DCU GAA

Dublin City University Gaelic Athletic Association Club (Irish: Cumann Luth Chleas Gael Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the GAA club at Dublin City University. The club fields teams in men's Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. It also organises Gaelic handball. The club mainly competes in intervarsity competitions such as the Sigerson Cup, the Fitzgibbon Cup, the O'Connor Cup and the Ashbourne Cup. DCU has also entered competitions organised by the Leinster GAA, including the O'Byrne Cup, the Kehoe Cup and Walsh Cup. In 2016 St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra merged with Dublin City University. As a result some DCU GAA teams, especially reserve teams, compete as DCU St Patrick's or DCU Dóchas Éireann.

DCU GAA Club

Cumann Luth Cleas Gael Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath
County:	Dublin
Colours:	Gold and Navy
Grounds:	DCU Sports Campus Ballymun Road
Playing kits
Standard colours

Football

Sigerson Cup

DCU senior men's Gaelic football team compete in the Sigerson Cup, while the reserve team competes in the Trench Cup.^[1][2] In 2006, with a team that included Conor Mortimer, Bernard Brogan, Seánie Johnston, Declan Lally, Stephen Cluxton, Paul Casey and captained by Bryan Cullen, DCU won the Sigerson Cup for the first time after defeating Queen's University by 0–11 to 1–04 in the final at Parnell Park. Mortimer secured the cup for DCU after scoring three points in the last 15 minutes.^[3][4] In 2010 DCU won the Sigerson Cup for the second time, after defeating UCC by 1–11 by 0–10. The team was captained by Paddy Andrews and also featured Michael Boyle, Philly McMahon, Kevin Nolan, Jonny Cooper, Bryan Cullen David Kelly, Paul Flynn and Cathal Cregg.^[5][6] In 2012 DCU won their third Sigerson Cup title in seven years following a 2–17 to 0–7 win over NUI Maynooth in the final. Dublin trio Paul Flynn, Dean Rock and Eoghan O'Gara scored 1–11 between them. Other members of the team included Michael Boyle, Jonny Cooper, James McCarthy, Colm Begley, Fiontán Ó Curraoin, David Kelly and Michael Murphy.^[7][8][9] In 2015 Colm Begley captained DCU when they won their fourth Sigerson Cup, defeating UCC by 1–14 to 2–10 after extra time in the final.^[10][11][12]

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2006[3][4]	DCU	0–11;1–4	Queen's University	Bryan Cullen
2010[5][6]	DCU	1–11;0–10	UCC	Paddy Andrews
2012[7][8][9]	DCU	2–17;0–7	NUI Maynooth	Kieran Gavin
2015[10][11][12]	DCU	1–14;2–10 [note 1]	UCC	Colm Begley
2016[13][14][15]	UCD	0–10;2–2	DCU	Colm Begley

Notes

1. After extra time.

O'Byrne Cup

DCU senior men's Gaelic football team have also competed in the O'Byrne Cup. In 2010 they became the first university team to win the cup.^[16][17][18]

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2009[19][16]	Louth	1–17;1–10	DCU
2010[20][17]	DCU	1–15;0–17	Louth	Paddy Andrews
2012[21][18]	DCU	3–7;1–12	Kildare	Kieran Gavin

Ladies' football

O'Connor Cup

DCU senior ladies' Gaelic football team compete in the O'Connor Cup.^[1][22] DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Giles Cup, the Lynch Cup and the Lagan Cup.^[1][23] In 2009, with a team that included Lyndsey Davey, DCU won the O'Connor Cup for the first time.^[24] They subsequently went on to complete a three-in-a-row of O'Connor Cup wins.^[25] Other members of the team from this era included Niamh McEvoy and Lindsay Peat.^[26][27] In 2018 Sarah Rowe scored 1–3 as DCU defeated University of Limerick by 2–12 to 0–17 to win the cup for the fourth time.^[28][29]

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2009[24][30]	DCU	2–11;1–13	University of Limerick	Fiona McHale
2010[31][26]	DCU	2–12;0–12	University of Ulster, Jordanstown	Shannon Quinn
2011[32][25]	DCU	3–8;1–11	University of Ulster, Jordanstown	Donna English
2013[33][34]	Queen's University	4–10;1–9	DCU
2015[35][36][37]	University of Limerick	3–16;0–9	DCU	Laura McEnaney
2018[28][29][38]	DCU	2–12;0–17	University of Limerick	Aishling Moloney

Source:^[23][39]

O'Connor Shield

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2019[40][41][42]	DCU	3–18;0–6	NUI Galway	Laura McGinley

HEC Ladies Division 1 – O'Rourke Cup

DCU senior ladies' Gaelic football team also compete in the HEC Ladies Division 1. The winners are awarded the O'Rourke Cup.

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2008	University of Ulster, Jordanstown		DCU
2011	DCU		University of Limerick
2012	DCU		University of Ulster, Jordanstown
2014	University of Limerick		DCU
2015	DCU		UCD
2017	DCU		University of Limerick
2019 [43][44]	University of Limerick	3–10;1–7	DCU	Ciara Finnegan

Source:^[45]

Giles Cup

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2017[46][47]	DCU II	3–7;0–14	Athlone IT	Aoife Norris
2018[48][49]	Waterford IT	4–16;0–8	DCU II

Source:^[23]

Lynch Cup

The DCU senior ladies' team initially found success in the Lynch Cup, winning it in 2004 and 2006 before gaining promotion to the O'Connor Cup.^[1][23]

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2004	DCU		Athlone IT
2006	DCU		Liverpool Hope University
2010[50]	Mary Immaculate College		DCU II
2011[25]	Carlow IT	2–11;1–3	DCU II
2015[51][52][53][54]	DCU II	2–13;1–10	DIT	Fiona O'Sullivan

Source:^[23]

Lagan Cup

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2019[55]	Ulster University at Magee		DCU II	Rachel Hogan

Source:^[23]

Hurling

DCU senior hurling team competes in the Fitzgibbon Cup, the Kehoe Cup and the Walsh Cup. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Ryan Cup.^{[1][56][57][58]}

Kehoe Cup Shield

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up
2019[59]	Louth	1–18;0–14	DCU St Patrick's Campus[note 1][60]

Notes

1. In 2016, St Patrick's College, Drumcondra merged with Dublin City University. Some DCU GAA teams still use the St Patrick's or Dóchas Éireann names.

Fitzgibbon Cup

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up
2018[61][62][63]	University of Limerick	2–21;2–15	DCU

Ryan Cup

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up
1998[64]	DCU	3–8;2–8	Limerick Institute of Technology
2002[65][66]	DCU	1–13;0–11	St Patrick's College, Drumcondra
2010[67][68]	Carlow IT	1–12;0–13	DCU

Fergal Maher Cup

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up
1988	NIHE Dublin[note 1]		[note 2]

Notes

1. NIHE Dublin is the original name of Dublin City University.
2. Dundalk RTC or Magee College.

Camogie

DCU senior camogie team competes in the Ashbourne Cup. DCU have also entered reserve teams in the Purcell Cup.^[1][69]

Purcell Cup

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Captain
2011[70]	Queen's University	2–10;0–7	DCU	Laura Twomey
2012[71][72]	DCU	4–7;0–4	Queen's University	Laura Twomey
2013[73][74]	DCU	2–11;1–9	Mary Immaculate College	Emma Brennan

Handball

DCU Gaelic handballers compete in competitions such as the Wexford Intervarsity, the Kilkenny Intervarsity, the Kingscourt Intervarsity and Dublin Leagues.^[1][75] Training takes place in DCU Sports Centre and at CLG Na Fianna.^[76]

Notable players

Senior inter-county players

Football Dublin Paddy Andrews Denis Bastick Bernard Brogan Paul Casey Shane Carthy Paddy Christie Stephen Cluxton Jonny Cooper Evan Comerford Cormac Costello Bryan Cullen Paul Flynn Ciarán Kilkenny Declan Lally James McCarthy Philly McMahon Kevin Nolan Eoghan O'Gara Tomás Quinn Dean Rock Ian Robertson Shane Ryan Jason Sherlock John Small Source:[77][78] Mayo Paddy Durcan Rob Hennelly Conor Mortimer Cillian O'Connor Diarmuid O'Connor Conor Loftus Source:[4][77] Roscommon Cathal Cregg David Keenan Donal Shine Enda Smith Donal Smith Donegal Michael Boyle Brendan McCole Martin McElhinney Conor Morrison[79] Michael Murphy Cavan Seánie Johnston John Tierney Cork Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Aidan Walsh Galway Tom Flynn Fiontán Ó Curraoin Laois Stephen Attride[80] Colm Begley Ross Munnelly Kildare Seánie Johnston Louth Paddy Keenan Meath Anthony Moyles Sligo David Kelly Ladies' football Dublin Rachel Barrett Leah Caffrey Lucy Collins Lyndsey Davey Sinead Finnegan Kate Fitzgibbon C. J. Hogan Fiona Hudson Lauren Magee Laura McGinley Ciara McGuinness Eimear McGlade Niamh McEvoy Ciara Mulligan Deirdre Murphy Emer Ní Eafa Clíodhna O'Connor Sinead O'Mahony Lindsay Peat Eabha Ruitleas Siobhan Woods Mayo Niamh Kelly Fiona McHale Sarah Rowe Aisling Tarpey Tipperary Aisling Maloney Source:[81][82][83]

Hurling Dublin Eoghan O'Donnell Shane Ryan Wexford Conor Firman Paudie Foley Rory O'Connor Damien Reck Andrew Shore Kilkenny Conor Delaney John Donnelly Evan Shefflin Clare Teu Ó hAilpín Cork Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Galway Brian Flaherty Laois Darren Rooney Waterford Peter Hogan Handballers Derek Henry Eoin Kennedy

Ireland internationals

  Men's international rules

Colm Begley Bernard Brogan Stephen Cluxton Cathal Cregg Bryan Cullen

Paul Flynn Paddy Keenan James McCarthy Anthony Moyles Ross Munnelly

Michael Murphy Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Shane Ryan Enda Smith

  Australian rules football

• John Tierney

  Shinty–hurling international

• Seán Óg Ó hAilpín

  Women's international rules

• Clíodhna O'Connor

  Women's rugby union

• Lindsay Peat

Honours

Football Sigerson Cup Winners: 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2020, 2025 Runners Up: 2016 O'Byrne Cup Winners: 2010, 2012 Runners Up: 2009 Ladies' football O'Connor Cup Winners: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018 Runners Up: 2015 O'Connor Shield Runners Up: 2019 HEC Ladies Division 1 – O'Rourke Cup Winners: 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 Runners Up: 2008, 2014, 2019 Giles Cup Winners: 2017 Runners Up: 2018 Lynch Cup Winners: 2004, 2006, 2015 Runners Up: 2010, 2011 Lagan Cup Runners Up: 2019

Hurling Ryan Cup Winners: 1998, 2002 Fergal Maher Cup Winners: 1988 Fitzgibbon Cup Runners Up: 2018 Kehoe Cup Shield Runners Up: 2019 Camogie Purcell Cup Winners: 2012, 2013 Runners Up: 2011, 2015