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team based in

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. It was founded in

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Henry Dunlop Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop (1844 – 1930) was a sports promoter, civil servant, engineer and, a former leader of Irish Rugby, founder of Lansdowne Football Club and figure behind the construction of the former Lansdowne Road stadium. An engi ...

as the ''Irish Champion Athletic Club''. Its senior team currently plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. The club's playing colours are black, red and yellow hoops, with navy shorts. Lansdowne have won the Leinster Senior Cup a record 28 times, winning it for the first in 1891. Lansdowne won the All Ireland League for the first time in March 2013 and also won the Fraser McMullen cup in the same season. Lansdowne completed the "All Ireland Double" again in May 2015 winning the All Ireland League and the Fraser McMullen again. In 2017/2018 captained by Ian Prendiville & coached by Mike Ruddock & Mark McHugh Lansdowne won the All Ireland League, The Bateman Cup, The Leinster Senior Cup and The Leinster Senior League Cup. Lansdowne is the first ever Leinster team to win all of these trophies in one season. Together with Wanderers, Lansdowne have shared the use of

Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Stadium ( ga, Bóthar Lansdún, ) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily used for rugby union and association football matches. The stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for ...

since 1880, with each club having their own clubhouse at opposite ends of the ground. However, since 1974 the ground itself has been owned by the IRFU.

Honours

* All-Ireland League: 3 **2012-13, 2014–15, 2017–18 * All-Ireland Cup: 7 **1921-22, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 2017–18, 2019-20 (Joint winners), 2021-22 * Leinster Senior League 11 **1973-74, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 * Leinster Senior Cup 28 **1890-91, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1964–65, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018-19 *

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(16) **1927, 1948, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2019 *Fraser McMullen Cup **2012-13, 2014–15

Notable players

Current Leinster / Connacht / Munster -contracted players

Ireland sevens international players

The following Lansdowne players have played for the

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: * Ian Fitzpatrick * Foster Horan * Adam Leavy *Fiachra Baynes * John O'Donnell * Cian Aherne * Tom Daly *

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* Peter Sullivan *

Aidan McCullen Aidan McCullen (born 5 January 1977) is a businessman and retired Ireland national rugby union team player. He played as a back rower, principally at blindside flanker but also as an openside, no.8 and occasionally in the second row. He played ...

Eric Elwood Eric Elwood is a former Irish rugby union player from Galway. He played as a fly-half. He played for Ireland internationally, and provincially for Connacht. He split his club career between hometown club Galwegians and Lansdowne in Dublin, st ...

* Brian Glennon * Vinnie Becker {, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , 4 Lansdowne players represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics : Adam Leavy, Mark Roche, Foster Horan, Ian Fitzpatrick

Ireland Club international players

{, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , * Alan Maher 2007/2008/2009 *

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2008 * Colum Murphy 2009 * Robert Quinn 2009 *

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2010 * Cian Aherne 2012/2013 * Craig Ronaldson 2012/2013 , , * Foster Horan 2013 * Charlie Butterworth 2013/2014/2016 *

2014/2015/2016 * Tyrone Moran 2014 * Willie Earle 2014/2017 *

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2015 * Ian Prendiville 2015/2016/2017 *

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2015 , , * Jack O'Sullivan 2019 * Alan Bennie 2019 * Phil Donnellan 2016 * Scott Deasy 2016/2017 * Eamonn Mills 2017/2018 * Harry Brennan 2018 *

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2018 * Dan McEvoy 2018

Ireland

{, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , Over 100 Lansdowne players have represented

at full international level. The latest Lansdowne player to be capped by Ireland is Harry Byrne. On two occasions in

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, Lansdowne supplied the entire Irish three-quarter line (Jack Arigho, Eugene Davy, Morgan Crowe and Ned Lightfoot), one of only three clubs ever to have done so at international level world-wide. {, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , *

Lawrence Bulger Lawrence 'Larry' Quinlivan Bulger (5 February 1870 – 17 March 1928) was an Irish rugby union player, athlete and doctor. Bulger played international rugby for Ireland and in 1896 was chosen to represent a British Isles XV in their tour of Sou ...

* Jack Arigho *

Barry Bresnihan Finbarr Patrick Kieran Bresnihan (13 March 1944 – 18 July 2010) was an Irish rheumatologist and international rugby union player. Bresnihan was born in Waterford in 1944 and educated at Gonzaga College, Dublin before qualifying as a doctor ...

* Brian Carney * Reggie Corrigan *

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* Morgan Crowe * William Cunningham * Eugene Davy * Gordon D'Arcy * Fergus Aherne * Gabriel Fulcher * Angus McKeen *

, , * Brian Glennon *

* Noel Mannion * Vincent Becker * Michael English * Michael Gibson * Shane Horgan * Bernard Jackman * Moss Keane * Patrick Berkery * Mike Kiernan * Ham Lambert * Victor Le Fanu * Tom Clancy , , * Mick English (rugby union), Mick English * Des Fitzgerald * Noel Feddis * Con Feighery * Seamus Kelly (footballer), Seamus Kelly * Barry McGann * Ned Lightfoot * Con Murphy * Kevin O'Flanagan * Mick O'Flanagan * Conor O'Shea * Noel Purcell (water polo player), Noel Purcell * Mick Quinn (rugby player), Mick Quinn * Robin Roe , , * Patrick Casey (rugby player), Patrick Casey * Dick Spring * Gordon Wood (rugby union), Gordon Wood * Devin Toner * Martin Moore * Jordi Murphy * Eoin Reddan * Dominic Ryan * Donal Spring * Mike McCarthy (rugby union), Mike McCarthy * David O'Mahony * Sean MacHale * Matt Healy (rugby union), Matt Healy * Max Deegan , , * Rónan Kelleher * Tadhg Beirne * James Ryan (rugby union, born 1996), James Ryan * Dave Kearney * Harry Byrne As well as playing international rugby union for

, at least five Lansdowne players have also represented Ireland and/or Great Britain at other sports. Noel Purcell (water polo player), Noel Purcell was also an international water polo player and represented both Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Great Britain and Ireland at the 1924 Summer Olympics, Ireland at the Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920 and Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 Summer Olympics respectively. He helped Great Britain win the gold medal in 1920 Ham Lambert played 21 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1931 and 1947.. Brothers Kevin O'Flanagan and Mick O'Flanagan also played football (soccer), soccer for Ireland national football team (FAI), Ireland. On 30 September 1946 they both played for Ireland in a 1-0 defeat against England national football team, England at Dalymount Park Brian Carney (rugby footballer), Brian Carney played as a junior with Lansdowne before switching rugby codes. He represented both Ireland national rugby league team, Ireland and Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain at rugby league before returning to the union code.

British & Irish Lions

As well as representing

, several Lansdowne players have also represented the British & Irish Lions.''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany'' (2007): Ciaran Cronin {, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , *

: 1896 British Lions tour to South Africa, 1896 (49) * Vesey Boyle:(279) * Gerry Doran: 1899 British Lions tour to Australia, 1899 (70) * William Cunningham: 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, 1924 (229) * Michael J Dunne: 1930 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, 1930 (273) * Robin Roe: 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa, 1955 (376) * Mick English (rugby union), Mick English: 1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, 1959 (408) * Gordon Wood (rugby union), Gordon Wood: 1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, 1959 (396) , , * Moss Keane: 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, 1974 (533) *

: 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, 1966, 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa, 1968 (459) *Michael Kiernan: 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand, 1983 (582) * Gordon D'Arcy: 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, 2005, 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, 2009 (720) * Shane Horgan: 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, 2005 (730) * Tadgh Beirne: 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, 2021 * Rónan Kelleher: 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, 2021

Other internationals

* Felipe Contepomi Rugby league internationals * Rody Corrigan: 1995 * Phelim Commerford: 1995 * Brian Carney: 1998 * Tom McCabe (Rugby League player), Tom McCabe: 1996

Ireland league records

{, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , AIL top try scorers * Matt Healy (rugby union), Matt Healy: 36 * Ross McCarron: 28 * Dan McEvoy: 27 * Cian Aherne: 26 * Fiachra Baynes: 23 * Brian Glennon: 20 * Marcus Dillon: 20 Forward * Ron Boucher: 19 * Tyrone Moran: 17 * Collie McEntee: 13 , , AIL top points scorers * Scott Deasy: 942 * Craig Ronaldson: 417 *

: 384 , , Most capped AIL players * Willie Earl: 145 * Enda Bohan: 142 * Ron Boucher: 134 * Angus McKeen: 130 * Stephen Rooney: 128 * Shane Whelan: 114 * Ian Prendiville: 110 *

: 106 * Stephen O'Connor: 104 * Scott Deasy: 104 , , Most AIL Tries in a Season * Peter Sullivan: 15 (2018/2019) *

: 14 (2009/2010) * Ross McCarron 13 (2009/2010) {, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , Most club tries in an AIL match * 11 Tries Lansdowne: 76 Dublin University Football Club, Trinity: 26 (2017-2018) Largest win in an AIL match * Lansdowne: 71 Blackrock College RFC, Blackrock: 15 (2005-2006)

Trustees

Michael Kearney, Mark Dawson, Rory Williams, Oisin O'Buachalla, Michael Ryan

Past captains

{, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , *1872-73 J. D. Ogilby *1873-74 J. D. Ogilby *1874-75 J. D. Ogilby *1875-76 D. T. Arnott *1876-77 F. W. Kidd *1877-78 J. W. Richards *1878-79 G. Scriven *1879-80 E. H. Nunns *1880-81 J. C. Bagot *1881-82 J. B. Moore *1882-83 J. B. Moore *1883-84 J. B. Moore *1884-85 R. G. Warren *1885-86 R. G. Warren *1886-87 R. G. Warren *1887-88 R. G. Warren *1888-89 R. G. Warren *1889-90 R. G. Warren *1890-91 V.C. Le Fanu *1891-92 V.C. Le Fanu *1892-93 F E. Davies *1893-94 F E. Davies *1894-95 S. C. Smith *1895-96 A. A. Brunker (resigned)R. P. Rowan *1896-97 R. W. Jeffares *1897-98 R. W. Jeffares *1898-99 G. P. Doran *1899-1900 G. P. Doran *1990-01 B. R. Doran *1901-02 B. R. Doran *1902-03 J. J. Coffey *1903-04 J. J. Coffey *1904-05 J. J. Warren *1905-06 J. J. Warren *1906-07 A. L. Leeper *1907-08 M. J. D’Alton (Resigned)J.J. Coffey *1908-09 H. G. Sugars *1909-10 G. Weldon *1910-11 R. Donnelly *1911-12 R. Donnelly *1912-13 C. R. Wilson *1913-14 J. Burke-Gaffney , , *1914-15 J. Burke-Gaffney *1919-20 N. M. Purcell *1920-21 N. M. Purcell *1921-22 W. E. Crawford *1922-23 W. E. Crawford *1923-24 W. A. Cunningham *1924-25 P. J. Whitty *1925-26 T. V. Harris *1926-27 T. O. Pike *1927-28 G. P. S. Hogan *1928-29 E. O’D. Davy *1929-30 E. O’D. Davy *1930-31 J. E. McEnery *1931-32 M. J. Dunne *1932-33 M. J. Dunne *1933-34 T. A. O’Reilly *1934-35 E. J. Lightfoot *1935-36 J. E. Aright *1936-37 Rev. St. J. Pike *1937-38 T. P. Sinnott *1938-39 T. J. O’Driscoll *1939-40 C. J. Murphy *1940-41 W. G. Sutherland *1941-42 W. G. Sutherland *1942-43 R. Mitchell , , *1943-44 N. J. Burke *1944-45 C. J. Murphy *1945-46 D. Hingerty *1946-47 C. Callan *1947-48 Rev. W. J. Moynan *1948-49 J. F. Coffey *1949-50 R. Carroll *1950-51 J. C. Dawson *1951-52 E. Connellan *1952-53 C. V. Crowley *1953-54 T. D. McNally *1954-55 L. M. Lynch *1955-56 J. P. D. Morris *1956-57 P. J. Berkeley *1957-58 A. Twomey *1958-59 M. A. L. Taney *1959-60 S. Kelly *1960-61 B. G. M. Wood *1961-62 N. Feddis *1962-63 B. G. M. Wood *1963-64 Dr. M. D. Kiely *1964-65 Caleb Powell *1965-66 A. Twomey *1966-67 A. T. A. Duggan *1967-68 P. J. Casey *1968-69 Noel Dwyer *1969-70 Dr. J. Craig *1970-71 P. Sutherland *1971-72 Dr. E. Kiely *1972-73 J. Mitchell *1973-74 D. Power *1974-75 J. Flanagan *1975-76 P. Inglis *1976-77 D. Caniffe *1977-78 P. Gahan *1978-79 R. Spring *1979-80 P. Boylan *1980-81 Moss Keane *1981-82 Mick Quinn (rugby union) *1982-83 M. Gibson *1983-84 V. Becker *1984-85 D. Spring , , *1985-86 M. Ryan *1986-87 W. Burns *1987-88 P. Collins *1988-89 G. Dilger *1989-90 V. Ryan *1990-91 P. Clinch *1991-92 W. Burns *1992-93 Fergus Aherne *1993-94 Johnny Sexton *1994-95 Fergus Aherne *1995-96 B. Glennon *1996-97 M. McDermott *1997-98 Kurt McQuilkin *1998-99 Kurt McQuilkin *1999-2000 D. O’Mahony *2000-01 Colin McEntee *2001-02 S. Rooney *2002-03 E. Bohan *2003-04 E. Bohan *2004-05 Liam Toland (Resigned) S. O'Connor *2005-06 G. Quinn *2006-07 D. Lavin *2007-08 A. Maher *2008-09 A. Maher *2009-10 J. Lyne *2010-11 J. Lyne *2011-12 R. McCarron *2012-13 R. McCarron *2013-14 W. Earle *2014-15 R. Boucher *2015-16 Scott Deasy *2016-17 I. Prendiville *2017-18 I. Prendiville *2018-19 E. Mills *2019-20 J. Dwan *2020-21 J. Dwan *2021-22 J. O’Sullivan

Presidents

{, , - style="vertical-align:top" , , * 1872-04 H. W. D. Dunlop * 1904-05 J. Sibtdorpe *1905-06 J. B. Moore *1906-07 H. Moore *1907-08 W. Pigot *1908-09 J. Denning *1909-10 R. G. Warren *1910-11 F. W. Kidd *1911-12 R. W. Jeffares Snr. *1912-13 A. M. Toomey *1913-14 J. Chambers *1914-19 F. Denning *1919-20 A. A. Brunker *1920-21 F. Joynt *1921-22 F. Joynt *1922-23 B. R. Doran *1923-24 J. J. Coffey *1924-25 J. J. Warren *1925-26 R. Simmons *1926-27 J. A. Gardan *1927-28 A. C. Sibtdorpe *1928-29 M Dawson *1929-30 M. J. D’Alton *1930-31 C. J. Law *1931-32 F. E. Davies *1932-33 V. C. Le Fanu *1933-34 F. A. Ross *1934-35 V. V. Drennan *1935-36 R. H. Lambert *1936-37 R. Donnelly *1937-38 N. M. Purcell *1938-39 F. W. Warren , , *1939-40 W. E. Crawford *1940-41 W. E. Crawford *1941-42 J. A. Cooke *1942-43 A. H. Robinson *1943-44 W. J. Young *1944-45 R. H. Maunsell *1945-46 R. W. Jeffares Jr. *1946-47 L. B. Heaney *1947-48 A. J. Beatty *1948-49 R. Noel Mitchell *1949-50 Michael J. Dunne *1950-51 F. C. Conroy *1951-52 E. J. Lightfoot *1952-53 Lt. Col. J. J. Burke-Gaffney, M C. *1953-54 T. A. O’Reilly *1954-55 E. O’D. Davy *1955-56 J. Bell *1956-57 Dr. M. P. Crowe *1957-58 T. C. Fox *1958-59 E. W. Garland *1959-60 H. W. Jack OBE. D. Sc. *1960-61 C. S. P. Randel *1961-62 N.H. Lambert *1962-63 G. P. S. Hogan B. L. *1963-64 Major-Gen S. Collins Powell *1964-65 W. G. Sutherland *1965-66 J. E. McEnery *1966-67 C. J. Murphy *1967-68 J. N. Garland *1968-69 R. Mitchell *1969-70 T. C. Byrne *1970-71 T. V. Davy, S.C. *1971-72 Rev. W. J. Moynan , , *1972-73 J. F. Coffey *1973-74 A. W. Campbell *1974-75 H. Vard *1975-76 J. C. Dawson *1976-77 P. J. Berkery *1977-78 J. P. Barrett *1978-79 A. McNally *1979-80 A. Twomey *1980-81 R. Carroll *1981-82 L. Lynch *1982-83 S. McHale *1983-84 P. Moorhead *1984-85 K. Kelleher *1985-86 N. Hayden *1986-87 Dr. J. Craig *1987-88 J. Maguire *1988-89 P. Ward *1989-90 M. English *1990-91 P. J. Casey *1991-92 C. Flanagan *1992-93 L. McSherry *1993-94 C. Powell *1994-95 R. J. Mitchell *1995-96 B. J. McGann *1996-97 P. Inglis *1997-98 P. Van Cauwelaert *1998-99 A. T. A. Duggan *1999-00 Michael Kearney *2000-01 J. Flanagan *2001-02 J. A. Leddin *2002-03 P. Gahan , , *2003-04 F. Forrest *2004-05 B. Sparks *2005-06 O. O Buachalla *2006-07 A. Delany *2007-08 P. Halpenny *2008-09 J. Kearney *2009-10 Mark Dawson *2010-11 C. O'Reilly *2011-12 P. Boylan *2012-13 D. McCarron *2013-14 Mick Quinn (rugby union) *2014-15 F. Kenny *2015-16 D. Lennon *2016-17 S. Coyle *2017-18 M. Cassidy *2018-19 K. Mulligan *2019-20 D. Shaw *2020-21 C. Goode *2021-22 C. Goode

References

Notes

General

Peter Dooley inspires Lansdowne to AIL final win
*[https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/lansdowne-crowned-ail-champions-in-true-style-1.1344797 Lansdowne crowned AIL champions in true style]
Lansdowne land second title with thrilling UBL final win over ClontarfLansdowne win first Bateman Cup in 87 years to end Cork Con's bid for six-in-a-row

External links

Club website
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