Editing Trinity College Dublin (section)

===Clubs===
[[File:Cricket ground Trinity College Dublin.JPG|thumb|[[College Park, Dublin|College Park]], Trinity College]] [[File:Tcd-snow.jpg|thumb|A winter scene in College Park]]
Trinity has a sporting tradition, and the college has 50 sports clubs affiliated to the Dublin University Central Athletic Club (DUCAC).<ref>{{cite web|date=24 June 2020|title=DUCAC – Trinity Sport – Trinity College Dublin|url=https://www.tcd.ie/Sport/student-sport/clubs/|access-date=24 June 2020|website=tcd.ie/Sport|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622062453/https://www.tcd.ie/Sport/student-sport/clubs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Central Athletic Club is made up of five committees that oversee the development of sport in the college: the executive committee, which is responsible overall for all activities; the Captains' Committee, which represents the 49 club captains and awards [[University Sporting Blue|University Colours (Pinks)]]; the Pavilion Bar Committee, which runs the private members' bar; the Pavilion Members' Committee; and the Sports Facilities Committee.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

The oldest clubs include the [[Dublin University Cricket Club]] (1835),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcd.ie/Clubs/Cricket |title=Welcome to Dublin University Cricket Club |website=Dublin University Cricket Club |access-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026035114/http://www.tcd.ie/Clubs/Cricket/ |archive-date=26 October 2005}}</ref> the [[Dublin University Boat Club]] (1836)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcd.ie/Clubs/Boat |title=Dublin University Boat Club |date=October 28, 2005 |website=The University of Dublin |access-date=April 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028032100/http://www.tcd.ie/Clubs/Boat/ |archive-date=28 October 2005}}</ref> and [[Dublin University Fencing Club]] (1774). [[Dublin University Football Club]], founded in 1854, plays [[rugby union]] and is the [[oldest football club|world's oldest documented "football club"]].{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} [[Dublin University A.F.C.]], founded in 1883, is the oldest surviving [[List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland|association football]] club in the [[Republic of Ireland football league system|Republic of Ireland]].<ref name="byrne1">{{Cite book| title=Football Association of Ireland: 75 years | first=Peter | last=Byrne | year=1996 | location=Dublin | publisher=Sportsworld | isbn = 1-900110-06-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Garnham| first = Neal| title = Association Football and society in pre-partition Ireland | publisher = Ulster Historical Foundation | year = 2004 | location = Belfast | isbn = 1-903688-34-5}}</ref><ref name="byrne2">{{Cite book| title=Green Is The Colour: The Story of Irish Football | first=Peter | last=Byrne | year=2012 | publisher=Andre Deutsch }}</ref><ref>The Bold Collegians, Trevor West, 1991, Dublin University Press</ref> The [[Dublin University Hockey Club]] was founded in 1893,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockey.tcdlife.ie/ |title=DUHC |website=Hockey.tcdlife.ie |access-date=23 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604085848/http://www.hockey.tcdlife.ie/ |archive-date=4 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Dublin University Harriers and Athletic Club in 1885.<ref>{{cite web|first=Brian |last=Foley |url=http://www.tcd.ie/Clubs/DUHAC |title=Dublin University Harriers and Athletic Club |publisher=Tcd.ie |access-date=28 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121154143/http://www.tcd.ie/Clubs/DUHAC/ |archive-date=21 January 2007 }}</ref>

The newest club in the university is the [[Trinity College Dublin American Football|American football]] team, who were accepted into the [[Irish American Football League]] (IAFL) in 2008. The Dublin University Fencing Club has won a total of 43 titles in 66 years.<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-03-10|title=Dublin University Fencing Club Crowned Intervarsity Champions for the Thirteenth Year in a Row|url=https://www.tcd.ie/Sport/news/2020/fencing-intervarsitys-2020.php|url-status=live|access-date=2020-05-26|website=Trinity College Dublin|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115013142/https://www.tcd.ie/Sport/news/2020/fencing-intervarsitys-2020.php}}</ref> While the modern DU Fencing Club was founded in 1936, its origins can be dated to the 1700s when a 'Gentleman's Club of the Sword' existed, primarily for duelling practice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fencing.tcdlife.ie |title=Dublin University Fencing Club – Club News |website=Fencing.tcdlife.ie |access-date=23 July 2016 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604083805/http://www.fencing.tcdlife.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>