Castledawson GAC
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| An Seanmhullagh | ||
| File:Cdawson gac.png | ||
| County: | Derry | |
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| Colours: | White and Black | |
| Grounds: | The Brough | |
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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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Castledawson fields camogie teams at U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, and Senior levels.
Football titles
[edit | edit source]Senior
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- Derry Premier Camogie Championship: 1
- 2007
Notable players
[edit | edit source]- 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
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