In 2008–09 Monkstown were founder members of the Men's Irish Hockey League.[33] In June 2012 Graham Shaw was appointed coach of the men's team at Monkstown. Initially Shaw planned to retire as a player.[34][35] However he subsequently continued on as a player coach and, with a team that included David Fitzgerald, Peter Caruth and Kyle Good, he guided Monkstown to three successive Men's Irish Hockey League titles between 2012–13 and 2014–15.[36][37][38][39][40]
Although Monkstown women's teams were Irish Junior Cup finalists in both 1909–10 and 1923–24, it was not until 1982 that a regular women's team was formed.[4] However in 1991, following a difference of opinion about membership fees, the women's section broke away and formed a separate club called Glenageary Hockey Club.[7][63] In 2008 Monkstown formed a new women's team. The team initially entered Leinster Division 14 but regularly gained promotion.[4][64] In 2009 Monkstown were "promoted" directly from Division 12 to Division 8 after three 11–0 wins. They then went onto win the Division 8 title by February with a final goal tally of +61.[63] By 2011 the club had gained promotion to Division 6.[65] In 2012 Monkstown absorbed the Dalkey Ladies Hockey Club. This saw the women's section expand to four teams.[4] In the 2014–15 season all four teams gained promotion from their respective divisions.[64]
Monkstown originally played their home games at Tivoli Terrace in Monkstown, County Dublin. Their original ground was the lower portion of a cricket pitch belonging to Corrig School.[4]
Between 1898 and 1906 the club was based at Monkstown Avenue. Between 1906 and 1919 they again played at Tivoli Terrace. For a brief period after that, the club played at Crosthwaite Park before moving to more extensive grounds at Royal Terrace in 1922. The club remained at Royal Terrace until the ground was sold to Dún Laoghaire Corporation in 1989.[7] The club is now based at Rathdown School.[81]
^"Irish Junior Cup". Belfast Newsletter. 29 March 1909. p. 5.
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