Slaughtneil GAC
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| County: | Derry | ||||||||||||
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| Club colours: | Maroon and White | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Emmet Park | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 54°53′00.08″N 6°42′01.10″W / 54.8833556°N 6.7003056°WCoordinates: 54°53′00.08″N 6°42′01.10″W / 54.8833556°N 6.7003056°W | ||||||||||||
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Robert Emmet's GAC Slaughtneil (Irish: CLG Roibeard Éiméid Sleacht Néill) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Slaughtneil, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football, Hurling and Camogie. The club is named after Irish patriot and revolutionary Robert Emmet and play their home games at Emmet Park.
The club famously pulled its football and hurling teams out of the 1981 Derry Football Championship and Derry Hurling Championship to show their support and solidarity with the 1981 Irish Hunger Strikers.
Slaughtneil have won the Derry Senior Football Championship once and the Derry Senior Hurling Championship six times. Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. Slaughtneil won Club of the Year at the 2000 Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards.[1]
Gaelic football
Slaughtneil fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, Thirds and Senior levels. They won their first Senior County Championship in 2004, defeating Bellaghy at Watty Graham Park, Maghera.
Well known Players
- Francis McEldowney - Current Derry player.
- Patsy Bradley - Current Derry player. Part of Derry's 2002 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winning side.
Hurling
Slaughtneil has U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, and Senior levels hurling teams. They've won the Senior County Championship on six occasions, the most recent being in 2000.
Camogie
Slaughtneil fields Camogie teams at u6 u10 U12, U14, U16 Minor, and Senior levels.
Honours
Senior
- Derry Senior Football Championship:1
- 2004
- Derry Senior Football League: 2
- 2001 2013
- Derry Intermediate Football League: 1
- 1982
- Derry Junior Football Championship: 1
- 1956
- Larkin Cup 2
- 2003 2013
- McGlinchey Cup 3
- 1999, 2001, 2006
Reserves
- Derry Reserve Football Championship: 3
- 1975 2010 2011
U-21
- South Derry Championship Jack Cassidy Cup: 1
- 2013
- Derry Championship Tommy O'Neill Cup: 1
- 2013
Minor
- Derry Minor Football Championship: 3
- 1998, 1999, 2000
- Derry Minor Football League: 2
- 1999, 2000
- Derry U14 Feile Football Champions: 1
- 2009
Hurling
Senior
- Derry Senior Hurling Championship: 7
- 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2000, 2013
- Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship:
- Runners-Up 2000, 2013[2]
U21
Derry u21 Hurling Championship 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 2012
Minor
- Derry Minor Hurling Championship: 6
- 1998, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011 2012
U-16
- Derry U-16 Hurling Championship: 6
- 1998, 2008, 2009, 2010,2011, 2012
U-14
- Derry Féile na nGael: 6
- 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Derry U-14 Hurling Championship: 6
- 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Derry u14 League Winners: 5*
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Ulster Féile na nGael Division 1: 1
- 2009
* Note: Some honours, particularly those marked with * may be incomplete lists. Please add in any other honours you know of.
See also
- Derry Senior Football Championship
- Derry Senior Hurling Championship
- List of Gaelic games clubs in Derry
External links
References
- ↑ "Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards - 2000". Retrieved 2007-09-11.
- ↑ "Loughgiel secure title". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
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