DCU GAA Club
Cumann Luth Cleas Gael Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath
County:Dublin
Colours:Gold and Navy
Grounds:DCU Sports Campus
Ballymun Road
Playing kits
Standard colours

Dublin City University Gaelic Athletic Association Club (Irish: Cumann Luth Chleas Gael Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the GAA club at Dublin City University. The club fields teams in men's Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. It also organises Gaelic handball. The club mainly competes in intervarsity competitions such as the Sigerson Cup, the Fitzgibbon Cup, the O'Connor Cup and the Ashbourne Cup. DCU has also entered competitions organised by the Leinster GAA, including the O'Byrne Cup, the Kehoe Cup and Walsh Cup. In 2016 St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra merged with Dublin City University. As a result some DCU GAA teams, especially reserve teams, compete as DCU St Patrick's or DCU Dóchas Éireann.

Football

Sigerson Cup

DCU senior men's Gaelic football team compete in the Sigerson Cup, while the reserve team competes in the Trench Cup.[1][2] In 2006, with a team that included Conor Mortimer, Bernard Brogan, Seánie Johnston, Declan Lally, Stephen Cluxton, Paul Casey and captained by Bryan Cullen, DCU won the Sigerson Cup for the first time after defeating Queen's University by 0–11 to 1–04 in the final at Parnell Park. Mortimer secured the cup for DCU after scoring three points in the last 15 minutes.[3][4] In 2010 DCU won the Sigerson Cup for the second time, after defeating UCC by 1–11 by 0–10. The team was captained by Paddy Andrews and also featured Michael Boyle, Philly McMahon, Kevin Nolan, Jonny Cooper, Bryan Cullen David Kelly, Paul Flynn and Cathal Cregg.[5][6] In 2012 DCU won their third Sigerson Cup title in seven years following a 2–17 to 0–7 win over NUI Maynooth in the final. Dublin trio Paul Flynn, Dean Rock and Eoghan O'Gara scored 1–11 between them. Other members of the team included Michael Boyle, Jonny Cooper, James McCarthy, Colm Begley, Fiontán Ó Curraoin, David Kelly and Michael Murphy.[7][8][9] In 2015 Colm Begley captained DCU when they won their fourth Sigerson Cup, defeating UCC by 1–14 to 2–10 after extra time in the final.[10][11][12]

Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2006[3][4] DCU 0–11;1–4 Queen's University Bryan Cullen
2010[5][6] DCU 1–11;0–10 UCC Paddy Andrews
2012[7][8][9] DCU 2–17;0–7 NUI Maynooth Kieran Gavin
2015[10][11][12] DCU 1–14;2–10 [note 1] UCC Colm Begley
2016[13][14][15] UCD 0–10;2–2 DCU Colm Begley
Notes
  1. ^ After extra time.

O'Byrne Cup

DCU senior men's Gaelic football team have also competed in the O'Byrne Cup. In 2010 they became the first university team to win the cup.[16][17][18]

Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2009[19][16] Louth 1–17;1–10 DCU
2010[20][17] DCU 1–15;0–17 Louth Paddy Andrews
2012[21][18] DCU 3–7;1–12 Kildare Kieran Gavin

Ladies' football

O'Connor Cup

DCU senior ladies' Gaelic football team compete in the O'Connor Cup.[1][22] DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Giles Cup, the Lynch Cup and the Lagan Cup.[1][23] In 2009, with a team that included Lyndsey Davey, DCU won the O'Connor Cup for the first time.[24] They subsequently went on to complete a three-in-a-row of O'Connor Cup wins.[25] Other members of the team from this era included Niamh McEvoy and Lindsay Peat.[26][27] In 2018 Sarah Rowe scored 1–3 as DCU defeated University of Limerick by 2–12 to 0–17 to win the cup for the fourth time.[28][29]

Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2009[24][30] DCU 2–11;1–13 University of Limerick Fiona McHale
2010[31][26] DCU 2–12;0–12 University of Ulster, Jordanstown Shannon Quinn
2011[32][25] DCU 3–8;1–11 University of Ulster, Jordanstown Donna English
2013[33][34] Queen's University 4–10;1–9 DCU
2015[35][36][37] University of Limerick 3–16;0–9 DCU Laura McEnaney
2018[28][29][38] DCU 2–12;0–17 University of Limerick Aishling Moloney

Source:[23][39]

O'Connor Shield
Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2019[40][41][42] DCU 3–18;0–6 NUI Galway Laura McGinley
HEC Ladies Division 1 – O'Rourke Cup

DCU senior ladies' Gaelic football team also compete in the HEC Ladies Division 1. The winners are awarded the O'Rourke Cup.

Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2008 University of Ulster, Jordanstown DCU
2011 DCU University of Limerick
2012 DCU University of Ulster, Jordanstown
2014 University of Limerick DCU
2015 DCU UCD
2017 DCU University of Limerick
2019 [43][44] University of Limerick 3–10;1–7 DCU Ciara Finnegan

Source:[45]

Giles Cup
Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2017[46][47] DCU II 3–7;0–14 Athlone IT Aoife Norris
2018[48][49] Waterford IT 4–16;0–8 DCU II

Source:[23]

Lynch Cup

The DCU senior ladies' team initially found success in the Lynch Cup, winning it in 2004 and 2006 before gaining promotion to the O'Connor Cup.[1][23]

Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2004 DCU Athlone IT
2006 DCU Liverpool Hope University
2010[50] Mary Immaculate College DCU II
2011[25] Carlow IT 2–11;1–3 DCU II
2015[51][52][53][54] DCU II 2–13;1–10 DIT Fiona O'Sullivan

Source:[23]

Lagan Cup
Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2019[55] Ulster University at Magee DCU II Rachel Hogan

Source:[23]

Hurling

DCU senior hurling team competes in the Fitzgibbon Cup, the Kehoe Cup and the Walsh Cup. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Ryan Cup.[1][56][57][58]

Kehoe Cup Shield
Year Winner Score Runners–up
2019[59] Louth 1–18;0–14 DCU St Patrick's Campus[note 1][60]
Notes
  1. ^ In 2016, St Patrick's College, Drumcondra merged with Dublin City University. Some DCU GAA teams still use the St Patrick's or Dóchas Éireann names.
Fitzgibbon Cup
Year Winner Score Runners–up
2018[61][62][63] University of Limerick 2–21;2–15 DCU
Ryan Cup
Year Winner Score Runners–up
1998[64] DCU 3–8;2–8 Limerick Institute of Technology
2002[65][66] DCU 1–13;0–11 St Patrick's College, Drumcondra
2010[67][68] Carlow IT 1–12;0–13 DCU
Fergal Maher Cup
Year Winner Score Runners–up
1988 NIHE Dublin[note 1] [note 2]
Notes
  1. ^ NIHE Dublin is the original name of Dublin City University.
  2. ^ Dundalk RTC or Magee College.

Camogie

DCU senior camogie team competes in the Ashbourne Cup. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Purcell Cup.[1][69]

Purcell Cup
Year Winner Score Runners–up Captain
2011[70] Queen's University 2–10;0–7 DCU Laura Twomey
2012[71][72] DCU 4–7;0–4 Queen's University Laura Twomey
2013[73][74] DCU 2–11;1–9 Mary Immaculate College Emma Brennan

Handball

DCU Gaelic handballers compete in competitions such as the Wexford Intervarsity, the Kilkenny Intervarsity, the Kingscourt Intervarsity and Dublin Leagues.[1][75] Training takes place in DCU Sports Centre and at CLG Na Fianna.[76]

Notable players

Senior inter-county players

Ireland internationals

  Men's international rules
  Australian rules football
  Shinty–hurling international
  Women's international rules
  Women's rugby union

Honours

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