• Source: Castledawson GAC
  • 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


    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. 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


    Camogie titles


    Derry Premier Camogie Championship: 1
    2007


    Notable 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.


    See also


    Derry Senior Football Championship
    List of Gaelic games clubs in Derry


    External links


    St Malachy's GAC website


    References

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