Dublin City University Gaelic Athletic Association Club () is the

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club at

Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) () is a Third-level education in the Republic of Ireland, university based on the Northside, Dublin, Northside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Highe ...

. The club fields teams in men's Gaelic football,

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football () is an Irish team sport for women. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a round ball toward ...

and

camogie Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...

. It also organises

Gaelic handball Gaelic handball (known in Ireland simply as handball; ) is a sport where players hit a ball with a hand or fist against a wall in such a way as to make a shot the opposition cannot return, and that may be played with two (singles) or four player ...

. The club mainly competes in intervarsity competitions such as the

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. T ...

, the

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup () is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideac ...

, the O'Connor Cup and the

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. DCU has also entered competitions organised by the

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, including the

O'Byrne Cup The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organized by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954. History The competition is named in honour of Matt Byrne (b. 14 February 1870), a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of ...

, the

Kehoe Cup The Kehoe Cup ( ; ) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA) since 1977 for second- and third-tier inter county, inter-county teams in ...

and Walsh Cup. In 2016 St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra merged with Dublin City University. As a result some DCU GAA teams, especially reserve teams, compete as DCU St Patrick's or DCU Dóchas Éireann.

Football

Sigerson Cup

DCU senior men's Gaelic football team compete in the

, while the reserve team competes in the

Trench Cup The Trench Cup is the second-tier Gaelic football championship trophy for third-level education colleges, institutes of technology and universities in Ireland and England (first tier is the Sigerson Cup and third tier is Corn na Mac Léinn). The ...

. In 2006, with a team that included Conor Mortimer, Bernard Brogan, Seánie Johnston, Declan Lally, Stephen Cluxton,

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and captained by Bryan Cullen, DCU won the Sigerson Cup for the first time after defeating Queen's University by 0–11 to 1–04 in the final at

Parnell Park Parnell Park is a GAA stadium in Donnycarney, Dublin, Ireland with a capacity of 7,300. It is the home of the Dublin GAA hurling, football, camogie and ladies' football teams at all levels of competition. The ground is used mainly by the co ...

. Mortimer secured the cup for DCU after scoring three points in the last 15 minutes. In 2010 DCU won the Sigerson Cup for the second time, after defeating

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by 1–11 by 0–10. The team was captained by Paddy Andrews and also featured Michael Boyle, Philly McMahon,

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, Jonny Cooper, Bryan Cullen David Kelly, Paul Flynn and Cathal Cregg. In 2012 DCU won their third Sigerson Cup title in seven years following a 2–17 to 0–7 win over

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in the final.

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trio Paul Flynn, Dean Rock and Eoghan O'Gara scored 1–11 between them. Other members of the team included Michael Boyle, Jonny Cooper, James McCarthy, Colm Begley, Fiontán Ó Curraoin, David Kelly and Michael Murphy. In 2015 Colm Begley captained DCU when they won their fourth Sigerson Cup, defeating UCC by 1–14 to 2–10 after extra time in the final. ;Notes

O'Byrne Cup

DCU senior men's Gaelic football team have also competed in the

. In 2010 they became the first university team to win the cup.

Ladies' football

; O'Connor Cup DCU senior

team compete in the O'Connor Cup. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Giles Cup, the Lynch Cup and the Lagan Cup. In 2009, with a team that included Lyndsey Davey, DCU won the O'Connor Cup for the first time. They subsequently went on to complete a three-in-a-row of O'Connor Cup wins. Other members of the team from this era included Niamh McEvoy and Lindsay Peat. In 2018 Sarah Rowe scored 1–3 as DCU defeated

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by 2–12 to 0–17 to win the cup for the fourth time. ; O'Connor Shield ;HEC Ladies Division 1 – O'Rourke Cup DCU senior ladies' Gaelic football team also compete in the HEC Ladies Division 1. The winners are awarded the O'Rourke Cup. ;Giles Cup ;Lynch Cup The DCU senior ladies' team initially found success in the Lynch Cup, winning it in 2004 and 2006 before gaining promotion to the O'Connor Cup. ;Lagan Cup

Hurling

DCU senior

team competes in the

, the

and the Walsh Cup. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the

Ryan Cup The Ryan Cup is the tier 2 hurling championship for third level colleges, the Fitzgibbon Cup being the tier 1 hurling championship trophy. The Ryan Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG), the GAA ...

. ; Kehoe Cup Shield ;Notes ;

;

Fergal Maher Cup The Fergal Maher Cup is a hurling cup competition for Third-level Colleges. The Cup is awarded to the winners of the Tier 3 Championship (the Fitzgibbon Cup and Ryan Cup are the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Higher Education Hurling Championships). The Ferga ...

;Notes

Camogie

DCU senior

team competes in the

. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Purcell Cup. ; Purcell Cup

Handball

DCU

ers compete in competitions such as the Wexford Intervarsity, the Kilkenny Intervarsity, the Kingscourt Intervarsity and Dublin Leagues. Training takes place in DCU Sports Centre and at CLG Na Fianna.

Notable players

Senior inter-county players

;Football ; Dublin colours

;

Mayo ; Tipperary colours

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* Cathal Cregg * David Keenan * Donal Shine * Enda Smith * Donal Smith ; Donegal colours

Donegal * Michael Boyle * Brendan McCole * Martin McElhinney * Conor Morrison * Michael Murphy ;Ladies' football ; Dublin colours

;

Mayo * Niamh Kelly * Fiona McHale * Sarah Rowe * Aisling Tarpey ; Tipperary colours

Tipperary * Aisling Maloney ;Hurling ; Dublin colours

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* Shane Ryan ; Wexford colours

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;

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* Conor Delaney * John Donnelly *

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;Handballers * Derek Henry * Eoin Kennedy

Ireland internationals

; Men's international rules ;

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* John Tierney ; Shinty–hurling international *

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; Women's international rules *

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;

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* Lindsay Peat

Honours

;Football *

**''Winners'': 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2020, 2025 **''Runners Up'': 2016 *

**''Winners'':

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

**''Runners Up'':

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

;Ladies' football * O'Connor Cup **''Winners'': 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018 **''Runners Up'': 2015 * O'Connor Shield **''Runners Up'':

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

* HEC Ladies Division 1 – O'Rourke Cup **''Winners'': 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 **''Runners Up'': 2008, 2014, 2019 * Giles Cup **''Winners'': 2017 **''Runners Up'': 2018 * Lynch Cup **''Winners'': 2004, 2006, 2015 **''Runners Up'': 2010, 2011 * Lagan Cup **''Runners Up'': 2019 ;Hurling *

**''Winners'': 1998, 2002 *

**''Winners'': 1988 *

**''Runners Up'':

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Kehoe Cup Shield **''Runners Up'':

;Camogie * Purcell Cup **''Winners'': 2012, 2013 **''Runners Up'': 2011, 2015

References

External links

DCU GAA on Facebook

DCU Ladies GAA on Facebook

DCU Camogie Club on Facebook

DCU GAA on Twitter

DCU Ladies GAA on Twitter
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