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Dungiven GFC

Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is part of Derry GAA. It currently caters for Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic football. The hurling club in the town is Kevin Lynch's. Their nickname is the Magpies, and their colours black and white.

The club's biggest success was when it won the 1997 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. It also won the Derry Senior Football Championship on seven occasions, and the Derry GAA Senior Hurling Championship nine times. The club shares its grounds with Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club. The two clubs were one until 1981 when Kevin Lynch (an Irish National Liberation Army volunteer from Dungiven) died on hunger strike, and the hurling team changed its name as a mark of respect.

As well as 7 Derry senior football titles the club were Ulster champions in 1997.
Some of the clubs best known players include -
Kieran McKeever - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. Won an All Star in 2000.
Brian McGilligan - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. Won All Stars in 1987 and 1993.
Joe Brolly - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. Won All Stars in 1996 and 1997.
Geoffrey McGonagle - Former Derry dual player.

Senior County Titles (7)
1947, 1951, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1997

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