UCD GAA

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UCD GAA or University College Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association club is a Dublin based Gaelic games club in University College Dublin. The UCD hurling club was founded in 1900 and boasted the motto "Comthrom feinne and ad astra." The first team was an amalgamation of students from UCD and Cecilia St. Although, UCD had been playing football unofficially since 1900, and the official club history began in the 1911/1912 season.

The football club competes in the Sigerson Cup and Higher Education Leagues as well as in the Dublin Championship (controversially) and the O'Byrne Cup.

Former Dublin great Brian Mullins is the director of sport at UCD [ [http://www.cusai.ie/members/brianmullins.html] ] Dave Billings is currently in charge of all Gaelic games on the UCD campus. [ [http://www.ucd.ie/sport/theteam.htm UCD - Sport ] ]

Hurling

UCD won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland representing Dublin as the Collegians in 1917. In the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, Collegians beat Boherlahan of Tipperary by a scoreline of 5-4 to 4-2 at Croke Park with an attendance of 11,000.

Collegians All-Ireland winning team were: T. Daly, J. Ryan, S. Hyde, S. O’Donavon, H. Burke, C. Stuart, J. Phelan, R. Mockler, T. Moore, J. Cleary, F. burke, M. Neville, M. Hackett, M. Hayes, P. Kenefick. Sub: B. Considine.

UCD won the 2004 and 2005 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship but they were denied the chance of a 3 in a row when the Dublin County Board did not invite them too play in the 2006 championship.

Honours

Notable Players

* Cormac McAnallen
* Brian Mullins
* Brian Dooher
* Colm O'Rourke
* John O'Keeffe

References

External links

* [http://www.gaelsport.com/html/club/club_home.jsp?c=1266 UCD Official Website]
* [http://www.gaelsport.com/html/club/getStaticNew.jsp?c=1266&pageID=12001&opt=Achievements Achievements]
* [http://www.ucd.ie/gaa/ Students UCD GAA Website]
* [http://www.gaelsport.com/html/club/newfullstory.jsp?c=1266&newsID=11064&p=n UCD - The Real Story]
* [http://www.ucdhbc.20m.com/ UCD Handball Club]
* [http://www.gaelsport.com/html/club/getStaticNew.jsp?c=1266&pageID=8277&opt=History History of UCD GAA]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/dublin/index.htm Dublin Club GAA]