Slaughtneil GAC

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county = Derry
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Robert Emmet's GAC Slaughtneil (Irish: CLG Roibeard Éiméid Sleacht Néill) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Slaughtneil, 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 Robert Emmet and play their home games at Emmet Park.

The club famously pulled its football and hurling teams out of the 1981 Derry Football Championship and Derry Hurling Championship to show their support and solidarity with the 1981 Irish Hunger Strikers.

Slaughtneil have won the Derry Senior Football Championship once and the Derry Senior Hurling Championship six times. Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. Slaughtneil won Club of the Year at the 2000 Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards. [cite web |url=http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/2000a.htm |title=Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards - 2000|accessdate=2007-09-11 |format= |work= ]

Slaughtneil is a well established club within Derry.

Gaelic football

Slaughtneil fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, Thirds and Senior levels. They won their first Senior County Championship in 2004, defeating Bellaghy at Celtic Park.

Well known Players

*Francis McEldowney - Current Derry player.
*Patsy Bradley - Current Derry player. Part of Derry's 2002 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winning side.

Hurling

Slaughtneil has U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, and Senior levels hurling teams. They've won the Senior County Championship on six occasions, the most recent being in 2000.

Camogie

Slaughtneil fields Camogie teams at U12, U14, U16 Minor, and Senior levels.

Honours

enior

*Derry Senior Football Championship: 1
**2004
*Derry Senior Football League: 1
**2001

*Derry Intermediate Football Championship: 1
**1982

*Derry Intermediate Football League: 1
**1982

*Derry Junior Football Championship: 1
**1956

*Larkin Cup 1
**2003

*McGlinchey Cup 3
**1999, 2001, 2006

Reserves

*Derry Reserve Football Championship: 1
**1975

Minor

*Ulster Minor Club Football Championship: 1
**1998

*Derry Minor Football Championship: 3
**1998, 1999, 2000

*Derry Minor Football League: 2
**1999, 2000

*South Derry Minor 'B' Football League: 2
**1994, 2004

Hurling

enior

*Derry Senior Hurling Championship: 6
**1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2000,

Minor

*Derry Minor Hurling Championship: 3
**1998, 1999, 2006

U-16

*Derry U-16 Hurling Championship: 1
**1998, 2008

U-14

*Derry Féile na nGael: 3
**1995, 2006, 2007, 2008

*Derry U-14 Hurling Championship: 2
**2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

* Note: Some honours, particularly those marked with * may be incomplete lists. Please add in any other honours you know of.

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.slaughtneilgac.net Slaughneil GAC website]
* [http://www.derrygaa.ie Official Derry GAA website]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/derry/index.htm Derry Club GAA]

References