he Bohemian Football Club is the oldest association football club in the Republic of Ireland. Founded on 6 September 1890 at a meeting in the North Circular Road Gate Lodge in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, we have a long and rich history.
Bohemians were prime movers in re-establishing the game in Dublin, the province of Leinster, and then further afield.

The “Gypsies”, as they came to be known, were proud amateurs until March 1969 when the first semi-professional players, Tony O’Connell and Dinny Lowry, lined out in the famous red and black colours that the Club had adopted back in 1893.

A club entirely owned by its members, Bohemians opened Dalymount Park in September 1901 and developed it into an international ground of renown. Up until the early ’70s “Dalyer” was still physically and spiritually the home of Irish football, and the “Dalymount Roar” was a well-regarded and known phenomenon.

Bohemians continue as one of the country’s leading clubs, and have recently completed the first phase of their re-development of Dalymount Park.