Castledawson GAC

St Malachy's GAC Castledawson

An Seanmhullagh
County:	Derry
Colours:	White and Black
Grounds:	The Brough
Coordinates:	54°46′01.84″N 6°32′13.09″W / 54.7671778°N 6.5369694°W / 54.7671778; -6.5369694
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Saint Malachy's GAC Castledawson is a Gaelic Athletic Club from Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently compete in gaelic football, hurling and camogie.

History

St Malachy's GAC was set up largely thanks to Paddy Graham from the townland of Tamnadace outside the village. The Graham Cup, a reserve competition for South Derry clubs, is named in his honour.^[1] Although a relatively small club, they competed for several years in the Derry senior league.

Camogie

Castledawson fields camogie teams at U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, and Senior levels.

Football titles

Senior

• Derry Junior Football Championship: 1
  • 1958
• Larkin Cup: 1
  • 1997
• McGlinchey Cup: 3
  • 2007, 2010, 2013
• Derry Intermediate Football Championship: 3
  • 2010, 2014, 2016
• Graham Cup: 2
  • 2002, 2017

Minor

• Tommy O'Neill Cup: 1
  • 2006 (shared with Foreglen)
• Minor 'B' Football Championship: 1
  • 2015
• Minor 'B' Football League: 1
  • 2015
• South Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship: 1
  • 2006

Camogie titles

• Derry Premier Camogie Championship: 1
  • 2007

Notable players

• Matt Sonny McCann - Former Derry and Ulster footballer.^{[citation needed]}
• Dermot Heaney - 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning Derry footballer.^{[citation needed]}
• Adrian Heaney - Former Derry Minor, Under 21 and Senior Player who was the Senior team captain^{[citation needed]}
• Seamus Heaney, the 1995 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature played as a boy for Castledawson, the club in the area of his birth.^[2]

See also

• Derry Senior Football Championship
• List of Gaelic games clubs in Derry

External links

• St Malachy's GAC website

References