[2] At a meeting in the local Royal British Legion Hall in April 1954, a dozen people attended and agreed that a club should be formed.

Membership for the club grew quickly with players coming from all over County Down, Belfast and the Mournes region.

It was at this point that the Club started to gather pace and a pitch was required due to the growing player base.

[5] In 2008–09 the club had its most successful season, winning the AIB All-Ireland Cup by beating Division 1 team Cork Constitution in the final,[6] Ulster Senior League,[7] Ulster Senior Cup[8] and promotion to Division 1 of the AIB League.

[9] † Won by 2nd XV ∆ Shared due to COVID-19 Pandemic Material obtained from Ulster Rugby Archive.