St. Malachy's GAC Castledawson is a Gaelic Athletic Club

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...

 from Castledawson

Castledawson

Castledawson is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is mostly within the townland of Shanemullagh , about four miles from the north-western shore of Lough Neagh, and close to the market town of Magherafelt...

, County Londonderry

County Londonderry

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, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. 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 both Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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 and Camogie

Camogie

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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.

History

St. Malachy's GAC was set up largely thanks to Paddy Graham from the townland

Townland

A townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...

 of Tamnadace outside the village. The Graham Cup, a reserve competition for South Derry clubs is named in his honour.
Although having small numbers it is a credit to this small club for being able to compete in the senior league in Derry for so long. With a lot of young stars coming through will hopefully be able to fight against the odds and remain at the top table of Derry football.

Gaelic football

Castledawson fields Gaelic football teams at U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, and Senior levels.

Well known players

• Matt Sonny McCann - Former Derry and Ulster
  Ulster GAA
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   footballer.
• Dermot Heaney - 1993 All-Ireland Championship
  All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1993
  -All-Ireland Football Final:-Top championship scorer:...
  
   winning Derry footballer.
• Seamus Heaney
  Seamus Heaney
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   - Nobel Prize
  Nobel Prize in Literature
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   winning poet
  Poet
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   who played football with Castledawson until Minor level.
• Adrian Heaney - Former Derry Minor, Under 21 and Senior Player who was the Senior team captain

Camogie

Castledawson fields camogie teams at U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, and Senior levels.

Senior

• Derry Junior Football Championship: 1
  • 1958

• Larkin Cup: 1
  • 1997

• McGlinchey Cup: 2
  • 2007, 2010

• Derry Intermediate Football Championship: 1
  • 2010

Minor

• Tommy O'Neill Cup: 1
  • 2006 (shared with Foreglen
    Foreglen GAC
    O'Brien's GAC Foreglen is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Foreglen, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football and Camogie...
    
    )

• South Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship: 1
  • 2006

U-16

• South Derry U-16 'B' Football Championship: 1
  • 2003, 2000

• South Derry U-16 'B' Football League: 2
  • 2002, 2005

U-14

• South Derry U-14 'B' Football Championship: 1

2002

• South Derry U-14 'B' Football League: 1

2002

• All County U-14 "C" Football Feile. 1

2008

• All County U-14 "C" Football Championship. 1

2008

Camogie

• Derry Premier Camogie Championship: 1
  • 2007

• U14 Derry Championship: 1
  • 2010

Ladies Football

• U14 Derry Championship: 1
  • 2010

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

External links

• St. Malachy's GAC website
• Official Derry GAA Website
• Derry Club GAA