Club History
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 the Aviva stadium (the old 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.
The Crest
The Pembroke crest incorporates the history and aspirations of our Club
A Castle
Signifying Dublin, our capital city
A Tent
Wanderer’s emblem signalling our intention to tour and travel
Crossed Hockey Sticks
The game we all love
Our Colours
Purple, amber and black
European Finals – Men
- 2011 European Hockey League, Bloemendaal - last 16
- 2010 European Hockey League, Rotterdam - last 16
- 2009 EuroHockey Club Trophy, Dublin - Winners
- 2008 European Hockey League, Antwerp - 1st round
- 2007 Champions Cup, Prague - Winners
- 2002 Champions Cup, Zurich - 2nd place
- 2001 Cup Winners Cup, Vienna - 3rd place
- 1998 Cup Winners Cup, Rome - 2nd place
- 1996 Champions Cup, Prague - 4th place
- 1974 Champions Cup Utrecht - 11th place
European Finals – Ladies
- 2008 Cup Winner’s Cup, Ghent - 2nd place
Club Honours – Men
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 | 2013
Leinster Senior Cup
1938 | 1941 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1973 | 1975 | 1976 |
1977 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2006 | 2010
Railway Cup
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1959 | 1970 | 1974 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1985 | 1988 |
2001 | 2004 | 2007 | 2008
Leinster Indoor Cup
1986 | 2007
Club Honours – Ladies
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 | 2013 | 2015 | 2020
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 (Scotland), John Jermyn, Alan Giles, Ronan Gormley, Tim Lewis, Conor Harte, David Harte, Alan Sothern, Stuart Loughrey, Ronan Flannery, Mark Loughrey, Harry Spain, Kirk Shimmins, Nick Burns, Julian Dale, Mark Ingram.
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, Gillian Pinder, Emily Beatty, Aisling Naughton, Emma Buckley, Orla Macken, Ellen Curran.
Olympians
Harry Cahill (GB) - 1960, 1964, 1968
Alan Sothern (2016)
Kirk Shimmins (2016)
World Cup
Gillian Pinder, Emily Beatty (2018)