 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa1983 na2006 Ireland yakatamba nguva dzose muWomens Intercontinental Cup. Ireland yakasarudzwa nokuda kwe1986 Womens Hockey World Cuppashure pokukunda 1983 Womens Intercontinental Cup. Chikwata chacho chaitungamirirwa naMargaret Gleghorne uye chaisanganisirawo Mary Geaney. Ireland yakakwanisa kuenda ku2002 Womens Hockey World Cup mushure mekupedza 5th mu2001 Womens Intercontinental Cup mumamiriro ezvinhu ane nharo. Ireland yakatamba neLithuania mumutambo wokuronga nzvimbo yechishanu kusvika kune yechisere. Mutambo wakapera 22 uye Lithuania yakakunda penalty shoot-out 65. Zvisinei, kaputeni weIreland, Rachel Kohler, akacherechedza kuti kurohwa kwechirango kwaiitwa nenzira isiri iyo. Pakutanga akaregeredzwa nevakuru vakuru vemutambo, asi Ireland yakakwidza nyaya uye mutungamiriri wemutambo akatonga kuti kupfura kunofanira kudzokororwa zuva raitevera. Zvisinei Lithuania yakaramba kutora rutivi uye yakabva mumutambo wacho. Ireland yakaenderera mberi nekukunda Scotland 21 mumutambo wechishanu uye yakatanga kusimbiswa semutambo wekupedzisira kubva mumutambo. Mutambo usati watanga chikwata cheLithuania chakaronga kuratidzira chakagara pasi panhandare. Lithuania yakaisa chikumbiro chitsva kuFIH iyo yakabva yarayira kuti Ireland, Lithuania, India neUnited States vatore chikamu mumutambo wechipiri wokugadzirira. Lithuania yaifanira kutamba neIndia mumutambo wekutamba nzvimbo yechinomwe neyechisere vasati vabuda. United States yakanga isingakwanisi kutora chikamu mumutambo wokutanga nekuda kwekukanganiswa kwehurongwa hwendege mushure mekurwiswa kwaSeptember 11. Zvisinei, Ireland yakabva yakwidza nyaya yacho kuCourt of Arbitration for Sport iyo yakabvisa chisarudzo cheFIH uye pakupedzisira yakasimbisa nzvimbo yeIreland mu2002 Womens Hockey World Cup. 