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Michael Davitt Swatragh
Míceal Mhic Dhaíbheid CLG Suaitreach
Founded: 1946
County: Derry
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Club colours: Green and White
Grounds: Davitt Park
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Michael Davitt's GAC Swatragh (Irish: (CLG Míceal Mhic Dhaíbheid Suaitreach) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Swatragh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the 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. 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 Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Swatragh ( Irish: Suitreach; meaning A miry place)is a small Village in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland, at approximately Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football, Hurling and Camogie. For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship. 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 The club is named after Irish patriot and revoltuionary Michael Davitt. Michael Davitt ( Irish name: Mícheál Mac Dáibhéid) ( March 25, 1846 &ndash May 30, 1906) was an Irish

Swatragh fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, Thirds 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. There are also hurling and camogie teams across many age groups. Underage teams up to U-12's play in South 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.

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History

In 1946 John McCormack proposed the idea of forming a Gaelic football club in Swatragh. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Other founder members included Patsy Collins, Jim McMullan, John Eddie Friel and James McGurk. They choose to name the club after Michael Davitt, because he had given Irish Land League speeches in Swatragh in the late 19th Century. The Irish Land League was an Irish political organization of the late 19th century which sought to help poor Tenant farmers Its primary aim was to abolish The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar [1] It also marked 100 years since Davitt's birth. The club colours were decided to be red and white. It wasn't until 1949 that they changed to green and white kits. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The club's first major success came in 1952 when they won the South Derry Junior Football Championship and the South Derry Junior Football League. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They regained the South Derry Junior Championship in 1955 and went on to win that year's Derry Junior Football Championship. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) 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 Davitt's added a further Derry Junior Championship in 1961. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1972 Swatragh won their first Derry Intermediate Football Championship and won it again seven years later. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 In 1988 the club won the Derry Minor Football Championship.

Well known players

Honours

Football

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Minor

U-14

Hurling

Senior

Minor

U-16

U-14

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. 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.

See also

External links

The Derry Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Elk Derry Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club The Derry Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Derry hurling clubs This is a list of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs across the world organised by GAA county which they are associated with.
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