Men's Irish Hockey League

The Men's Irish Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by Hockey Ireland that features men's teams from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league was first played for during the 2008–09 season. It replaced the All-Ireland Club Championships as the top level men's field hockey competition in Ireland. Since 2015–16 the league has been sponsored by Ernst & Young and, as a result, it is also known as the EY Hockey League.

Men's Irish Hockey League

First season	2008–09
Administrator	Hockey Ireland
No. of teams	10 (Division 1) 10 (Division 2)
Country	Republic of Ireland  Northern Ireland
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Lisnagarvey
Most titles	Lisnagarvey (3 titles) Monkstown (3 titles)
Level on pyramid	1 and 2
Relegation to	Senior provincial leagues
Domestic cup(s)	Irish Senior Cup
International cup(s)	Euro Hockey League EuroHockey Club Trophy
Official website	www.hockey.ie

History

 

 

Dublin

 

Banbridge

 

Belfast

 

Lisnagarvey

 

Cookstown

 

Dublin teams Glenanne
Monkstown
Pembroke Wanderers
Three Rock Rovers
YMCA

 

Belfast teams Annadale
Instonians

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2022–23 Men's Irish Hockey League Division 1

Format

The league was first played for during the 2008–09 season.^[1] Between 2008–09 and 2014–15 the league used pool stages and play-offs to determine the league champion. Teams were divides into two pools with the winners and runners-up in each pool then qualifying for the semi-finals. The league title was then decided by a final. Teams continued to play in their respective provincial leagues and qualified for the next season's national league via their position in the provincial league. However for the 2015–16 season the league was reorganised. The pool stages were abandoned and replaced with a full league programme consisting of 18 rounds of home and away matches. In addition the play-offs were effectively replaced by a new competition, the EY Champions Trophy. Furthermore the clubs no longer entered their senior teams in provincial leagues.^[2]

Graham Shaw guided Monkstown to three successive league titles in 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15.^[3][4][5] In 2017–18 Glenanne won the league title for the first time. They secured the title after defeating Lisnagarvey 4–2. Glenanne were 2–0 down before Shane O'Donoghue scored a hat-trick.^[6][7][8][9]

Division 2

The 2018–19 season saw the introduction of a Division 2. The new division revived the original format of the league. It uses pool stages and play-offs to determine the Division 2 champion and which teams get promoted to Division 1. Division 2 teams will continue to play in their respective provincial leagues.^[10][11][12]

2022–23 teams

Division 1

Team	Home town/suburb	Home pitch
Annadale	Belfast	Strathearn School
Banbridge	Banbridge	Havelock Park
Cookstown	Cookstown	Cookstown High School
Glenanne	Tallaght	St. Andrew's College
Instonians	Belfast	Shawsbridge Sports Complex
Lisnagarvey	Hillsborough, County Down	Comber Road
Monkstown	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	Merrion Fleet Arena
Pembroke Wanderers	Sandymount	Serpentine Avenue
Three Rock Rovers	Rathfarnham	Grange Road
YMCA	Ballinteer	Wesley College

Source:^[13]

Division 2

Pool A

Team	Home town/suburb	Home pitch
Corinthian	Rathfarnham	St Columba's College, Dublin
Cork Church of Ireland	Cork	Garryduff
Cork Harlequins	Cork	Harlequin Park
Queen's University	Queen's University Belfast	The Dub
Railway Union	Sandymount	Park Avenue

Pool B

Team	Home town/suburb	Home pitch
Avoca	Blackrock	Newpark Comprehensive School
Bandon	Bandon	Bandon Grammar School
Kilkeel	Kilkeel	Kilkeel High School
South Antrim	Lisburn	Friends' School, Lisburn
UCD	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	UCD Sports Centre

Source:^[11][12]

Winners

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
2008–09	Pembroke Wanderers^[14]	^[note 1]	Glenanne
2009–10	Pembroke Wanderers^[15]^[16]	4–1	Lisnagarvey
2010–11	Banbridge^[17]^[18]	2–2 ^[note 2]	Lisnagarvey
2011–12	Lisnagarvey^[19]^[20]	3–1	YMCA (Dublin)
2012–13	Monkstown^[21]		Banbridge
2013–14	Monkstown^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]	2–1	Banbridge
2014–15	Monkstown^[26]	2–1	Banbridge
2015–16	Lisnagarvey^[27]	n/a
2016–17	Banbridge^[28]	n/a
2017–18	Glenanne^[7]^[8]^[9]	n/a	Three Rock Rovers^[29]
2018–19	Lisnagarvey	n/a	Three Rock Rovers
2019–20	^[note 3]^[30]
2020–21	^[note 4]
2021–22	Lisnagarvey^[31]	n/a	Three Rock Rovers
2022–23	Banbridge^[32]	n/a

Notes

1. Pembroke Wanderers win 2–1 after shoot-out.
2. Banbridge win after shoot-out.
3. 2019–20 declared null and void. Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
4. Season not played due to COVID-19 pandemic

Source:^[33]

EY Champions Trophy

In addition to introducing a new format, the 2015–16 season also saw the introduction of the EY Champions Trophy. The top three placed teams from the league and/or the winners of the Irish Senior Cup all qualify for the end of season competition.^[2] The winners of the EY Champions Trophy qualify to represent Ireland in the Euro Hockey League.^[34]

Year	Winners	Score	Runners Up
2015-16	Lisnagarvey^[27]^[34]	3–1	Banbridge
2016-17	Three Rock Rovers^[35]^[36]	2–1	Monkstown
2017-18	Three Rock Rovers^[37]	2–1	Glenanne
2018-19	Three Rock Rovers^[38]^[39]	2–0	Lisnagarvey
2019-20	not played
2020-21	not played
2021-22	Lisnagarvey^[40]	2–2 Garvey won shoot-out 3-1	Banbridge
2022-23	Banbridge^[41]	3–1	Lisnagarvey

Source:^[33]

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