Ireland women's national ice hockey team

	; The Irish badge features the golden clàrsach on a green background which is also used on the Green harp flag, one of the flags used to represent Ireland.
Association	Irish Ice Hockey Association
Head coach	Vytautas Lukosevičius
Assistants	Tomas Burdys; Gabriela Vlasankova
Captain	Beatrice Hosgood
IIHF code	IRL
IIHF ranking	35 1
Highest IIHF ranking	35 (2013)
Lowest IIHF ranking	36 (first 2011)
Team colours
First international
	Poland 23–0 Ireland ; (Sofia, Bulgaria; March 14, 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Poland 23–0 Ireland ; (Sofia, Bulgaria; March 14, 2011)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	35th (2011, 2013)
International record (W–L–T)
	0–6–0

The Ireland women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team of the Republic of Ireland. The team is controlled by the Irish Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

History [edit]

Ireland played its first game in 2011 during the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships – Division V tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[1] They competed against Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, and Turkey.^[2] Their first game of the tournament was against Poland which they went on to lose 23–0, which would also be their largest recorded loss.^[1] Ireland lost all of the other three games of the tournament, finishing last in the group.^[1] The following year Ireland competed in the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification tournament against Bulgaria and Turkey. Ireland lost both of their games and failed to qualify for the 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II Group B tournament.^[3]

#	Name	Pos	Date of Birth	Club
20	Burke, RebekahRebekah Burke	G	01986-12-1111 December 1986	Ice Angels Limburg
17	Callan, RebeccaRebecca Callan (A)	F	01992-01-1717 January 1992	Ireland
15	Collins, BonnieBonnie Collins	F	01987-10-2828 October 1987	Celtic Clovers
1	Conway, SeannaSeanna Conway	G	01983-10-022 October 1983	Lasker Lady Hawks
16	Day-Nicholls, VictoriaVictoria Day-Nicholls	F	01995-05-1616 May 1995	Celtic Clovers
10	Fitzpatrick, AshlingAshling Fitzpatrick	F	01993-09-2626 September 1993	Celtic Clovers
4	Fletcher, EmmaEmma Fletcher	F	01982-01-033 January 1982	Molly Malones
18	Forde, JessicaJessica Forde	D	01987-01-2727 January 1987	Cork Inline
2	Glynn, RachelRachel Glynn	F	01987-11-1717 November 1987	Celtic Clovers
3	Higgins, ShonaShona Higgins	F	01985-03-2929 March 1985	Ireland
7	Hoey, LornaLorna Hoey	D	01987-11-1212 November 1987	Dundalk Lady Bulls
24	Hosgood, BeatriceBeatrice Hosgood (C)	F	01982-10-2727 October 1982	Ireland
19	Jennings, SineadSinead Jennings	F	01988-05-1616 May 1988	Galway Bay Lightning
6	Lyons, LauraLaura Lyons	D	01982-11-2626 November 1982	Cork Inline
21	McCann, ElaineElaine McCann	D	01986-03-2121 March 1986	Ireland
13	McCaughley, CheriseCherise McCaughley	D	01994-07-2626 July 1994	Ireland
11	McEneaney, SonyaSonya McEneaney (A)	D	01984-12-1717 December 1984	Dundalk Lady Bulls
12	McMullen, JaneJane McMullen	F	01981-11-1212 November 1981	Molly Malones
9	Ni Mhathuna, AvrilAvril Ni Mhathuna	F	01989-05-2121 May 1989	Molly Malones

First international
The Irish badge features the golden clàrsach on a green background which is also used on the Green harp flag, one of the flags used to represent Ireland.
Association	Irish Ice Hockey Association
Head coach	Vytautas Lukosevičius
Assistants	Tomas Burdys Gabriela Vlasankova
Captain	Beatrice Hosgood
IIHF code	IRL
IIHF ranking	35 1
Highest IIHF ranking	35 (2013)
Lowest IIHF ranking	36 (first 2011)
Team colours
Poland 23–0 Ireland (Sofia, Bulgaria; March 14, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Poland 23–0 Ireland (Sofia, Bulgaria; March 14, 2011)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	35th (2011, 2013)
International record (W–L–T)
0–6–0