Limavady GAC

Infobox GAA club
club gaa = Limavady Wolfhounds GAC
irish = Ná Cunna CLG Léim an Mhadaídh
crest = Limavady.jpg
county = Derry
province = Ulster
colours = Blue and Yellow
founded = 1980
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grounds = Pairc Na Cúnna

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Limavady Wolfhounds GAC ( _ga. Ná Cunna CLG Léim an Mhadaídh) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for both Gaelic football, and Camogie.

Underage teams up to U-12's play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. Limavady have won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship once and the Derry Junior Football Championship three times.

Gaelic football

Limavady fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. They currently compete in the Derry Intermediate Championship and Division 4 of the Derry ACFL.

Well known players

*Harry Owens - Former captain of Derry team in 1930s/1940s (played for O'Connor's). Also played for Ulster.
*John Deighan - Current Derry Goal Keeper

Camogie

The Camogie club was reestablished in 2004 after a long absence in the parish. There are U14, and Senior Camogie teams. The Senior Team play in the intermediate Derry League. They have a lot of strong players, including a few inter county players.

Hurling

After a gap of decades, there have been recent efforts to re-establish hurling in the area. Work is ongoing and Limavady fields a U10 team.

Well known players

*Henry Patton - Part of Derry's 1903 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship winning team (played for St. Patrick's)

History

Wolfhounds GAC Limavady was officially established in 1980. However, there had a been a history of Gaelic games in the area before the founding of the current club. In 1903 St. Patrick's Limavady hurling club was set up; their star player Henry Patton won an Ulster medal as part of the Derry team that defeated Antrim in the 1903 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship final. [cite web |url= http://www.limavadywolfhounds.co.uk/about/history.html|title= Limavady Wolfhounds Club History|accessdate=2007-09-19 |format= |work= ]

Football was also played in Limavady, in the form of O'Connor's Limavady. They won the 1936 and 1941 Dr. Kerlin Cups beating Park (forerunner to the modern-day Banagher team) and Magilligan in the respective finals. The club also contested the Derry Senior Football Championship final in 1937??. Having won the 1938 North Derry Senior Football Championship, they were defeated by Lavey in the 1938 All-Derry Senior Championship semi-final. [cite web |url= http://www.laveygac.ie/FootballHistory.aspx|title= Erin's Own GAC Lavey Football History|accessdate=2007-09-19 |format= |work= ] They reached the All-Derry final in 1941, but were defeated by Ballinascreen. In the late 1960s the St. Michaels GAC club was formed on the banks of the River Roe, from an amalgamation of players from the Limavady, Magilligan, and Glack areas, but later folded.

Success came relatively soon for the Wolfhounds club, when in 1985 five years after their formation they won the Derry Junior Football Championship, Derry Junior League and Neil Carlin Cup. After moving up to Intermediate grade, the club won the 1989 Derry Intermediate Football Championship. The club were relegated to Junior level again in the 1990s and won the Derry Junior Championship twice more, in 1999 and 2003. Following on from this success the club are currently trying to maintain their position amongst the Intermediate ranks.

Honours

enior

*Derry Intermediate Football Championship: 1
**1989

*Derry Junior Football Championship: 3
**1985, 1999, 2003

*Derry Junior Football League: ?
**1985

*Neil Carlin Cup: 3?
**1985, 1999, 2004

Minor

*North Derry Minor 'B' Football Championship: 2
**1993, 1995

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

ee also

*Derry Intermediate Football Championship
*List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs

External links

* [http://www.limavadywolfhounds.co.uk Wolfhounds GAC website]
* [http://www.derrygaa.ie Official Derry GAA website]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/derry/index.htm Derry Club GAA]

References