Technological University Dublin GAA or TU Dublin GAA is a

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university club in

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. TU Dublin's men's Gaelic football team competed in 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 ...

and 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 ...

. TU Dublin won its first Sigerson Cup in 2013, defeating UCC in the final by 3-08 to 0-08. The TU Dublin team was managed by Sean Fox, Billy O'Loughlin and Des Newton. Team captain in 2013 was All-Star defender Colin Walshe of Doohamlet in County Monaghan. The team included Aidan O'Shea,

Jason Doherty Jason Doherty (born 21 November 1989) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Burrishoole and, formerly, the Mayo county team. He started at centre forward in the 2012 All-Ireland Final which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal. He stud ...

Darran O'Sullivan Darran O'Sullivan (born 3 May 1986 in London, England) is a Gaelic footballer. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Glenbeigh-Glencar, his divisional side Mid Kerry GAA, Mid Kerry and at senior level for the Kerry county football team, K ...

, Mark Collins, Tomás O'Connor, Bryan Menton, Kevin O'Brien and a number of intercounty players from several counties. TU Dublin's hurlers won 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 ...

in 2007. TU Dublin's Fresher A Footballers have won three All-Ireland titles: 2008 (Paul Flynn, Dublin), 2010 (Aidan O'Shea, Mayo), 2014 (Brian Power, Meath). TU Dublin won the Ryan Cup (Sigerson League) in 2010 and again in 2013. The club celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2012.

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