Castledawson GAC

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St. Malachy's GAC Castledawson
An Séan Mhullach
County:	Derry
Nickname:
Club colours:	White and Black
Grounds:	The Broagh
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships All Ireland Ulster champions Derry champions Football : 0 0 0 Camogie :  ?

St. Malachy's GAC Castledawson (Irish: An Séan Mhullach) is a Gaelic Athletic Club from Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for both Gaelic football and Camogie.

Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.

Contents 1 History 2 Gaelic football 2.1 Well known players 3 Camogie 4 Honours 4.1 Senior 4.2 Minor 4.3 U-16 4.4 U-14 4.5 Camogie 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] 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 having small numbers it is a credit to this small club for being able to compete in the senoir league in Derry for so long. With a lot of young stars coming through will hopefully be able to fight against the odds and remain at the top table of Derry football.

[edit] Gaelic football

Castledawson fields Gaelic football teams at U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, and Senior levels.

[edit] Well known players

• Matt Sonny McCann - Former Derry and Ulster footballer.
• Dermot Heaney - 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning Derry footballer.
• Seamus Heaney - Nobel Prize winning poet who played football with Castledawson until Minor level.
• Adrian Heaney - Former Derry Minor, Under 21 and Senior Player who was the Senior team captain when he died at the young age of 26 in January 2005 after a short illness

[edit] Camogie

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

[edit] Honours

[edit] Senior

• Derry Junior Football Championship: 1
  • 1958

• McGlinchey Cup: 1
  • 2007

• Larkin Cup: 1
  • 1997

[edit] Minor

• Tommy O'Neill Cup: 1
  • 2006 (shared with Foreglen)

• South Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship: 1
  • 2006

[edit] U-16

• South Derry U-16 'B' Football Championship: 1
  • 2003, 2000

• South Derry U-16 'B' Football League: 2
  • 2002, 2005

[edit] U-14

• South Derry U-14 'B' Football Championship: 1

2002

• South Derry U-14 'B' Football League: 1

2002

[edit] Camogie

• Derry Premier Camogie Championship: 1
  • 2007

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

[edit] See also

• Derry Senior Football Championship
• List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs

[edit] External links

• St. Malachy's GAC website
• Official Derry GAA Website
• Derry Club GAA

[edit] References

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