Terenure College RFC was founded on 5 November 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev. Fr Jackie Corbett, O.Carm., chaired a meeting of rugby playing past pupils of
Terenure College in the Hotel Lenehan, Harcourt Street, Dublin. Terenure played their first match shortly afterwards against the Terenure College SCT at the time. The club won 8 points to 3. It took until 8 January 1959 for Terenure to be promoted to a Senior club after fourteen applications to the
Leinster Branch, that after winning five Junior 1 titles and many other trophies. Two years later
Mick Hipwell was selected to play for
Ireland, Terenure's first Irish international. Mick played against England at
Twickenham. The years 1965-7 were successful seasons for Terenure under the captaincy of Eddie Coleman (later to be
IRFU president) and Eddie Thornton respectively, as they won the Leinster Senior league twice in a row. Terenure College RFC has had a number of players represent Ireland. These include
Mick Hipwell,
Brendan Sherry,
Paul Haycock,
Ciaran Clarke, Niall Hogan, David Corkery,
Girvan Dempsey, and
Eric Miller. Terenure has also supplied personnel to the Irish team at other levels including a number of "baggage masters". ==Present day==