Dungiven GAC
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| Founded: | 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
| County: | Derry | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club Colours: | Black and White | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Kevin Lynch Park, Dungiven | ||||||||||||||||
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St. Canice's GAC, Dungiven are a Gaelic football club as part of the Gaelic Athletic Association in North Derry, Ireland. 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; whilst the football team retained the existing name. The team are named after Saint Canice, who lived in Dungiven in 516CE. Although the current team was founded in fairly recent years, the first recorded Gaelic football team in Dungiven who played a formal match were in 1922. There is evidence that it was played over a century before this.
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| Derry Gaelic Athletic Association | ||
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| Affiliated Clubs | ||
| Senior Football Championship
An Lúb - Ballinascreen - Ballinderry - Ballymaguigan - Banagher - Bellaghy - Castledawson - Craigbane - Desertmartin - Dungiven - Glen - Glenullin - Kilrea - Lavey - Magherafelt - Slaughtneil - Swatragh |
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| Intermediate Football Championship
Claudy - Doire Trasna - Eoghan Rua - Foreglen - Glack - Greenlough - Newbridge - Slaughtmanus - Steelstown |
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| Junior Football Championship | ||
| Senior Hurling
Ballinascreen - Banagher - Dungiven - Lavey - Slaughtneil - Swatragh |
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| Other Hurling clubs | ||
| Camogie clubs | ||
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