the Gaelic Football team Isles of the Sea. They won the All-Ireland Club competition on three successive occasions and got to keep the original trophy. After a dispute with the GAA members of the Isles of the Sea club went on to found Shamrock Rovers F.C. Shelbourne F.C. was also founded in the area. Bath Markievicz Celtic is a schoolboy club whose home pitch is in Ringsend Park. Cambridge Boys FC is a schoolboy club named after Cambridge Avenue and whose home pitch is in Ringsend Park. Liffeys Pearse FC was formed by an amalgamation of Liffey Wanderers and Pearse Rangers. The club's home pitch is in Ringsend Park. St. Patrick's C.Y.F.C. was established in 1936. The club's home pitch is at Irishtown Stadium. There is also a tradition of rowing with two clubs, St. Patrick's and Stella Maris. The Ringsend Regatta takes place twice annually, one for each club. More recently, the Poolbeg Yacht, Boat Club, & Marina has established a centre for water-based sporting activities and hosts an eighteen-race sailing series from the marina to the Dublin Bay area during the summer months each year. The ESB Swimming Club was established in Ringsend in 1949 as a recreational club for the employees of ESB Networks and still has strong links with ESB Group. The club is now affiliated with the Swim Ireland governing body and has trained many international swimmers, including Olympic athlete Aisling Cooney. ESB Swimming Club is currently based in the SPORTSCO Complex in Dublin 4, having use of their 6-lane 25m pool. The Clanna Gael Fontenoy GAA club are the local Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie teams. Shelbourne Park greyhound racing stadium is also in Ringsend. People Local residents include Colin Farrell, the actor, Paul Durcan, the poet, the rap duo Versatile and the former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Green Party leader, John Gormley. Other notables: Jody Byrne Jimmy Dunne Bob Fullam Dermot Gallagher Val Harris Fran Rooney See also Dublin Docklands Grand Canal Dock Irishtown Sandymount South Lotts List of towns and villages in Ireland References Townlands of County Dublin Dublin (barony)