Bellaghy GAC
| Baile Eachaidh | |||||||||||||
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| Founded: | 1939 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Derry | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Tones | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: |
Páirc Seán de Brún Wolfe Tone Park | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 54°48′25.71″N 6°30′53.22″W / 54.8071417°N 6.5147833°WCoordinates: 54°48′25.71″N 6°30′53.22″W / 54.8071417°N 6.5147833°W | ||||||||||||
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Bellaghy Wolfe Tones Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: CLG Baile Eachaidh) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently competes in gaelic football and camogie.
Bellaghy have won 21 Derry Senior Football Championships, four Ulster Senior Club Football Championships and the 1971-72 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The associated camogie club have won one Derry Senior Camogie Championship.
2016 Football Season
2016 Championship Football
| Championship Football - Bellaghy | |
|---|---|
| Match Details | Date |
| Senior Football | |
| Bellaghy 0-12 1-12 Ballinderry First Round | 21 August |
| Senior Reserve Football | |
| Bellaghy 3-19 3-8 Lavey First Round | 29 August |
| Bellaghy 1-8 3-5 Magherafelt Quarter Final | 13 September |
| Under 21 Football 15-a-side Jack Cassidy Cup | |
| Bellaghy 6-19 0-6 Magherafelt Jack Cassidy Cup First Round | 29 September |
| Bellaghy 1-9 3-14 Lavey Jack Cassidy Cup Quarter Final | 27 October |
| Minor A Football | |
| Bellaghy 1-8 0-14 Dungiven First Round | 15 August |
| Under 16 A Football | |
| Bellaghy 4-16 2-6 Newbridge First Round | 4 August |
| Bellaghy 3-11 2-6 Steelstown Quarter Final | 11 August |
| Bellaghy 3-17 0-12 Glen Semi Final | 25 August |
| Bellaghy 2-10 6-8 Magherafelt Final | 9 September |
| Under 14 A Football 25 minutes each half | |
| Bellaghy 7-16 3-6 Dungiven Quarter Final | 16 August |
| Bellaghy 3-7 2-8 Lavey Semi Final | 30 August |
| Bellaghy 3-6 2-6 Magherafelt Final | 17 September |
| Under 13 A Football 13-a-side, 20 minutes each half | |
| Bellaghy 2-11 1-7 Magherafelt Semi Final | 21 October |
| Bellaghy 6-6 1-12 Lavey Final | 25 October |
- Senior Final Slaughtneil 2-11 0-6 Loup
- Senior Reserve Final Slaughtneil 4-11 2-8 Dungiven
- Under 21 A Final Glen 1-17 1-8 Swatragh
- Under 18 A Final Kilrea 2-11 0-10 Dungiven
- Under 16 A Final Magherafelt 6-8 2-10 Bellaghy
- Under 14 A Final Bellaghy 3-6 2-6 Magherafelt
- Under 13 A Final Bellaghy 6-6 1-12 Lavey
- Intermediate Final Castledawson 0-15 1-11 Steelstown
2016 League Football
| Division 1 Senior Football - Bellaghy - 2016 | |||||
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| Home Team |
Result | Away Team |
Bellaghy League Points |
Date | Round |
| Bellaghy | 0-15 1-11 | Banagher | 2 | 7 April | 1 |
| Bellaghy | 1-06 2-12 | Coleraine | 0 | 17 April | 2 |
| Bellaghy | 1-13 1-13 | Glen | 1 | 23 April | 3 |
| Loup | 5-10 0-10 | Bellaghy | 0 | 6 May | 4 |
| Bellaghy | 1-17 2-10 | Slaughtneil | 2 | 15 May | 5 |
| Swatragh | 3-09 2-10 | Bellaghy | 0 | 22 June | 6 |
| Claudy | 0-11 0-15 | Bellaghy | 2 | 29 May | 7 |
| Bellaghy | 1-10 3-11 | Magherafelt | 0 | 5June | 8 |
| Dungiven | 0-08 2-09 | Bellaghy | 2 | 12 June | 9 |
| Bellaghy | 0-10 0-13 | Ballinderry | 0 | 26 June | 10 |
| Lavey | 1-10 1-09 | Bellaghy | 0 | 3 July | 11 |
| Bellaghy | 2-18 0-16 | Kilrea | 2 | 8 July | 12 |
| Ballinascreen | 3-11 0-07 | Bellaghy | 0 | 24 July | 13 |
| Bellaghy | 1-10 3-12 | Greenlough | 0 | 31 July | 14 |
| Newbridge | 1-19 4-07 | Bellaghy | 0 | 7 August | 15 |
- Bellaghy finished 12th with11 points
- Magherafelt finished 1st with 24 points
- Claudy finished 15th with 7 points
- Newbridge finished 16th with 5 points
2016 Miscellaneous
- Senior Manager John Rafferty
- U13 and U14 Manager Paul Diamond
- Match Info Source derrygaa.ie
2015 Football Season
2015 Championship Football
| Championship Football - Bellaghy | |
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| Match Details | Date |
| Senior Football | |
| Bellaghy 2-14 1-10 Glen Round 1 | 16 August |
| Bellaghy 3-10 0-12 Coleraine Round 2 Winners Section | 30 August |
| Bellaghy 0-10 0-9 Loup Quarter-Final | 21 September |
| Bellaghy 1-6 2-16 Slaughtneil Semi-Final | 27 September |
- Senior Final Slaughtneil 1-7 0-9 Coleraine, 4 October
Football Titles
Senior Football
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1)
- 1971-1972
All-Ireland Kilmacud Crokes Sevens Championship (2)
- 1986, 2002
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (4)
- 1968, 1971, 1994, 2000
Derry Senior Football Championship (21)
- 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
Derry Senior Football League (7)
- 1947, 1986, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004
Derry Intermediate Football Championship (1)
- 1990
Derry Junior Football Championship (1)
- 1962 (won by Bellaghy II)
Graham Cup 2
- 2000, 2004
Larkin Cup 4
- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
Thirds Championship 1
- 2007
Minor Football
Ulster Minor Club Football Championship 2
- 1991, 1994
Derry Minor Football Championship 9
- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1973, 1991, 1994
Derry Minor Football League: 3
- 1993, 1994, 2015
Derry Minor B League: 1
- 2008
Under 16 Football
Derry U16 Football Championship: 4
- 1960, 1981, 1990, 2003
South Derry U16 Football Championship: 4
- 1960, 1981, 1990, 2003
South Derry U16 Football League: 1
- 1988
Derry U16 Football Shield: 1
- 2008
Under 14 Football
Derry Féile na nÓg: 4
- 1998, 2001, 2010, 2013
Derry U-14 Football Championship: 3
- 2001, 2013, 2016
South Derry U-14 Football Championship: 3
- 1995,1998, 2001
South Derry U-14 Football Leagues: 5
- 1979, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2013
South Derry 'B' U-14 Football Championship: 2
- 2005, 2010
South Derry 'B' U-14 Football League: 2
- 2005, 2010
Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.
Pitches
Bellaghy's main pitch is named Páirc Seán de Brún in honour of their former club chairman Seán Brown who was attacked and abducted by a Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) gang on the evening of 12 May 1997 as he locked the main gate of the GAA grounds on the Ballyscullion Road. Less than an hour later the body of the father-of-six was found lying beside his burnt-out car just off the Moneynick Road near Randalstown, County Antrim. He had been shot six times.[1][2] On 19 January 2004 the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland published a report that was highly critical of the police investigation into Brown's killing.[3]
The club also have two full-sized pitches at Drumanee, just outside the village.
Notable gaelic footballers
- Tommy Gribben - First Derry man to win an All Ireland medal with St Pat's Armagh in 1946. Derry County Footballer 1945-1955, 1957–1958, Tyrone County Footballer 1956, Ulster Provincial Footballer, Derry Junior Manager and Coach of 1971-72 Bellaghy All-Ireland winning team.
- Damian Cassidy - Represented Derry seniors from 1984 until 1996. Left half forward of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. Managed Bellaghy to senior finals in 2004, 05 & 07, winning in 2005.
- Fergal Doherty - Former Derry player.
- Danny Quinn - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning panel.
- Tommy Diamond - Former Derry player. First player to captain a county to victory in both All-Ireland Minor (1965) and All-Ireland Under-21 (1968) Championships.[4]
- Laurence Diamond - Former Derry player. Captain of 1971-72 Bellaghy All-Ireland winning team.
See also
References
- ↑ "Loyalist linked to many sectarian killings was quizzed over death". Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ↑ "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1997". Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ↑ "The investigation by police of the murder of Mr Sean Brown on 12 May 1997" (PDF). The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ↑ "Tommy Diamond remembers the golden generation of Unders 21s". County Derry Post. 2008-09-23.