Derry GAA honours


Derry GAA honours contains details of the achievements of Derry inter-county teams in the Gaelic games of Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. It also where possible, lists the Derry team for each winning final.

Gaelic football

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and Kevin McCloy celebrate winning the 2008 National League

Footballer of the Year

Two Derry players have been awarded the Texaco Footballer of the Year award. Ballymaguigan's Jim McKeever won the inaugural award in 1958, while Henry Downey of the Lavey club received player of the year for his performances in helping Derry win the 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
1958: Jim McKeever
1993: Henry Downey

All Stars

Since the 1960s there has been a tradition of annually selecting the best footballer in each position, to create a special team of the year. Between 1963 and 1967 these players received what was known as Cú Chulainn awards. In 1971 these awards were formalised into the annual All Star Awards. Including Sean O'Connell's Cú Chulainn award in 1967, Derry have received 28 All Stars.
1967: Sean O'Connell
1973: Anthony McGurk
1975: Peter Stevenson, Anthony McGurk, Gerry McElhinney
1984: Dermot McNicholl
1987: Tony Scullion, Brian McGilligan
1992: Tony Scullion, Anthony Tohill, Enda Gormley
1993: Tony Scullion, Johnny McGurk, Henry Downey, Gary Coleman, Anthony Tohill, Brian McGilligan, Enda Gormley
1995: Tony Scullion, Anthony Tohill
1996: Joe Brolly
1997: Joe Brolly
1998: Seán Marty Lockhart
2000: Kieran McKeever, Anthony Tohill
2004: Enda Muldoon
2007: Kevin McCloy, Paddy Bradley
Since 2006 the Gaelic Players Association have chosen their own team of the year.
2007: Paddy Bradley

International Rules representatives

A number of Derry players have been selected to play International rules football for the Ireland team against Australia; both in the test games and since the commencement of the International Rules Series in 1998. Note the table is incomplete.

Hurling

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YearSquadOpponentFinal Score
2006K Stevenson; S McCullagh, M Conway, E McKeever; C Brunton, L Hinphey, P Sweeney; R Kennedy, P O'Kane; R Convery, Gregory Biggs, D McGrellis ; S McBride, K Hinphey, J O'Dwyer.
Subs used: R McCloskey, P Hearty, A Rafferty, C Quinn, Gary Biggs.
Donegal5–15 – 1–11

YearTeamOpponentFinal Score
2007Daryl McDermott, Stephen Henry, Ruairi McCloskey, Sean McNicholl, Michael Kirkpatrick, Mark Craig, Cormac McKenna, Ben Dodds, Niall Holly, Gareth O'Kane, Oisin McCloskey, Paddy Henry, Sam Dodds, Kevin O'Neill, Seán Leo McGoldrick.Antrim2–16 : 1–18

Minor

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YearTeamOpponentFinal Score
1954A. McPeake, T. Clarke, Theresa Halferty, Carrie Rankin, M. Dorrity, M. McSwiggan, Patsy McCloskey, K. McCloskey, K. Madden, Pat O'Brien, A. Bryson, R. McAllister
Subs – A. Cassidy, P. McPeake, K. Connor
Antrim5-02 – 2-02

YearTeamOpponentFinal Score
1978Patricia McCloskey, May Lee, Brigid McLaughlin, Sarah Ann Quinn, Eileen McQuillan, Margaret Convery, Bríd McWilliams, Sharon Loftus, Kathleen Marrion, Caroline McWilliams, Brigid McCloskey, Bernadette Deighan
Subs – Berndette McGowan, Cathleen McErlean
Manager: Kathleen O'Hagan
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Minor

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All Stars

The Camogie All Star Awards were first introduced in 2004 and Aisling Diamond of Bellaghy won became the first winner from Derry in 2007.
2007: Aisling Diamond