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| Union | Hockey Ireland | ||
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| Full name | Glenanne Hockey Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Glens[1] | ||
| Founded | 1943[2] | ||
| Ground | Glenanne Park St Mark's Community School Fortunestown Lane Tallaght Dublin 24[3] | ||
| Website | www.glenannehockeyclub.com | ||
| League | Men's Irish Hockey League | ||
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Glenanne Hockey Club is afield hockey club based inDublin 24,South Dublin,Ireland. The club enters teams in theMen's Irish Hockey League, theIrish Senior Cup and theIrish Junior Cup. Glenanne has representedIreland inEuropean competitions. They won the 2008EuroHockey Club Trophy and were European Cup Winners' Cup runners up in 2002.
The club was originally the staff sports association of theBrown Thomas department store based onGrafton Street and was originally known as the Graftonians. In1943 when Graftonians became an open club, the club was reformed as Glenanne Sports Club. In addition to playingfield hockey, in its early decades the club also had activetable tennis,golf andtennis sections.[2]
Glenanne had to wait until 1985 before their men's section won their first senior trophy, the Neville Cup. In 1996 they won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time. Glenanne won their first Leinster Division One title in April 2000 which was followed weeks later by their first All-Ireland Club Championship win. This marked the beginning of golden era for the club. During the 2000s they won a further five Leinster Division One titles, threeIrish Senior Cups and four Leinster Senior Cups. They also won the 2008EuroHockey Club Trophy and were European Cup Winners' Cup runners up in 2002.[2][4][5][6][7][8] During this era the club's players includedIreland internationalsGraham Shaw and Stephen Butler.[4][9][10] Towards the end of the decade Glenanne teams also featuredShane O'Donoghue.[7][8]
In 2018 Glenanne celebrated their 75th anniversary by winning a national double.[11] In 2017–18 they won theMen's Irish Hockey League title for the first time. They secured the title after defeatingLisnagarvey 4–2. Glenanne were 2–0 down beforeShane O'Donoghue scored a hat-trick.[12][13][14] Meanwhile, Glenanne's men's reserve team also won theIrish Junior Cup after defeatingPembroke Wanderers 3–2 in the final.[15]
Glenanne has representedIreland in Europe on several occasions. After winning the 2001Irish Senior Cup, they qualified for the 2002 European Cup Winners' Cup hosted inGibraltar. They reached the final of the tournament and finished as runners up after they were defeated in the final byAtlètic Terrassa.[1][2][16][17]Glenanne won the 2008EuroHockey Club Trophy inParis after an defeating the host team, CA Montrouge, in the final after extra-time. They subsequently played in the2009–10 and the2010–11 Euro Hockey Leagues.[1][2][18]
Glenanne has also organisedwomen's field hockey teams. In 1970, following the loss of their original home at Fortfield Road, the original ladies section was disbanded. However, in 1975 it was reformed. The Glenanne women have won theIrish Junior Cup in 1984 and 2008. In the 2008 final they defeated Railway Union 5–1.[2] Prominent Glenanne women's players have includedMary Waldron andNicola Daly.[19] Waldron was a dual international who played for both theRepublic of Ireland women's national football team and theIreland women's cricket team.[20][21]Daly was a member of the silver medal winningIreland squad at the2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. Another Ireland international,Nikki Symmons, has also coached the women's team.[21]
Glenanne were originally based on Fortfield Road inTerenure. The club was named after St. Anne's, a localbig house where the club played. TheRiver Poddle also ran near the ground, creating aGlen like appearance. In 1958 the club installedfloodlights. They were one of the firstfield hockey clubs inIreland to do so. In 1970 the club lost its original grounds after the land was sold for building. Between 1970 and 1985Tallaght Community School served as the club home. They also used a pitch at Londonbridge Road and a pitch inTempleogue which belonged to the Leinster Branch of theIrish Hockey Union. In 1985 Glenanne began renting the all-weather pitch atSt Mark's Community School. The club gradually moved there, eventually abandoning the pitch in Tallaght Community School. In 1989 the club made an arrangement with the trustees of St Mark's Community School and theDepartment of Education which saw Glenanne lease a site from the school, build Glenanne Park and give the school permission to use the grounds during school time. Glenanne Park was officially opened by thePresident of Ireland,Mary Robinson on 21 April 1991. In 2001–02 Glenanne Park was upgraded and the arrangement with the school was extended.[2] In 2017–18 the men's senior team began to play their home games atSt. Andrew's College.[3][22]Glenanne is currently undergoing a further pitch replacement programme 2018/2019.
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