Castledawson GAC


Saint Malachy's GAC Castledawson is a Gaelic Athletic Club from Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently compete in gaelic football, hurling and camogie.

History

St Malachy's GAC was set up largely thanks to Paddy Graham from the townland of Tamnadace outside the village. The Graham Cup, a reserve competition for South Derry clubs, is named in his honour. Although a relatively small club, they competed for several years in the Derry senior league.

Camogie

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

Football titles

Senior

  • Derry Junior Football Championship: 1
  • * 1958
  • Larkin Cup: 1
  • * 1997
  • McGlinchey Cup: 3
  • * 2007, 2010, 2013
  • Derry Intermediate Football Championship: 3
  • * 2010, 2014, 2016
  • Graham Cup: 2
  • * 2002, 2017

    Minor

  • Tommy O'Neill Cup: 1
  • *2006
  • Minor 'B' Football Championship: 1
  • *2015
  • Minor 'B' Football League: 1
  • *2015
  • South Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship: 1
  • *2006

    Camogie titles

  • Derry Premier Camogie Championship: 1
  • * 2007

    Notable players

  • Matt Sonny McCann - Former Derry and Ulster footballer.
  • Dermot Heaney - 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning Derry footballer.
  • Adrian Heaney - Former Derry Minor, Under 21 and Senior Player who was the Senior team captain
  • Seamus Heaney, the 1995 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature played as a boy for Castledawson, the club in the area of his birth.