| LC control no. | no2010190508 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Shelbourne Football Club |
| Variant(s) | Shelbourne FC (Soccer team) Shelbourne F.C. (Soccer team) Cumann Peile Shíol Bhroin Shels (Soccer team) Reds (Soccer team) Real Reds (Soccer team) |
| Beginning date | 1895 |
| Associated country | Ireland |
| Associated place | Drumcondra (Dublin, Ireland) Ringsend (Dublin, Ireland) Sandymount (Dublin, Ireland) |
| Located | Dublin (Ireland) |
| Field of activity | Soccer |
| Found in | Fitzpatrick, S. Shelbourne cult heroes, 2010 : p. iii (Shelbourne FC) Shelbourne FC official website, 17 Nov. 2010 : contact page (Shelbourne Football Club) history page (Shelbourne football club was formed in 1885 in the Ringsend / Sandymount area of Dublin.) <http://www.shelbournefc.ie/> Its website, viewed 29 October 2021 (Shelbourne Football Club; Shelbourne FC; leading Irish professional football club; a true Dublin institution, formed in 1895; founded by James Rowan in the Shelbourne House hostelry on Grand Canal Street, Dublin; the club's first games were played at nearby Havelock Square; from the outbreak of the Second World War until 1949, Shels' home ground was located at Shelbourne Park Stadium, and since then at Dalymount Park Stadium and various other locations; contact: Tolka Park, Richmond Road, Dublin 3) Wikipedia, viewed 29 October 2021 (Shelbourne F.C.; Shelbourne Football Club; Irish: Cumann Peile Shíol Bhroin; Irish association football club based in Drumcondra, Dublin; founded in Dublin in 1895; home matches are played at Tolka Park, in the Dublin suburb of Drumcondra; nicknames: Shels, The Reds, The Real Reds; the club was formed in 1895 in the Ringsend area of Dublin, taking its name from the nearby Shelbourne Road; acquired the lease on Tolka Park from Dublin Corporation in 1989; before moving to Drumcondra, Shels had most recently been based in Harold's Cross Stadium, earlier they had been housed in Shelbourne Park, Irishtown Stadium and Dalymount Park) |
| Associated language | eng |
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