Rugby and Trinity are synonymous entities. Evidence of the sport being played in College Park dates back to the 1780s, while Dublin University Football Club can trace organised existence back to at least 1854. College has proudly hosted over 150 …
Jane Prendergast is Co-Sports Editor of Trinity News. She is a Junior Sophister student of Law.
Trinity College Dublin and Athletics Ireland Launch Community Athletics Hub at Iveagh Sports Grounds
New scheme announced at former Guinness Athletic Union grounds
In collaboration with Athletics Ireland, College has recently launched a ‘Community Athletics Hub’ at Trinity’s Iveagh Sports Grounds, Crumlin, Dublin 12. Supported by Sport Ireland, the project is part of the nationwide Community Sports Hub initiative and is funded through …
Trinity Rowing Claims National Titles
Men’s and women’s Boat Clubs win four titles for Trinity
At the recent National Rowing Championships, Dublin University Boat Club (DUBC) and Dublin University Ladies Boat Club (DULBC) combined forces to win four national titles for Trinity College, as well as a number of podium places.
Held over three days …
Ladies’ Boat Club alumna helps Cambridge to Boat Race victory
Cambridge win 6 in a row
Caoimhe Dempsey, a Trinity graduate (Psychology 2016) and DU Ladies Boat Club alumna, led Cambridge University Boat Club to a sixth consecutive win in the 77th instalment of the Oxford – Cambridge Women’s Boat Race.
The Boat Race as an …
Boat clubs gear up for Colours clash
Famous boat race returns on the 25th of March
Dublin University Boat Club (DUBC) and Dublin University Ladies Boat Club (DULBC) will return to the lower Liffey on March 25 for the historic Colours Boat Races against University College Dublin.
Based on the iconic Boat Race between Oxford and …
Trinity alumna leads Cambridge into Boat Race weekend
TN Sport talks to Caoimhe Dempsey, Trinity graduate and Women’s President of Cambridge University Boat Club
Trinity graduate Caoimhe Dempsey, elected Women’s President of Cambridge University Boat Club at the end of the 2021/22 season, will next weekend aim to guide the Cambridge Women’s Blue Boat to a sixth consecutive victory over their Dark Blue foes, …
All-Ireland weekend beckons for DU Camogie
For the first time since the 2019/20 season, Trinity’s camogie team has reached the final stages of the intercollegiate competition.
Similarly to the famed Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cups for collegiate hurling and Gaelic football, “Ashbourne Weekend” (named for the trophy played for in the first division) will be played this year over the 11th and 12th of February, in the …
Junior, Intermediate and Senior hurling finals completed
Ballyhale claim historic 9th title, with Monaleen and Ballygiblin crushing Connacht’s hopes
The AIB GAA Junior, Intermediate and Senior Club Hurling Championships have culminated for another season, with the Senior final between Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny and Dunloy Cúchulainns of Antrim wrapping up the trio of deciders on January 22nd.
The Junior …
College Camogie round-up
DU Camogie have had a respectable start to their 2022/23 campaign, with their League games yielding some impressive performances
Training recommenced a few weeks into term, and Club Captain Claire McNamara stressed how impressed she was with the number of fresher sign-ups who made the commitment to the biweekly journeys to Santry Sports Grounds, joining the established members of …
Trinity club notes
Find out what your clubs are up to this month
DULBC
The winter season is back in full flow in DULBC (Dublin University Ladies Rowing Club): the Senior squad are training on average 11 times per week — a mix of on-the-water sessions, weight training, erging, circuits and cross-training such …