Castledawson GAC

St Malachy's GAC Castledawson

An Séan Mhullagh
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; -6.5369694Coordinates: 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.

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 for Castledawson, the club in the area of his birth, as a boy, and did not change to Bellaghy when his family moved there^[2]

See also[]

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

External links[]

• St Malachy's GAC website

References[]