# DCU GAA

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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Captain |
| 2006 | DCU | 0–11;1–4 | Queen's University | Bryan Cullen |
| 2010 | DCU | 1–11;0–10 | UCC | Paddy Andrews |
| 2012 | DCU | 2–17;0–7 | NUI Maynooth | Kieran Gavin |
| 2015 | DCU | 1–14;2–10 | UCC | Colm Begley |
| 2016 | UCD | 0–10;2–2 | DCU | Colm Begley |

#### Notes

* ↑ 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.
| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Captain |
| 2009 | Louth | 1–17;1–10 | DCU | |
| 2010 | DCU | 1–15;0–17 | Louth | Paddy Andrews |
| 2012 | 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. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Giles Cup, the Lynch Cup and the Lagan Cup. In 2009, with a team that included Lyndsey Davey, DCU won the O'Connor Cup for the first time. They subsequently went on to complete a three-in-a-row of O'Connor Cup wins. Other members of the team from this era included Niamh McEvoy and Lindsay Peat. 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.
| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Captain |
| 2009 | DCU | 2–11;1–13 | University of Limerick | Fiona McHale |
| 2010 | DCU | 2–12;0–12 | University of Ulster, Jordanstown | Shannon Quinn |
| 2011 | DCU | 3–8;1–11 | University of Ulster, Jordanstown | Donna English |
| 2013 | Queen's University | 4–10;1–9 | DCU | |
| 2015 | University of Limerick | 3–16;0–9 | DCU | Laura McEnaney |
| 2018 | DCU | 2–12;0–17 | University of Limerick | Aishling Moloney |
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### O'Connor Shield

| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Captain |
| 2019 | 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 | University of Limerick | 3–10;1–7 | DCU | Ciara Finnegan |
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### Giles Cup

| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Captain |
| 2017 | DCU II | 3–7;0–14 | Athlone IT | Aoife Norris |
| 2018 | Waterford IT | 4–16;0–8 | DCU II | |
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### 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.
| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Captain |
| 2004 | DCU | | Athlone IT | |
| 2006 | DCU | | Liverpool Hope University | |
| 2010 | Mary Immaculate College | | DCU II | |
| 2011 | Carlow IT | 2–11;1–3 | DCU II | |
| 2015 | DCU II | 2–13;1–10 | DIT | Fiona O'Sullivan |
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### Lagan Cup

| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Captain |
| 2019 | Ulster University at Magee | | DCU II | Rachel Hogan |
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## 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.

### Kehoe Cup Shield

| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up |
| 2019 | Louth | 1–18;0–14 | DCU St Patrick's Campus |

### Notes

* ↑ 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 | University of Limerick | 2–21;2–15 | DCU |

### Ryan Cup

| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up |
| 1998 | DCU | 3–8;2–8 | Limerick Institute of Technology |
| 2002 | DCU | 1–13;0–11 | St Patrick's College, Drumcondra |
| 2010 | Carlow IT | 1–12;0–13 | DCU |

### Fergal Maher Cup

| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up |
| 1988 | NIHE Dublin | | |

### Notes

* ↑ NIHE Dublin is the original name of Dublin City University.
* ↑ 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.

### Purcell Cup

| Year | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Captain |
| 2011 | Queen's University | 2–10;0–7 | DCU | Laura Twomey |
| 2012 | DCU | 4–7;0–4 | Queen's University | Laura Twomey |
| 2013 | 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. Training takes place in DCU Sports Centre and at CLG Na Fianna.

## Notable players
### Senior inter-county players

| Paddy Andrews Denis Bastick Bernard Brogan Paul Casey Shane Carthy Paddy Christie | Stephen Cluxton Jonny Cooper Evan Comerford Cormac Costello Bryan Cullen Paul Flynn | Ciarán Kilkenny Declan Lally James McCarthy Philly McMahon Kevin Nolan Eoghan O'Gara | Tomás Quinn Dean Rock Ian Robertson Shane Ryan Jason Sherlock John Small |
| Paddy Durcan Rob Hennelly Conor Mortimer | Cillian O'Connor Diarmuid O'Connor Conor Loftus |
| Cavan Seánie Johnston John Tierney | Cork Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Aidan Walsh | Galway Tom Flynn Fiontán Ó Curraoin | Laois Stephen Attride Colm Begley Ross Munnelly |
| Kildare Seánie Johnston | Louth Paddy Keenan | Meath Anthony Moyles | Sligo David Kelly |
| Rachel Barrett Leah Caffrey Lucy Collins Lyndsey Davey Sinead Finnegan Kate Fitzgibbon C. J. Hogan | Fiona Hudson Lauren Magee Laura McGinley Ciara McGuinness Eimear McGlade Niamh McEvoy Ciara Mulligan | Deirdre Murphy Emer Ní Eafa Clíodhna O'Connor Sinead O'Mahony Lindsay Peat Eabha Ruitleas Siobhan Woods |
| Conor Firman Paudie Foley Rory O'Connor | Damien Reck Andrew Shore |
* Clare
* Teu Ó hAilpín
* Cork
* Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
* Galway
* Brian Flaherty
* Laois
* Darren Rooney
* Waterford
* Peter Hogan

### Ireland internationals
#### Men's international rules

| Colm Begley Bernard Brogan Stephen Cluxton Cathal Cregg Bryan Cullen | Paul Flynn Paddy Keenan James McCarthy Anthony Moyles Ross Munnelly | Michael Murphy Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Shane Ryan Enda Smith |

#### Australian rules football

* John Tierney

#### Shinty–hurling international

* Seán Óg Ó hAilpín

#### Women's international rules

* Clíodhna O'Connor

#### Women's rugby union

* Lindsay Peat