Saint Mary's GAC Slaughtmanus () is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
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club based in
Slaughtmanus on the outskirts of
Derry
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,
County Londonderry
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,
Northern Ireland
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. The club is a member of the
Derry GAA
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and currently caters for
Gaelic football
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and
Camogie
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A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...
.
The team serves for the parish of
Tamnaherin
Tamnaherin (possibly from the or 'field of the blackthorns') is a townland and small housing estate in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 123 people. It is situated within Derry and Strabane distri ...
, drawing players from places such as
Lettershendoney
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,
Strathfoyle
Strathfoyle (from ) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland It is about north east of Derry. It was newly built in different phases between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, with many new recent additions to the village, includi ...
and
Eglinton as well as some players from the
Waterside area of Derry. Underage teams up to under-12s play in the
North Derry league and championships, while teams from under-14 upwards compete in All-Derry competitions. Slaughtmanus have won the
Derry Intermediate Football Championship
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once.
History
St Mary's GAC Slaughtmanus was founded in 1978 when two local teams, Wolf Tone Slaughtmanus, founded in 1958, and St Mary's Mullabouy, founded in 1976, amalgamated.
On 30 November 1978 Slaughtmanus secretary Edmund Brewster received a letter from the secretary of St Mary's GAC Mullabouy requesting the possibility of the two clubs amalgamating. The two clubs decided to have a public meeting on 20 December 1978. The meeting was chaired by An tAth. Seán Ó Gallchobhair (the curate in Tamnaherin end of the Parish at the time). After much discussion the two clubs decided that the best thing for the future of the GAA in the area was to amalgamate. The new club was to be called St Mary's GAC Slaughtmanus. The club colours were to be Red and Black. These colours had no significance to either club.
The newly formed committee approached The Doire County Board to ask if the senior and reserve teams could play in The All County Division 2 as Drumsurn did not want to be promoted that year to 1st Division. The County Board agreed and St Mary's GAC Slaughtmanus played its first match against Glenullin in March 1979.
In 2000 it was decided to change the club colours to green and red, green representing the old Slaughtmanus and red representing Mullabouy.
Playing numbers have increased since
Strathfoyle
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team Enagh became defunct. The club had a new pitch installed and pending a lottery grant plan further developments such as a training pitch and a new hall.
Honours
Senior
*
Derry Intermediate Football Championship
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: 1
**1988
*
Derry Junior Football League
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: 1
**2019
Reserve
*Derry Intermediate Reserve Football Championship: 2
**1991
**2022
Under-21
* Harry O' Kane Football Championship: 1
** 2007
Minor
*Tommy O'Neill Cup (All County Minor 'B' Football Championship): 1
**2004
*North Derry Minor 'A' Football Championship: 2
**2003, 2004
*North Derry Minor 'A' Football League: 1
**2005
See also
*
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 ...
*
List of Gaelic games clubs in Derry
External links
Official Derry GAA website
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Slaughtmanus Gac
Gaelic games clubs in County Londonderry
Gaelic football clubs in County Londonderry