Founded in 1967, the club is one of the biggest producers of football talent in Ireland.

The club is managed by Martin Loughran, who is also on the Leinster Senior League committee.

The club successfully initiated a landmark appeal to FIFA in February 2004 in order to receive compensation for the development of Robbie Keane as a schoolboy.

[1] The compensation of €126,000 by Tottenham Hotspur enabled a new all-weather floodlit pitch to be constructed.

In 2008–09 they also won a league and cup double when they won the FAI Intermediate Cup after a 3–2 win over Bluebell United in the final.