Inchicore · Dublin 12 · Founded 1972
Football beside the Camac
Inchicore Athletic FC brings boys’, girls’ and inclusive football together around Bluebell Road, with a long local story and a clear route into match play.
Club identity
An inner-west Dublin club with its own character
Inchicore Athletic FC dates its story to 1972. The orange-and-black crest carries the founding year beneath a football and a local architectural motif, giving the club a distinctive identity that is easy to recognise on a DDSL fixture list or at Bluebell Comm Centre.
Inchicore and Bluebell sit close together in Dublin 12, beside the Grand Canal and the older industrial routes that shaped the area. Football here feels close to home: a short journey for families, a familiar meeting point for coaches and a shared local name on Saturdays and Sundays.
A club with a community address
The football ground is tied to a working community setting rather than a remote complex. That connection helps explain the club’s mix of youth teams, senior football and inclusive activity.
Youth pathway
Boys, girls and junior academy football
Inchicore Athletic’s public contacts cover junior academy coaching, under-seven and under-eight coordination, under-nine teams, under-fourteen boys and an under-thirteen girls team. The live Irish Youth Football modules carry the current team, fixture, results and standings links for the 2026–2027 season, so families can check the exact age group and competition before making contact.
The club has also shared girls’ football stories from DDSL matches, including an under-thirteen group playing at Bernard Curtis Park. Those reports show the everyday side of youth football: a team learning together, parents around the pitch and players taking responsibility for the next passage of play.
Age groups and team entries change across a season. Ask the club for the current squad, session time and registration route rather than relying on an older match report.
Football for All
Inclusive football belongs in the pathway
Inchicore Athletic is listed by the CHO7 Children’s Disability Network Team as a Football for All club for players aged five to eighteen. The club has also promoted an open day for players with disabilities through Inchicore Sports & Social Club. That strand sits alongside the DDSL teams and gives families another way to ask about participation.
When making an enquiry, explain the player’s age, preferred session and any access or communication needs. The club can confirm the current group, venue arrangements and the best person to contact.
Senior football
A separate route into adult competition
Inchicore Athletic also appears in Leinster Senior League records. The senior side’s fixtures and results belong to adult football and should be read separately from the DDSL youth programme, even though both routes carry the same club name and colours.
Recent league listings place Inchicore Athletic in the Senior Sunday competition, with home fixtures shown at Bernard Curtis Park. ClubZap’s results archive also records cup and league matches at grounds around Dublin, including Clontarf All Weather, Greendale Road and Summerhill Road in Dunboyne.
For a senior enquiry, use the club’s current contact route and confirm the team, competition, pitch and arrival instructions before travelling.
Bluebell Road
Community centre, football setting and first visit
Bluebell Comm Centre is the named home venue in the DDSL record. Dublin City Council lists Bluebell Recreation Centre on Bluebell Road, Dublin 12, with rooms, showers, a studio, kitchen and full disability access. The council location is 53.3327773, -6.3362448, while the club’s match cards identify the specific pitch in use for each fixture.
Check the team message before setting out. A home match can use Bluebell Comm Centre, while another age group may be away at a DDSL ground elsewhere in Dublin. Confirm parking, changing access, pitch entrance and the arrival time with the team contact.
Local football history
A 1972 foundation and a 50-year milestone
Inchicore Athletic’s foundation year is part of the club’s visual identity and its local story. Reporting around the club’s 50th anniversary described a football organisation that had remained tied to the Inchicore community while adapting to changing facilities and competition.
The club’s older public match reports add texture to that history. They include a senior cup win at Clontarf All Weather, youth games at Bernard Curtis Park and an under-fourteen run of wins in the DDSL. These are snapshots from different seasons, not a claim that one team’s record represents every age group.
Today, the strongest link between those eras is the routine of club football: a coach preparing a session, families helping a team travel and players returning to the same local colours each week.
Joining Inchicore Athletic
Start with the current club contact
Use the club’s Contact page or email inchicoreathfc@gmail.com. Include the player’s year of birth, the football they want, any previous club and a parent or guardian contact. Ask for the right age group, next session, registration steps, kit, fees and the current welfare contact.
For Football for All enquiries, mention access needs at the first contact so the club can point you to the suitable session. For a DDSL match, check the named venue and pitch before travelling; for senior football, confirm the competition and matchday contact.
Arrive early enough to meet the coach, understand the ground and settle the player into the group. Inchicore Athletic’s pathway is strongest when the club, family and player begin with the same clear information.
