Railway Union Sports Club

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Template:Short description Template:Use Hiberno-English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox". 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,[3][4] association football,[5] tennis,[6] bowls[7][8] 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
Season Winners Score Runners Up
1926 Banbridge[12] 5–1 Railway & Steam Packet Union
1927 Lisnagarvey[13] 2–1 [note 1] Railway & Steam Packet Union
1929 Railway & Steam Packet Union[14] Limerick PYMA
1930 Railway & Steam Packet Union[15] 2–1 [note 2] Limerick PYMA
1931 Railway Union[16] 2–0 Maryville
1938 Railway Union[17][18] 1–0 [note 3] Cork Harlequins
1968 Cork Church of Ireland[19] 1–0 Railway Union
1975 Cliftonville[20][21] 1–0 Railway Union
2012 Cork Harlequins[22][23][24] 4–3 Railway Union
Notes
  1. ↑ After extra time
  2. ↑ After extra time
  3. ↑ After replay and two periods of extra time, first game finished 0–0
Irish Junior Cup
Season Winners Score Runners Up
1925 Railway Union II[25] 2–0 Ennis
1940 Maryborough Railway Union II
1957 Railway Union II Carlow
1967 Lisnagarvey II[26] 1–0 Railway Union II
1975 Railway Union II[27] 3–1 [note 1] Lisnagarvey II
Notes
  1. ↑ After extra time

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
Season Winners Score Runners Up
2009–10 Railway Union[29][30][31] 4–0 Cork Harlequins
2011–12 Railway Union[32] Loreto
2012–13 Railway Union[33] [note 1] Loreto
2013–14 UCD[38] Railway Union
Notes
  1. ↑ Railway Union won after a penalty shoot-out
Irish Senior Cup
Season Winners Score Runners Up
2009–10 Loreto[39][40][41] 2–2 [note 1] Railway Union
2012–13 Railway Union[34][42] 3–2 UCD
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]

Season Winners Score Runners Up
1966 Portadown I[44] 6–0 Railway Union II
1974 Pegasus II[45] 1–0 Railway Union
1976 Carrick[46] 1–0 Railway Union II
1977 Railway Union II
1978 Portadown II[47] 3–0 [note 2] Railway Union II
2008 Glennane[48] 5–1 Railway Union II
2009 Hermes II[note 3] 1–1 Railway Union II
2011 Railway Union Lisnagarvey
2017 Railway Union[49] 2–0 Pembroke Wanderers
2018 Railway Union[43] 2–0 UCD
Notes
  1. ↑ Loreto won 4–2 after penalty shoot-out
  2. ↑ After replay, first game finished 1–1
  3. ↑ 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
Season Winners Score Runners Up
2014–15 Railway Union[54] 27–0 Highfield
2017–18 Railway Union[55][56] 33–3 UL Bohemians

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
Season Winners Runners-Up Venue Match Notes
2003 North County Railway Union Castle Avenue North County 217–7 (E Morgan 70);
Railway Union 146 all out (C Mullen 58, P Mooney 4–19).
North County won by 71 runs.
2005 North County[57] Railway Union Castle Avenue Railway Union 182–8 (50 overs A Murphy 80);
North County 185–5 (44.2 overs J Mooney 57 no).
North County won by 5 wickets.
2006 Railway Union Rush Castle Avenue Rush 206–7 (50 overs, S Iqbal 58);
Railway Union 210–9 (43.2 overs A Murphy 50, N Mullen 4–32).
Railway Union won by 1 wicket.
2010 Merrion Railway Union Balrothery Railway Union 317–3 (50 overs Kevin O'Brien 76, Trent Johnston 71, T Fisher 69);
Merrion 164–1 (26 overs Greg Clarence 80no, Dominick Joyce 72no).
Merrion won by 36 runs. (Duckworth-Lewis par score: 128 in 26 overs)[58]
Leinster Senior Cup
Season Winners Runners-up Match Scores
1949 Phoenix Railway Union
1950 Clontarf Railway Union
1961 Dublin University Railway Union
1967 Railway Union Phoenix
1974 Pembroke Railway Union
1981 Leinster Railway Union
1988 YMCA Railway Union
2010 Railway Union Clontarf

Association football

Railway Union's senior men's association football team play in the Athletic Union League.[5][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.[5]

Notable players

Field hockey

Template:Fh men's internationals
File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland women's internationals
File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland A women's internationals
File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland women's cricket internationals
Template:Flagicon Republic of Ireland association football internationals

Rugby union

File:IRFU flag.svg 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)
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland women internationals
Template:Ru7w women sevens internationals
  • Chloe Blackmore
  • Kim Flood
  • Stacey Flood
  • Katie Heffernan
  • Eve Higgins
  • Amee Leigh-Crowe
  • Martina McCarthy
  • Larissa Muldoon
  • Emma Murphy
  • Susan Vaughan

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Cricket

File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland men's cricket internationals
File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland women's cricket internationals

Facilities

Railway Union Sports Club is based at Park Avenue.[3][7] 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

Men's rugby union

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Women's rugby union

  • All Ireland Cup
    • Winners: 2014–15, 2017–18 : 2
  • All Ireland League Division 2
    • Winners: 2013–14
  • Kinsale Sevens
    • Winners: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18 : 2

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Cricket

References

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