St. Patrick's GAC Loup explained

Club Gaa:St. Patricks GAC, Loup
Irish:Naomh Pádraig An Lúb CLG
Crest:An Lúb Crest.jpg
Founded:1933
Province:Ulster
County:Derry
Nickname:An Lúb
Colours:Green and White
Grounds:The Meadows
Coordinates:54.702°N -6.5893°W
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St. Patrick's GAC (Irish: CLG Naomh Pádraig An Lúb) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in The Loup in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is a member of the Derry GAA.

The club's biggest success was winning the 2003 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. They have also won the Derry Senior Football Championship three times.

Hurling

After being suspended from football for two years, a hurling club, St Finbarr's, was started, winning back-to-back Derry Senior Hurling Championships in the 1960s, before being disbanded.

History

St Patrick's Loup was formed in 1933 and won its first Derry Senior Championship three years later. Players on the team included Paddy Larkin, Fr Éamonn Devlin (who played for Armagh) and Peter Donaghy (played as goalkeeper for Derry). After disappearing from the top, they were a Junior side for many years, reaching the 1958/59? Derry Junior Football Championship final, where they lost to Glen.

In 1963 and 1964 St Finbarrs won the Derry Hurling Championship.

The current pitch was opened by Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich in 1981.

Football titles

Senior

Minor

Hurling titles

Senior

(Won as St Finbarr's - a parish amalgamation.)

Well-known footballers

See also

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