An Lúb GAC

An Lúb GAC

Infobox GAA club
club gaa = Naomh Pádraig An Lúb CLG
irish = St. Patricks GAC, Loup
crest = An Lúb Crest.jpg
founded = 1933
province=Ulster
county = Derry
nickname = An Lúb
colours = Green and White
grounds = Pairc Naomh Phádraig
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CLG Naomh Pádraig An Lúb is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in The Loup. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football. The club was originally called St. Patrick's Loup, but the name has since been renamed to its Irish language equivalent. Many Derry GAA followers still refer to the club as "The Loup".

The club's biggest success is when they won the 2003 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. They have also won the Derry Senior Football Championship twice.

Gaelic football

An Lúb 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.

Among the club's honours they have won two Derry Championships, firstly back in 1936 and more recently the 2003 Championship, when they also went on to win the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

Well known players

*Johnny McBride - First ever Loup player to captain the Derry Senior side.
*Paul McFlynn - Former Derry footballer.
*Dermot Devlin - Former Derry player and former Derry County Board Chairman. Captained Derry Minors and St. Pat's Armagh MacRory Cup team in 1958/59?. Won a Derry Championship and League with Ballymaguigan in 1962.
*Mark Bates - Honoury president of the club founded the railway cup. Doyle - dept. headboy

Hurling

The Loup used to have a hurling club, St. Finbarr's Loup ( _ga. Naomh Fionnbharr, An Lúb). They won two consecutive Derry Senior Hurling Championships in the 1960s, before being disbanded.

History

St Patrick's Loup was formed in 1933 and they won their first Derry Senior Championship three years later. Players on the team included Paddy Larkin, Fr. Éamonn Devlin (who played for Armagh) and Peter Donaghy (played as goalkeeper for Derry). After disappearing from the top, they were a Junior side for many years, reaching the 1958/59? Derry Junior Football Championship final, where they lost to Glen.

In 1963 and 1964 St Finbarrs won the Derry Hurling Championship. The current pitch was opened by Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiach in 1981.

Honours

Gaelic football

enior

*"'Ulster Senior Club Football Championships:" 1
**2003

*Derry Senior Football Championships: 2
**1936, 2003

*Derry Senior Football Leagues: 1
**2002

*Derry Intermediate Football Championships: 1
**1994

*Derry Intermediate Football Leagues: 1
**1994

*Derry Junior Football Championships: 3
**1949, 1984, 1989

*Derry Junior Football Leagues: 3
**1977, 1984, 1989

Minor

*Ulster Minor Club Football Championships: 2
**1993, 1995

*Derry Minor Football Championships: 2
**1993, 1995

*Derry Minor Football Leagues: 4
**1992, 1995, 2003, 2004

*South Derry Minor Football Championships: 1*
**2001

*South Derry Minor Football Leagues: 1*
**2001

U-16

*Derry U-16 Football Championships: 2*
**1991, 1993

*South Derry U-16 Football Championships: 2*
**1991, 1993

*South Derry U-16 Football Leagues: 1*
**1991

U-15

*Ulster Óg Sports: 1
**1990

*Derry Óg Sports: 2
**1990, 1992

U-14

*Derry Féile na nÓgs: 1
**1989

*Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1*
**1989

*South Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1*
**1989

*South Derry U-14 Football Leagues: 1*
**1989

U-12

*South Derry 'A' U-12 Football Leagues: 1*
**1987

*South Derry 'B' U-12 Football Leagues: 1*
**2004

Hurling

enior

*Derry Senior Hurling Championships: 2
**1963, 1964

* Note: Some honours, particularly those marked with * may be incomplete lists. Please help complete the list by adding in any honours you know of.

ee also

*Derry Senior Football Championship
*Derry Senior Hurling Championship
*List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs

External links

* [http://loup.derry.gaa.ie Official Loup GAA Website]
* [http://www.derrygaa.ie Official Derry GAA Website]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/derry/index.htm Derry Club GAA]


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