Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club was a women's field hockey club based at St. Andrew's College in Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The club entered teams in the Women's Irish Hockey League, the Irish Senior Cup and the Irish Junior Cup. In 2016 Hermes merged with the women's team at Monkstown Hockey Club and subsequently played as Hermes-Monkstown. As Hermes-Monkstown, the club represented Ireland in the 2017 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.
History Old Wesley Hockey Club Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club was a successor club of the Old Wesley Hockey Club, originally founded by former pupils of Wesley College. During the 1950s and early 1960s, Old Wesley played at Leinster intermediate level. Traditionally Old Wesley recruited players from Protestant schools. However, in order to make the move to senior status, the club decided to expand its membership to the wider community and change its name. In April 1966 Old Wesley was relaunched as Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club, taking Old Wesley's place in the Leinster Senior Division.
Irish Senior Cup Hermes won the Irish Senior Cup for the first time in 1997, defeating Muckross 2–1 in the final. They won a second Irish Senior Cup in 1999 defeating Pegasus 3–2 in the final. They were cup winners on two further occasions in 2005 and 2006.
Season Winners Score Runners up 1974Pegasus2–0Hermes 1997Hermes2–1Muckross 1999Hermes3–2Pegasus 2000Cork Harlequins2–1Hermes 2002Loreto2–2Loreto won 3–1 after penalty shoot-outHermes 2004Pegasus2–1Hermes 2005Hermes2–2Hermes won 4–3 after penalty shoot-outBallymoney 2006Hermes1–0 Old Alexandra 2010–11Pegasus3–1Hermes 2014–15Ulster Elks1–0Hermes
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All-Ireland Club Championship Hermes won the All-Ireland Club Championship on four occasions, in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008. In 2008 with a team that included Anna O'Flanagan, Chloe Watkins and Nicola Evans, all still schoolgirls, Hermes won the title after defeating Loreto in the final.
Season Winners Score Runners up 2003Hermes 2004Hermes 2006Hermes Pegasus 2007Pegasus3–1Hermes 2008Hermes1–0Hermes won after golden goalLoreto
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Women's Irish Hockey League In 2008–09 Hermes were founder members of the Women's Irish Hockey League. With a team that included Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan, Gillian Pinder and Chloe Watkins, they finished the season as runners up, after losing 2–1 in a penalty shoot-out in the league final against Loreto. Hermes were runners up again in 2010–11, losing 4–1 in the final to Pegasus. In 2015–16, with a team that included Evans, O'Flanagan and Watkins, Hermes won the league title and the EY Champions Trophy. In 2016 Hermes merged with Monkstown and the ladies' team subsequently played as Hermes-Monkstown.
Season Winners Score Runners up 2008–09LoretoLoreto won 2–1 after penalty shoot-outHermes2010–11Pegasus4–1Hermes2015–16Hermesn/aPegasus 2016–17UCDn/aHermes-Monkstown
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EY Champions Trophy Year Winners Score Runners up 2016 Hermes3–1Pegasus2017 UCD1–1UCD won 3–0 after penalty shoot-outHermes-Monkstown
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Irish Junior Cup Hermes second team entered the Irish Junior Cup.
Season Winners Score Runners up 1979Hermes II 2004Pegasus II Hermes II 2006Hermes II2–1Lurgan 2009Hermes IIHermes II won 3–1 after penalty shoot-out1–1Railway Union II
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Hermes in Europe Hermes represented Ireland in European competitions on six occasions. After winning the 1997 Irish Senior Cup they played in the European Cup Winners Cup A Division in Belgium. After winning the 1999 Irish Senior Cup, Hermes finished in third place at the 2000 European Cup Winners Cup A Division tournament in Cologne. In 2012, with a team that featured Mary Goode, Audrey O'Flynn and Gillian Pinder, Hermes won the Women's EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge I, defeating Lille Metropole 3–1 in the final. After winning the 2016 EY Champions Trophy as Hermes, they played in the 2017 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup as Hermes-Monkstown.
Notable former players Ireland 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 five former Hermes players – Deirdre Duke, Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan, Gillian Pinder and Chloe Watkins.
Tara Browne Jenny Burke Catriona Carey Naomi Carroll Linda Caulfield Fiona Connery Carol Devine Gwen Doherty Deirdre Duke Nicola Evans Kristin Farrell Mary Goode Sarah Hilliard Jill Hodgins Lisa Jacob Nicola King Mary Logue Anna O'Flanagan Audrey O'Flynn Gillian Pinder Christine Quinlan Daphne Sixsmith Chloe Watkins
Honours Women's Irish Hockey League Winners: 2015–16: 1 Runners Up: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2016–17 : 3 EY Champions Trophy Winners: 2016 Runners Up: 2017 All-Ireland Club Championship Winners: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008: 4 Irish Senior Cup Winners: 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006: 4 Runners Up: 1974, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010–11, 2014–15 : 6 Leinster Senior Cup Winners: 1973–74, 1977–78: 2 Irish Junior Cup Winners: 1979, 2006, 2009: 3 Runners Up: 2004: 1 Women's EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge I Winners: 2012
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