DCU GAA


Dublin City University Gaelic Athletic Association Club is the GAA club at Dublin City University. The club fields teams in men's Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. It also organises Gaelic handball.
The club mainly competes in intervarsity competitions such as the Sigerson Cup, the Fitzgibbon Cup, the O'Connor Cup and the Ashbourne Cup. DCU has also entered competitions organised by the Leinster GAA, including the O'Byrne Cup, the Kehoe Cup 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.

Men's Gaelic football

Sigerson Cup

DCU senior men's Gaelic football team compete in the Sigerson Cup while the reserve team competes in the Trench Cup. In 2006, with a team that included Conor Mortimer, Bernard Brogan, Seánie Johnston, Declan Lally, Stephen Cluxton, Paul Casey 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. 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 UCC by 1–11 by 0–10. The team was captained by Paddy Andrews and also featured Michael Boyle, Philly McMahon, Kevin Nolan, 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 NUI Maynooth in the final. Dublin 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.
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2006DCU0–11;1–4Queen's UniversityBryan Cullen
2010DCU1–11;0–10UCCPaddy Andrews
2012DCU2–17;0–7NUI MaynoothKieran Gavin
2015DCU1–14;2–10UCCColm Begley
2016UCD0–10;2–2DCUColm Begley

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O'Byrne Cup

DCU senior men's Gaelic football team have also competed in the O'Byrne Cup. In 2010 they became the first university team to win the cup.
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2009Louth1–17;1–10DCU
2010DCU1–15;0–17LouthPaddy Andrews
2012DCU3–7;1–12KildareKieran Gavin

Ladies' Gaelic football

;O'Connor Cup
DCU senior ladies' Gaelic football 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 University of Limerick by 2–12 to 0–17 to win the cup for the fourth time.
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2009DCU2–11;1–13University of LimerickFiona McHale
2010DCU2–12;0–12University of Ulster, JordanstownShannon Quinn
2011DCU3–8;1–11University of Ulster, JordanstownDonna English
2013Queen's University4–10;1–9DCU
2015University of Limerick3–16;0–9DCULaura McEnaney
2018DCU2–12;0–17University of LimerickAishling Moloney

;O'Connor Shield
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2019DCU3–18;0–6NUI GalwayLaura McGinley

;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.
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2008University of Ulster, JordanstownDCU
2011DCUUniversity of Limerick
2012DCUUniversity of Ulster, Jordanstown
2014University of LimerickDCU
2015DCUUCD
2017DCUUniversity of Limerick
2019University of Limerick3–10;1–7DCUCiara Finnegan

;Giles Cup
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2017DCU II3–7;0–14Athlone ITAoife Norris
2018Waterford IT4–16;0–8DCU II

;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.
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2004DCUAthlone IT
2006DCULiverpool Hope University
2010Mary Immaculate CollegeDCU II
2011Carlow IT2–11;1–3DCU II
2015DCU II2–13;1–10DITFiona O'Sullivan

;Lagan Cup
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2019Ulster University at MageeDCU IIRachel Hogan

Hurling

DCU senior hurling team competes in the Fitzgibbon Cup, the Kehoe Cup and the Walsh Cup. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Ryan Cup.
;Kehoe Cup Shield
YearWinnerScoreRunners–up
2019Louth1–18;0–14DCU St Patrick's Campus

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;Fitzgibbon Cup
YearWinnerScoreRunners–up
2018University of Limerick2–21;2–15DCU

;Ryan Cup
YearWinnerScoreRunners–up
1998DCU3–8;2–8Limerick Institute of Technology
2002DCU1–13;0–11St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra
2010Carlow IT1–12;0–13DCU

;Fergal Maher Cup
YearWinnerScoreRunners–up
1988NIHE Dublin

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Camogie

DCU senior camogie team competes in the Ashbourne Cup. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Purcell Cup.
;Purcell Cup
YearWinnerScoreRunners–upCaptain
2011Queen's University2–10;0–7DCULaura Twomey
2012DCU4–7;0–4Queen's UniversityLaura Twomey
2013DCU2–11;1–9Mary Immaculate CollegeEmma Brennan

Gaelic handball

DCU Gaelic handballers 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

Men's Gaelic football

; Dublin
; Mayo
; Roscommon
; Donegal
;
; Mayo
; Tipperary
; Dublin
; Wexford
; Kilkenny
; Men's international rules
; Australian rules football
; Shinty–hurling international
; Women's international rules
; Women's rugby union

Men's Gaelic football