UCD GAA

UCD GAA or University College Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association club is a Dublin based Gaelic games club in University College Dublin. The UCD hurling club was founded in 1900 and boasted the motto's "Ad Astra" and "Cothrom Féinne". The first team was an amalgamation of students from UCD and Cecilia St. Although UCD had been playing Gaelic football unofficially since 1900, the official club history began in the season of 1911/1912.

UCD GAA
CLG An Coláiste Ollscoile
Founded:1900
County:Dublin
Nickname:The Students
Colours:Sky blue, navy and yellow
Grounds:Belfield
Coordinates:53°18′16.48″N 6°13′02.06″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions		 Dublin
champions
Football: 2 2 6
Hurling: 0 0 8
Camogie: 0 1 3

The football club competes in the Sigerson Cup and Higher Education Leagues as well as in the Dublin Senior Football Championship and the O'Byrne Cup. The hurling club competes in the Fitzgibbon Cup and Higher Education Leagues and occasionally in the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship and the Walsh Cup. The camogie club competes in the Ashbourne Cup. The ladies Gaelic football team competes in the O'Connor Cup.

Former Dublin great Brian Mullins is the director of sport at UCD.[1] Ger Brennan & Josh Warde are currently in charge of all Gaelic games on the UCD campus.[2]

Hurling

UCD won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland representing Dublin as the Collegians in 1917. In the All-Ireland Final, Collegians beat Boherlahan of Tipperary by a scoreline of 5–4 to 4–2 at Croke Park with an attendance of 11,000. Collegians All-Ireland winning team were: T. Daly, J. Ryan, S. Hyde, S. O’Donavon, H. Burke, C. Stuart, J. Phelan, B. Mockler, T. Moore, J. Cleary, F. Burke, M. Neville, M. Hackett, M. Hayes, P. Kenefick. Sub: B. Considine.

More recently, UCD won the 2000, 2004 and 2005 Dublin Senior Hurling Championships and reached the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship final on each occasion but were defeated by narrow margins.

In 2004, UCD won the Walsh Cup for the first time when they convincingly beat reigning All-Ireland champions, Kilkenny, by 2–16 to 0–5.[3]

UCD last won the Fitzgibbon Cup in 2001 when they were captained by David Hegarty (Clare). They defeated UCC in the final. Team: Matty White, Robbie Kirwan, DOC O'Connor, Brian Walton, Colm Everard, David Hegarty, Hugh Flannery, Gary Mernagh, Stephen Lucey, Pat Fitzgerald, Sean O'Neill, Redmond Barry, Brendan Murphy, Alan Barry, John Culkin.

Honours
Competition Wins Winning Years Last Losing Final
Fitzgibbon Cup 30 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1923, 1927, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1993, 2001. 2006
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1 1917
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 1 1917
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship 0 N/A 2005
Dublin Senior Hurling Championship 8 1934, 1947, 1948, 1961, 1968, 2000, 2004, 2005 1965
Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship 3 1969, 1976, 2001
Walsh Cup 1 2004
Ashbourne Cup 36 1915, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2007,[4] 2008[5]

Notable players

Football

Honours
Competition Wins Winning Years Last Losing Final
Sigerson Cup 32 1911, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1996, 2016[6] 2004
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship 2 1974, 1975 N/A
Leinster Senior Club Football Championship 2 1973–74, 1974–75 N/A
Dublin Senior Football Championship 6 1963, 1965, 1973, 1974, 2002, 2006 1976
Dublin Under 21 Football Championship 6 1968, 1969, 1971, 1999, 2000, 2001
O'Connor Cup 6 2001, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2016

Notable players

See also

References
  2. UCD – Sport
  3. "UCD claim Walsh Cup". Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  4. 2007 final UCD 2–10 UCC 1–4 at Ballinderreen, “UCD land Ashbourne Cup for first time in 19 years," Irish Times
  5. 2008 final UCD 5–9 WIT 0–9 at Casement Park, report on camogie.ie
  6. "UCD find fitting way to honour Dave Billings' memory". Irish Examiner. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  7. "Boylan part of Laverty's new Down U20 football management team". Hogan Stand. 10 December 2020.
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