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.

St Malachy's GAC Castledawson

An Seanmhullagh
County:	Derry
Colours:	White and Black
Grounds:	The Brough
Coordinates:	54°46′01.84″N 6°32′13.09″W
Playing kits
Standard colours

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