Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Greenlough GAC
Greenlough GAC in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Greenlough GAC is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Saint Oliver Plunkett's GAC Greenlough (Irish: CLG Naomh Oilibheir Pluinceid Grainlocha) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Clady/Greenlough, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football and camogie, and also competes in Scór. The club is named after Irish martyr Saint Oliver Plunkett. Greenlough has won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship three times and the Derry Junior Football Championship three times. Greenlough is known for some quite exquisite gaa players Daniel O'Neill who had to end his career early due to a serious problem. Possibly the greatest player to ever touch the ball in the clubs history .
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Background
History
St Oliver Plunkett's GAC Greenlough was founded in 1939 by Michael Henry, Patrick Rankin and Louis Madden. Despite a lack of silverware during the period, the 1940s saw arguably the greatest ever Greenlough team. Players such as Thomas Edward McCloskey, Jimmy Cassidy and the McErlean brothers (Eoin and Henry) played on the Derry Senior side of the time. Jimmy Cassidy in November 2007 was voted as the right-corner forward for the All Time Star Derry team. The club's first major success at Senior level came in 1953 when they won the Derry Junior Football Championship and added a second Junior Championship in 1965. In Scór Greenlough has won two All Ireland titles; in Senior Céilí dancing and…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8676, -6.5130
- Established
- 1939
Sources
- wikidata: Q5604308 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Greenlough GAC (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Greenlough GAC?
- Greenlough GAC is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8676°, -6.5130°.
- When was Greenlough GAC built?
- Greenlough GAC dates to 1939.