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| Founded: | 1933 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Derry | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | An Lúb | ||||||||||||
| Club colours: | Green and White | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Pairc Naomh Phádraig | ||||||||||||
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CLG Naomh Pádraig An Lúb is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in The Loup. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football. The club was originally called St. Patrick's Loup, but the name has since been renamed to its Irish language equivalent. Many Derry GAA followers still refer to the club as "The Loup".
The club's biggest success is when they won the 2003 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. They have also won the Derry Senior Football Championship three times.
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An Lúb 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.
Among the club's honours they have won three Derry Championships, firstly back in 1936 and more recently the 2009 Championship, when they also went on to win the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship after winning the Derry Senior Football Championship in 2003.
After being suspended from football for two years, a hurling club, St. Finbarr's, was started, winning back-to-back Derry Senior Hurling Championships in the 1960s, before being disbanded
St Patrick's Loup was formed in 1933 and they won their first Derry Senior Championship three years later. Players on the team included Paddy Larkin, Fr. Éamonn Devlin (who played for Armagh) and Peter Donaghy (played as goalkeeper for Derry). After disappearing from the top, they were a Junior side for many years, reaching the 1958/59? Derry Junior Football Championship final, where they lost to Glen.
In 1963 and 1964 St Finbarrs won the Derry Hurling Championship. The current pitch was opened by Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiach in 1981.
(Won as St.Finbarr's - a parish amalgamation.)
* Note: Some honours, particularly those marked with * may be incomplete lists. Please help complete the list by adding in any honours you know of.
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