Kevin Lynch Hurling Club () is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
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club based in
Dungiven
Dungiven () is a small town, townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the main A6 road (Northern Ireland), A6 Belfast to Derry road, which bypasses the town. It lies where the river ...
,
County Londonderry
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,
Northern Ireland
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.
They currently cater for
hurling
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. The
Gaelic football
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and
ladies' Gaelic football
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club in the town is
St. Canice's GAC.
History
Dungiven
Dungiven () is a small town, townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the main A6 road (Northern Ireland), A6 Belfast to Derry road, which bypasses the town. It lies where the river ...
has two
Gaelic Athletic Association
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clubs. The
Gaelic football
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club called
Dungiven GAC was founded in 1943 and originally included a
hurling
Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...
section. In 1981 the hurling section of Dungiven GAC was renamed in honour of
Kevin Lynch from Dungiven who died on the
1981 Irish hunger strike, whilst the football team retained the existing name. Kevin Lynch's club retained the hurling honours won as Dungiven as part of its history.
Hurling titles
* = Includes championships won as part of Dungiven GAC
*
Derry Senior Hurling Championship
** 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1986, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
* Derry Junior Hurling Championship
** 2001
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
Derry Hurling Championship winning line-ups:
Notable hurlers
*
Kieran McKeever - former Derry
dual player
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*
Brian McGilligan - former Derry
dual player
Dual player or dual star is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling. The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays ...
*
Geoffrey McGonagle - former Derry
dual player
Dual player or dual star is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling. The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays ...
See also
*
Derry Senior Hurling Championship
*
List of Gaelic games clubs in Derry
References
External links
Kevin Lynchs Hurling Clubs official website
Gaelic games clubs in County Londonderry
Hurling clubs in County Londonderry
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