Railway Union Sports Club is a multi-sports club based in Sandymount , Dublin 4 , Ireland . The club was founded in 1904 and was originally known as the Railway and Steam Packet Athletic and Social Union . The club organises teams in various sports and activities including cricket ,[ 1] field hockey , indoor hockey ,[ 2] rugby union ,[ 4] [ 6] association football , tennis ,[ 8] bowls [ 5] [ 3] and bridge .[ 9] Railway Union women's field hockey and women's rugby union teams both play in the top level of their respective national leagues. Railway Union women's field hockey team also represented Ireland in the 2014 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup .
History
Men's field hockey
The men's senior field hockey team plays in the Men's Irish Hockey League [ 2] In 2018–19 they became founder members of the league's Division 2.[ 10] [ 11] The men's senior field hockey team also enters the Irish Senior Cup while the reserve team plays in the Irish Junior Cup .
Irish Senior Cup
Notes
^ After extra time
^ After extra time
^ After replay and two periods of extra time, first game finished 0–0
Irish Junior Cup
Notes
Women's field hockey
Railway Union's senior women's field hockey team play in the Women's Irish Hockey League and the Irish Senior Cup . During the first five seasons of the Women's Irish Hockey League, Railway Union emerged as the league's strongest team, winning three titles in fours seasons. During this era the team featured, among others, Cecelia and Isobel Joyce , Emer Lucey , Nicola Evans , Kate McKenna , Jeamie Deacon and Grace O'Flanagan . Railway Union were champions for the first time in 2009–10, before winning further titles in 2011–12 and 2012–13.[ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] In 2012–13 Railway Union also completed a national double, winning both the Women's Irish Hockey League[ 33] and the Irish Senior Cup. In the cup final Railway Union defeated UCD 3–2.[ 34] [ 35] Railway Union also represented Ireland in European club competitions,[ 36] including the 2014 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup .[ 37]
Women's Irish Hockey League
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Railway Union won after a penalty shoot-out
Irish Senior Cup
Irish Junior Cup
Railway Union's reserve women's field hockey team play in the Irish Junior Cup . Cecelia Joyce and Kate McKenna were members of the 2018 winning team.[ 43]
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^ Loreto won 4–2 after penalty shoot-out
^ After replay, first game finished 1–1
^
Hermes II won 3–1 after penalty shoot-out
Men's rugby union
Railway Union's first and second men's rugby union teams both play in the Leinster League .[ 50] [ 51]
Women's rugby union
The women's rugby union first team plays in the Women's All-Ireland League. The second team plays in the Leinster League.[ 51] [ 50] [ 52] [ 53] In 2014–15, with a team featuring Cliodhna Moloney , the first team won the Women's All Ireland Cup after defeating Highfield 27–0.[ 54] In 2017–18, with a team featuring Larissa Muldoon and Lindsay Peat , the first team won the cup for a second time. In the final they defeated UL Bohemians 33–3.[ 55] [ 56]
Women's All Ireland Cup
Cricket
Railway Union Cricket Club has five men's teams playing in Leinster Cricket Union competitions. The first XI play in the Leinster Senior League . There is also a women's team and boys' and girls' teams for all age groups.[ 1] The men's first XI also play in the Irish Senior Cup [ 57] [ 58] and the Leinster Senior Cup .
Irish Senior Cup
Leinster Senior Cup
Railway Union's senior men's association football team play in the Athletic Union League .[ 59] [ 60] and in the FAI Junior Cup .[ 60] [ 61] They have previously played in the Leinster Senior League , finishing as runners up in the Senior Division in 1980–81. An under-20 team also plays in the AUL.
Notable players
Field hockey
Ireland men's internationals
Ireland women's internationals
Ireland A women's internationals
Ireland women's cricket internationals
Republic of Ireland association football internationals
Rugby union
Ireland men internationals
E.W. Jeffares; 1912–13 (2 Ireland Caps)
R.D. Patterson; 1912–13 (8 Ireland Caps)
George Hamlet ; 1902–1911 (30 Ireland Caps)
Jim William Golding; 1879 (Ireland v Scotland )
Ireland women internationals
Ireland women sevens internationals
Chloe Blackmore
Kim Flood
Stacey Flood
Katie Heffernan
Eve Higgins
Amee Leigh-Crowe
Martina McCarthy
Larissa Muldoon
Emma Murphy
Susan Vaughan
Source :[ 62]
Cricket
Ireland men's cricket internationals
Ireland women's cricket internationals
Facilities
Railway Union Sports Club is based at Park Avenue .[ 4] [ 5] The facilities include a full size 6-rink bowling green , a floodlit astro field hockey pitch , three grass and seven floodlit all-weather tennis courts, two association football pitches, a cricket ground and a full size rugby union pitch.[ 62]
Honours
Men's field hockey
Irish Senior Cup
Winners : 1929, 1930, 1931, 1938: 4
Runners Up : 1926, 1927, 1968, 1975, 2012: 5
Irish Junior Cup
Winners : 1925, 1957, 1975: 3
Runners Up : 1940, 1967: 8
Women's field hockey
Women's Irish Hockey League
Winners : 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13: 3
Runners Up : 2013–14: 1
Irish Senior Cup
Winners : 2012–13, 2023-24: 2
Irish Junior Cup
Winners : 1977, 2011, 2017, 2018: 4
Runners Up : 1966, 1974, 1976, 1978, 2008, 2009 : 7
Men's rugby union
Source :[ 64]
Women's rugby union
All Ireland Cup
Winners : 2014–15, 2017–18 : 2
All Ireland League Division 2
Kinsale Sevens
Winners : 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18 : 2
Source :[ 64]
Cricket
Irish Senior Cup
Winners : 2006: 1
Runners Up : 2003, 2005, 2006
Leinster Senior League
Winners : 1960, 1962, 2011: 3
Leinster Senior Cup
Winners : 1967, 2010: 2
Runners Up : 1949, 1950, 1961, 1974, 1981, 1988: 6
References
Division 1 Division 2
Pool A Pool B
Catholic Institute
Dungannon
Lurgan
Monkstown
NUIG
Former teams
Division 1A Division 1B Division 2A Division 2B Division 3