 B. J. McGann *1996-97 P. Inglis *1997-98 P. Van Cauwelaert *1998-99 A. T. A. Duggan *1999-00 Michael Kearney *2000-01 J. Flanagan *2001-02 J. A. Leddin *2002-03 P. Gahan , , *2003-04 F. Forrest *2004-05 B. Sparks *2005-06 O. O Buachalla *2006-07 A. Delany *2007-08 P. Halpenny *2008-09 J. Kearney *2009-10 Mark Dawson *2010-11 C. O'Reilly *2011-12 P. Boylan *2012-13 D. McCarron *2013-14
Mick Quinn (rugby union) Michael Anthony Mary Quinn (31 May 1952) is a former rugby union footballer who played international rugby as a fly-half for Ireland. He played schools rugby for Newbridge College and captained them to victory in the 1970 Schools Cup Final over ...
*2014-15 F. Kenny *2015-16 D. Lennon *2016-17 S. Coyle *2017-18 M. Cassidy *2018-19 K. Mulligan *2019-20 D. Shaw *2020-21 C. Goode *2021-22 C. Goode


References


Notes


General


Peter Dooley inspires Lansdowne to AIL final win
* ttps://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/lansdowne-crowned-ail-champions-in-true-style-1.1344797 Lansdowne crowned AIL champions in true stylebr>Lansdowne land second title with thrilling UBL final win over ClontarfLansdowne win first Bateman Cup in 87 years to end Cork Con's bid for six-in-a-row


External links


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