Club History
Hermes Hockey Club was founded in 1966 with 48 members. In recent years the club has maintained a consistent senior membership of approximately 100 registered players and runs four teams in the Leinster league, at levels ranging from Division 1 to Division 11, as well as a vets team and a very popular and successful underage section with 160 members ranging from 10-17yrs.
The club has produced many senior international players over the years, including a number of Irish captains and several who have achieved over 150 caps, Jenny Burke (161 caps), Mary Logue (153), Linda Caulfield (151) and others capped whilst playing for Hermes include Gwen Doherty, Daphne Sixsmith, Carol Devine, Tara Browne Catriona Carey, Fiona Connery, Kristin Farrell, Jill Hodgins, Sarah Hilliard, Nicola King, Christine Quinlan. The current crop of Irish players include Emma Gray, Lisa Jacob, Anna O Flanagan, Aine Connery, Audrey O Flynn, Sinead McCarthy and Gillian Pinder. In 2011 Gwen Doherty became the 1st Hermes player to be inducted to the Irish Hockey Hall of Fame.
The club has been very successful in bringing young players through the ranks of the underage section to senior level and in 2011 Emma Russell made it to the Irish U18 European Championship and Gillian Pinder was capped at Senior International level both who have been with the club from a very young age.
Over the past decade the Hermes 1st IX has achieved outstanding success winning the Irish Senior Cup in 1997, 1999, 2005 and 2006, the All Ireland Club Championships in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008 and representing Ireland in European competitions on six occasions. The only trophy to elude them is the Irish Hockey League beaten finalists in the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 seasons
