Bellaghy GAC explained
| Club Gaa: | Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAC |
| Irish: | Baile Eachaidh |
| Crest: | Bellaghy crest.jpg |
| Founded: | 1939 |
| Province: | Ulster |
| County: | Derry |
| Nickname: | The Tones |
| Colours: | Blue and White |
| Grounds: | Páirc Seán de Brún
Wolfe Tone Park |
| Coordinates: | 54.8071°N -6.5148°W |
| F1: | 1 |
| F2: | 4 |
| F3: | 21 |
| C2: | 1 |
| C3: | 2 |
| Pattern La: | _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes |
| Pattern B: | _whitecollar |
| Pattern Ra: | _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes |
| Pattern So: | _hoops white |
| Pattern Sh: | _adidaswhite |
| Leftarm: | 0000FF |
| Body: | 0000FF |
| Rightarm: | 0000FF |
| Shorts: | 0000FF |
| Socks: | 0000FF |
| Kit1: | Home Kit |
| Kit2: | Change Kit |
| Pattern La2: | _adidas white |
| Pattern B2: | _derry14 |
| Pattern Ra2: | _adidas white |
| Pattern So2: | _hoops white |
| Pattern Sh2: | _adidaswhite |
| Leftarm2: | FF0000 |
| Body2: | FFFFFF |
| Rightarm2: | FF0000 |
| Shorts2: | 0000FF |
| Socks2: | 0000FF |
Bellaghy Wolfe Tones Gaelic Athletic Club (ga|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.
Bellaghy have won 21 Derry Senior Football Championships, four Ulster Senior Club Football Championships and the 1971-72 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Bellaghy camogie club have won two Derry Senior Camogie Championships.
On 12 May 1997, the Club Chairman, Sean Brown, was attacked and abducted by a Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) gang 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.[1] [2] 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, stating "the police investigation was incomplete and inadequate".[3]
Football titles
Senior Football
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1)
- All-Ireland Kilmacud Crokes Sevens Championship (2)
- Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (4)
- 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)
- Derry Junior Football Championship (1)
- 1962 (won by Bellaghy II)
- Graham Cup (2)
- Sean Larkin Cup (4)
- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2018
- Thirds Championship (1)
Minor Football
- Ulster Minor Club Football Championship 3
- Derry Minor Football Championship 10
- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1973, 1991, 1994, 2018
- Derry Minor Football League: 3
- Derry Minor B Football League: 1
Pitches
Bellaghy's main pitch, Páirc Seán de Brún, is named after their former club chairman Seán Brown.
The club also have two full-sized pitches, 4G area and dressing rooms at Wolfe Tone Park, 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.
- Tom Scullion
- 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.[5]
- Laurence Diamond - Former Derry midfielder. Captain 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.
- Danny Quinn - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning panel.
- Karl Diamond - (son of Tommy) All Ireland minor winner 1989 and All Ireland senior winner 1993
- Fergal Doherty - Former Derry mid-fielder.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Loyalist linked to many sectarian killings was quizzed over death . 2007-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070607083105/http://www.serve.com/pfc/brown/040119in.html . 2007-06-07 . dead .
- Web site: CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1997. 2008-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080228024109/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch97.htm. 28 February 2008 . live.
- Web site: The investigation by police of the murder of Mr Sean Brown on 12 May 1997 . The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland . 2008-03-03. PDF.
- Web site: Brilliant Bellaghy are crowned Ulster minor club champions . The Irish News . 1 January 2019 . en . 2 January 2019.
- News: Tommy Diamond remembers the golden generation of Unders 21s . County Derry Post . 2008-09-23 .
