Ardmore GAC
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St. Mary's GAC Ardmore is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club based in Ardmore
on the outskirts of Derry City
. They play in the Derry
league and championships and currently cater to Gaelic football
, camogie
and ladies Gaelic football.
Ardmore fields Gaelic football teams at the Under-8, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14, Under-16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. Underage teams up to U-12's play in the North Derry
league and championships, and from U-14 and above, teams compete in All-Derry competitions.
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 Ardmore
Ardmore, County Londonderry
Ardmore is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 210. It is within Derry City Council area...
on the outskirts of Derry City
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
. They play in the Derry
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...
league and championships and currently cater to Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
, camogie
Camogie
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....
and ladies Gaelic football.
Ardmore fields Gaelic football teams at the Under-8, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14, Under-16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. Underage teams up to U-12's play in the North Derry
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...
league and championships, and from U-14 and above, teams compete in All-Derry competitions.
History
St. Mary's GAC was formed in 1938. In 1987, the club was awarded the North Derry Club of the Year award, an accolade they also claimed in 1993 and 2002. Ardmore is currently in the process of purchasing land and hope to develop a floodlit playing field and training area with associated changing and meeting rooms.Senior
- Derry Junior Football ChampionshipDerry Junior Football ChampionshipThe Derry Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Junior Derry clubs...
: 3- 1980, 2000, 2010
- Derry Junior Football League: 2
- 2005, 2011
- Neil Carlin Cup: 3
- 1980,2005,2001
Minor
- North Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship: 2
- 1997 1993
- North Derry Minor 'B' Football League: 1
- 1998
- Tommy O'Neill Cup Runners up (All county B Championship):1
- 1997
U-16
- North Derry U-16 'B' Football League: 1
- 2003
- Derry U-16 11 a Side Shield Winners : 1
- 2008
- North Derry U-16 'B' Football Championship :1
- 1993
U-14
- Derry 'C' Féile na nÓg: 1
- 2007
- Derry U-14 'C' Football Championship: 1
- 2007
- Derry U-14 'C' League Runners up
- 2007
See also
- Derry Intermediate Football ChampionshipDerry Intermediate Football ChampionshipThe Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition between the intermediate Derry clubs...
- List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs