32-432: Derry Championship may refer to: Derry Senior Football Championship Derry Minor Football Championship Derry Senior Hurling Championship See also [ edit ] Derry club football competitions Derry club hurling competitions Derry GAA Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
64-469: A High King of Ireland ), whose name was also used for Tyrone (Irish: Tír Eoghain ). Inis Eoghain is also the ancient homeland of the Meic Lochlainn (descended from the tribe of Eoghan), a clan that grew so formidable that they eventually came under siege by a Limerick King, who came north to Aileach, and ordered the destruction of Aileach fort, and that each soldier was to carry away a stone from
96-542: A marked contrast to the more mountainous area surrounding it. Ptolemy 's Geography (2nd century) described a point called Ουεννικνιον ( Wenniknion , perhaps from * wen - "friends") which probably referred to Inishowen. Predating the formation of County Donegal by centuries, the area was named Inis Eoghain (the Island of Eoghan) after Eógan mac Néill , son of Niall of the Nine Hostages ( Niall Naoigeallach ,
128-587: A national level, Inishowen forms part of the Donegal constituency , which elects five TDs to Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament ). At the county level, Inishowen is an electoral area, a Municipal District , electing nine councillors to Donegal County Council . Currently there are three members of Fianna Fáil , two each of Sinn Féin and Fine Gael , one from
160-557: A regular basis by any of them. Local clubs include Beart CLG (in Burt ), Buncrana GAA club, Carndonagh GAA club, Malin GAA club, Moville GAA club, Naomh Pádraig GAA club ( Muff ), and Urris GAA club. The Inishowen Football League (IOFL) is an amateur league for football (soccer) clubs in the Inishowen peninsula. Inishowen Rugby Club is based at Carndonagh. Other sports in
192-503: A semi-final to determine who qualified for the Derry Senior Football Championship final. From 1958 to 2006 the championship took the form of an open-draw knock-out . From 2007 to 2008 the championship was altered to include a round-robin group stage with the 16 teams divided into four groups. Each club in a group played each other once with the top two in each group advancing to the quarter-finals. From
224-705: Is Slieve Snaght , which is 619 metres (2,030 feet) above sea level. Other major hills are located in the Malin Head peninsula, as well as the Urris Hills in west Inishowen. Due to its geography, Inishowen usually has relatively more moderate weather conditions, with temperatures slightly lower than in other parts of Ireland in summer and slightly warmer in winter, especially during extended cold weather periods. Inishowen has several harbours, some of which are used for commercial fishing purposes, including Greencastle, Bunagee and Leenan. A seasonal ferry service crosses
256-515: Is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland . The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head . The Grianan of Aileach , a ringfort that served as the royal seat of the over-kingdom of Ailech , stands at the entrance to the peninsula. The main towns and villages of Inishowen are: Inishowen
288-553: Is a lay-by with a large map and information boards. The first leg of the coastal route is along the coast of Lough Swilly . It passes Inch Island , Fahan (a blue flag beach), Fahan 18-hole Golf Course, Buncrana Town, Tullyarvan Mill (An interpretive centre tracing over 250 years of textile production in the Buncrana area.). It continues along the western coast on Lough Swilly . The route passes Dunree beach, Dunree Fort (military museum) and then turns inland for Mamore Gap (between
320-744: Is a peninsula of 884.33 square kilometres (218,523 acres), situated in the northernmost part of the island of Ireland . It is bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean , to the east by Lough Foyle , and to the west by Lough Swilly . It is joined at the south to the rest of the island and is mostly in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland . The south-eastern part of the peninsula lies in County Londonderry , Northern Ireland , having been transferred from County Donegal at
352-765: Is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top sixteen Derry GAA clubs. The winners receive the John McLaughlin Cup and qualify to represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship . Newbridge are the title holders, having defeated Glen in the 2024 final. Bellaghy have won the competition more than any other club with 21 titles. Bellaghy's Tom Scullion has more senior football championship medals than anyone in Derry, winning 12 medals between 1956 and 1971. Bellaghy and Slaughtneil are
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#1732794145993384-505: Is housed in an extension built to the museum. There is a memorial to those lost at sea from the Inishowen Peninsula in front of the museum. Inishowen has a number of Gaelic football clubs which represent the various parishes on the peninsula. Each club has different football teams for both sexes and a variety of age groups. While hurling is played at underage level by all the clubs there is, of yet, no adult team fielded on
416-621: Is located at the site of the former coastal defence and fortification at Fort Dunree . During the Napoleonic Wars , the fort was built to defend Lough Swilly . The museum includes restored guns, a military camp and underground bunkers. The Inishowen Maritime Museum & Planetarium was founded in 1994 by maritime history enthusiasts who raised funds to buy the Old Coast Guard Station on Greencastle Harbor. The museum includes photographs and artefacts. A planetarium
448-415: Is much shallower than Lough Swilly, and requires the use of a guide boat to guide ships to and from Londonderry Port . A large area of land, most of which now forms part of Grianán Farm , one of the largest farms in Ireland, was reclaimed from a shallow area of Lough Swilly, stretching from the village of Burnfoot to Bridgend and Burt. The outline of this land is plainly visible due to its flatness, showing
480-578: Is technically no longer an island, as it has a causeway connecting it to the mainland at Tooban , south of Fahan. Lough Swilly is a fjord -like lough, and was of strategic importance for many years to the British Empire as a deep-water harbour. It is also famous as the departure point of the Flight of the Earls . Lough Foyle is important as the entrance to the river Foyle, and the city of Derry, but
512-574: Is the Derry Journal , published in nearby Derry city, since 1772. It still serves the peninsula as a paper of record . Inishowen is at the starting (or ending) point of the Wild Atlantic Way . The Inishowen 100 tourist route is an approximately 100-mile signposted scenic drive around the peninsula. It takes in or passes nearby many of the tourist sights and places of interest on the peninsula. It starts at Bridgend where there
544-700: Is usually played at Celtic Park , Derry . Before 1958, three regional tournaments were played to determine the Derry Senior Football Championship finalists - the South Derry Senior Football Championship, the North Derry Senior Football Championship and the Derry City Senior Football Championship. Of the three winners, one received a bye to the final (in alternating years) and the other two played
576-722: The Labour Party and one independent. In addition to the radio stations and newspapers available elsewhere in Donegal, there are several media outlets that are based solely on the peninsula, including two newspapers (the Inish Times and the Inishowen Independent , both of which are published in Buncrana) and one online daily local news service ( InishowenNews.com ). The traditional news source for Inishowen
608-754: The Urris Hills and Raghtin More mountain), Leenan Bay, Dunaff, Head, Tullagh Bay (a blue flag beach), through the villages of Clonmany and Ballyliffin. Ballyliffin has an 18-hole golf course. The route then passes the Isle of Doagh (where there is a famine museum and an interpretive centre). Next is Carndonagh - the second largest town in Inishowen, after which the route turns North again through Malin Town , past Five Fingers Strand and then up onto cliff top viewpoint at Knockamany Bens, then down again to sea level with
640-662: The County Board in about 1943 or 1944 in succession to Paddy Larkin, a post he held until his death in 1961. The County Board decided to purchase a new cup and present it to the winners of the Senior Championship in the following year. In 1989 the cup was replaced, but it is still called the John McLaughlin Cup. 0-06 1-03* 1-05 0-08* 1-05 0-08* 0-11 1-08* 1-09 1-09* Celtic Park D O'Connor Derry Now Glen Inishowen Inishowen ( Irish : Inis Eoghain , meaning 'island of Eoghan')
672-676: The Foyle, connecting Greencastle with Magilligan in County Londonderry, while another crosses the Swilly, connecting Buncrana with Rathmullan . The village of Fahan has a privately built marina . There are several small outlying islands off the Inishowen coast, most notably Inishtrahull and Glashedy islands, both uninhabited, although the former was inhabited until the early twentieth century. Inch , located in Lough Swilly ,
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#1732794145993704-578: The behest of the London companies as part of the Plantation of Ulster in the early 17th century. The peninsula is separated from the rest of Northern Ireland by the River Foyle . After the last ice age , the peninsula was an island. Most of Inishowen's population inhabits the peripheral coastal areas, while the interior consists of low mountains, mostly covered in bogland , the highest of which
736-732: The fort in order to prevent its rebuilding. Later, after the decline of the Meic Lochlainn, the Norman Earldom of Ulster expanded into Inishowen, founding Greencastle in the process. After the Bruce invasion in the early 14th century, the Ó Dochartaigh clan (descended from the tribe of Conaill), gradually conquered it as they lost their own homeland in the Laggan, a district in the east of Tír Conaill. Inishowen has many historical monuments, dating back to early settlements, including
768-658: The main castle ruins of Inishowen are Carrickabraghey on the Isle of Doagh , the Norman Castle at Greencastle, Inch Castle, Buncrana Castle and Elagh Castle. In 1196, John de Courcy , an Anglo-Norman knight who had invaded Ulster in 1177, defeated the King of the Cenél Conaill and most of County Donegal was at his mercy. Two years later he returned to devastate Inishowen. However, in subsequent campaigns de Courcy
800-463: The only teams to have won four consecutive titles. As well as the four-in-a-row, Bellaghy have also won three consecutive titles on two other separate occasions. Ballinderry have also won three consecutive titles on two separate occasions. In 2016, the championship reverted to its traditional knock-out format. All fixtures are determined by open-draw and are played at neutral venues. The majority of games are played at Owenbeg, near Dungiven. The final
832-588: The quarter-finals onwards the competition was knock-out. In 2009 a "backdoor" system was introduced - The cup for the winners of the Derry Senior Football Championship is named after John McLaughlin, a former leading official in Derry GAA. He was a native of Inishowen in County Donegal , having been born in Fahan. He was for a long time chairman of the North Derry Board and he was elected chairman of
864-466: The road heads South along Lough Foyle, it passes through Moville town, Quigley's Point and the village of Muff . The famine village on the Isle of Doagh in Lagacurry takes visitors on a tour from the famine days of the 1840s to the present. It includes thatched cottages, a large walk-through museum, and guided tours of life in an isolated place living on the edge. Fort Dunree Military Museum
896-617: The route looking out into the Atlantic, before heading to Ireland's most northerly point Malin Head . On the North Eastern coast, the route passes through Culdaff village and Culdaff Bay (another Blue Flag beach), Tramone Bay, and Kinnagoe Bay . Further East, it reaches Lough Foyle and then Greencastle (a port used by fishing boats and a landing point for the car ferry from Magilligan in Northern Ireland). Then, as
928-521: The ruins of several castles, and the fort at Grianán Aileach. The ancient Grianán Ailigh fort at Burt was the one-time seat of the High Kings of Ireland, including both High Kings of the Meic Lochlainn, who held power in Inis Eoghain for many centuries. It was restored in the nineteenth century, although some damage in recent years has resulted in the partial collapse of the south side wall. Among
960-528: The title Derry Championship . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derry_Championship&oldid=263887045 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Derry Senior Football Championship The Derry Senior Football Championship
992-521: Was defeated by Clan O'Neill and their Chief Áed Méith and found himself unable to conquer the western part of Ulster. In 1608 Sir Cahir O'Doherty , the Chief of the Name of Clan O'Doherty and Lord of Inishowen, launched O'Doherty's Rebellion by burning Derry . After the defeat of the uprising, most of Clan O'Doherty's territory was awarded to Arthur Chichester . In 1990, an O'Doherty clan ceremony
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1024-533: Was held in Derry , during which Ramon Salvador O'Dogherty of Spain was installed as ceremonial "Lord of Inishowen" and received a traditional white wand of office. Ireland's deadliest road accident happened at Inishowen in July 2010. At the last Census of Ireland in 2016 , Inishowen counted a population of 40,544 Buncrana is the largest town in Inishowen, with a 2016 population of 6,785 in its urban area. On
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