History

The Pembroke crest incorporates, the history and aspirations of our Club

A Castle: Signifying Dublin, our capital city
A Tent: Wanderer’s emblem signaling our intention to tour and travel
Crossed Hockey Sticks: The game we all love
Our Colours: Purple, amber and black

The Club was founded in 1922. We were lucky with the site chosen for we like it so much we have not moved! Our name is taken from the Earl of Pembroke who owned a large tract of land in the Sandymount area south of Dublin.

Our grounds are only one and a half miles from the city centre, in the shadows of Lansdowne Road, headquarters of the Irish Rugby Football Union and the adopted home of our National soccer team.

We are surrounded by a plethora of sporting clubs and facilities, which must make the Sandymount/Ballsbridge area one of the most densely populated sporting suburbs in the world!

Whoever was responsible for christening our Club “Wanderers” must have known that over the years many trips, both competitive and friendly would be undertaken by the players.

The most recent achievements which involved travel have been for the Men’s 1st XI competing in the European Cup Winners Cup in Prague in 2007 and the Ladies 1st XI competing in the same competition in Ghent in 2008.

When our intrepid band of nomadic supporters was added to the players & officials, there were in excess of 90 Wanderers in Prague, about 75 in Rome & Vienna & 80 odd in Zurich.

European Finals (Men)

European Finals (Ladies)

Club Honours

Mens Section

EuroHockey Club Trophy
2009

European Champions Cup
2007

irish Hockey League
2009

All Ireland Club Championship
1995 | 2001 | 2006 | 2007

Irish Senior Cup
1933 | 1937 | 1973 | 2000 | 2008 | 2009

Irish Junior Cup
1924 | 1936 | 1938 | 1942 | 1961 | 1996 | 2001 | 2007 | 2008

Leinster Senior League
1935 | 1936 | 1942 | 1947 | 1951 | 1964 | 1965 | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 |
1999 | 2001 | 2004 | 2005 | 2009

Leinster Senior Cup
1938 | 1941 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1973 | 1975 | 1976 |
1977 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2006

Railway Cup
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1959 | 1970 | 1974 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1985 | 1988 |
2001 | 2004 | 2007 | 2008

Leinster Indoor Cup
1986 | 2007

Ladies Section

Irish Senior Cup
1931 | 1937 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1952 | 1965 | 1967 | 1970 | 1973 |
1975

Irish Junior Cup
1949 | 1956 | 1959 | 1961 | 1962 | 1986 | 1987 | 1994 | 1998

Irish Junior League
1998

Leinster Senior League
1931 | 1936 | 1939 | 1940 | 1942 | 1949 | 1952 | 1958 | 1963 |1966 | 1969 |
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975

Leinster Senior Cup
1931 | 1944 | 1949 | 1967 | 1970 | 1973 | 1984 | 2003

Senior International Players

Men (current in bold)
Louis McMullan, Victor Mooney, Johnny McCarthy, Red Power, Paddy Dolan, Debbie McNulty, Des Medcalf, George Davie, Harry Cahill, Edwin Hilton, Peter Murphy, Dan Shanahan, Ian O’Keeffe, Bob Galway, Richard Willis, Devin Donnelly, Jamie McBride, Nigel Henderson, Francis de Rosa, Justin Sherriff, Gordon Elliott, Paddy Conlon (Scot.), John Jermyn, Ronan Gormley, Tim Lewis, Conor Harte, David Harte, Alan Sothern, Stuart Loughrey.

Ladies (current in bold)
Eileen Byrne, Nell Whiteside, Dorrie Donaldson, Carmel McCarroll, Joan McCarroll, Gwen Jackson, Anta Docherty, Mary Murphy, Maeve Shankey, Rita Donnelly, Irene Cahill, Sheila Davidson, Margaret Lennon, Hilary de Lacy, Katherine Doyle, Helen O’Neill, Betty Rickard, Vizi Paeglitis, Mary Sweeney, Jackie Tyson, Mary Taaffe, Diana Rowell, Rionach Tierney, Patricia McHugh, Nicky King, Mary Goode, Louise Henderson, Emer Harte, Louisa Moore.