Monkstown have also represented Ireland in European competitions, winning the 2013–14 EuroHockey Club Trophy.

Monkstown Hockey Club was founded on 17 September 1894 following a meeting at Kenny's Hotel in Dún Laoghaire.

[4] Together with Dublin University and Three Rock Rovers, Monkstown were among the pioneering field hockey clubs in Ireland.

[34][35] However he subsequently continued on as a player coach and, with a team that included David Fitzgerald, Peter Caruth and Kyle Good, he guided Monkstown to three successive Men's Irish Hockey League titles between 2012–13 and 2014–15.

[66][67][68] With a team that included Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan and Chloe Watkins, Hermes-Monkstown subsequently finished the 2016–17 season as runners-up to UCD in both the national league [69][70][71] and the EY Champions Trophy.

Their original ground was the lower portion of a cricket pitch belonging to Corrig School.

For a brief period after that, the club played at Crosthwaite Park before moving to more extensive grounds at Royal Terrace in 1922.

The club remained at Royal Terrace until the ground was sold to Dún Laoghaire Corporation in 1989.

[11] Source:[7] When the Ireland women's national field hockey team won the silver medal at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup, the squad included three former Hermes-Monkstown players – Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan and Chloe Watkins.