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. Bellaghy camogie club have won one Derry Senior Camogie Championship.
2018 Football Season
2018 Championship Football
| Championship Football – Bellaghy | |
|---|---|
| Match Details | Date |
| Senior Football | |
| Bellaghy 0-14 2-10 Ballinascreen First Round | 8 September |
| Senior Reserve Football | |
| Bellaghy v Glenullin Glenullin conceded First Round | — |
| Bellaghy 0-09 0-07 Lavey Quarter Final | 24 September |
| Bellaghy 1-10 3-11 The Loup Semi Final | 8 October |
| Under 21 Football 15-a-side Jack Cassidy Cup | |
| Bellaghy v Newbridge First Round | 16 October |
| Minor A Football | |
| Bellaghy 1-19 3-07 Glen First Round | 3 September |
| Bellaghy 3-12 0-09 Ballinascreen Quarter Final | 17 September |
| Bellaghy 2-18 0-07 Dungiven Semi Final | 1 October |
| Bellaghy v Lavey Final | 14 October |
| Under 16 A Football | |
| Bellaghy 3-23 7-07 Dungiven Quarter Final | 13 September |
| Bellaghy 0-09 0-14 Magherafelt Semi Final | 27 September |
| Féile Peile na nÓg A 25 minutes each way Competition begins with a group stage | |
| Bellaghy 0-10 4-07 Magherafelt Semi Final | 29 April |
| Under 14 A Football 25 minutes each way | |
| Bellaghy given a bye Quarter Final | – |
| Bellaghy 6-08 3-11 Dungiven After Extra Time Semi Final | 14 August |
| Bellaghy 2-09 0-13 Magherafelt Final | 26 August |
| Under 13 A Football 13-a-side, 20 minutes each way Competition begins with a group stage | |
| Bellaghy A were in a group with Ballinascreen, Dungiven and Steelstown. They did not qualify for the semi-finals. | — |
| Under 13 AB Football 13-a-side, 20 minutes each way Competition begins with a group stage | |
| Bellaghy B were in a group with Ballinascreen, Dungiven and Steelstown. They did not qualify for the final. | — |
- Senior Final Coleraine v Lavey
- Senior Reserve Final Ballinderry The Loup
- Under 21 A Final
- Under 18 A Final Lavey
- Under 16 A Final Lavey 2-10 1-07 Magherafelt
- Féile na nÓg A Final Magherafelt 2-08 0-02 Lavey
- Féile Peile na nÓg Div 1 Final Magherafelt 0-04 0-03 Burren
- Under 14 A Final Bellaghy 2-09 0-13 Magherafelt
- Under 13 A Final Magherafelt 3-10 1-05 Dungiven
- Under 13 AB Final Lavey B 3-10 1-04 Dungiven B
- Intermediate Final Banagher 1-12 1-08 Ballymaguigan
- Junior Final Limavady 1-19 2-06 Moneymore
- Senior Hurling Final Slaughtneil 2-12 0-10 Banagher
- Intermediate Camogie Final Bellaghy 1-12 0-09 Banagher
2018 Division 1 Senior League
| Division 1 Senior Football (16 Teams) – Bellaghy – 2018 | |||||
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| Home Team |
Result | Away Team |
Bellaghy Score Difference |
Date | Round |
| Bellaghy | 0-13 2-11 | The Loup | -4 | 4 April | 1 |
| Dungiven | 2-12 1-08 | Bellaghy | -7 | 9 April | 2 |
| Bellaghy | 3-07 2-08 | Kilrea | +2 | 15 April | 3 |
| Claudy | 0-10 0-14 | Bellaghy | +4 | 22 April | 4 |
| Bellaghy | 0-07 0-15 | Slaughtneil | -8 | 29 April | 5 |
| Ballinascreen | 1-11 1-14 | Bellaghy | +3 | 2 May | 6 |
| Bellaghy | 3-12 1-16 | Lavey | +2 | 6 May | 7 |
| Break for Division 1 League Cups and summer holidays | |||||
| Swatragh | 2-12 0-18 | Bellaghy | +0 | 24 August | 8 |
| Bellaghy | 3-07 5-16 | Glen | -15 | 22 July | 9 |
| Bellaghy | 1-14 1-09 | Newbridge | +5 | 25 July | 10 |
| Coleraine | 1-17 0-08 | Bellaghy | -12 | 29 July | 11 |
| Glenullin | 2-13 1-17 | Bellaghy | +1 | 5 August | 12 |
| Bellaghy | 0-11 2-11 | Magherafelt | -6 | 11 August | 13 |
| Bellaghy | 0-16 2-11 | Greenlough | -1 | 18 August | 14 |
| Ballinderry | 2-17 0-08 | Bellaghy | -15 | 26 August | 15 |
After the 2018 season, the adult football leagues in Derry were restructured to Division 1A - 12 teams, Division 1B - 12 teams and Division 2 - 14 teams (previously there were 16 teams in Division 1, 14 teams in Division 2 and 8 teams in Division 3).[1] Five teams were relegated from 2018 Division 1 to the new Division 1B (see below for details). The 2019 senior championship was competed for by the top 15 teams in the 2018 Division 1 and Banagher, the winners of the 2018 Division 2. Claudy, who finished 16th in 2018, were relegated to the 2019 intermediate football championship.
Division 1 Summary
- Slaughtneil finished 1st with 28 points
- Bellaghy finished 9th with 13 points
- Newbridge finished 12th with 12 points and played Banagher, the Division 2 winners, in a relegation/promotion match on 12 October 2018. Banagher won by 2-08 to 1-07 and were promoted to the new Division 1A. Newbridge were relegated to the new Division 1B
- Kilrea finished 13th with 12 points and were relegated to the new Division 1B
- Greenlough finished 14th with 8 points and were relegated to the new Division 1B
- Glenullin finished 15th with 5 points and were relegated to the new Division 1B
- Claudy finished 16th with 3 points and were relegated to the new Division 1B
Other League Results
- Bellaghy Reserves finished 8th with 16 points.
- Banagher finished 1st in Division 2 with 24 points having won 12 of their thirteen matches.
- Limavady finished 1st in Division 3 with 28 points having won all of their fourteen matches. They beat Ballerin (who finished eighth in Division 2) by 3-16 to 3-8 in a play-off match on 9 September 2018 to gain promotion to the new Division 1B in 2019. Ballerin were relegated to the new Division 2.
2018 Division 1 League Cup
The Division 1 League Cups were initiated in 2018 to provide football for club players during the summer break in the Division 1 League and to facilitate the Derry county teams. Clubs competed in one of the two League Cups (also known as the Dr. Kerlin Cup and the Sean Larkin Cup, the former North and South Derry District Cups) without their county players who were part of the county panels competing in the Ulster senior football championship, the Ulster under-20 football championship and the Christy Ring Cup.
| Division 1 League Cup – Bellaghy – 2018 The Sean Larkin Cup | |||||
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| Home Team |
Result | Away Team |
Bellaghy Score Difference |
Date | Round |
| League Stage | |||||
| Bellaghy | 1-08 1-17 | Ballinderry | -9 | 12 May | 1 |
| Greenlough | 0-09 2-15 | Bellaghy | +12 | 19 May | 2 |
| Bellaghy | 2-17 0-16 | Coleraine | +7 | 26 May | 3 |
| The Loup | 0-11 1-09 | Bellaghy | +1 | 31 May | 4 |
| Bellaghy | 1-15 0-11 | Dungiven | +7 | 8 June | 5 |
| Lavey | * | Bellaghy | * | – | 6 |
| Swatragh | 2-14 1-17 | Bellaghy | 0 | 22 June | 7 |
| Final | |||||
| Bellaghy | 2-14 1-14 | Ballinderry | +3 | 28 June | Final |
* Lavey withdrew from the competition.
2018 Miscellaneous
- Senior Management Joe Cassidy, Odhran O'Kane
- Minor Management Damien Cassidy, Liam Lee, Kieran Glackin, Jo Jo Smith
- U16 Management Paul Diamond, Francis Glackin, Aaron Cassidy
- U14 and U13 Management Eunan Cassidy, John Quinn, Dermot O'Hagan
2017 Football Season
2017 Championship Football
| Championship Football - Bellaghy | |
|---|---|
| Match Details | Date |
| Senior Football | |
| Bellaghy 2-8 2-15 Ballinascreen First Round | 12 August |
| Senior Reserve Football | |
| Bellaghy 1-15 2-13 Ballinderry First Round | 14 August |
| Under 21 Football 15-a-side Jack Cassidy Cup | |
| Bellaghy did not enter a team Jack Cassidy Cup | — |
| Minor A Football | |
| Bellaghy 1-12 2-00 Loup Quarter Final | 1 October |
| Bellaghy 0-08 0-05 Magherafelt Semi Final | 8 October |
| Bellaghy 0-09 0-11 Ballinascreen Final | 14 October |
| Under 16 A Football | |
| Bellaghy 4-13 3-10 Ballinascreen Quarter Final | 10 August |
| Bellaghy 3-10 3-13 Magherafelt Semi Final | 24 August |
| Under 14 A Football 25 minutes each way | |
| Bellaghy 13-13 1-04 Glenullin Quarter Final | 25 July |
| Bellaghy 8-10 0-06 Desertmartin Semi Final | 1 August |
| Bellaghy 2-13 1-10 Magherafelt Final | 20 August |
| Under 13 A Football 13-a-side, 20 minutes each way Begins with a group stage | |
| Bellaghy 1-07 2-14 Lavey Final | 3 October |
- Senior Final Slaughtneil 4-12 1-11 Ballinascreen
- Senior Reserve Final Ballinderry 3-17 0-12 Kilrea
- Under 21 A Final Lavey 2-11 2-10 Faughanvale
- Under 18 A Final Ballinascreen 0-11 0-09 Bellaghy
- Under 16 A Final Lavey 1-15 1-10 Magherafelt
- Under 14 A Final Bellaghy 2-13 1-10 Magherafelt
- Under 13 A Final Lavey 2-14 1-07 Bellaghy
- Intermediate Final Newbridge 1-09 1-04 Faughanvale
- Junior Final Doire Trasna 2-11 0-09 Limavady
- Senior Hurling Final Slaughtneil 2-18 0-14 Banagher
2017 League Football
| Division 1 Senior Football - Bellaghy - 2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Team |
Result | Away Team |
Bellaghy Score Difference |
Date | Round |
| Lavey | 3-07 0-07 | Bellaghy | -9 | 9 April | 1 |
| Kilrea | 0-14 0-15 | Bellaghy | +1 | 15 April | 2 |
| Bellaghy | 0-10 2-11 | Glenullin | -7 | 23 April | 3 |
| Bellaghy | 1-11 1-07 | Dungiven | +4 | 30 April | 4 |
| Magherafelt | 3-11 0-11 | Bellaghy | -9 | 7 May | 5 |
| Bellaghy | 1-08 1-09 | Ballinderry | -1 | 13 May | 6 |
| Bellaghy | 1-13 2-10 | Loup | 0 | 20 May | 7 |
| Bellaghy | 1-15 3-16 | Coleraine | -7 | 2 June | 8 |
| Bellaghy | 2-14 1-11 | Swatragh | +6 | 11 June | 9 |
| Glen | 1-16 1-12 | Bellaghy | -4 | 26 July | 10 |
| Slaughtneil | 3-16 2-08 | Bellaghy | -11 | 28 June | 11 |
| Bellaghy | 3-07 2-14 | Ballinascreen | -4 | 5 July | 12 |
| Greenlough | 0-10 0-12 | Bellaghy | +2 | 23 July | 13 |
| Banagher | 1-13 0-13 | Bellaghy | -3 | 30 July | 14 |
| Bellaghy | 4-19 3-06 | Claudy | +16 | 6 August | 15 |
- Bellaghy finished 11th with 11 points
- Coleraine finished 1st with 26 points
- Banagher finished 16th with 6 points and were relegated. Swatragh were initially penalised 3 league points for conceding against Coleraine. Swatragh had earned 8 points and the loss of 3 points would have meant that they were relegated. The 3 point penalty was subsequently overturned.
- Newbridge finished 1st in Division 2 with 23 points (promoted)
- Bellaghy Reserves finished 1st with 24 points
2017 Miscellaneous
- Senior Management Joe Cassidy, Odhran O'Kane
- Minor Management Danny Quinn, Jo Jo Smith
- U16 Management Liam Lee, Francis Glackin, Kieran Glackin, Colm McElwee
- U14 and U13 Management Paul Diamond, Aaron Cassidy, Eunan Cassidy
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 3-08 Lavey First Round | 29 August |
| Bellaghy 1-08 3-05 Magherafelt Quarter Final | 13 September |
| Under 21 Football 15-a-side Jack Cassidy Cup | |
| Bellaghy 6-19 0-06 Magherafelt Jack Cassidy Cup First Round | 29 September |
| Bellaghy 1-09 3-14 Lavey Jack Cassidy Cup Quarter Final | 27 October |
| Minor A Football | |
| Bellaghy 1-08 0-14 Dungiven First Round | 15 August |
| Under 16 A Football | |
| Bellaghy 4-16 2-06 Newbridge First Round | 4 August |
| Bellaghy 3-11 2-06 Steelstown Quarter Final | 11 August |
| Bellaghy 3-17 0-12 Glen Semi Final | 25 August |
| Bellaghy 2-10 6-08 Magherafelt Final | 9 September |
| Under 14 A Football 25 minutes each half | |
| Bellaghy 7-16 3-06 Dungiven Quarter Final | 16 August |
| Bellaghy 3-07 2-08 Lavey Semi Final | 30 August |
| Bellaghy 3-06 2-06 Magherafelt Final | 17 September |
| Under 13 A Football 13-a-side, 20 minutes each half | |
| Bellaghy 2-11 1-07 Magherafelt Semi Final | 21 October |
| Bellaghy 6-06 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 June | 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 with 11 points
- Magherafelt finished 1st with 24 points
- Claudy finished 15th with 7 points
- Newbridge finished 16th with 5 points (relegated)
- Glenullin finished 1st in Division 2 (promoted)
- Foreglen finished 2nd in Division 2
2016 Miscellaneous
- Senior Manager John Rafferty, Odhran O'Kane
- Minor Management Gavin Diamond, Ciaran McNally, Danny Quinn, Kyle Gribben & JJ Smith
- U16 Management Francis Glackin, Colm McElwee & Liam Lee
- U14 and U13 Management Paul Diamond, Aaron Cassidy
- Match Info Source derrygaa.ie
2015 Football Season
2015 Championship Football
| Championship Football - Bellaghy | |
|---|---|
| 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: 6
- 1998, 2001, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
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, Páirc Seán de Brún, is named after 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.[2][3] 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.[4]
The club also have two full-sized pitches and dressing rooms 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.
- 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.[5]
- Laurence Diamond - Former Derry midfielder. Captain 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.
- Danny Quinn - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning panel.
- Fergal Doherty - Former Derry mid-fielder.
See also
References
- ↑ "Derry confirm changes to league and championship structures | Derry Now". Derry Now. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ↑ "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.