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Founded:
  
1939

Nickname:
  
The Tones

Home Kit
  
Change Kit

County:
  
Derry

Colours:
  
Blue and White

Grounds:
  
Páirc Seán de Brún Wolfe Tone Park

Bellaghy Wolfe Tones Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: CLG Baile Eachaidh) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently competes in gaelic football and camogie.

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Bellaghy have won 21 Derry Senior Football Championships, four Ulster Senior Club Football Championships and the 1971-72 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The associated camogie club have won one Derry Senior Camogie Championship.

2016 Championship Football

  • Senior Final Slaughtneil 2-11 0-6 Loup
  • Senior Reserve Final Slaughtneil 4-11 2-8 Dungiven
  • Under 21 A Final Glen 1-17 1-8 Swatragh
  • Under 18 A Final Kilrea 2-11 0-10 Dungiven
  • Under 16 A Final Magherafelt 6-8 2-10 Bellaghy
  • Under 14 A Final Bellaghy 3-6 2-6 Magherafelt
  • Under 13 A Final Bellaghy 6-6 1-12 Lavey
  • Intermediate Final Castledawson 0-15 1-11 Steelstown

    • 2016 League Football

  • Bellaghy finished 12th with11 points
  • Magherafelt finished 1st with 24 points
  • Claudy finished 15th with 7 points
  • Newbridge finished 16th with 5 points
  • Glenullin finished 1st in Division 2
  • Foreglen finished 2nd in Division 2

    • 2016 Miscellaneous

  • Senior Manager John Rafferty
  • Minor Management Gavin Diamond, Ciaran McNally, Danny Quinn, Kyle Gribben & JJ Smith
  • U16 Management Francis Glackin, Colm McElwee & Liam Lee
  • U13 and U14 Manager Paul Diamond, Aaron Cassidy
  • Match Info Source derrygaa.ie

    • 2015 Football Season

    2015 Championship Football

  • Senior Final Slaughtneil 1-7 0-9 Coleraine, 4 October

    • Senior Football

    All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1)

  • 1971-1972

    • All-Ireland Kilmacud Crokes Sevens Championship (2)

  • 1986, 2002

    • Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (4)

  • 1968, 1971, 1994, 2000

    • Derry Senior Football Championship (21)

  • 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005

    • Derry Senior Football League (7)

  • 1947, 1986, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004

    • Derry Intermediate Football Championship (1)

  • 1990

    • Derry Junior Football Championship (1)

  • 1962 (won by Bellaghy II)

    • Graham Cup 2

  • 2000, 2004

    • Larkin Cup 4

  • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

    • Thirds Championship 1

  • 2007

    • Minor Football

    Ulster Minor Club Football Championship 2

  • 1991, 1994

    • Derry Minor Football Championship 9

  • 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1973, 1991, 1994

    • Derry Minor Football League: 3

  • 1993, 1994, 2015

    • Derry Minor B League: 1

  • 2008

    • Under 16 Football

    Derry U16 Football Championship: 4

  • 1960, 1981, 1990, 2003

    • South Derry U16 Football Championship: 4

  • 1960, 1981, 1990, 2003

    • South Derry U16 Football League: 1

  • 1988

    • Derry U16 Football Shield: 1

  • 2008

    • Under 14 Football

    Derry Féile na nÓg: 4

  • 1998, 2001, 2010, 2013

    • Derry U-14 Football Championship: 4

  • 1998, 2001, 2013, 2016

    • South Derry U-14 Football Championship: 3

  • 1995,1998, 2001

    • South Derry U-14 Football Leagues: 5

  • 1979, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2013

    • South Derry 'B' U-14 Football Championship: 2

  • 2005, 2010

    • South Derry 'B' U-14 Football League: 2

  • 2005, 2010

    • Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

    Pitches

    Bellaghy's main pitch is named Páirc Seán de Brún in honour of their former club chairman Seán Brown who was attacked and abducted by a Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) gang on the evening of 12 May 1997 as he locked the main gate of the GAA grounds on the Ballyscullion Road. Less than an hour later the body of the father-of-six was found lying beside his burnt-out car just off the Moneynick Road near Randalstown, County Antrim. He had been shot six times. On 19 January 2004 the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland published a report that was highly critical of the police investigation into Brown's killing.

    The club also have two full-sized pitches at Drumanee, just outside the village.

    Notable gaelic footballers

  • Tommy Gribben - First Derry man to win an All Ireland medal with St Pat's Armagh in 1946. Derry County Footballer 1945-1955, 1957–1958, Tyrone County Footballer 1956, Ulster Provincial Footballer, Derry Junior Manager and Coach of 1971-72 Bellaghy All-Ireland winning team.
  • Damian Cassidy - Represented Derry seniors from 1984 until 1996. Left half forward of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. Managed Bellaghy to senior finals in 2004, 05 & 07, winning in 2005.
  • Fergal Doherty - Former Derry player.
  • Danny Quinn - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning panel.
  • Tommy Diamond - Former Derry player. First player to captain a county to victory in both All-Ireland Minor (1965) and All-Ireland Under-21 (1968) Championships.
  • Laurence Diamond - Former Derry player. Captain of 1971-72 Bellaghy All-Ireland winning team.

    • References

    Bellaghy GAC Wikipedia
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