North Dublin Pirates

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North Dublin Pirates
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Established2015
Based in Swords, Dublin
Home stadium Malahide Rugby Club
League IAFL
Division IAFL-2 (as of 2022) [1]
Current uniform
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North Dublin Pirates are an American football club, founded in 2015, [2] based in the North County Dublin area of Fingal primarily the large suburban town of Swords. As of 2022, the club was playing in the IAFL affiliated IAFL2 division, [1] the third tier of the American Football League system in Ireland. In January 2024, a post on the club's Facebook profile stated that it would not be "fielding a team for [the] 2024 season". [3]

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History

North Dublin Pirates were formed, in August 2015, [2] when two former Drogheda Lightning players decided to start a new club after the demise of their former club.[ citation needed ]

It was decided the club would set up in the North County Dublin area. It was decided the new team would be called the North Dublin Pirates and the new team would apply for a place in the bottom tier of American football in Ireland IAFL2.[ citation needed ] The newly formed club gathered a number of players from the Swords and Fingal areas, running training at the public park Newbridge House just outside Swords.[ citation needed ]

With a squad assembled by late 2015, the club applied for a place in IAFL2 and was granted entry for the 2016 season. [4]

In early 2016, the club moved its training base to Donaghmede Park, another public space in the north Dublin area of Donaghmede. The Pirates inaugural season was in 2016.[ citation needed ]

Inaugural (2016) season

The North Dublin Pirates played in their first ever game away to the newly formed Wexford Eagles in Gorey. [5] [6] The Pirates, with a small squad of only 16 players, played against a larger Eagles squad and ended up on the end of a 34-8 scoreline. The game had to be called near the middle of the 4th quarter due to a number of injuries to the already decimated Pirates squad. Team Ireland international player Oisin Dowling scored the very first touchdown in the club's history. [7]

In their next match, the Pirates played their first home game at Malahide Rugby Club against the Galway Warriors. [8] The Warriors won the game by 29-6.

In the Pirates 3rd game, they played at home against the Derry/Donegal Vipers. The Vipers were a new team that first played in the 2015 IAFL2. The game took up to moniker of the 'Banter Bowl' [9] due the lighthearted verbal jousting on the two teams' respective social media pages.[ tone ] The Pirates lost to the Vipers by 26-6.

In the fourth game of the season, the Pirates traveled to Lisburn, County Antrim in Northern Ireland to play against fellow newcomers the PSNI Razorbacks - a team representing the police force of Northern Ireland. The game, which was played in wet conditions, finished 6-0 to the Pirates and resulted in the club's very first victory.[ citation needed ]

In the fifth and final home game of the season, the Pirates were defeated by 40-7 by the Wexford Eagles.[ citation needed ]

In the final game of the season, the Pirates made the journey to face the unbeaten Donegal/Derry Vipers in Drumahoe. The Pirates lost to the Vipers by 44-0. [10] [11]

Facilities

As of 2017, the North Dublin Pirates were playing their home games at Malahide Rugby Club, on the Estuary Road outside Swords.[ citation needed ] The Pirates train in Donaghmede Park in Dublin 13.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "North Dublin Pirates". americanfootball.ie. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Division 2 2022 [..] Pirates*
  2. 1 2 "Dublin People - Pirates invade American Football scene". Archived from the original on 13 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Statement from the North Dublin Pirates". facebook.com. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024. we will not be fielding a team for 2024 season [..] we will take this time to [..] work towards getting a team ready to compete in 2025
  4. ↑ "Expansion to continue - Several new teams apply to play in 2016". 24 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "IAFA Week #7 Previews - NFL-Ireland". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "North Dublin Pirates Vs Wexford Eagles | Dublin". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Pirates First Ever IAFL2 Touchdown! North Dublin Pirates @ Wexford Eagles 01/05/16". 7 August 2017 – via www.youtube.com.
  8. ↑ "North Dublin Pirates Vs Galway Warriors | Dublin". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "North Dublin Pirates Vs Donegal Derry Vipers #BanterBowl | Dublin". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Deadly Vipers stun the Pirates". independent. 12 August 2016.
  11. ↑ McCallig, Elaine (3 August 2016). "American Football Pic Special: Donegal Derry Vipers beat Dublin Pirates – Donegal Daily". www.donegaldaily.com.
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