Carriglea FC

Carriglea at a glance

Carriglea FC is a Dún Laoghaire area football club with youth teams, a local volunteer base and a long connection to community pitches near Monkstown, Mounttown and Clonkeen.

The club is part of the Dublin youth football landscape and gives local players a familiar route into team training, weekend competition and shared football activity close to home.

Soldiers and Sailors Park

Soldiers and Sailors Park is the clearest match day anchor for Carriglea FC. The ground appears with Carriglea home games in Dublin youth football material and sits close to Monkstown Avenue.

The park gives the club a practical local base for families travelling from Dún Laoghaire, Monkstown, Mounttown, Deansgrange and nearby south Dublin communities.

Visitor anchor: Soldiers and Sailors Park, Monkstown Avenue, south Dublin.

Clonkeen all weather access

Carriglea has also been connected with the all weather pitches at Clonkeen Park. That matters because winter training and midweek sessions need reliable surfaces when grass pitches are under pressure.

Shared all weather use places the club within a busy local sports setting, alongside other community groups that rely on the same public playing space.

Over 40 years of local football

Carriglea has been described in local community discussion as serving the area for more than 40 years. That gives the club a durable place in the football life of Dún Laoghaire and nearby neighbourhoods.

For families, that longevity means Carriglea is not a short lived team. It is a club name that has carried through changing coaches, players, parents and pitch arrangements.

Volunteer led club life

The club has been associated with parent and community volunteers. That model is common in schoolboy football, but it is especially important for smaller clubs because the work is spread across coaching, supervision and local organisation.

Volunteer support keeps team football available for children who need a nearby club, familiar coaches and a manageable travel commitment for training and games.

Youth football route

Carriglea gives players a route into age group football in the Dublin schoolboy setting. Recent youth competition material includes Carriglea teams in DDSL age group football, confirming that the club remains part of that playing pathway.

The route is most useful for children who want regular training, a team group, match experience and a steady link between local friends, school circles and weekend sport.

Changing room milestone

Modern dressing rooms at the Soldiers and Sailors Football Field were opened for local football use in 2009, with Carriglea and Farm United among the clubs expected to benefit.

For a youth club, changing areas matter because they improve arrival, storage, half time organisation, coach preparation and the basic experience for visiting teams.

Community scale

Carriglea has been linked with football activity for more than 150 local children in community facility discussion. That scale makes pitch access, training time and safe changing space central parts of the club story.

A club serving that number of children depends on parents, coaches and public facilities working together, especially in a dense south Dublin area where open playing space is valuable.

Local area fit

The club sits between several football catchments rather than one single village centre. Carriglea, Mounttown, Monkstown, Deansgrange and Dún Laoghaire all help explain the practical geography around the club.

That area fit also explains why Soldiers and Sailors Park and Clonkeen Park both matter. Families may know one location as the match base and the other as part of the training or shared pitch picture.

Playing identity

Carriglea’s strength is local continuity. The club gives young players a place to train, learn the game, travel with teammates and represent their area in organised Dublin youth football.

That identity is built less around a single headline and more around steady access to football for children across many seasons.

Match visit notes

Visiting teams should use Soldiers and Sailors Park as the first travel anchor and confirm the exact pitch, kick off time and arrival point with their own coach before leaving home.

Players should bring boots, shin guards, water, rain gear and warm layers. For any session on an all weather surface, families should check footwear guidance in advance.

Parents and new players

New player enquiries should include the player’s year of birth, school year, preferred position if known, football experience and the group being requested.

Parents can help through coaching, child supervision, first aid cover, lift coordination, pitch set up, kit jobs, fundraising, communications and simple match day support.

Facilities checklist

The table below keeps the practical Carriglea facilities picture in one place for families and visiting teams.

Contact and joining

The SFAI contact listing for Carriglea FC gives an email contact for club enquiries. Families should include enough player detail for the club to route the enquiry to the right age group.

For match day questions, teams should use their own coach or fixture contact first so arrival time, venue details and pitch arrangements are confirmed before travel.

Durable Carriglea points

These points summarise the most useful Carriglea FC information for families, players and visiting teams.