Gaelic Football Clubs in County Londonderry - Dungiven Gac, Ballinderry Shamrocks Gac, Glen Gac, Lavey Gac, Ballinascreen Gac, Clg Eoghan Rua, Bellaghy (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Dungiven GAC, Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC, Glen GAC, Lavey GAC, Ballinascreen GAC, CLG Eoghan Rua, Bellaghy GAC, Drumsurn GAC, Glenullin GAC, Ballerin GAC, Drum GAC, Steelstown GAC, Desertmartin GAC, Craigbane GAC, Swatragh GAC, Kilrea GAC, Faughanvale GAC, Ballymaguigan GAC, Doire Colmcille CLG, CLG Ogra Colmcille, Banagher GAC, Limavady GAC, Magherafelt GAC, An Lub GAC, Newbridge GAC, Slaughtneil GAC, Slaughtmanus GAC, Greenlough GAC, Claudy GAC, Moneymore GAC, Lissan GAC, Sean Dolans GAC, Castledawson GAC, Magilligan GAC, Ardmore GAC, Foreglen GAC, Glack GAC, CLG Doire Trasna. Excerpt: St. Canice's GAC Dungiven (Irish: ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. They currently cater for Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic football. The hurling club in the town is Kevin Lynch's. The team are named after Saint Canice, who was born in Dungiven in 516AD. Although the current team was founded in 1943, the first recorded Gaelic football team in Dungiven who played a formal match was in 1922. There is evidence that it was played over a century before this. The club's biggest success is when they won the 1997 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. They have also won the Derry Senior Football Championship on seven occasions. The team share their grounds with Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club. The two clubs were one until 1981 when Kevin Lynch (an Irish National Liberation Army volunteer from Dungiven) died on hunger strike, and the hurling team changed their name as a mark of respect. Dungiven fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. They currently compete in the Derry Senior Football Championship and Division 1 of the Derry ACFL. The club is named after Saint Canice, who was born in 516AD in Cianacta Glinne Geimin, which is...