Bellaghy GAC
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| Baile Eachaidh (confirmed Sean Toner) | |||||||||||||
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| Founded: | 1939 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Derry | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Tones | ||||||||||||
| Club colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Páirc Seán de Brún & Wolfe Tone Park | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 54°48′25.71″N 6°30′53.22″W / 54.8071417°N 6.5147833°WCoordinates: 54°48′25.71″N 6°30′53.22″W / 54.8071417°N 6.5147833°W | ||||||||||||
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Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAC (Irish: Baile Eachaidh (confirmed Sean Toner)) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for both Gaelic football and Camogie.
Bellaghy have won 21 Derry Senior Football Championships, more than any other club. They have also won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship on four occasions and won the 1972 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The Camogie Club have won 1 Derry Senior Camogie Championship.
Bellaghy fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, Thirds and Senior levels. Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.
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[edit] Gaelic football
Bellaghy 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.
[edit] Well known players
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- Tommy Gribben - First Derry man to win an All Ireland medal with St. Pat's Armagh in 1946. Derry County Footballer 1945-1955, 1957–1958, Tyrone County Footballer 1956, Ulster Provincial Footballer, Derry Junior Manager and Coach of 1972 All-Ireland winning team.
- Damian Cassidy - Represented Derry seniors from 1984 until 1996. Left half forward of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. He played in four Ulster senior finals, 85, 87, 92 & 93 winning in 87 & 93. Won National Leagues in 92, 95,96. Won Ulster & All Ireland minor in 1983, Ulster U21 in 85,86 losing narrowly in All Ireland U21 final off 1985. He was Derry senior manager 2009-10. Managed Bellaghy to senior finals in 2004, 05 & 07, winning in 2005.
- Fergal Doherty - Current Derry player.
- Tony Mc Kernan Represented Derry at u18 , u21 and senior level, right corner forward of Derry's All Ireland winning side, u18 1983, competition's top scorer. Won Ulster and All ireland titles in 1983, Ulster u21 in 1985 and 1986, All Ireland u21 runners up in 1985. County championship winner in 1986 and member of Seven's team that won All Ireland national title in 1986.
- Michael McGoldrick - Current Derry player.
- Joe Diver - Current Derry player.
- Danny Quinn - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team.
- Tommy Diamond - Former Derry player. First player to captain a county to victory in both All-Ireland Minor (1965) and All-Ireland Under-21 (1968) Championships.[1] Also won Ulster Minor (1965), Ulster Under-21 (1967 and 1968) and Ulster Senior (1970) Championship medals.[1]
- Lawrence Diamond - Former Derry player.
- Joe Cassidy - Former Derry player.
[edit] Páirc de Brún
Bellaghy's main pitch is named Páirc de Sean Brún in honour of their former club chairman Seán Brown who was attacked and abducted by an Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) gang on the evening of May 12, 1997 as he locked the main gate of the GAA grounds on the Ballyscullion Road. Less than an hour later the body of the father-of-six was found lying beside his burnt-out car just off the Moneynick Road near Randalstown, County Antrim. He had been shot six times.[2][3] On 19 January 2004 the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland published a report that was highly critical of the police investigation into Brown's killing.[4]
They also have a training pitch at Drumanee, just outside the village.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Senior
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: 2
- 1972 . 1974
- All-Ireland Kilmacud Crokes Sevens Championship: 2
- 1986, 2002
- Ulster Senior Club Football Championship: 4
- 1968, 1971, 1994, 2000
- Derry Senior Football Championship: 21
- 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
- Derry Senior Football League: 7
- 1947, 1986, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004
- Derry Intermediate Football Championship: 1
- 1990
- Derry Junior Football Championship: 1
- 1962 (won by Bellaghy II)
- Graham Cup 2
- 2000, 2004
- Larkin Cup 4
- 2004, 2005, 2006 , 2008
- Thirds Championship 1
- 2007
[edit] Minor
- Ulster Minor Club Football Championship: 2
- 1991, 1994
- Derry Minor Football Championship: 9
- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1973, 1991, 1994
- Derry Minor Football League: 2
- 1993, 1994
- Derry Minor B League: 1
- 2008
[edit] U-16
- Derry U-16 Football Championship: 4
- 1960, 1981, 1990, 2003
- South Derry U-16 Football Championship: 4
- 1960, 1981, 1990, 2003
- South Derry U-16 Football League: 1
- 1988
- Derry U-16 Football Shield: 1
- 2008
[edit] U-14
- Derry Féile na nÓg: 3
- 1998, 2001, 2010
- Derry U-14 Football Championship: 2
- 2001 , 2010
- South Derry U-14 Football Championship: 2
- 1995, 2001
- South Derry U-14 Football Leagues: 4
- 1979, 1994, 2001, 2010
- South Derry 'B' U-14 Football Championship: 2
- 2005, 2010
- South Derry 'B' U-14 Football League: 2
- 2005, 2010
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Tommy Diamond remembers the golden generation of Unders 21s". County Derry Post. 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Loyalist linked to many sectarian killings was quizzed over death". Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070607083105/http://www.serve.com/pfc/brown/040119in.html. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ^ "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1997". http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch97.htm#12597. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ^ "The investigation by police of the murder of Mr Sean Brown on 12 May 1997" (PDF). The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/police/ombudsman/po190104brown.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
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