Skerries RFC is an Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 rugby

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team based in Skerries, Fingal

Fingal

Fingal is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. With its county seat located in Swords, it has a population of 239,992 according to the 2006 census...

 county in the province of Leinster

Leinster

Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...

. They play in Division One

Leinster League Division One

Leinster League Division One, as the name implies, is the first division of the Leinster League and started in the 1994/95 season.Suttonians, Co...

 of the Leinster League

Leinster League

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History

The club was founded in 1926. They played their first match against Drogheda

Boyne RFC

- History :The club was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of Drogheda RFC and Delvin RFC.The 2008–2009 season saw the Boyne 1st team claim Ireland's oldest trophy – the Leinster Towns Cup. The final was held in Ashbourne RFC on 19 April 2009 and Boyne beat their opponents on the day,...

, and won by 9 points to 8. All the points that day were scored by Jim O Rourke. The Ronan O Gara of his day.

2001/2002

This season the club, under the Presidency of Jim Glennon, celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the founding in 1926.

Again captained by Garett Early Skerries played Division Three of All Ireland League. After a mixed season a few vital wins and draws (most notable a win at Bangor 5-3) towards the end of the season kept the club out of the relegation zone.

The 50th Fixture between Skerries and Dunbar was celebrated at Holmpatrick on 1 March 2002. After 50 games the holders of the Shield since 1952 is Skerries 32 Dunbar 18.

Skerries Community College won the Leinster Schools Senior (McMullan Cup) beating St. Columbas 15-8 in Final and qualified for section ‘B’ of Senior Schools Cup where they beat St. Andrews College in first round before being beaten by Roscrea College in a good game.

One notable success in the 2007-2008 season was their under 16's, captained by T. 'The Moose' O' Hare, who won the All-Ireland club championship beating Buccaneers in the final in Corinthians RFC grounds.
The 1st team Captained by Tom Grey with top AIL Players returning to the club, Derek Keane and Marc Hewitt. Coach Morray Erickson Manager Jack Hanratty (CDO Leinster Rugby)

2008-2009

President Michael Murphy, Director of Rugby Ben Gissing (former Leinster, Edinburagh) Coach Gerry Mcleary (YDO Leinster Rugby) Manager Kevin "flat out" Dempsey Captain Derek Keane.