Clubs
The following 12 clubs are competing in the Premier Division during the 2013 season.
| Club |
Position in 2012 |
First season in top division |
Number of seasons in the Premier Division |
First season of current spell in top division |
Top division titles |
Last top division title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemiansa,b,c | 7th | 1921-22 | 28 | 1921-22 | 11 | 2009 |
| Bray Wanderers | 10th | 1986-87 | 17 | 2005 | 0 | |
| Cork Citya | 6th | 1984–85 | 26 | 2012 | 2 | 2005 |
| Derry City | 5th | 1987-88 | 25 | 2011 | 2 | 1996-97 |
| Dundalka | 11th | 1926-27 | 19 | 2009 | 9 | 1994-95 |
| Drogheda United | 2nd | 1963-64 | 18 | 2002-03 | 1 | 2007 |
| Limericka | 1st in the First Division | 1937-38 | 8 | 2013 | 2 | 1979-80 |
| Shamrock Roversa | 4th | 1922-23 | 27 | 2007 | 17 | 2011 |
| Shelbournea,c | 8th | 1921-22 | 22 | 2012 | 13 | 2006 |
| Sligo Rovers | 1st | 1934-35 | 18 | 2006 | 3 | 2012 |
| St Patrick's Athletica,b | 3rd | 1951-52 | 28 | 1951-52 | 7 | 1998-99 |
| UCDa | 9th | 1979-80 | 18 | 2010 | 0 |
- No team was relegated to the First Division for the 2013 Season as a result of the withdrawal of Monaghan United. One team was promoted: Limerick. Derry City is the only club in the League of Ireland Premier Division not based in the Republic of Ireland, being based instead in Northern Ireland.
a: Founding member of the Premier Division
b: Never been relegated from Premier Division
c: One of the original 8 League of Ireland teams
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