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Uploaded By: PRESIDENT on December 13th, 2023

Ireland Men's National Field Hockey Team
Ireland Field Hockey Team / Irish Hockey Union

1908 Summer Olympics / Games of the IV Olympiad Silver Medal Winners.

Team Roster
Front Row sitting L to R - Walter Ernest Peterson, Harold "Henry" Lawson Murphy, Edward Peter Cowan Holmes, Robert Lindsey Kennedy, John William Peterson.

Top Row - William Ernest Graham, Edward Percival Allman-Smith, Charles Frederick Power, Walter Islay Hamilton Campbell, Richard George Stanhope Gregg, Frank Lubbock Robinson.

Many Clubs were represented by the Irish team.
- Dublin University Hockey Team (Campbell, Allman-Smith, Brown).
- Three Rocks Rovers Hockey Club (Murphy, Power, Gregg).
- Monkstown Hockey Club (Graham, Peterson brothers).
- Banbridge Hockey Club (Kennedy).
- Cliftonville Hockey Club (Holmes).

In the first ever Olympic Hockey Tournament at the London Olympics of 1908, The Home Nations – England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales – all took part separately.

NOTE
The Ireland team was part of the Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics team. Because of this, the silver medal won by Ireland is credited to Great Britain and not Ireland.

Sourced from President's Collection.

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