YMCA Hockey Club is a

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club based in YMCA Sports Grounds, Claremont Road,

Sandymount Sandymount () is an affluent coastal suburb in the Dublin 4 district on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland. Etymology An early name for the area was Scal'd Hill or Scald Hill.

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 ...

. They are affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the

Irish Hockey Association Hockey Ireland, previously known as the Irish Hockey Association, is the governing body for field hockey in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is responsible for organising both the Ireland men's national field hockey team and t ...

. The club fields five men's teams and two women's teams in the Leinster Hockey leagues.

Honours

(''List of honours complete for all-Ireland competitions - all others incomplete'') * Irish Senior Cup (9 wins): 1939–40, 1943–44, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1977–78, 1978–79 * Irish Junior Cup (1 win): 1953–54 * Irish Hockey Challenge (Ladies Hockey) (2 wins): 2008–09, 2009–10 * Leinster Senior League (Men's hockey) (11 wins): 1943–44, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81

References

External links

YMCA Hockey Club official website
Field hockey clubs in County Dublin 1909 establishments in Ireland

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Sports clubs in Dublin (city) Men's Irish Hockey League teams {{Fieldhockey-team-stub