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Dublin City University Gaelic Athletic Association Club or "Cumann Luth Chleas Gael Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath" is the Gaelic games club at Dublin City University. DCU GAA Club comprises five Individual Club Committees, each with responsibility for the running of their own club. These clubs are for men's Gaelic football and hurling, ladies' Gaelic football, camogie and Gaelic handball. The handball club caters for both men and women in teams and individual events. Each of the five clubs have Representatives on the GAA Club Executive Committee. The GAA Club Executive Committee meets weekly and is responsible for the organisation of general Club Activities, and is also a way of helping the GAA Clubs within the University to work together. The Club Executive puts together Sub-Committees, for instance the Social, Insurance and Finance Committees, to deal with more specific issues, and also to spread the workload among a greater number of members. The Organising body for Third Level GAA is the Higher Education GAA. The Club had its own development officer who up until 2006 was Tom O'Donnell, and subsequently Declan Brennan. The GAA Club had no Development Officer from September 2009 to November 2010, and the position is now held by Michael Kennedy. The current President of the DCU GAA Club is Professor Niall Moyna. Previous to 2007 the President was University Chaplain Fr. John Gilligan. The college provides some funding for the clubs activities through the DCU Club Life Committee. The GAA Club also has an associated GAA Society which organises social events. In the past a different society The GAA Supporters Society performed a similar function. The Men's Football and Hurling clubs compete in competitions organised by Higher Education GAA, as well as competing in the Leinster Council Accident Competitions, the O'Byrne Cup and the Kehoe Cup. The Ladies Football Club competes in the Higher Education Committee (HEC) Leagues and Championships, while to Camogie club competitions are organised by the Comhairle Chamógaíochta Ard-Oideachas (CCAO). The Handball Club competes in competitions organised by the Irish Collegiate Handball Association (ICHA). Unlike UCD GAA, Dublin City University GAA Club is not allowed to compete in competitions organised by the Dublin County Board ==Men's Gaelic Football Club== The Men's Gaelic Football club fields seven teams, and competes in eighteen different competitions. The Senior team competes in Division One of the Comhairle Ard Oideachais Senior Football League, as well as the Leinster Council O'Byrne Cup and the CA Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup. The Intermediate team competes in the CA Intermediate All Ireland League and Championship, (competitions for Division One Universities Second Teams) and also the Leinster Intermediate Championship. The Junior teams field in Division Three of the CA Senior Football League as well as the Leinster Non Elite and All Ireland Junior Football Competitions. DCU is one of only four third-level institutions in the country that field three Freshers Gaelic Football Teams for first year students. The First Team competes in Division One of the CA League and Championship, as well as the Leinster CA Fresher Division One Championship. The Second Team competes in All Ireland Fresher B League and Championships (for the Second Teams of Division One Universities) and also the Leinster CA Fresher Division Two Championship. The Third Team fields in the Division Two CA All Ireland League and Championship as well as the Leinster Freshers Sevens Competition, meaning there are plenty of games for the lads. In October 2010, DCU successfully hosted and ended up winning the Ulster Bank Centenary Sigerson Gaelic Football Sevens competition, held in DCU Sportsgrounds in conjunction with DCU Sport and Comhairle Ard Oideachais. The competition included teams from 22 third level institutions, including teams from Liverpool Hope and Napier Edinburgh Universities. Three groups were held at DCU, with a fourth group hosted by The University of Dublin (TCD) at Santry. The winners and runners up then contested the final stages at DCU, with the hosts overcoming sister college St. Pats by 5-5 to 1-7 in the final. Captain Luke Bree accepted the trophy from CA Chairman Ray O'Brien. The team was managed by David Kelly and Michael Lyng. In 2010 the DCU Senior Football Team began their League Campaign at The Dub, facing Queens University Belfast away and after a great start, eventually lost out by three points to our hosts, 1-14 to 3-5. We went on to record excellent home wins against the University of Ulster at Jordanstown by 0-13 to 0-11 and St. Mary's College Belfast by 2-12 to 2-11, to qualify for the knock out stages of the League competition. In the Quarter Finals, we travelled to Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon to play Athlone IT and defeated the home team by 1-12 to 1-6. In the Semi Final we faced IT Dublin at Clontarf GAA Club, and we were defeated by 0-12 to 1-6. The next game for the Senior Football Team was against Offaly in the O'Byrne Cup on Wednesday January 12, 2011, a game which DCU ran out comfortable winners, the Quarter Final was the following Sunday at Newbridge, and DCU bowed out of the competition at the hands of Kildare. In the Sigerson Cup, we were drawn to face St. Mary's College Belfast in the Quarter Final at DCU, a game which DCU came out on top by 2-15 to 1-5, to qualify for a Quarter Final Meeting with last years finalists, University College Cork. After a titanic struggle, DCU lost our by a single point to the eventual winners. Many thanks to the players and management team of Niall Moyna, Tony Diamond and Mick Bohan for all of their efforts with this team throughout the year. The Intermediate Team are had an excellent year last year, and overcame Queens, UUJ, St. Mary's, NUIG and UCC on the way to the League Final against the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, which was won at Dundalk IT in December by 2-12 to 1-9. Unfortunately, after wins against NUIG and UCC in the Championship, the Final against Cork IT was not played. The Fresher 1 Team also qualified for the knock out stages of the League after good wins over IT Carlow and NUI Maynooth, and a draw with UCD at Belfield. They then went on to defeat IT Dublin in the Quarter Final, but were knocked out at the Semi Final stage by IT Cork. The Fresher 3 Team performed well, but lost out in all three of their League games to UUJ, IT Blanchardstown and IT Dundalk. Pride of place in the DCU Men's Gaelic Football Club for Semester One went to the Fresher 2 Squad who claimed the All Ireland League Title after an absorbing campaign which began back in early October with a home win against UCD, and was followed by a bruising win at The Dub against QUB by 2 points, and defeat to UUJ at Cloghan by 5 points. That was enough to qualify for the Semi Final of the League against UCC at The Heath, Co. Laois, and a five-point win there saw us through to the final where we got the chance to avenge our only defeat of the year against UUJ. The Final was played at the Louth County Training Grounds, at Darver in arctic conditions, but this did not hold back our lads, as they warmed the hearts of those watching, playing some wonderful free flowing football all through, and eventually came out on top by the narrowest of margins, on a final scoreline of DCU 1-11 UUJ 0-13. With hopes high of a repeat performance after Christmas, the team followed up their League win in spectacular fashion, adding the All Ireland Championship crown to the collection in March. Much credit is due to the successful management team of Brendan Gillen, Josh Warde and Ray Wheatley who prepared the squad meticulously for the competitions. Congratulations to Captain Paddy McGowan and his charges on their fantastic double win! But that was not to be the only highlight of the Second Semester Competitions, the Fresher A Team recovered from their League Semi Final defeat before Christmas, to capture the All Ireland Championship crown at Thurles, defeating Cork IT in a fantastic final. Congratulations to the successful management team of Ross Munnelly, Paul Clarke, Ken Robinson and Paul O'Connor. The Fresher C Squad rounded off a great year for Freshers Football in style, capturing the Leinster Freshers Championship crown after wins over UCD, St. Pats College and Trinity College Dublin in the Final at DCU Sportsgrounds. During the 2009/10 academic year, the Senior team reached the Division One League/ Ryan Cup Final, but were defeated by the University of Ulster, Jordanstown in Armagh in December, they then won the Leinster O'Byrne Cup Competition in January, defeating Westmeath, Offaly, Meath and Louth to make history and become the first ever Third Level Institution to win the Leinster subsidiary competition. The team followed up this by achieving the ultimate success by claiming the second Sigerson Cup in the Clubs history. The Intermediate Team also qualified to the League Final against UUJ, but also lost out to UUJ in a game which was played in DKIT in January. The Junior Team were defeated in the CA Division Three Senior League Semi Final by Southern Regional College, after fine wins over Trinity College, UCD, DIT, and The Royal College of Surgeons. They were also defeated in the Semi-Final of the Leinster Junior Championship by NUI Maynooth, again after some great performances. The Freshers Teams did not enjoy much success in the Leagues, with the first team losing both their group games to UCD and DIT. DCU won the Sigerson Cup in 2010 for the second time, after wins over UCD, Cork IT, NUI Maynooth and UCC in the Final at Leixlip. DCU this year competed in the Sigerson Cup for only the 20th time, having first entered the competition in 1990. DCU won its first Sigerson Cup in 2006, when Bryan Cullen became the first Dublin man to lift the trophy after beating the Queen's University, Belfast in the TG4 televised final in Parnell Park. DCU also hosted the competition in 2006, with the semi finals played at DCU Sportsgrounds. In last years other Championships, the Inters were defeated in the Semi-Final by IT Sligo. The Fresher 1 team again lost out to DIT in Grangegorman. The Fresher 2 Team were beaten by UCD in Belfield, while the second greatest Championship performance after the Sigerson success was by the Fresher 3 side, who beat the first teams from IT Blanchardstown and IT Limerick, before eventually losing the All Ireland Semi-Final to IT Carlow. The Current Officers of the DCU Mens GAA Club are: President: Niall Moyna, Honorary Members: Michael Whelan, Rev. John Gilligan, John Kerrane and Martin Conry, Chairperson: Alan coyne Vice Chairman: Joshua Ward, Secretary: John Quinn, Assistant Secretary: Brian Daly, Treasurer: Jonathan McGoldrick, Assistant Treasurer: Paudie McKenna, PRO: barry Hayden, Insurance Officer: Tom Flynn/Donal Wrynn, Safety Officer: Alan Prendergast, Registrar: Brendan McElroy, Equipment Officer: Gavin Cawley, Oifigeach Gaeilge agus Cultúr: Fiontain O Currain 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DCU GAA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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