St. Patrick's GAC () is a

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club based in

The Loup The Loup () is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, vario ...

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. It is a member of the

Derry GAA The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Derry GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland (the GAA refers to the county as ...

. The club's biggest success was winning the 2003

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament organised by Ulster GAA. It is played between the Senior championship winners from each of the nine counties of Ulster. The competition was first held in 1968 an ...

. They have also won the

Derry Senior Football Championship The Derry Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top sixteen Derry GAA clubs. The winners receive the John McLaughlin Cup and qualify to represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Football Champio ...

three times.

Hurling

After being suspended from football for two years, a hurling club, St Finbarr's, was started, winning back-to-back

Derry Senior Hurling Championship The Derry Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Derry GAA clubs. The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1887. Slaughtneil are the title holders, defeating ...

s in the 1960s, before being disbanded.

History

St Patrick's Loup was formed in 1933 and won its first Derry Senior Championship three years later. Players on the team included Paddy Larkin, Fr Éamonn Devlin (who played for

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) and Peter Donaghy (played as

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for Derry). After disappearing from the top, they were a Junior side for many years, reaching the 1958/59?

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final, where they lost to

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. In 1963 and 1964 St Finbarrs won the Derry Hurling Championship. The current pitch was opened by Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich in 1981.

Football titles

Senior

s: 1 **2003 *

s: 3 **1936, 2003, 2009 *Derry Senior Football Leagues: 1 **2002 *

Derry Intermediate Football Championship The Derry Intermediate Football Championship (currently also known for sponsorship reasons as the ''M&L Contracts Derry Intermediate Football Championship'') is an annual competition between the mid-tier Gaelic football clubs affiliated to De ...

s: 1 **1994 *Derry Intermediate Football Leagues: 1 **1994 *

s: 3 ** 1949, 1984, 1989 *Derry Junior Football Leagues: 3 **1977, 1984, 1989

Minor

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s: 2 **1993, 1995 *Derry Minor Football Championships: 2 **1993, 1995 *Derry Minor Football Leagues: 5 **1992, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010 *South Derry Minor Football Championships: 1* **2001 *South Derry Minor Football Leagues: 1* **2001

Hurling titles

Senior

s: 2 **1963, 1964 (Won as St Finbarr's - a parish amalgamation.) * Note: Some honours, particularly those marked with * may be incomplete lists. Please help complete the list by adding in any honours you know of.

Well-known footballers

Johnny McBride Johnny McBride (born 9 May 1977) is a Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county team in the 1990s and 2000s. He won an Ulster Senior Football Championship and two National Leagues with the county, as well as Ulster Minor, Ulster Under ...

- First ever Loup player to captain the Derry Senior footballers. *Paul McFlynn - Former Derry player. *Diarmuid Ó Doibhilin - Former Derry player and former Derry County Board Chairman. Captained Derry Minors and St Patrick's Armagh

MacRory Cup The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football tournament in Ulster at senior "A" grade. The MacLarnon Cup is the competition for schools at senior 'B' grade. Players must be under nineteen at the start of the tournament. The winn ...

team in 1958/59?. Won a Derry Championship and League with

Ballymaguigan Ballymaguigan () is a hamlet (place), hamlet and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the northwest shore of Lough Neagh, east of Magherafelt. The hamlet forms one part of a parish named Ardtrea North. Ballymaguigan is p ...

in 1962.

External links

Official Loup GAA Website
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Hurling

History

Football titles

Senior

Minor

Hurling titles

Senior

Well-known footballers

See also

External links