Doire Colmcille CLG
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| Founded: | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
| County: | Derry | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club colours: | Amber and Black | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Saint Columb's College | ||||||||||||||||
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Doire Colmcille CLG is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic football.
Doire Colmcille have won the Derry Junior Football Championship title once. Underage teams up to U-12's play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.
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[edit] Gaelic football
Doire Colmcille fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor and Senior levels. They currently compete in the Derry Junior Championship and Division 5 of the Derry ACFL.
[edit] Well known players
Phil Friel - Played for Doire Colmcille's forerunners Sarsfields and played on Derry's 1965 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winning team.[1]
[edit] Ladies' Gaelic football
The club also has a number of Ladies' sides. Starting from Under 16s to Ladies Senior teams.
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[edit] History
Doire Colmcille CLG was established in 1969 following the amalgamation of 3 city clubs - Daire Óg, Éire Óg and Sarsfields.[2] Doire Colmcille was born out of humble beginnings, with only representation being a Men's Senior Football team.
The club won the Derry Junior Football Championship in 1974 and is the only Derry City side to have played in Intermediate ranks for the majority of its existence. The club is currently playing in the Junior Championship again.
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Senior
[edit] Minor
- North Derry Minor 'A' Football League: 1
- 1997
- North Derry Minor 'B' Football League: 1
- 1996
[edit] U-14
- North Derry U-14 'C' Football Championship: 1
- 2005
- North Derry U-14 'C' Football League: 1
- 2005
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ O'Hara, Eamonn. "Forrester hoping to add Steel to Derry's final fling", The Irish News, 2007-09-13. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ Doire Colmcille History. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
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