Ballinascreen GAC
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St Colm's Ballinascreen GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club based in Ballinascreen, which includes the town of Draperstown
, County Londonderry
, Northern Ireland
. The club is a member of the Derry GAA
. They currently cater for Gaelic football
, Hurling
, Camogie
and Ladies' Gaelic football
and have 25 teams across the four sports.
Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry
league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.
in Derry City
has become officially recognised as Derry's main county ground, but Dean McGlinchey Park has still hosted a number of National League
and Dr. McKenna Cup games in recent years. Along with Glen
it is regraded as one of two secondary stadia.
in the Railway Cup.
'Screen opened Dean McGlinchey Park in 1954. A covered stand was added in 1970. They won the 1954 Derry Junior Football Championship
. The club won a further Senior Football Championship in 1973.
St. Colm's have won eight Ulster Scór
titles and one All-Ireland title, the best performance of any club in the county.
In the centenary year for Derry (1984), St. Colm's won the Og Sport award and the AIB Club of the Year award.
Hurling
Ballinascreen are one of the top senior sides in the county. However, they have failed to secure the championship since the 1930s. They have won the league as recently as 2005 and played in a county final in 2003. Why the huge underage success that the club has experienced over the last twenty years has yet to translate into a championship winning side is a question which puzzles many in Derry GAA.
four times (1934, 1935, 1941 and 1973). More recently they won their first provincial title by capturing the Ulster League title in 2009. They have claimed the Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship
on three occasions (1887, 1938 and 1939).
U-16 Derry County Champions 2006
Minor Derry football County Champions 2005
Minor County hurling champions 1989, 1995, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Ulster Minor Hurling Champions 2008 and 2009
All Ireland Feile Na nGael Winners 1996,2003, 2004,
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
Senior Hurling league Div 1 2
1989, 2005
Senior Hurling league Div 2 winners, 3
2003, 2005, 2008
2008 , 2009
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 Ballinascreen, which includes the town of Draperstown
Draperstown
Draperstown is a village in the Sperrin Mountains of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,638 people in the 2001 Census.-Name:...
, County Londonderry
County Londonderry
The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. 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...
. They 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...
, Hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
, 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
Ladies' Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football is a team sport for women, very similar to Gaelic football, and co-ordinated by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association...
and have 25 teams across the four sports.
Underage teams up to U-12's play in South 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, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.
Football
Ballinascreen have been a mainstay of Senior football in Derry, and despite having not won the Senior Championship since 1973, last year was their 20th year in succession in the top division in Derry. Unfortunately in 2007 the club was relegated to Division Two, though they still played in the Senior Championship. The following season, the club gained automation promotion back to Division One having won the Division Two league title. The club have won four Derry Senior Football Championships.Well known players
- Tony ScullionTony ScullionTony Scullion is a former Irish dual player who played Gaelic football and hurling with Derry in the 1980s and 1990s. He is chiefly known as a footballer and was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning side, also winning Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1987 and 1993...
1 All-Ireland senior football Championship (1993), 2 Ulster Senior Football Championships, 3 National Football Leagues,7 Railway cups, 4 All-stars. - Éamonn Burns - 1 1993 All-Ireland ChampionshipAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1993-All-Ireland Football Final:-Top championship scorer:...
, 1 Ulster Senior Football Championship, 1 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.
Hurling
Ballinascreen have claimed the Derry Senior Hurling Championship on three occasions (1887, 1938 and 1939).- Connor Murray- Captain, Derry Senior Hurling Team that won Ulster Championship in 2000 also played for Ulster in Railway cup
- Cathal Brunton- Won 2 ulster colleges All-Stars, Played for Derry at u16, minor, U21 and senior level, Played for combined Ulster university team, Selected for Ulster interprovincial team, Played for Ireland U21 shinty team.
- Present Senior County Players Include, Philip McGlade, Diarmaid Brunton, Gavin KellyGavin KellyGavin Kelly is an English former footballer, born in Beverley, who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Hull City, Bristol Rovers and Scarborough, and in the Hong Kong First Division League for Golden...
, Cathal Brunton, Donal Leahy, Aaron Kelly and Hugh Pat Kelly.
Dean McGlinchey Park
The club's home ground is Dean McGlinchey Park. It has also hosted Derry inter-county games since the 1950s. Since the 1990s Celtic ParkCeltic Park (Derry)
Celtic Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the main home of the Derry GAA's hurling and Gaelic football teams. The ground has a capacity of about 22,000....
in 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"...
has become officially recognised as Derry's main county ground, but Dean McGlinchey Park has still hosted a number of National League
National Football League (Ireland)
The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The prize for the winning team is the New Ireland Cup, presented by the New Ireland Assurance Company...
and Dr. McKenna Cup games in recent years. Along with 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,...
it is regraded as one of two secondary stadia.
History
St. Colm's GAC Ballinascreen, was founded in 1933. The founders were Sean Mac Diarmada, James Conway, Barney Rodgers and Eddie O'Neill and Michael Kelly. St. Colm's started off impressively by winning the first two Derry Senior Football Championships in 1934 and 1935. They followed this with two Derry Senior Hurling Championships in 1938 and 1939. They added a third football championship in 1941. Matt Regan played in all five championship successes. He was a regular on the Derry county team and was the first Derry man to play for UlsterUlster GAA
The Ulster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in Armagh City....
in the Railway Cup.
'Screen opened Dean McGlinchey Park in 1954. A covered stand was added in 1970. They won the 1954 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...
. The club won a further Senior Football Championship in 1973.
St. Colm's have won eight Ulster Scór
Scór
Scór is a division of the Gaelic Athletic Association charged with promotion of cultural activities, and the name of a series of annual competitions in such activities.Rule 4 of the GAA's official guide reads:...
titles and one All-Ireland title, the best performance of any club in the county.
In the centenary year for Derry (1984), St. Colm's won the Og Sport award and the AIB Club of the Year award.
Hurling
Ballinascreen are one of the top senior sides in the county. However, they have failed to secure the championship since the 1930s. They have won the league as recently as 2005 and played in a county final in 2003. Why the huge underage success that the club has experienced over the last twenty years has yet to translate into a championship winning side is a question which puzzles many in Derry GAA.
Honours
Amongst Ballinascreen's honours, they have won the Derry Senior Club Football ChampionshipDerry Senior Club Football Championship
The Derry Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition between the top Derry GAA clubs...
four times (1934, 1935, 1941 and 1973). More recently they won their first provincial title by capturing the Ulster League title in 2009. They have claimed the Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship
Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship
The Derry Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Derry hurling clubs. The winners of the Derry Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland...
on three occasions (1887, 1938 and 1939).
U-16 Derry County Champions 2006
Minor Derry football County Champions 2005
Minor County hurling champions 1989, 1995, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Ulster Minor Hurling Champions 2008 and 2009
All Ireland Feile Na nGael Winners 1996,2003, 2004,
Senior
- Ulster League: 1
- 2009
- Derry Senior Football Championships: 4
- 1934, 1935, 1941, 1973
- Derry Senior Football League Div 1: 2
- 1972.1994
- Derry Senior Football League Div 2: 1
- 2008
- Derry Intermediate Football ChampionshipDerry Intermediate Football ChampionshipThe Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition between the intermediate Derry clubs...
s: 1- 1973 (won by Ballinascreen Thirds)
- Derry Junior Football ChampionshipDerry Junior Football ChampionshipThe Derry Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Junior Derry clubs...
s: 3- 1954, 1984, 1989
- Derry Junior Football Leagues: 3
- 1977, 1979 (Ballinascreen B), 1991 (won by Ballinascreen Thirds)
- McGlinchey Cup 1
- 2005
Minor
- Derry Minor Football ChampionshipDerry Minor Football ChampionshipThe 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: 8- 1958, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1978, 2005
U-16
- Derry U-16 Football Championships: 5
- 1968, 1976, 1985, 1995, 2006.
- Derry U-16 Football Leagues: 2
- 1985, 1995.
- South Derry U-16 Football Championships: 5
- 1968, 1976, 1985, 1995, 2006.
- U14 Camogie All Ireland Feile na nGael: 2
- 2003, 2007. Runners up 2006
U-14
- Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1
- 1983.
- South Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1
- 2004.
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
Senior
- Derry Senior Hurling Championship
- 1887, 1938, 1939,
Senior Hurling league Div 1 2
1989, 2005
Reserves
- 2004, 2005 , 2009 ,
Senior Hurling league Div 2 winners, 3
2003, 2005, 2008
Minor
2008 , 2009
- Derry County Championships: 7
- 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009,
- Derry Minor Hurling league 11
- 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2007 ,2008, 2009
- South Derry Championship 10
- 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995 1998
U16
- Derry County Championships: 11
- 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2006
- Derry u16 Hurling league 13
- 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007
U14
- Derry County Feile na gaels: 7,
- 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
- Derry County championships: 8,
- 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005,
- Derry County leagues: 10,
- 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005,
- Ulster Div 1 Champions: 2,
- 2003, 2004
- All Ireland Div 3 Champions: 2,
- 1996, 2003,
- All Ireland Div 2 Champions: 1,
- 2004
See also
- Derry Senior Football Championship
- Derry Senior Hurling Championship
- List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Derry