St. Patrick's GAC ( ga, CLG Naomh Pádraig An Lúb) is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...
club based in
The Loup
The Loup () is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies near the western shore of Lough Neagh between Moneymore, Magherafelt, Ballyronan and Coagh, within the district of Mid Ulster.
Sport
Gaelic games
Gaelic ...
in
County Londonderry
County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulste ...
,
Northern Ireland
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. It is a member of the
Derry GAA
The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Dhoire) or Derry GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic ga ...
.
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 competition played between the top clubs in Ulster GAA. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup ( ga, Corn Shéamuis Mhic Fearáin). The winners and th ...
. 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.
2019 Championship Football
2018 Championship Football
2017 Championship Football
2016 Championship Football
Hurling
After being suspended from football for two years, a hurling club, St Finbarr's, was started, winning back-to-back
Derry Senior Hurling Championships 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
Armagh
Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , " Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the ...
) and Peter Donaghy (played as
goalkeeper
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for Derry). After disappearing from the top, they were a Junior side for many years, reaching the 1958/59?
Derry Junior Football Championship final, where they lost to
Glen.
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
*
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played between the top clubs in Ulster GAA. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup ( ga, Corn Shéamuis Mhic Fearáin). The winners and th ...
s: 1
**2003
*
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 ...
s: 3
**1936, 2003, 2009
*Derry Senior Football Leagues: 1
**2002
*
Derry Intermediate Football Championships: 1
**1994
*Derry Intermediate Football Leagues: 1
**1994
*
Derry Junior Football Championships: 3
** 1949, 1984, 1989
*Derry Junior Football Leagues: 3
**1977, 1984, 1989
Minor
*
Ulster Minor Club Football Championships: 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
U-16
*Derry U-16 Football Championships: 2*
**1991, 1993
*South Derry U-16 Football Championships: 2*
**1991, 1993
*South Derry U-16 Football Leagues: 1*
**1991
U-15
*Ulster Óg Sports: 1
**1992
*Derry Óg Sports: 2
**1990, 1992
U-14
*Derry Féile na nÓgs: 1
**1989
*Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1*
**1989
*South Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1*
**1989
*South Derry U-14 Football Leagues: 1*
**1989
U-12
*South Derry 'A' U-12 Football Leagues: 1*
**1987
*South Derry 'B' U-12 Football Leagues: 1*
**2004
Hurling titles
Senior
*
Derry Senior Hurling Championships: 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 - 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 team in 1958/59?. Won a Derry Championship and League with
Ballymaguigan in 1962.
See also
*
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 ...
*
Derry Senior Hurling Championship
*
List of Gaelic games clubs in Derry
External links
Official Loup GAA Website
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Gaelic games clubs in County Londonderry
Gaelic football clubs in County Londonderry