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 Séan Mhullagh
Founded:
County:Derry
Colours:White and Black
Grounds:The Broagh
Coordinates:54°46′01.84″N 6°32′13.09″W
Playing kits
Standard colours

2017 Championship Football
Championship Football - Castledawson
Match DetailsDate
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

Minor
  • Tommy O'Neill Cup: 1
  • 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

References
  1. "History: Club founder". Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  2. Carney, Jim (5 April 2020). "Why have football and hurling remained a cultural wasteland for our writers and artists?". Sunday Independent.


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