the bell-ringers

Mary-Pat Moore was Ireland Women’s first captain in 1983, and went on to lead the side 31 times.over the next decade, including the 1988 and 1993 World Cups. She played 37 ODIs, and ten other capped matches, scoring 988 runs. She was the first woman ever to be dismissed for 99 in an ODI, against Denmark. And her solitary century, an unbeaten 114, came against the same opponents in the 1995 European Cup. A right armed bat and spin bowler, she also took 20 wickets for Ireland, with a best of 3-16 against the Netherlands. In the late 80s she moved to work in Leeds, and played county cricket for Yorkshire and the North of England in the first-class regional tournament.

Barbara was born in Waterford, but helped form Malahide Cricket Club back in 1988 - quickly proving herself to be the outstanding seam bowler of her generation.

She played for Ireland Under-19s before winning her first senior cap in 1993 aged 21 against Netherlands. By 1996 she had become a senior team regular and won sixty caps in the following decade.

Barbara saved some of her best performances for the biggest games, taking 3 for 17 against South Africa, 4 for 8 against Pakistan and 4 for 13 against West Indies. She played in three World Cups and took 63 wickets at less than three runs an over.

Janice is a former Irish international - a left-handed batter who became Irish cap #21. She played 15 times for Ireland, hitting a highest score of 50* against The Netherlands in 1987.

Janice continues to work in cricket as a coach at Wesley College and her club, and was a highly respected President of Pembroke from 2014 to 2016.

Citation coming soon.

Citation coming soon.

Stella sprang to prominence at the age of 11 when she won the player of the match award in the Leinster Women’s Senior Cup final, the first of many trophies she won with Clontarf. As there was no girls cricket at the time she played on the boys sides and became such a feared opponent that a rule was introduced banning mixed sides – she was the only girl playing at the time.

She was an exceptional fast bowler and was 17 years old when Ireland played their first international back in 1983. She took Ireland’s very first wicket and ended with 11 overs 6 maidens 1 for 8. For several seasons she was one of the most feared bowlers in women's world cricket.

While her career was hampered by injuries however and she played just 35 matches over the next decade, reinventing herself as a fluent batter who could tear an attack apart.

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Susan terrified batters at home and abroad during her decade at the top. She came into the dominant Clontarf team in her mid-teens and quickly assumed the mantle of the great Stella Owens. She won the Harrison Cup ten times as the leading bowler in Leinster, and in 33 inter-pros, she took 61 wickets at an amazing average of 8.37.

Susan was first capped by Ireland as an 18 year old winning 40 caps - taking 52 wkts at an average of 16.33. Her best return was 7-21 against Netherlands in a 3-day game in 1987, in which she also took 5-35. She also too 5-27 v Denmark in 1990 - all three are still in the best ten performances for Ireland. Her ODI economy rate of 2.15 is still the eighth best of all time, standing beside the best of Australia, England and New Zealand.

Peter, known by his team-mates as 'Polish' retired in 2007 as Ireland’s most capped player at the time – 124 games from 1995 until just after the World Cup in the Caribbean.

First picked as a fast bowler, he found his feet as a middle-order batter, making 2,774 runs at an average of 27.47.

But those figures do not reflect some important innings - one such came at the Lawn in 1998, when his 94 drove Ireland to a notable win over Bangladesh, and his 47-ball century at Bangor in 2005 is still the fastest for Ireland. In 2007, Adi Birrell described him as the "heartbeat of the team”.

Brendan O’Brien may be better known as father of Niall and Kevin, but he was a worthy recipient of the Hall of Fame in his own right. A true all-round sportsman – he played international cricket, League of Ireland football and interpro hockey. For Railway Union he scored more and 21,000 runs, the record by a distance. A free-scoring batsman, he made 1,636 runs, scoring nine 50s in his 52 appearances – a figure dwarfed by the 757 caps won by his cricketing sons and hockey-playing daughter Ciara.

Citation coming soon.

Citation coming soon.

Cecelia Joyce is a former Irish international who played 133 times between 2001 and 2018. 

She finished her Ireland career with a total of 2,680 runs with a high score of 119* against Scotland in 2014.

Also an elite hockey player, Cecelia remains involved in the game, most notably as the President of the Irish Cricketers' Association.

Isobel Joyce is a former international captain who played for Ireland between 1999 and 2018 - captaining her country 62 times.

When she retired at the 2018 Women's T20 World Cup, the all-rounder had scored 2,623 runs at 21.15 and taken 137 wickets at 25.59 (Isobel remains Ireland Women's highest wicket-taker).

An active cricket coach, Isobel has forged a post-playing career as a cricket commentator and analyst.

Siobhan McBennett is a former President of the Irish Women's Cricket Union.

A major driving force in the area of scoring in Leinster, and a major player in the development and success of her beloved Rush Cricket Club, Siobhan is the current president of Cricket Leinster and sits on the Board of Cricket Ireland.

Clare Shillington is a former Irish international who played from 1997 to 2018.

She amassed 3,328 runs at 22.04 with two centuries and 12 half-centuries.

When she retired at the 2018 Women's T20 World Cup, Clare was the most-capped Irish woman and leading run-scorer.

A long-time cricket coach, Clare also sits on Cricket Ireland's High Perfomance Committee.

Stella Downes has been central to the running of Clontarf Cricket Club – and cricket in Ireland generally – for over 25 years. As well as long periods in Clontarf CC as Scorer, Club Secretary, Player, Child Protection Officer and general club administrator,

She has also been the Ireland Men’s National Team Scorer for most of that period. As part of that function, Stella has scored over 200 international and inter-provincial matches, plus innumerable club matches. In recent years, Stella has led the way in Scorer education, and she is also an accomplished sports administrator, having sat on multiple competition and management committees.

She was the first female president of Cricket Leinster (in 2020-21) and is the second female President of Cricket Ireland.

Donna Armstrong is a leading light in the world of cricket representing and developing women’s cricket in Ireland as the NCU’s first women’s Irish International.

Playing as a right-handed middle-order batsman, Donna made her international debut at the 1983 Centenary Tournament in the Netherlands. She finished her international career in 1991, having played 20 ODIs. Donna is also the vice-President of Cricket Ireland.

Elaine is a passionate supporter of Irish cricket and has followed the journey of both men's and women's teams around the world.

She was Treasurer of the Irish Women’s Cricket Union and Leinster Women’s Cricket Union - and is also a former President of the Irish Women’s Cricket Union.

Miriam Grealey played for Ireland 80 times over an 18 year career, widely seen as one of Ireland’s greatest all-rounders.

She represented Ireland with distinction, captaining on 34 occasions.

The first Ireland Women's cricketer to 1,000 ODI runs, following retirement Miriam continued to be involved as Coach, Team Manager and Selector amongst other roles. Miriam entered the Irish cricket Hall of Fame in 2017 and was made an Honorary Life Member of the MCC that year.

Judy has worn many hats within Irish cricket.

Best known to many as a long-term scorer, Judy has scored since 1986 at club, provincial, domestic representative and international levels.

However, perhaps Judy's most significant roles were with the Irish Women's Cricket Union where she was secretary and then was the last President of the IWCU in 2001 when the entity merged with the then Irish Cricket Union.

Kyle is a former Ireland Men's captain with 227 caps between 1996-2009.

A right-hand bat and right-arm off-break bowler, he made 3,616 runs at 23.33 (two centuries, 11 fifties), and claimed 256 wickets at 30.11.

A teacher by trade, Kyle is currently the headmaster of a Belfast school, but is still called upon to be an expert commentator or pundit on the Irish game. In 2024, he was inducted into the Irish cricket Hall of Fame.

Murray was recognised in 2018 with a national award for his outstanding contribution to Irish Cricket, and particularly to cricket in Northern Ireland.

A former Chairman of the Irish Cricket Union and former President of Cricket Ireland, Murray was a long-term Cricket Ireland Company Secretary, and sits/sat on numerous committees. Has a tireless and long-term commitment to the game at a grass-roots level - leads on Schools’ competitions programme for all age categories annually across Northern Irish schools, and in delivering Ulster and Irish Universities cricket competitions.

Kevin is a legend of the Irish game former Ireland Men's international with 389 caps between 2006-2021.

A right-hand bat and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he made 9.048 runs at 27.84 (six centuries, 40 fifties), and claimed 276 wickets at 28.23.

Kevin held the record for the fastest century in a Cricket World Cup when he smashed a 50-ball ton against England in 2011. A member of Ireland's inaugural men's Test XI, he struck 118 in the second innings against Pakistan. 

As a tribute to her late husband, Roy Torrens, the bell was unveiled and rung for the first time by Joan Torrens.

Roy was a right-arm fast bowler who batted right-handed. He represented Ireland 30 times between 1966 and 1984, taking 77 wickets at an average of 25.66.

Following retirement, he went into administration and became: a national selector, was Cricket Ireland President (2005) and subsequently team manager to the Ireland men’s team for 11 years (2005-2015).