A presentation by Hilary McDonagh on the history of Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club and on some of the Maids who made it on and off the pitch. The talk was part of the Sport and the City Seminar held in Dublin City Library and Archive on 11th September, 2010. See also http://dublinsportsarchive.wordpress.com/

1. The Maids Who Made It A History of Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club 1918-1999

2. Hilda O’Reilly - founder of Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club

5. Maids Cup & League Successes Leinster Senior League 1920, 1921, 1923, 1933, 1935 Irish Senior Cup 1920, 1923, 1930, 1935 Leinster Senior Cup 1919, 1920, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935 Leinster Senior Plate 1959, 1970, 1974 Leinster Senior B 1991, 1994 Irish Junior Cup 1923,1947,1963,1975 Leinster Intermediate A 1941, 1945, 1949, 1953 Leinster Intermediate Cup 1963, 1969, 1976 Leinster Inter Plate 1964, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978 Leinster Middle A 1941, 1976 Leinster Middle Cup 1972, 1978, 1996 Leinster Junior Cup 1994 Leinster Minor A 1979, 1993 Leinster Minor Cup 1978 Leinster Indoor 1982 Leinster Veterans 1997 Botanic League 1994

6. International Maids Name Caps Touring Caps Dates Hilda O’Reilly (Martin) 6 1920-23 Evie O’Kelly 4 1920-21 D. Pim 4 1920-21 Una Minch 1 1920 Dorothy McCann (Lavery) 13 USA 1923-26 H. Wallis 10 1923-26 Stella Pratt 6 1925-27 Norma Stoker 3 1928 Mary O’Reilly 2 Hamburg & Copenhagen 1928-33 Gwenda Robinson 7 1929-31 Ros Huet (Hilton) 22 1931-47 Margaret McKay 1 1932 Nancy Moore 4 1932-34 Vera Mahony (McWeeney) 4 Hamburg & Copenhagen USA (Captain) 1932-36 Patricia Thompson USA 1936 Doris Findlater USA 1936 Aileen Moore USA 1936 Louise Hutton (Tyner) USA 1936 Peggy French Gamble 3 Germany, Belgium & The Netherlands 1939 Maymes O’Reilly (Ansell) South Africa 1950 Pat Bourke 2 South Africa Folkestone, England 1950-53 Rita Rutherfoord South Africa Australia 1950-56 Catherine Bolger 2 1956 Marjorie Byrne (Beatty) Australia 1956 Joan Mathews (Blackmore) 1 Iris Howard (Murphy) 3 1968-70 Helen Beatty (Wheeler) USA 1969 Joan Shaw (Millar) 1 13 Germany 1967-75 Valerie Harris New Zealand 1971 Geraldine Kilkelly 5 1989-90 Aoife Pomeroy 1 1990 Shirine Young 1 1990

8. Maids Uniforms, 1920

9. Maids 1XI , 1935 Back: Ros Huet, Aileen Moore, Vera Mahony, Gwenda Robinson, Dorothy Lavery, Louise Hutton Front: Peggy Gamble, Mary O’Reilly, Patricia Thompson, A.N. Other, Nancy Leonard .

10. 1959 Touring Team to Llandudno Back: Deirdre Clarke, Nuala Conroy, Vivienne French, Chela Neary, Pat Fletcher & Joan Mathews Front: Valerie Dagg, Louise Hudson, Patricia Warwick, A.N. Other & Primrose Aylward

11. VERA MCWEENEY (née Mahony)

12. EDITH HUDSON

13. MURIEL “M.G.”GAHAN

14. RITA RUTHERFOORD

15. Maid to Last......