Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rathfarnham, Ireland. The club was founded in 1893. It was originally based in Foxrock and was named after Three Rock Mountain. The club's senior men's team plays in the Men's Irish Hockey League and the Men's Irish Senior Cup. The reserve team play in the Men's Irish Junior Cup. Three Rock Rovers have also represented Ireland in European competitions, including the Euro Hockey League. 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 1893 by a group of former Dublin University Hockey Club players. Together with Dublin University and Monkstown, Three Rock Rovers were among the pioneering field hockey clubs in Ireland. In 2008–09 Three Rock Rovers were founder members of the Men's Irish Hockey League.
EY Champions Trophy Year Winners Score Runners up 2017 Three Rock Rovers 2–1Monkstown2018Three Rock Rovers 2–1Glenanne2019Three Rock Rovers 2–0Lisnagarvey
Irish Senior Cup Season Winners Score Runners up 1897–98Three Rock Rovers Freeman's Journal, 18 April 1898, p. 134–0Dublin University 1908Three Rock Rovers6–0North Down 1912Queen's University4–2Three Rock Rovers 1939Three Rock Rovers 1–0 Limerick PYMA 1953Three Rock Rovers3–1Lansdowne 1959Three Rock Rovers 1–0Lisnagarvey 1960Lisnagarvey4–3Three Rock Rovers1962Three Rock Rovers 0–0 Trophy shared after two replays. First game finished 2–2; Second game finished 1–1.Lisnagarvey 1963Three Rock Rovers 1–0Lansdowne 1964Three Rock Rovers 3–1Cork Church of Ireland 1974Three Rock Rovers 2–1Cork Church of Ireland 1977Belfast YMCA 1–0Three Rock Rovers 1986Banbridge4–3Three Rock Rovers 1998Instonians3–2Three Rock Rovers 1999Cork Church of Ireland4–3Three Rock Rovers 2014Three Rock Rovers 2–2 After extra time. Three Rock Rovers won on penalties.Pembroke Wanderers 2018Three Rock Rovers 5–2Pembroke Wanderers 2019Three Rock Rovers 1–0Lisnagarvey
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Irish Junior Cup Season Winners Score Runners up1898Three Rock Rovers II 1910Three Rock Rovers II 1912Three Rock Rovers II 1920Three Rock Rovers II 1964Cliftonville IIIreland's Saturday Night 14/03/1964 Page 23–2Three Rock Rovers II1977Lisnagarvey IIBelfast Newsletter 18/04/1977 Page 103–1Three Rock Rovers II1979Three Rock Rovers II Belfast Newsletter 02/04/1979 Page 123–2Cork Harlequins II1983Cookstown IIIreland's Saturday Night 16/04/1983 Page 23–1Three Rock Rovers III1998Three Rock Rovers II4–0Annadale II2000Annadale II3–0Three Rock Rovers II2015Monkstown II6–2Three Rock Rovers II2017Cork Church of Ireland II3–1Three Rock Rovers II2019Three Rock Rovers II 4–1Instonians II 2025Three Rock Rovers II3–0Portrane II
Europe Three Rock Rovers have also represented Ireland in European competitions. In addition to playing in the Euro Hockey League, Three Rock Rovers have also played in European indoor hockey competitions. Three Rock Rovers hosted the 2015 EuroHockey Club Trophy.
Season Round 2008–09 Euro Hockey LeagueRound of 162015 EuroHockey Club Trophy4th 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge II 1st2017–18 Euro Hockey LeagueRound of 16 2019 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I 2nd2018–19 Euro Hockey LeagueRound of 162019–20 Euro Hockey League Qualified
Women's field hockey
Irish Junior Cup Season Winners Score Runners up 2001Enniscorthy Three Rock Rovers II 2003Pegasus II3–0Three Rock Rovers II
Home grounds Three Rock Rovers were originally based in Foxrock, near the Stillorgan station on the Harcourt Street railway line. 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 Irish Hockey Union in Ringsend. In 1981 the club moved to its current grounds at Grange Road in Rathfarnham, South Dublin.
Notable players Men internationals When Ireland won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the squad included five Three Rock Rovers players – Henry Brown, Walter Campbell, Richard Gregg, Henry Murphy and Charles Power.
Jonny Bruton Henry Brown Walter Campbell Jamie Carr Michael Darling Conor Empey Kyle Good Richard Gregg Bill Haughton Ben Johnson David Judge Luke Madeley Michael Maguire George McVeagh Henry Murphy Marshall Porter Charles Power Ben Walker Daragh Walsh Stephen West international David Judge: 1964 internationals Jody Hosking Richard Pautz
Others Gordon Lambert: member of Seanad Éireann
Women internationals When the Ireland women's national field hockey team won the silver medal at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup, the squad included former Three Rock Rovers player Deirdre Duke.
Deirdre Duke
Honours Men Men's Irish Hockey League 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