Clonduff GAC
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| Founded: | 1887 | ||||||||
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| County: | Down | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Yellows | ||||||||
| Colours: | Home: Yellow and White Away: Full White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Clonduff Park (Páirc Cluain Daimh) |
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| Coordinates: | 54°11′59.06″N 6°08′05.22″W / 54.1997389°N 6.1347833°WCoordinates: 54°11′59.06″N 6°08′05.22″W / 54.1997389°N 6.1347833°W | ||||||||
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Clonduff GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Press reports show the history of Gaelic football in Clonduff reaching as far back as 1887 when the parish sported two teams: the Hilltown Amateurs and The Red Hands. Gaelic games flourished for a few years but then subsided and it was not until 1910 that the parish again fielded a Gaelic team. During the next ten years the parish fielded teams at Junior and Senior level under names such as The Emeralds, The Harps and The Sarsfields.
1920 can be identified as the founding year of the modern Clonduff Shamrocks. Success on the playing field over the next few years was commonplace and it was in this era that Clonduff’s long tradition of providing quality County players began – McPolin, Brannigan, Doyle, Mussen and O’Hanlon were synonymous with both the Clonduff and County teams.
For most of the thirties the club was hardly a force to be reckoned with but re-emerged in the early forties. Their tradition of providing County players was to the fore again and when Down won the 1946 All Ireland, Clonduff provided six of the panel.
In 1955 the club split into two distinct entities – Cabra and Hilltown – the two ends of the parish. Two years later they met in the County Final. The teams amalgamated in 1959 and the following year two of their players won All-Ireland Senior football medals with Kevin Mussen being the first Northerner to bring the Sam Maguire across the border.
The club opened its own grounds in 1968 and became one of the leading clubs in the newly formed Scór competitions.
In Centenary year, Clonduff published its McNamee Award winning history and in 1987 when Down won its second All Ireland Minor Championship, the club provided six of the panel. In the All Ireland wins of 1991 and 1994, Clonduff’s Ross Carr played a pivotal role. Cathal Murray was also on the panel in 1991.
The team crest depicts a scene with an ox, a thorn bush and a church.
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