An Lúb GAC
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CLG Naomh Pádraig An Lúb is a Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club based in The Loup
The Loup
Loup or The Loup is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies near the western shore of Lough Neagh between Moneymore, Magherafelt, Ballyronan and Coagh...

. The club is a member of the Derry GAA
Derry GAA
The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Derry GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in the GAA county of Derry, which covers virtually the same territory as the former administrative county of Londonderry...

 and currently cater for Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

. The club was originally called St. Patrick's Loup, but the name has since been renamed to its Irish language
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 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
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition played between the top clubs in Ulster. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup...

. They have also won the Derry Senior Football Championship three times.

Gaelic football

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
Derry Senior Football Championship 2009
-Round 2:The draw for the second round took place on 5 May 2009.-----Round 3:The draw for the third round took place after the last Round 2 game .-Quarter-finals:...

, when they also went on to win the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition played between the top clubs in Ulster. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup...

 after winning the Derry Senior Football Championship in 2003.

Well known players

  • Johnny McBride
    Johnny McBride
    Johnny McBride is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1990s and 2000s. He won an Ulster Senior Football Championship and two National Leagues with the county, as well as Ulster Minor, Ulster Under 21 and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships.McBride continues to play club...

     - First ever Loup player to captain the Derry Senior sides.
  • Paul McFlynn - Former Derry player.
  • Dermot Devlin - Former Derry player and former Derry County Board Chairman. Captained Derry Minors and St. Pat's Armagh MacRory Cup
    MacRory Cup
    The MacRory Cup is an inter-college Gaelic football tournament in Ulster. It is staged every year with the stipulation that players must be under eighteen-and-a-half at the start of the tournament...

     team in 1958/59?. Won a Derry Championship and League with Ballymaguigan
    Ballymaguigan GAC
    St. Trea's Ballymaguigan GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballymaguigan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. They play in the Derry league and championships. They currently cater for both Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic football....

     in 1962.

Hurling

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

History

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
Armagh GAA
The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County 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
Derry Junior Football Championship
The Derry Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Junior Derry clubs...

 final, where they lost to Glen
Glen GAC
Watty Graham's GAC Glen is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The team draws players from Maghera and some surrounding townlands. They currently cater for Gaelic football, Ladies' Gaelic football and Camogie.Glen are also committed to Scor,...

.

In 1963 and 1964 St Finbarrs won the Derry Hurling Championship. The current pitch was opened by Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiach in 1981.

Senior

  • Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
    Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
    The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition played between the top clubs in Ulster. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup...

    s: 1
    • 2003

  • Derry Senior Football Championships: 3
    • 1936, 2003, 2009

  • Derry Senior Football Leagues: 1
    • 2002

  • Derry Intermediate Football Championship
    Derry Intermediate Football Championship
    The Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition between the intermediate Derry clubs...

    s: 1
    • 1994

  • Derry Intermediate Football Leagues: 1
    • 1994

  • Derry Junior Football Championship
    Derry Junior Football Championship
    The Derry Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Junior Derry clubs...

    s: 3
    • 1949, 1984, 1989

  • Derry Junior Football Leagues: 3
    • 1977, 1984, 1989

Minor

  • Ulster Minor Club Football Championship
    Ulster Minor Club Football Championship
    The Ulster Minor Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of minor football clubs in Ulster. There are nine county championships between the nine counties of Ulster. The nine winners go on to play each other in the Ulster Club Championship in a...

    s: 2
    • 1993, 1995

  • Derry Minor Football Championship
    Derry Minor Football Championship
    The Derry Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition between the top Derry Minor clubs. The winners of the Derry Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Minor Club Football Championship...

    s: 2
    • 1993, 1995

  • Derry Minor Football Leagues: 5
    • 1992, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010

  • South Derry Minor Football Championships: 1*
    • 2001

  • South Derry Minor Football Leagues: 1*
    • 2001

U-16

  • Derry U-16 Football Championships: 2*
    • 1991, 1993

  • South Derry U-16 Football Championships: 2*
    • 1991, 1993

  • South Derry U-16 Football Leagues: 1*
    • 1991

U-14

  • Derry Féile na nÓgs: 1
    • 1989

  • Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1*
    • 1989

  • South Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1*
    • 1989

  • South Derry U-14 Football Leagues: 1*
    • 1989

U-12

  • South Derry 'A' U-12 Football Leagues: 1*
    • 1987

  • South Derry 'B' U-12 Football Leagues: 1*
    • 2004

Senior

  • Derry Senior Hurling Championships: 2
    • 1963, 1964

(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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