[2] Following the restructuring of the Irish American Football League structure ahead of the 2013 season, they competed in the newly created[3] IAFL-1 Division from March 2013.

were laid in 2010 when Russell Kerley (a former London Olympians and Dublin Dragons player) expressed an interest in forming an American Football team in the Drogheda area.

A local American football enthusiast got in touch with and helped Kerley to recruit players and backroom staff.

[citation needed] A small squad of players was assembled in time to enter the 2011 IAFL Development League.

The club trained at Dominic's Park, in the Rathmullen area of Drogheda and played its home games at the nearby St. Olivers Community college.

[7] In a repeat of their 2012 schedule, Drogheda began their 2012 DV8s campaign with a trip to Trim and came away with a victory; this time by a tighter 32–26 margin.

[9] Just a month later, the sides met for the third time in the calendar year, the return leg of their DV8s championship season, from which Drogheda once more emerged victorious by a 31–21 margin, clinching the division title in the process.