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UCD GAA

University sports club in Dublin, Ireland

Summary

University sports club in Dublin, Ireland

Field	Value
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nickname	The Students
county	Dublin
province	Leinster
founded	1900
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grounds	Belfield
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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 mottos "Ad Astra" and "Cothrom Féinne". The first team was an amalgamation of students from UCD and Cecilia St. Although UCD had been playing Gaelic football unofficially since 1900, the official club history began in the season of 1911/1912.

The football club competes in the Sigerson Cup and Higher Education Leagues as well as in the Dublin Senior Football Championship and the O'Byrne Cup. The hurling club competes in the Fitzgibbon Cup and Higher Education Leagues and occasionally in the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship and the Walsh Cup. The Camogie Club competes in the Ashbourne Cup. The ladies Gaelic football team competes in the O'Connor Cup.

Former Dublin footballer Brian Mullins was the director of Sports at UCD. Ger Brennan & Josh Higgins are currently in charge of all Gaelic games on the UCD campus.

Hurling

UCD won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland representing Dublin as the Collegians in 1917. In the all-Ireland final, the Collegians beat Boherlahan of Tipperary by a score-line of 5–4 to 4–2 at Croke Park. The attendance was 11,000. The Collegians all-Ireland winning team were: T. Daly, J. Ryan, S. Hyde, S. O’Donavon, H. Burke, C. Stuart, J. Phelan, B. Mockler, T. Moore, J. Cleary, F. Burke, M. Neville, M. Hackett, M. Hayes, P. Kenefick. Sub: B. Considine.

More recently, UCD won the 2000, 2004 and 2005 Dublin Senior Hurling Championships and reached the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship final on each occasion but were defeated by narrow margins.

In 2004, UCD won the Walsh Cup for the first time when they convincingly beat reigning All-Ireland champions, Kilkenny, by 2–16 to 0–5.

UCD last won the Fitzgibbon Cup in 2001 when they were captained by David Hegarty (Clare). They defeated UCC in the final. Team: Matty White, Robbie Kirwan, DOC O'Connor, Brian Walton, Colm Everard, David Hegarty, Hugh Flannery, Gary Mernagh, Stephen Lucey, Pat Fitzgerald, Sean O'Neill, Redmond Barry, Brendan Murphy, Alan Barry, John Culkin.

Honours

Competition	Wins	Years won	Last final lost
Fitzgibbon Cup	30	1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1923, 1927, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1993, 2001.	2006
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship	1	1917
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship	1	1917
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship	0		2005
Dublin Senior Hurling Championship	8	1934, 1947, 1948, 1961, 1968, 2000, 2004, 2005	1965
Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship	3	1969, 1976, 2001
Walsh Cup	1	2004
Ashbourne Cup	36	1915, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2008

Notable players

Oisín Gough
David Hegarty
Stephen Lucey
Noel McGrath
Brendan Murphy
David O'Callaghan
David O'Connor
Liam Rushe

Football

Honours

Competition	Wins	Years won	Last final lost
Sigerson Cup	32	1911, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1996, 2016	2004
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship	2	1974, 1975
Leinster Senior Club Football Championship	2	1973–74, 1974–75
Dublin Senior Football Championship	6	1963, 1965, 1973, 1974, 2002, 2006	1976
Dublin Under 21 Football Championship	6	1968, 1969, 1971, 1999, 2000, 2001
O'Connor Cup	6	2001, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2016

Notable players

Brian Dooher
Cormac McAnallen
Tony McManus
Brian Mullins
Seán Murphy
Kieran Denvir
Paddy O'Brien
John O'Keeffe
Colm O'Rourke
Kevin Kilmurray
John Hegarty, Sigerson Cup winner

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20030308164152/http://www.cusai.ie/members/brianmullins.html ]
[http://www.ucd.ie/sport/theteam.htm UCD – Sport]
(7 February 2004). "UCD claim Walsh Cup".
2007 final UCD 2–10 UCC 1–4 at Ballinderreen, [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2007/0219/1171575969487.html “UCD land Ashbourne Cup for first time in 19 years," Irish Times]
2008 final UCD 5–9 WIT 0–9 at [[Casement Park]], report on [http://www.camogie.ie/News/tabid/56/mid/412/newsid412/102/Default.aspx camogie.ie] {{Webarchive. link. (26 July 2011)
(22 February 2016). "UCD find fitting way to honour Dave Billings' memory". [[Irish Examiner]].
Lawlor, Damian. (10 September 2022). "Wexford to appoint John Hegarty as new football manager". RTÉ.
(10 December 2020). "Boylan part of Laverty's new Down U20 football management team". Hogan Stand.

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