Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club is a

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club based in

Rathfarnham Rathfarnham () is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council a ...

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. The club was founded in

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. It was originally based in

Foxrock Foxrock () is an affluent suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is within the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, in the postal district of Dublin 18 and in the Roman Catholic parish of Foxrock. History The suburb of Foxrock was developed by William a ...

and was named after

Three Rock Mountain Three Rock Mountain (; archaic: ''Sliabh Ruadh'') is a mountain in Co Dublin, Ireland. It is high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains. The m ...

. The club's senior men's team plays in the

Men's Irish Hockey League The Men's Irish Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by Hockey Ireland that features men's teams from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league was first played for during the 2008–09 season. It replaced the All-I ...

and the Men's Irish Senior Cup. The reserve team play in the Men's Irish Junior Cup. Three Rock Rovers have also represented

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competitions, including the

Euro Hockey League The Euro Hockey League is an annual men's field hockey cup competition organized by the EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 field hockey season when it merged and replaced th ...

. Three Rock Rovers also enters various men's and women's teams in junior, senior and veterans leagues and cup competitions affiliated to the Leinster Hockey Association.

History

Three Rock Rovers were founded in

by a group of former

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players. Together with Dublin University and Monkstown, Three Rock Rovers were among the pioneering field hockey clubs in

. In 2008–09 Three Rock Rovers were founder members of the

EY Champions Trophy

Irish Senior Cup

;Notes

Irish Junior Cup

Europe

Three Rock Rovers have also represented

competitions. In addition to playing in the

, Three Rock Rovers have also played in European

indoor hockey Indoor hockey is an indoor variant of field hockey. It is similar to the outdoor game in that two teams compete to move a hard ball into the goal of the opposing side using hockey sticks. Indoor hockey is played on a smaller area and between sm ...

competitions. Three Rock Rovers hosted the 2015

EuroHockey Club Trophy The EuroHockey Club Trophy I is an annual men's field hockey competition organised by the EHF for European hockey clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club competition, being one tier below the top men's European club competition the ...

Women's field hockey

; Irish Junior Cup

Home grounds

Three Rock Rovers were originally based in

, near the

Stillorgan Stillorgan (, also ''Stigh Lorcáin'' and previously ''Tigh Lorcáin'' or ''Teach Lorcáin''), formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, and contains ma ...

station on the

Harcourt Street railway line The Harcourt Street Railway Line ( ga, Seanlíne Iarnróid Shráid Fhearchair) was a railway line that ran from ''Harcourt Street'' in Dublin through the southern suburbs to Bray, County Wicklow, Bray. It was one of the Dublin and South Eastern ...

. The club's original grounds were donated to Three Rock Rovers by Sir John Power of Power's Distillers. In 1930, Three Rock Rovers moved to Londonbridge Road, the headquarters of the

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. In 1981 the club moved to its current grounds at Grange Road in

Notable players

Men

; internationals When Ireland won the silver medal at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

, the squad included five Three Rock Rovers players – Henry Brown, Walter Campbell, Richard Gregg, Henry Murphy and Charles Power. ; international * David Judge:

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; internationals * Jody Hosking * Richard Pautz ;Others:

Gordon Lambert Charles Gordon Lambert (9 April 1919 – 27 January 2005) was an Irish businessman, senator, and art collector who, in 1992, donated over 300 paintings to the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He had earlier campaigned for an Irish national modern art c ...

: member of

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house). It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...

Women

; internationals When the

Ireland women's national field hockey team The Ireland women's national field hockey team is organised by Hockey Ireland and represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in international women's field hockey competitions, including the Women's Hockey World Cup and the Wom ...

won the silver medal at the

2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, England. Defending champions t ...

, the squad included former Three Rock Rovers player

Deirdre Duke Deirdre Duke (born 9 June 1992) is an Ireland women's national field hockey team, Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Duke has also won Irish Senior ...

. *

Honours

Men

**''Runners Up'': 2017–18, 2018–19: 2 * EY Champions Trophy **''Winners'': 2017, 2018, 2019: 3 * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 1897–98, 1907–08, 1938–39, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1973–74, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19: 12 **''Runners Up'': 1912, 1960, 1977, 1986, 1998, 1999: 6 * Irish Junior Cup **''Winners'': 1897–98, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1919–20, 1978–79, 1997–98, 2018–19: 7 **''Runners Up'': 1964, 1977, 1983, 2000, 2015, 2017: 6 *EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge II **''Winners'': 2018: 1 *EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I **''Runners Up'': 2019: 1 *All-Ireland Club Championship **''Winners'': 2008: 1

Women

* Irish Junior Cup **''Runners Up'': 2001, 2003: 2

References

External links

Official website

Three Rock Rovers on Facebook

Three Rock Rovers on Twitter
{{Men's Irish Hockey League Field hockey clubs in County Dublin Sports clubs and teams in South Dublin (county) Men's Irish Hockey League teams 1893 establishments in Ireland Field hockey clubs established in 1893