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Derry GAA
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- For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Club Football Championship and Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship.
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| Irish: | Doire | ||||||||||||||||
| Province: | Ulster | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s): | The Oak Leafs | ||||||||||||||||
| County Colours: | Red and White | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Celtic Park, Derry | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominant Sport: | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL: | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL: | Division 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Championship: | Christy Ring Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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 small football heartlands around Maghera. Damien Cassidy left the ball hanging in the air just long enough for Seamus 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.
| Derry Panel: 1993 All-Ireland Final | ||
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1 D McCusker | 2 K McKeever | 3 T Scullion | 4 F McCusker | 5 J McGurk | 6 H Downey | 7 G Coleman | 8 A Tohill | 9 B McGilligan | 10 D Heaney | 11 D Barton | 12 D Cassidy | 13 J Brolly | 14 S Downey | 15 E Gormley | |
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- Ulster Minor Football Championships: 14
- 1965, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002.
| Player | First Senior Year | Last Senior Year | Position | Club |
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| Eoin Bradley | 2005 | Present | Center forward | Glenullin |
| Paddy Bradley | 2000 | Present | Full forward | Glenullin |
| Joe Brolly | Corner Forward | Dungiven | ||
| Eamon Burns | Right half forward | Ballinascreen | ||
| Enda Muldoon | 1998 | Present | Right corner forward | Ballinderry |
| Gerry McElhinney |
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 won the 2006 Nicky Rackard Cup.
- All-Ireland 'B' Senior Hurling Championships: 1
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 equivlent, with Kevin Lynch's the defending champions (2006).
Click here for a list of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Derry.
- Derry Senior Club Football Championship
- Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship
- List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Derry
- Derry GAA site
- Derry on Hoganstand.com
- National and provincial titles won by Derry teams
- Club championship winners
| Gaelic Athletic Association | ||
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| National Football League | ||
| Division 1 | A |
Cork | Donegal | Dublin | Fermanagh | Kerry | Limerick| Mayo | Tyrone |
| B |
Armagh | Derry | Down | Galway | Kildare | Laois | Louth | Westmeath |
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| Division 2 | A |
Carlow | Clare | Leitrim | London | Longford | Monaghan| Offaly | Roscommon |
| B |
Antrim | Cavan | Meath | Sligo | Tipperary | Wexford| Waterford | Wicklow |
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| National Hurling League | ||
| Division 1 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 2 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 3 | A | |
| B | ||
| Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster | Third level | ||
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Christy Ring Cup (2007) | ||
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Carlow | Down | Derry | Kerry | Kildare | London | Mayo | Meath | Wicklow | Westmeath |
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Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) |
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