Swatragh GAC

Infobox GAA club
club gaa = Michael Davitt Swatragh
irish = Míceal Mhic Dhaíbheid CLG Suaitreach
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county = Derry
province = Ulster
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colours = Green and White
founded = 1946
grounds = Davitt Park

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Michael Davitt's GAC Swatragh (Irish: (CLG Míceal Mhic Dhaíbheid Suaitreach) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Swatragh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football, Hurling and Camogie. The club is named after Irish patriot and revoltuionary Michael Davitt.

Swatragh fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, Thirds and Senior levels. There are also hurling and camogie teams across many age groups. Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.

History

In 1946 John McCormack proposed the idea of forming a Gaelic football club in Swatragh. Other founder members included Patsy Collins, Jim McMullan, John Eddie Friel and James McGurk. They choose to name the club after Michael Davitt, because he had given Irish Land League speeches in Swatragh in the late 19th Century.cite web |url= http://www.michaeldavittgac.com/|title= Club History - 1940s & 1950s|accessdate=2007-09-11 |format= |work= ] It also marked 100 years since Davitt's birth. The club colours were decided to be red and white. It wasn't until 1949 that they changed to green and white kits.

The club's first major success came in 1952 when they won the South Derry Junior Football Championship and the South Derry Junior Football League. They regained the South Derry Junior Championship in 1955 and went on to win that year's Derry Junior Football Championship. Davitt's added a further Derry Junior Championship in 1961. In 1972 Swatragh won their first Derry Intermediate Football Championship and won it again seven years later. In 1988 the club won the Derry Minor Football Championship.

Well known players

*Anthony Tohill - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. Four-time All Star winner.
*Ruairi Convery - Derry hurler and former Derry footballer. Was part of the Derry Minor side that won the 2002 Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship. [cite web |url= http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=122|title= Derry Football Roll Of Honour|work= Official Derry GAA website|accessdate=2008-03-31] Finished runner-up in the 2008 All-Ireland Poc fada. [cite web |url=http://ulster.gaa.ie/2008/08/02/cummins-makes-it-3-in-a-row/ |title=Cummins makes it 3 in a row |accessdate=2008-08-31 |work=Ulster GAA Council website |publisher= |date=2008-08-02 ]

Honours

Football

enior

*Derry Intermediate Football Championship: 2
**1972, 1979

*Derry Junior Football Championship: 2
**1955, 1961

*South Derry Junior Football Championship: 1
**1952, 1955

*South Derry Junior Football League: 1
**1952

*Graham Cup Champions: 1
**2007

Minor

*Derry Minor Football Championship: 1
**1988

*"South Derry Minor League and Championship Winners 1996

U-14

*Derry U-14 'B' Football Championship: 1
**2007

*South Derry U-14 'B' Football Championship: 2
** 1997 2007

*South Derry U-14 'B' Football League: 1
**2007

Hurling

enior

*Derry Intermediate Hurling Championship:
**1997 & 1998

*Oireachtas Cup:
**2006 & 2007

*Derry Senior Hurling League:
**2008

*Ulster Hurling League Division 2:
**2008

Minor

*Derry Minor Hurling Championship: 1
**2004

U-16

*Derry U-16 Hurling Championship: 1
**2000

U-14

*Derry Féile na nGael: 1
**2002

*Derry 'B' Féile na nGael: 1
**2006

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.michaeldavittgac.com/ Swatragh GAC]
* [http://www.derrygaa.ie Official Derry GAA Website]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/derry/index.htm Derry Club GAA]