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{{short description|Field hockey club in South Dublin (county), Ireland}}
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'''Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club''' was a [[women's field hockey]] club based in [[Rathfarnham]], [[South Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The club was founded in [[1918 in Ireland|1918]] and was originally based in [[Foxrock]]. Maids of the Mountain were closely associated with [[Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club]]. The club was founded by a group of women, the majority of whom were the wives, widows, partners, sisters or children of Three Rock Rovers players. The clubs also shared grounds and eventually merged in 1999. In 1923 Maids of the Mountain completed a national cup double, winning both the [[Irish Senior Cup (women's hockey)|Irish Senior Cup]] and the [[Irish Junior Cup (women's hockey)|Irish Junior Cup]].
==History==
===Early years===
Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club was founded in [[1918 in Ireland|1918]]. The prime mover in establishing the club was Hilda O'Reilly who subsequently captained the [[Ireland women's national field hockey team]] during the 1920s. There are two stories about the origin of the club name. The club was formed by a group of women or ''Maids'', the majority of whom were the wives, widows, partners, sisters and children of [[Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club|Three Rock Rovers]] players. Many were also members of the [[Voluntary Aid Detachment]]. The ''Mountain'' in the club name refers to [[Three Rock Mountain]], the same mountain that Three Rock Rovers were named after. A second story claims the club was named after ''[[The Maid of the Mountains]]'', the [[operetta]] written by [[Harold Fraser-Simson]], which was being performed at the [[Gaiety Theatre, Dublin]] in August 1918.<ref name="dublincity291014">{{cite news|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/story/maids-mountain-hockey-club-transcript|title=Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club transcript|publisher=www.dublincity.ie|accessdate=21 April 2019|date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="iarie051200 ">{{cite news|url=http://www.iar.ie/Archive.shtml?IE%20DCLA/DCSA1|title=Maids of the Mountain Ladies Hockey Club|publisher=www.iar.ie|accessdate=22 April 2019|date=5 December 2000}}</ref>
===Irish Senior Cup===
In 1919–20, after playing just three seasons, Maids of the Mountain won a treble, winning the  [[Irish Senior Cup (women's hockey)|Irish Senior Cup]], the Leinster Senior Cup and the Leinster Senior League.<ref name="dublincity291014">{{cite news|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/story/maids-mountain-hockey-club-transcript|title=Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club transcript|publisher=www.dublincity.ie|accessdate=21 April 2019|date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="iarie051200 "/>
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Season
! Winners
! Score
! Runners Up
|-
| 1920||'''Maids of the Mountain'''||3–2||Knock
|-
| 1923||'''Maids of the Mountain'''|| ||
|-
| 1926||[[Queen's University Hockey Club|Queen's University]]<ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=5|date=22 March 1926|newspaper=[[Belfast Newsletter]]}}</ref>
||2–1 <ref group="note">After extra time.</ref>||'''Maids of the Mountain'''
|-
| 1928||Knock <ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=6|date=2 April 1928|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}</ref>||9–1||'''Maids of the Mountain'''
|-
| 1929||[[Queen's University Hockey Club|Queen's University]]<ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=3|date=8 April 1929|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}</ref>||6–4 <ref group="note">After extra time.</ref>||'''Maids of the Mountain'''
|-
| 1930||'''Maids of the Mountain'''|| ||
|-
| 1935||'''Maids of the Mountain''' <ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=3|date=15 April 1935|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}</ref>||5–1||[[Instonians]]
|-
|}
;Notes
<references group="note" />
===Irish Junior Cup===
In 1923 Maids of the Mountain won the [[Irish Junior Cup (women's hockey)|Irish Junior Cup]] for the first time.<ref name="dublincity291014">{{cite news|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/story/maids-mountain-hockey-club-transcript|title=Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club transcript|publisher=www.dublincity.ie|accessdate=21 April 2019|date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="iarie051200 "/> In 1947 when the club won the cup for a second time, the team was captained by [[Máirín Lynch]], the wife of future [[Taoiseach]], [[Jack Lynch]].<ref name="dkeogh">{{cite book |author=Dermot Keogh|title=Jack Lynch, A Biography|publisher=Gill & Macmillan Ltd|year=2009|isbn=|chapter=}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Season
! Winners
! Score
! Runners Up
|-
| 1923||'''Maids of the Mountain II'''|| ||
|-
| 1947||'''Maids of the Mountain II'''|| ||
|-
| 1963|| Ards A <ref>''[[Ireland's Saturday Night]]'' 6 April 1963 Page 12</ref>
||2–1 <ref group="note">After extra time.</ref>||'''Maids of the Mountain II'''
|-
| 1969||[[Pegasus Hockey Club|Pegasus II]]||2–0||'''Maids of the Mountain II'''
|-
| 1975||'''Maids of the Mountain II'''|| || Old Ursuline's <ref group="note">Team from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] or [[Athlone]]</ref>
|-
|}
;Notes
<references group="note" />
===Merger===
In 1988, Maids of the Mountain moved to Grange Road, [[Rathfarnham]], [[South Dublin]] where they shared the facilities with [[Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club|Three Rock Rovers]]. On 25 May 1999, the two clubs merged to become one club.<ref name="dublincity291014">{{cite news|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/story/maids-mountain-hockey-club-transcript|title=Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club transcript|publisher=www.dublincity.ie|accessdate=21 April 2019|date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="iarie051200 "/><ref name="threerockaboutus">{{cite news|url=http://www.threerockrovershc.com/a/about-us-26976.html|title=About Us|publisher=www.threerockrovershc.com|accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes270399">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/maids-no-more-1.167769|title=Maids no more|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=23 April 2019|date=27 March 1999}}</ref>
==Home grounds==
Maids of the Mountain originally played at the home grounds of [[Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club|Three Rock Rovers]] in [[Foxrock]]. In 1930, after Three Rock Rovers moved to Londonbridge Road, the headquarters of the [[Irish Hockey Union]] in [[Ringsend]], the Maids remained in Foxrock. In 1934 they moved to grounds in [[Templeogue]]. During the 1985–86 season the  Templeogue grounds were sold to builders for development. The Maids remained homeless until 1988 when they settled at Grange Road, once again sharing a home ground with Three Rock Rovers.
<ref name="dublincity291014">{{cite news|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/story/maids-mountain-hockey-club-transcript|title=Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club transcript|publisher=www.dublincity.ie|accessdate=21 April 2019|date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="iarie051200 "/><ref name="threerockaboutus"/><ref name="irishtimes270399"/>
==Notable players==
;{{fhw|Ireland}} internationals
{|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
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* Ros Huet
* Dorothy Lavery
* [[Vera McWeeney]]
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* Hilda O'Reilly
* Joan Shaw
* H. Wallis
|}
;Others
* [[Muriel Gahan]]
* [[Máirín Lynch]]: wife of future [[Taoiseach]], [[Jack Lynch]].
{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="dublincity291014">{{cite news|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/story/maids-mountain-hockey-club-transcript|title=Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club transcript|publisher=www.dublincity.ie|accessdate=21 April 2019|date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="dkeogh">{{cite book |author=Dermot Keogh|title=Jack Lynch, A Biography|publisher=Gill & Macmillan Ltd|year=2009|isbn=|chapter=}}</ref>
}}
==Honours==
*'''[[Irish Senior Cup (women's hockey)|Irish Senior Cup]]'''
**''Winners'': 1920, 1923, 1930, 1935: '''4'''
**''Runners Up'': 1926, 1928, 1929  : '''3'''
*'''[[Irish Junior Cup (women's hockey)|Irish Junior Cup]]'''
**''Winners'': 1923, 1947, 1975: '''3'''
**''Runners Up'': 1963, 1969: '''2'''
==Further reading==
Hilary McDonagh; Órla McKeown (2000). ''The Lilac Years: A History of Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club from 1918 to 1999''.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in South Dublin (county)]]
[[Category:1918 establishments in Ireland]]
[[Category:1999 disestablishments in Ireland]]
[[Category:Field hockey clubs established in 1918]]
[[Category:Field hockey clubs disestablished in 1999]]
[[Category:Field hockey clubs in County Dublin]]
[[Category:Women's field hockey teams in Ireland]]
[[Category:Defunct field hockey clubs in Ireland]]