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| County: | Derry | |
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| Colours: | White and Black | |
| Grounds: | The Brough | |
| Coordinates: | 54°46′01.84″N 6°32′13.09″W / 54.7671778°N 6.5369694°W | |
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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.
2017 Championship Football
| Championship Football - Castledawson | |
|---|---|
| Match Details | Date |
| Intermediate Football | |
| Castledawson 2-10 1-08 Steelstown First Round | 13 August |
| Castledawson 3-12 2-09 Slaughtmanus Quarter Final | 26 August |
| Castledawson 0-09 4-12 Newbridge Semi Final | 9 September |
| Minor B1 Football | |
| Castledawson 2-10 1-11 Slaughtneil First Round | 11 September |
| Castledawson 0-07 5-10 Glen Quarter Final | 1 October |
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
Under-16
- South Derry Under-16 'B' Football Championship: 1
- 2003, 2000
- South Derry Under-16 'B' Football League: 2
- 2002, 2005
Under-14
- South Derry Under-14 'B' Football Championship: 1
- 2002
- South Derry Under-14 'B' Football League: 1
- 2002
- All County Under-14 "C" Football Feile: 1
- 2008
- All County Under-14 "C" Football Championship 1
- 2008
Camogie titles
- Derry Premier Camogie Championship: 1
- 2007
- Derry Under-14 camogie Championship: 2
- 2010, 2011
Ladies' football titles
- U14 Derry Championship, that is no longer running:
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
Well known players
- Matt Sonny McCann - Former Derry and Ulster footballer.
- Dermot Heaney - 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning Derry footballer.
- Adrian Heaney - Former Derry Minor, Under 21 and Senior Player who was the Senior team captain
- 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
External links
References
- ↑ "History: Club founder". Retrieved 6 September 2007.
- ↑ Carney, Jim (5 April 2020). "Why have football and hurling remained a cultural wasteland for our writers and artists?". Sunday Independent.
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