Lissan GAC

Infobox GAA club
club gaa = St. Michael's GAC Lissan
irish = Naomh Mhichil CLG Lios Aine
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nickname = |the red roits county = Derry
province = Ulster
colours = Red and Black
grounds = Tullynure
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St. Michael's GAC Lissan ( _ga. Naomh Mhichil CLG Lios Aine) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the parish of Lissan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football, Rounders and handball. St. Michael's teams play all their GAA in Derry championships, however part of the parish is located in County Tyrone as well.

Lissan have won the Derry Junior Football Championship once. Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.

Gaelic football

Lissan field Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor and Senior levels. They currently compete in the Derry Junior Championship and Division 5 of the Derry ACFL.

History

The club was first founded in 1910 as "Ruairi Ógs",cite web |url= http://www.lissangac.com/history.php|title= St Michael's Club History|accessdate=2007-09-28 |format= |work= ] with John Corr as the first Chairman. Mathes were played on a pitch known as "The Waterside" in Tullynure. The club officially became St. Michael's in 1962 when was affiliated to the South Derry Board, with Joseph O'Hagan as Chairman, Bernard McGready as Secretary and Paul O’Hagan as Treasurer. In 1977 the club laid a new playing field. Work on a new pavilion commenced in 1986 and was officially opened in August 1990 by GAA President Elect Peter Quinn (GAA President).

St. Michael's have reached the Derry Junior Football Championship on five occasions. In 1987 they were defeated by Dungiven Thirds, in 1990 by Foreglen,in 1997 by Eoghan Rua and 2006 by Drum. The club's only Junior success came in 1998 when they beat Seán Dolan's in the decider on a scoreline of 0-14 to 0-09.

In September 2007 another new pavilion was unveiled in Lissan.cite web |url= http://www.lissangac.com/news.php?newsid=15|title= Club Pavilion is Officially Opened|accessdate=2007-09-28 |format= |work= ] Like 17 years beforehand it was officially opened by Peter Quinn. The main feature of the afternoon was a challenge match between Ballinderry and St. Gall's.

Honours

enior

*Derry Junior Football Championship: 2
**1998
**2007

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

ee also

*Derry Junior Football Championship
*List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Derry
*Derry Junior Football League1998

External links

* [http://www.lissangac.com St. Michael's GAC website]
* [http://www.derrygaa.ie Official Derry GAA website]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/derry/index.htm Derry Club GAA]

References