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| Founded: | 1910 | |
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| County: | Derry | |
| Colours: | Red and Black | |
| Grounds: | Tullynure | |
| Coordinates: | 54°41′25.89″N 6°45′23.84″W / 54.6905250°N 6.7566222°W / 54.6905250; -6.7566222 | |
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Saint Michael's GAC Lissan (Template:Lang-ga) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the GAA county of Derry, in Northern Ireland. The club, based in the parish of Lissan, County Londonderry, currently caters for Gaelic football, Rounders and handball. St Michael's teams compete in Derry championships, although part of the parish is located in County Tyrone.
Lissan has won the Derry Junior Football Championship three times. Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.
Gaelic football
Lissan fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor and Senior levels. It currently competes in the Derry Intermediate Championship and Division 2 of the Derry ACFL.
History
The club was first founded in 1910 as Ruairi Ógs, with John Corr as the first Chairman. Mathes were played on a pitch known as "The Waterside" in Tullynure. The club officially became St. Michael's in 1962 when was affiliated to the South Derry Board, with Joseph O'Hagan as Chairman, Bernard McGready as Secretary and Paul O’Hagan as Treasurer. In 1977 the club laid a new playing field. Work on a new pavilion commenced in 1986 and was officially opened in August 1990 by GAA President Elect Peter Quinn (GAA President).
St Michael's reached the Derry Junior Football Championship on seven occasions. In 1987 they were defeated by Dungiven Thirds, in 1990 by Foreglen,in 1997 by Eoghan Rua and 2006 by Drum. The club's Junior successes came in 1998 when they beat Seán Dolans, in 2007 when they beat Drum, and in 2008 when they beat Glack.
In September 2007 another new pavilion was unveiled in Lissan. Like 17 years beforehand it was officially opened by Peter Quinn. The main feature of the afternoon was a challenge match between Ballinderry and St Gall's.
Club crest
The crest shows Slieve Gallion, the Sperrin Mountains, Lough Fea and the Irish goddess Áine. A Gaelic football and goalposts are also shown.
Honours
Senior
- Derry Junior Football Championship: 3
- 1998
- 2007
- 2008
South Derry Junior League 1998 & 2008
Ulster Junior Finalist 2008
u14 D championship 2009
u16 league 2010
u14 c2 league 2010
U14 C League 2012
u16 C Championship (2013) (Kevin McWilliams team)
Minor League 2013
External links
References
- ^ "St Michael's Club History". Retrieved 2007-09-28. Cite error: The named reference "history" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- "Club trivia... Lissan, Derry". Gaelic Life. 30 January 2009. p. 12.
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