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CLG Eoghan Rua Cúil Raithin
Founded: 1957
County: Derry
Nickname: Roes
Club colours: Maroon and Green
Grounds: University of Ulster at Coleraine
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CLG Eoghan Rua Cúil Raithin is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) A GAA county or County board is a geographic region of control within the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA originally based on the Counties of Ireland For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship. The University of Ulster at Coleraine ( UUC; Irish: Ollscoil Uladh ag Cúil Raithin) is the Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Coleraine ( is a large Town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland near to the mouth of the River Bann. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Despite some of the club's catchment area being in County Antrim, the club is a member of the Derry GAA. County Antrim ( Contae Aontroma or simply Aontroim in Irish) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship. Eoghan Rua currently cater for Gaelic football, Hurling and Camogie, and also compete in Scór and Scór n nÓg. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic Camogie (in Irish, camógaíocht) is a Celtic team Sport, organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland, the women's variant of Scór (English Score) is a division of the Gaelic Athletic Association charged with promotion of cultural activities and the name of a series of annual competitions The club's name is taken from Eoghan Rua Ó Néill. Eoghan Rua Ó Néill, anglicised as Owen Roe O'Neill ( c. 1590&ndash1649 ("Red Owen" was a seventeenth century soldier and one of the most famous

In addition to drawing players from Coleraine, the club's catchment area includes Portstewart and Portrush. Portstewart ( Irish: Port na Binne Uaine or Port Stíobhaird) is a Town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and had Portrush ( is a Seaside resort Town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the County Londonderry border The club's grounds are under development on the main road between Coleraine and Portstewart and are expected to be ready for use in time for the 2007 season. Underage teams up to U-12's play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship.

The club's biggest success was when they won the 2006 Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of intermediate football clubs in Ulster. They also won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship for the first time that year. The Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the M&L Contracts Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football

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Well known players

Gaelic football

Eoghan Rua fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. The following is an alphabetical list of terms and jargon used in relation to Gaelic games. The following is an alphabetical list of terms and jargon used in relation to Gaelic games. They have won the Derry Intermediate Championship once and the Ulster Intermediate Championship once and are the reigning champions of both competitions. They currently compete in the Derry Intermediate Championship and Division 3 of the Derry ACFL.

Hurling

The club has U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor and Senior hurling teams and currently competes in the Derry Intermediate and Derry Junior Championships and Division 2 of the Derry ACHL.

Camogie

Eoghan Rua fields Camogie teams at U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor and Senior levels. The club currently competes in the Derry Intermediate Camogie Championship and the Derry Intermediate Camogie League.

History

Gaelic football

CLG Eoghan Rua were established in 1957. The club first major football success came in 2006 when they won the Derry Intermediate Club Football Championship, defeating Foreglen in the final. The Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the M&L Contracts Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football O'Brien's GAC Foreglen ( CLG Uí Briain Fothaír Ghleann) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Foreglen, County Londonderry, Northern The team went on to win the 2006 Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship, with victory over Ballymacnab of Armagh in the final (which was played in February 2007 due to delays). The Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of intermediate football clubs in Ulster. The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards In the All-Ireland Club semi-final they beat Mayo champions Tourmakeady, before losing narrowly to Ardfert of Kerry in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship final on 10th March 2007 in Croke Park. For more details of Mayo GAA see Mayo Senior Club Football Championship or Mayo Senior Club Hurling Championship. The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (or Kerry GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition started up in 2003 to be played by the winners of the Intermediate Club Championship Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh in Dublin, Ireland is the largest sports Stadium in Ireland (fifth largest in Europe) and the principal stadium This success was continued the following year when Eoghan Rua became champions of Division 3, winning promotion to the Senior football grade for the first time in their history. In May 2006 Barry McGoldrick became the first Eoghan Rua player to play in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship when he was part of the Derry team that defeated Tyrone in the first round of the Ulster Championship in Healy Park. The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Tír Eoghain or Tyrone GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the The Ulster Senior Football Championship is the premier Gaelic football "knockout" competition played in the province of Ulster in Ireland Healy Park (Páirc Uí hEilí is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a capacity of approximately His brother, Seán Leo McGoldrick made his debut for Derry in the 2007 McKenna Cup v Queen's University Belfast. Queen's University Belfast is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Hurling

Previous to the founding of CLG Eoghan Rua, there had been a hurling club in Coleraine called Mitchel's and they had won the 1943 and 1945 Derry Senior Hurling Championships. The Derry Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Derry hurling clubs Eoghan Rua entered a Senior Hurling team in 2002, having fielded underage teams for a few years before this. [1]. 2006 saw the club win both the Derry Intermediate Hurling Championship and the Derry Junior Hurling Championship.

Camogie

A Senior Camogie team fielded for the first time in 2001/2?[1] The club won their first Derry Intermediate Camogie Championship in 2005. Current senior camogs Gráinne McGoldrick, Jane Carey, Méabh McGoldrick and Roma McDonald were on the Derry senior squad that contested the 2006 All-Ireland Junior Camogie Final. They were defeated by Dublin. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of The same four players were part of the Derry team that went one step further in 2007 and won the All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship, defeating Clare in the final. The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae An Clár or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the

Honours

Football

Senior

Minor

U-16

U-14

Hurling

Senior

Camogie

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. The Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of intermediate football clubs in Ulster. The Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the M&L Contracts Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football The Derry Junior Football Club Championship currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Derry Credit Union Derry Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association Please add any other honours you know of.

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References

  1. ^ a b Nuacht Eoghan Rua. The Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the M&L Contracts Derry Intermediate Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football This is a list of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs across the world organised by GAA county which they are associated with. Retrieved on 2007-09-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated
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