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Gaelic Football (Mens)
About
NUIGalway fields mens gaelic football teams in senior, intermediate, junior and two fresher teams each season. A club committee is formed following an AGM at the start of the season in late September/early October. The training and games at home take place in the college GAA grounds in Dangan sports centre up past the Westwood hotel. the club was formed in 1910 taking part in the Sigerson cup winning it in 1912. the college colours are maroon and white with white and maroon the secondary colours.
History
Ranked second in the Sigerson roll of honour with 22 sigerson cup titles garnered mainly between the 1930s and 1970s. UCD has the most with 31 titles as NUIGalways last honour came in 2003 with a youthful Michael Meehan leading the way in the scoring charts. In 2011 NUIGalway reached the quarter finals of the Sigerson only to be beaten by hosts UCD. The football club is one of the oldest clubs within the college and has boasted over the last near 100 years some of the great players of Sigerson history and who went on to gather full acclaim on the intercounty stage. NUI Galway has won numerous titles in leagues, fresher championships, intermediate and junior championships. The college has hosted the sigerson tournament on many occasions winning it for the first time in 1912.
Achievements
NUIgalway has won the sigerson cup 22 times. The years being 1912 1921, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1992 and 2003. The last six winning captains have been Padraig Monaghan 1980, Gay McManua 1981, Richie Lee 1984, Tomas Tierney 1985, Sean Og De Paor 1992 and Lorcan Colleran 2003. NUI Galway has won the fresher football title on nine times the most recent in 2005 and 2006. The intermediate and junior football sides have also tasted league and championship glory.
Intervarsities
2012 is a huge year for NUIGalway football club as alongside the Ladies football side will be hosting their intervaristy. The gaelic football intervarsity is simply known to one and all as "The sigerson". NUI Galway lasted hosted the Sigerson in 2000. The cream of the best young exponents in Gaelic Football display their talents on Sigerson weekend alongwith the Trench cup and Corn na Mac Leinn that represent division 2 and 3 third level football at championship level.
Over the weekend of the 24th/25th Feb NUI Galway will host the Sigerson cup semi finals and final, the Trench cup semi finals and final as well as the Corn na Mac Leinn semi finals and finals. Over 400 of the brightest talents that will be to the forefront of gaelic football nationally will be on display in Galway over the Friday and Saturday.
The final of the Sigerson and Trench cups will take place in Pearse Stadium with the Sigerson final live on TG4 at 3pm on Saturday 25th. NUIGalway gaelic football club will also be honouring the 1962 and 1963 Sigerson winning teams with a Sigerson reunion dinner at the Radisson hotel at 8pm on the 24th february. ten of theplayer being honoured on the night went on to backbone the legendary Galway three in a row team of 1964 -66. 2012 is also the centenary of the very first Sigerson win way back in 1912 and a colour programme is being published to honour this and other great wins and memories of Sigerson cup in NUIGalway over the decades.
NUIGalway college President James Browne has received the Sigerson cup weekend by saying "that he welcomes all former Sigerson cup players who return to their alma mater, travelling from all over Ireland and overseas for this weekend of sport". He added by paying "tribute to the many students, alumni, current and former staff who have been involved over the years in building support for gaelic games on our campus".
NUIGalway Gaa development officer Michael O Connor has issued a welcome to football followers from all over the region to make their way to Dangan and other venues for what promises to be a weekend of gaelic football to remember from the stars of tomorrow and he wished to pay tribute to the ground staff in NUI Galway for their tireless efforts to ensure events will run off to everyone's pleasure and satisfaction.
Training times vary for each team and depend on availability of players and mentors. Training for most sides takes place on Monday evening and Wednesday evening with senior teams out on perhaps Tuesday. When championship time comes around after christmas training might occur in the morning and weekends. All the teams play in pre christmas league and post christmas championships. Contact the GAA officer on (087) 9840184 for training times at the start of the season, check the noticeboard in the Kingfisher or come along to the clubs day which occurs in the first week of the new term in September.
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| Position | Name |
| Vice-Captain | Cathal Freeman |
| Treasurer | James McGrath |
| Secretary | Margaret Toohey |
| Attendances | Rebecca Towey |
| Chairman | Ronan Rochford |
| GAA Development Officer | Michael O'Connor |
| Vice Chair | Kieran Michael Conroy |
| @ | football@clubs.nuigalway.ie |
| w | https://www.facebook.com/NUIGalwayGaa |
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Gaelic Football (Mens), Sports Unit, National University of Ireland, Galway |
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
This page was last updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013.