- Faughanvale GAC
Infobox GAA club
club gaa = St. Mary's GAC Faughanvale
crest = Faughanvale.png
irish = CLG Naomh Muire Nuachongbháil
nickname = "Vale"
county = Derry
province = Ulster
grounds = John McLaughlin Park
(Páirc An Seán Mac Louhlainn)
colours = Green and White
founded = 1933
f1=-|f2=-|f3=-
h1=|h2=|h3=
l1=|l2=|l3=
c1=|c2=|c3=
pattern_la=_green_hoops |pattern_b=_greenhoops |pattern_ra=_green_hoops
leftarm=FFFFFF |body=FFFFFF |rightarm=FFFFFF |shorts=28AE7B |socks=28AE7B
|St. Mary's GAC Faughanvale ( _ga. CLG Naomh Muire Nuachongbháil) is a
Gaelic Athletic Association club based inGreysteel ,County Londonderry ,Northern Ireland , in theparish ofFaughanvale , nine miles from Derry City. The club is a member of theDerry GAA and currently cater forGaelic football ,Ladies' Gaelic football ,Hurling andCamogie .Faughanvale have won the
Derry Intermediate Football Championship five times and theDerry Junior Football Championship once. The club's catchment area includesGreysteel ,Eglinton ,Ballykelly , Enagh, Highlands and parts ofGlack . Underage teams up to U-12's play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.Gaelic football
Faughanvale fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. They currently compete in the Derry Intermediate Championship. Having won Division 4 of the Derry ACFL in 2007, they will compete in Division 3 in 2008.
Ladies' Gaelic football
As well as Minor and Senior Ladies' football teams, St. Mary's fields U12, U14 and U16 teams.
Hurling and Camogie
The Camogie and Hurling teams ceased playing in 1989, however both have recently been re-established at U-10 level. [cite web |url=http://www.faughanvalegac.com/ |title=Home > Download Section > Club Development Plan|accessdate=2007-09-18 |format= |work= ]
History
St. Mary's GAC Faughanvale was established in 1933 by a group of local farmers and labourers. A Camogie team was founded in 1946 and affiliated to the club, before folding in 1989. The club's first major success came in 1943 when they won the North Derry Senior Football Championship, before losing to Lavey in the All-Derry Senior Championship final. In 1975 Faughanvale won the
Derry Junior Football Championship . Three years later St. Mary's won theDerry Intermediate Football Championship and have won the competition a further four times since (1981, 1996, 1998, 1999). Faughanvale was awarded "Irish News Rural Club of the Year 2005" byThe Irish News .The Club purchased its current grounds in 1982. When the new pitch opened in 1983 it was named after one of the founding club members and former Chairman of the Derry County Board John McLaughlin. In May 2007 the club began a £1.2million re-development of their playing facilities at John McLaughlin Park. In 2008 the club took part in the
Celebrity Bainisteoir programme and were managed by journalistNell McCafferty . [cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/celebritybainisteoir/clubs.html |title=Celebrity Bainisteoir - The Clubs |accessdate=2008-04-11 |format= |work= ] [cite news |first=Conor |last=McMorrow |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=New RTÉ show gives GAA managers the celebrity treatment |url=http://www.tribune.ie/article.tvt?_scope=Tribune/News/Home%20News&id=85893&SUBCAT=Tribune/News&SUBCATNAME=News |work=Sunday Tribune |publisher= |date=2008-03-30 |accessdate=2008-04-11 ]Honours
Gaelic football
enior
*North Derry Senior Football Championship: 1
**1943*
Derry Intermediate Football Championship : 5
**1978, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999*
Derry Junior Football Championship : 1
**1975*Dr. Kerlin Cup 3
**1943, 1947, 1950 (shared with DungivenMinor
*Derry City Minor Football Championship: 1
**1959U-16
*North Derry U-16 'B' Football Championship: 1
**1999*North Derry U-16 'B' Football League: 1
**2006*** All county A Championship Winners 1 1984
U-14
*North? Derry U-14 'B' Football Championship: ?
**1998, 2001, 2002*North? Derry U-14 'B' Football League: ?
**2002U-12
*Limavady Blitz 1
**2005*Drumsurn Blitz 1
**2005Ladies' football
enior
*Derry Ladies' Football Championship: 1
**2006Note: 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 in DerryExternal links
* [http://www.faughanvalegac.com/ St. Mary's GAC website]
* [http://www.derrygaa.ie Official Derry GAA website]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/derry/index.htm Derry Club GAA]
* [http://www.thevalecentre.com/ The Vale Centre]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.