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CLG Ógra Colmcille
CLG Ógra Colmcille is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Drummullan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently competes in gaelic football. On 12 February 2019 the club withdrew from Division 2 of the Derry Senior Football League but announced their intention to compete in the 2019 Derry Junior Football Championship. They subsequently also withdrew from the Derry Junior Football Championship. The club has won the Derry Junior Football Championship once. Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from Under 13 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. Gaelic football Ógra fields Gaelic football teams at List of Gaelic Games terminology#S, Senior level. Underage teams (Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14, Under 16 and List of Gaelic Games terminology#M, Minor) are amalgamated with Moneymore GAC, Moneymore and form the Ógra Mór team. Sides up to U-12's play in Derry GAA, South Derry l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances. Gaelic football is also the second most popular participation sport in Northern Ireland. The women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lissan GAC
Saint Michael's GAC Lissan ( ga, CLG Naomh Mhichil Lios Áine) is a Gaelic Athletic Association located in the Parish (Catholic Church), Catholic parish of Lissan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is a part of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football, Rounders and Gaelic handball, handball. St Michael's teams compete in Derry championships, although part of the parish is located in County Tyrone. Lissan has won the Derry Junior Football Championship three times. Underage teams up to Under-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from Under-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. Gaelic football Lissan fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, List of Gaelic Games terminology#M, Minor and List of Gaelic Games terminology#S, Senior levels. It currently competes in the Derry Intermediate Championship and Division 2 of the Derry ACFL. History The club was first founded in 1910 as ''Ruairi Ógs'', with John Corr as the first Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Games Clubs In County Londonderry
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Canada. Languages * Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages; they include: ** Primitive Irish or Archaic Irish, the oldest known form of the Goidelic (Gaëlic) languages. ** Old Irish or Old Gaelic, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Irish or Middle Gaelic, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish language (), including Classical Modern Irish and Early Modern Irish, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots and English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in Canada ** Manx language ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gaelic Games Clubs In Ireland
This is a list of clubs in Ireland that play Gaelic games categorised by their governing bodies ( GAA provincial council and GAA county). Common abbreviations used in club names are: * CC: Camogie Club or Cumann Camogaíochta * CLG: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Club, or Gaelic Athletic Association) * CPG: Cumann Peile Gaelach (Gaelic Football Club) * GAA: Gaelic Athletic Association (now often used for individual clubs) * GAC: Gaelic Athletic Club (often denotes that more than one sport is played) * GFC: Gaelic Football Club * HC: Hurling Club or Handball Club * HCC: Hurling and Camogie Club * LGFC: Ladies' Gaelic Football Club * LGFA: Ladies' Gaelic Football Association * (H): Hurling (F) Football (D) Dual Connacht Galway Defunct Galway Clubs * St Grellan's (F) * St Columba's (H) * St Sourney's (F) * St Patricks, Coldwood (F) * St Cuans (H) Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo Leinster Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen GAC
Watty Graham's Gaelic Athletic Club, Glen ( ga, An Ghleann) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based outside Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Players are drawn from Maghera and some surrounding townlands. The club competes in Gaelic football, ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. Name The club is named after Watty (Walter) Graham who was a resident of Maghera in the 18th century. He was an educated Presbyterian who became an Elder of his church. Frustrated at the many restrictions on his liberty he joined the United Irishmen. At the time of the 1798 rebellion he was captured and subsequently hanged in Maghera. Camogie Glen fields Camogie teams at U12, U14, U16, Minor and Senior levels. The senior team competes in the Credit Union Derry Premier League. Ladies' football Glen Ladies' football club was formed in 1995. The club has won the Derry Senior Ladies' Football Championship 11 times and currently have won nine in a row. Watty Graham Park The club's home gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenlough GAC
Saint Oliver Plunkett's GAC Greenlough ( ga, CLG Naomh Oilibheir Pluinceid Grainlocha) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Clady/ Greenlough, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football and camogie, and also competes in Scór. The club is named after Irish martyr Saint Oliver Plunkett. Greenlough has won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship three times and the Derry Junior Football Championship three times. 2019 Championship Football 2018 Championship Football 2017 Championship Football Gaelic football Greenlough fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. They currently compete in the Derry Senior Championship and Division 1 of the Derry ACFL. Their current manager is Niall Conway. Camogie Greenlough also fields camogie teams at various age-groups. The camogie teams compete as St Columba's Camogie Club, although they use the Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackaville Owen Roes GFC
Brackaville Owen Roes ( ga, Breac an Bhile Eoghain Rua) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club. The club is based in Brackaville, near Coalisland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The club concentrates on Gaelic football, and the senior team in 2023 competes in Division 3 of the Tyrone All-County Football League and play in the Tyrone Junior Football Championship. In December 2012 the club became 2012 Tyrone Junior Football Champions after a 16-year gap. History Brackaville Owen Roes was founded in the summer of 1938 by some local men who decided that the Brackaville area needed its own football team. Repeated attempts to form the new club were blocked by Coalisland Na Fianna GAC who, if the club was formed would lose around 20 of their members. Matt Symington, one of the men trying to form the club cycled to Cookstown to convince the county board to register Brackaville Owen Roes GFC as a club and succeeded. Jerseys were provided by Charlie Hughes, a man from Derry and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone Junior Football Championship
The Tyrone Junior Football Club Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group Tyrone Junior Football Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1904. In 2022, the '' Irish Independent'' said of Tyrone's football championship: "Tyrone can rightly lay claim to ethe most competitive... of them all". Stewartstown Harps are the title holders (2022) defeating Aghaloo O'Neills in the Final. History The first tournament was held in 1904 and Coalisland won that by defeating Killyclogher in the final. The trophy given to the winning club was renamed as the Pat D'Arcy Cup in 2018. From 2018, all championship games have been streamed live on Tyrone TV. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Pat D'Arcy Cup. The winners of the Tyrone Junior Football Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone GAA
The Tyrone County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Tír Eoghain), or Tyrone GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The county board is responsible for preparing the Tyrone county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball. The county football team was the sixth from the province of Ulster to win the Sam Maguire Cup, leaving only Antrim, Fermanagh and Monaghan to still win the trophy and become All-Ireland champions. According to a 2015 TUD study by Shane Mangan, Tyrone had 10,500 players. Kit evolution Football Clubs The county's most successful football club is Carrickmore. Carrickmore has won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship on fifteen occasions. Errigal Ciarán has won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship on seven occasions and the Ulster Senior Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retains a strong identity in popular culture. Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 177,986; its county town is Omagh. The county derives its name and general geographic location from Tír Eoghain, a Gaelic kingdom under the O'Neill dynasty which existed until the 17th century. Name The name ''Tyrone'' is derived , the name given to the conquests made by the Cenél nEógain from the provinces of Airgíalla and Ulaid.Art Cosgrove (2008); "A New History of Ireland, Volume II: Medieval Ireland 1169-1534". Oxford University Press. Historically, it was anglicised as ''Tirowen'' or ''Tyrowen'', which are closer to the Irish pronunci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinderry GAC
Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC ( ga, Baile an Doire na Seamróga CLG) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and cater for gaelic football and camogie. The club's biggest success was winning the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. They have won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship three times and won the Derry Senior Football Championship on 11 occasions. Journalist and former Derry player Joe Brolly described Ballinderry as "one of the great communities of Ireland". 2019 Championship Football 2018 Championship Football 2017 Championship Football 2016 Championship Football * Match Info Source''derrygaa.ie History Gaelic football Records show that by 1896 Gaelic football and the Gaelic League were organised in Ballinderry. In 1915 Ballinderry competed in what was generally known as the Killybearn League. Other teams competing were Moneymore, Mull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drummullan
Drummullan ( meaning "ridge of the bare hill") is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is west of Coagh, east of Cookstown, south of Moneymore and north of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Stewartstown in County Tyrone. Most of the village lies on the Moneymore to Stewartstown road, and is in the Mid-Ulster District. Sport Drummullan is home to Derry GAA club CLG Ógra Colmcille. Notable people Drummullan's most famous son is the "Irish Giant" Charles Byrne (giant), Charles Byrne, who was born in Littlebridge in 1761. His 7'7" frame made him a celebrity in England, and his skeleton was put on display at London's Royal College of Surgeons after his death. References {{authority control Villages in County Londonderry Mid-Ulster District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
