Category: Features
A Champion of the People
Gearalt Ó Mianáin is the Derry Poc Fada Champion of 2024. He speaks to DerryGAA.ie.
Bernie Mullan: A Man For All Seasons
Loved and respected throughout the GAA, Bernie Mullan celebrates his 80th birthday this month.
Remembering gentleman Jim, a true Derry hero
Remembering Jim McGuigan – Derry county treasurer for 32 years and a selfless servant to Watty Graham’s Glen for more than half a century.
The gift of education, GAA jerseys and hope
“I have never stopped being amazed by the positivity of the people living in the hardest of circumstances, and in their faith that things will get better.” ~ Anita McWilliams
Derry’s Greatest Ever Jersey Crowned
After nearly 20,000 votes and 35 titanic tussles across Derry GAA’s digital platforms, our quest to find the greatest Derry GAA jersey of all time is over!
The Day Colm Mulholland met Packie McGarty
It was the occasion of the National League semi-final of 1959. Derry’s centre half back, Colm Mulholland, made his way across the Croke Park pitch, keenly eyeing up his Leitrim opponent: the legendary Packie McGarty.
Derry GAA: A Pocket History
Four years after the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Thurles in 1884, some 250 miles away the first County Board was set up in Derry.