Derry Celtic Football Club was a

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club from

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

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. The club, formed as St Columb's Hall in 1890, changing to St Columb's Hall Celtic in 1893, and Derry Celtic in 1899, was once the primary team in the city, but was voted out of the Irish League in 1913 and is now defunct. As St Columb's Hall Celtic, the club reached the

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final in the 1897-98 season, losing 0-2 to Linfield. The club competed in the Irish League for the first time in 1900-01, finishing its first season without a single win. Things began to improve in the next few seasons for Derry Celtic: the club picked up its first win in the 1901-02 season and achieved 6th place. They followed this up by finishing 5th in the 1902-03 season, however, this would prove to be Celtic's most successful season, only ever climbing to 5th once again in the 1909-10 season. In 1913, the club resigned from the Irish League defected to the

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and never again played senior football.Cormac Moore (2015), ''The Irish Soccer Split''. Atrium., p. 44 Derry City took over from the club as the city's main side after their formation in 1928 and their subsequent acceptance into the Irish League in 1929. The club played at

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(now the

Derry GAA The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Dhoire) or Derry GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in County Londonderry ...

stadium) from 1894 to 1900, and at

the Brandywell The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium ( ga, Tobar an Fhíoruisce ) is a municipal football stadium with an adjoining greyhound racing track in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of League of Ireland team Derry City F.C. and (tempora ...

(now Derry City's stadium) from 1900.

Honours

Senior honours

* County Londonderry Cup/North West Senior Cup: 9 **1893–94, 1894–95, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03

References

Association football clubs in Derry Urban Area Defunct association football clubs in Northern Ireland Defunct Irish Football League clubs Former senior Irish Football League clubs Association football clubs established in 1890 Association football clubs disestablished in 1913 1890 establishments in Ireland 1913 disestablishments in Ireland {{NorthernIreland-footyclub-stub