Saint Oliver Plunkett's GAC Greenlough ( ga, CLG Naomh Oilibheir Pluinceid Grainlocha) is a

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club based in Clady/ Greenlough, County Londonderry,

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. The club is a member of

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and currently caters for Gaelic football and camogie, and also competes in

Scór Scór (, meaning "Score") is a division of the Gaelic Athletic Association charged with promotion of cultural activities, and the name of a series of annual competitions in such activities. Rule 4 of the GAA's official guide reads: ''"The Assoc ...

. The club is named after

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martyr

Saint Oliver Plunkett Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket) ( ga, Oilibhéar Pluincéid), (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 and ...

. Greenlough has won the

Derry Intermediate Football Championship The Derry Intermediate Football Championship (currently also known for sponsorship reasons as the ''M&L Contracts Derry Intermediate Football Championship'') is an annual competition between the mid-tier Gaelic football clubs affiliated to Der ...

three times and the

Derry Junior Football Championship The Derry Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Premier Electrics Derry Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Derry clubs. The competition receives coverage in ...

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 Greenlough grounds.

History

St Oliver Plunkett's GAC Greenlough was founded in 1939 by Michael Henry, Patrick Rankin and Louis Madden.
Despite a lack of silverware during the period, the 1940s saw arguably the greatest ever Greenlough team. Players such as Thomas Edward McCloskey, Jimmy Cassidy and the McErlean brothers (Eoin and Henry) played on the Derry Senior side of the time. Jimmy Cassidy in November 2007 was voted as the right-corner forward for the All Time Star Derry tea

The club's first major success at Senior level came in 1953 when they won the

and added a second Junior Championship in 1965. In

Greenlough has won two All Ireland titles; in Senior Céilí dancing and in Junior Ballad groups. The club won the

for the first time in 1976. The new park and pavilion were opened in the GAA's centenary year (1984) and are dedicated to Saint Oliver Plunkett. The

Derry Senior Football Championship The Derry Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top sixteen Derry GAA clubs. The winners receive the John McLaughlin Cup and qualify to represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Football Champi ...

final that year between Dungiven and

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was held at the venue. Two years later, Greenlough won the Derry Junior Championship for a third time. On

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2002 Greenlough reopened their pavilion which was damaged in an arson attack two years previously. The opening took place after the final of the Ulster U-21 Football Championship final which was hosted by Greenlough. The club won the 2005 Derry Senior Football League Second division and hence were promoted to the First Division and the Derry Senior Championship, however the club were relegated in the following season. In May 2014, the club celebrated its 75th anniversary with a gala dinner and other commemorative events.

Football titles

Senior

: 3 **1976, 2008, 2015 *Derry Intermediate Football League: 1 **2005, 2015 *

: 3 ** 1953, 1965, 1986

Minor

*Tommy O'Neill Cup (Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship) 1 **1999 *South Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship: 4 **1994, 1998, 1999, 2005 *South Derry Minor 'B' Football League: 1 **2005

Under-14

*Derry Féile na nÓg **Runners up 2019 Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

External links

St Oliver Plunkett's GAC Website

References

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