DERRY GAA

:For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship.
The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: ''Cummann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Dhoire'') or 'Derry GAA' is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Londonderry. The county board is also responsible for the Derry inter-county teams.
Derry were the last of the 32 counties to affiliate, after several false starts their county board was formed only in 1932, but they had been competing in the Ulster Football Championship since 1904.

Contents

Gaelic football

Honours

All-Stars: 24

Famous players (past and present)

2007 Allianz National Football League (Division 1B) Results

Hurling

Honours

Derry Club Scene

See also

External links

Gaelic football

In 1947 Derry won the National League in bizarre circumstances. The group leaders were invited to play in the League semi-finals because heavy snow had disrupted the competition. Francie Niblock scoring one of the finest goals in League history in a near deserted Croke Park as Derry beat Clare. In the 1958 All Ireland semi-final they achieved a bigger breakthrough when a Sean O'Connell goal three minutes from the end defeated Kerry. Although Derry scored ten minutes into the second half through Owen Gribben, Dublin secured victory with Paddy Farnan and Johnny Joyce goals. Derry contested several more league finals before winning four titles in an eight year period in the 1990s. Lavey and Bellaghy won the All Ireland club championship, St Columbs and St Pats Maghera won colleges titles, and Derry are one of only two counties to win back-to-back Ulster titles in the past three decades.
It all culminated in the 1993 All Ireland title, a remarkable triumph for the football heartlands around Maghera. Damien Cassidy left the ball hanging in the air just long enough for Séamus Downey to fist a goal, McCusker's saves, Enda Gormley's curling free for the last point of the match, and the first time that Joe Brolly's shimmy had been seen on the big stage.
In recent years they have been unable to get out of Ulster because of the emergence of Tyrone and Armagh.

Honours

★ 'All-Ireland Senior Football Championships:' 1

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★ 1993 All-Ireland Championship

★ 'National Football League Championships:' 5

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★ 1947, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000.

★ 'Ulster Senior Football Championships:' 7

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★ 1958, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1993, 1998.

★ 'Dr Lagan Cups:' 6

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★ 1945, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1959, 1961

★ 'All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships:' 2

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★ 1968, 1997.

★ 'Ulster Under 21 Football Championships:' 7

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★ 1967, 1968, 1976, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1997

★ 'All-Ireland Minor Football Championships:' 4

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★ 1965, 1983, 1989, 2002

★ 'Ulster Minor Football Championships:' 14

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★ 1965, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002

All-Stars: 24

1973: Anthony McGurk

1975: Peter Stevenson, Anthony McGurk, Gerry McElhiney

1987: Tony Scullion, Brian McGilligan

1992: Tony Scullion, Anthony Tohill, Enda Gormley

1993: Tony Scullion, Johnny McGurk, Henry Downey, Gary Coleman, Anthony Tohill, Brian McGilligan, Enda Gormley

1995: Tony Scullion, Anthony Tohill

1996: Joe Brolly

1997: Joe Brolly

1998: Seán Marty Lockhart

2000: Kieran McKeever, Anthony Tohill

2004: Enda Muldoon

Famous players (past and present)

Player	First Senior Year	Last Senior Year	Position	Club
Anthony Tohill	1991?	2003	Midfield	Swatragh
Eoin Bradley	2005?	Present	Center forward	Glenullin
Paddy Bradley	2000	Present	Full forward	Glenullin
Joe Brolly	1990	?	Corner Forward	Dungiven
Tony Scullion	1984	1996	Full Back	Ballinascreen
Éamonn Burns	''	''	Right half forward	Ballinascreen
Enda Muldoon	1998	Present	Forward	Ballinderry
Henry Downey	''	''	Centre back	Lavey
Gerry McElhinney	''	''	Forward	''
Eamonn Coleman	''	''	Forward	Ballymaguigan
Enda Gormley	1985	2000	Right corner forward	Glen
Kieran McKeever	1988		Right corner back	Dungiven

2007 Allianz National Football League (Division 1B) Results

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Venue	Report
February 4, 2007	Galway	0-07	Derry	0-12	Pearse Stadium, Galway	[1]
February 11, 2007	Derry	1-09	Westmeath	3-10	Celtic Park, Derry	[2]
February 25, 2007	Kildare	0-10	Derry	0-07	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge, County Kildare	[3]
March 11, 2007	Armagh	1-08	Derry	1-13	St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen	[4]
March 25, 2007	Derry	1-11	Laois	1-11	Celtic Park, Derry	[5]
April 1, 2007	Down	0-09	Derry	0-12	St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle	[6]
April 8, 2007	Derry	3-18	Louth	1-12	Celtic Park, Derry	[7]

Hurling

Derry City was a hotbed of early GAA activity and sent a hurling team to the 1902 All Ireland semi-final. Hurling teams won the 1986 and 1993 Ulster under-21 titles, but lost most of their players to football. After winning the Senior B championship in 1996, they pulled off a surprise win over Down in the 1998 Ulster championship, despite a dearth of senior clubs.Derry hurlers won the Ulster championship twice in 2000 and in 2001 but has yet to win it since. Derry won the 2006 Nicky Rackard Cup.

Honours

★ 'Nicky Rackard Cup'

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★ 2006

★ 'All-Ireland 'B' Senior Hurling Championships:' 1

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★ 1996

★ 'Ulster Senior Hurling Championship:' 4

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★ 1903, 1908, 2000, 2001.

★ 'Ulster Under 21 Hurling Championships:' 5

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★ 1986, 1987, 1993, 1997, 2007

★ 'Ulster Minor Hurling Championships:' 9

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★ 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 2001.

Derry Club Scene

Many, or even most Derry GAA followers taken a keener interest in the club scene than the inter-county scene. The Derry Senior Club Football Championship is an annual club competition between the top Derry clubs. It is recognised as one of the hardest club championships to get out of successfully in Ireland, as there are so many teams like, Ballinderry, Bellaghy, An Lúb, Slaughtneil and Glenullin who have a realistic chance of success each year. Attendances at matches are particuarly high, with many neutrals from County Tyrone also going to matches, as many view it as the highest standard of club football in Ulster. The winners of the Derry Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship and if they win, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current (2006) Derry County Champions are Ballinderry Shamrocks.
The Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship is the hurling equivalent, with Kevin Lynch's the defending champions (2006).
Click here for a list of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Derry.

See also

★ Derry Senior Club Football Championship

★ Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship

★ List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Derry

External links

★ Derry GAA site

★ Derry on Hoganstand.com

★ National and provincial titles won by Derry teams

★ Club championship winners