St. Patrick's GAC Loup

St. Patricks GAC, Loup
Naomh Pádraig An Lúb CLG
Founded: 1933
County: Derry
Nickname: An Lúb
Colours: Green and White
Grounds: The meadows
Coordinates: 54°42′07.13″N 6°35′21.51″W / 54.7019806°N 6.5893083°W / 54.7019806; -6.5893083Coordinates: 54°42′07.13″N 6°35′21.51″W / 54.7019806°N 6.5893083°W / 54.7019806; -6.5893083
Playing kits

Standard colours
Senior Club Championships

All Ireland Ulster
champions		 Derry
champions
Football: - 1 3
Hurling: - - 2

St. Patrick's GAC (Irish: CLG Naomh Pádraig An Lúb) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in The Loup, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football. The club is commonly called by the Irish language name for The Loup, An Lúb. Many Derry GAA followers still refer to the club as "The Loup".

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

Gaelic football

An Lúb fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. The club currently competes in the Derry Senior Football Championship and Division 1 of the London Derry ACFL.

Among the club's honours they have won three Derry Championships, firstly back in 1936 and more recently the 2009 Championship, when they also went on to win the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship after winning the Derry Senior Football Championship in 2003.

Well known players

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 Fiach in 1981.

Honours

Gaelic football

Senior

Minor

U-16

U-15

U-14

U-12

Hurling

Senior

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

* Note: Some honours, particularly those marked with * may be incomplete lists. Please help complete the list by adding in any honours you know of.

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