Club Gaa: | Ballyhegan Davitts GAA Club |
Crest: | Ballyhegan Davitts GAC logo.png |
County: | Armagh |
Nickname: | The Davitts |
Colours: | Blue and navy |
Grounds: | Ballyhegan Park (Páirc Baile Uí hÁgáin) |
Founded: | 1902 |
Province: | Ulster |
Pattern B: | _navyshoulders |
Leftarm: | 000080 |
Body: | 87ceeb |
Rightarm: | 000080 |
Shorts: | 000080 |
Socks: | 87ceeb |
Ballyhegan Davitts GAA Club (also "Ballyhegan Davitts Cumann Luthchleas Gael"[1]) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in central County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is affiliated with the Armagh GAA and is based in the parish of Kilmore which has two ends: Mullavilly and Stonebridge. It currently competes in football, and Ladies Gaelic Football, at Under 8 to Minor levels. It's Senior Men team competes in the Armagh Junior Football Championship and in the Junior Division of the All-County League.
Ballyhegan Davitts was founded in 1902, which makes it one of the oldest clubs in Armagh.
The Senior team featured in the first-ever Armagh Intermediate Football Championship final, in 1964, losing by a goal to Madden. The Davitts have since won the IFC twice, in 1975 (beating Oliver Plunkett's 0-13 to 0-06) and 1997 (beating Collegeland 1-09 to 1-08).[2] The Davitts are also four-time winners of the Junior Championship, in 1955, 1961, 1995 and 2017.
In 2010, the club's Minor team won the Armagh Division 3 County Championship, becoming the club's first ever under-age All-County Champions.
Ballyhegan Senior Ladies compete in the Armagh Senior League Division 2 and the Senior Championship.The Ladies Team have won the Junior Championship twice, in 2004 and 2017. In 2022, the Ladies won their first ever Intermediate Championship, defeating Mullabrack 6-20 to 1-07.
The club offers Irish language classes for all ages.[3]
The clubrooms host a wide variety of community events.[3]