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Lansdowne Football Club, is a rugby union team based in Dublin, Ireland. Called Football Club instead of Rugby Football Club due to being founded before the formation of the IRFU. It was founded in 1872 by Henry Dunlop as the Irish Champion Athletic Club. Its senior team currently plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. The club's ...
Dunlop founded Lansdowne Football Club in 1872 and that club has played rugby union ever since at the grounds, being one of the most prominent and successful rugby clubs in Leinster and Ireland. Wanderers Football Club, founded in 1869, joined Lansdowne at the grounds later. The two clubs were tenants since that time and also use the new Aviva ...
Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop (1844 – 1930) was a sports promoter, civil servant, engineer and, [1] a former leader of Irish Rugby, founder of Lansdowne Football Club and figure behind the construction of the former Lansdowne Road stadium. [2]
Aviva Stadium, also known as Lansdowne Road (Irish: Bóthar Lansdún, IPA: [ˈbˠoːhəɾˠ ˈl̪ˠan̪ˠsˠd̪ˠuːnˠ]) or Dublin Arena (during UEFA competitions), is a sports stadium located in Dublin, Ireland, with a capacity for 51,711 spectators (all seated). [9]
Lansdowne Football Club (1 C, 2 P) O. Old Belvedere R.F.C. ... Pages in category "Rugby union clubs in Dublin (city)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out ...
The names of the five clubs which had entered, each of whom had guaranteed to donate £5 to the Cup Fund, were placed in a hat and drawn as follows: Match A: Dublin University v Phoenix, on the Wanderers Club portion of the Lansdowne Road grounds; Match B: Wanderers v Kingstown, on the Lansdowne Club portion of the grounds; Match C: Lansdowne ...
Patrick Joseph Casey (4 August 1941 - 26 July 2023), commonly called Pat Casey, was an Ireland rugby union player. Born in Dublin, he began playing rugby at school at C.B.C. Monkstown before moving onto University College Dublin. He played for Lansdowne Football Club (where he is in their hall of fame [1]) and provincially for Leinster.
Lansdowne Football Club (1 C, 2 P) Leinster Rugby ... Pages in category "Rugby union teams in Ireland" ... Dublin University Football Club; Dundalk R.F.C.