Drumsurn GAC
| CLG Naomh Maitiú Droim Soirn | ||
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| Founded: | 1958 | |
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| County: | Derry | |
| Colours: | Red and White | |
| Grounds: | Billy Doran Park, Drumsurn | |
| Coordinates: | 54°59′18.38″N 6°51′54.23″W / 54.9884389°N 6.8650639°WCoordinates: 54°59′18.38″N 6°51′54.23″W / 54.9884389°N 6.8650639°W | |
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Saint Matthew's Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: CLG Naomh Maitiú Droim Soirn) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Drumsurn, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is affiliated to Derry GAA and currently competes in gaelic football and camogie.
Underage teams up to U-12s play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. Drumsurn fields gaelic football teams at U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14 and Senior levels. They currently compete in the Derry Intermediate Championship and Division 2 of the Derry Senior ACFL. The U-16 and Minor teams are amalgamated with Drum and play as St Patrick's.
Glenullin won the 1927 North Derry Championship, but were disqualified from the All-County Championship final after their final with Ballinderry was abandoned due to fighting. A team from Drumsurn took their place in the re-played final, but were beaten by Ballinderry in the decider. There were a few stop-starts over the next 13 years before Drumsurn ceased to function as a club in 1940, after players moved to other clubs since Drumsurn did not enter the 1940 championship. In 1947 John Eddie Mullan from Drumsurn won a National Football League medal with Derry.
Interest in Gaelic football in North Derry was once again very high after Derry reached the 1958 All-Ireland Senior Championship final. The current club was founded that year and played in red jerseys, with white collars and a green shamrock on the breast. Their first Senior match came was a victory over Glenullin in the 1959 Neal Carlin Cup. 1960 saw Drumsurn win the North Derry Junior Championship for the first time. They went on to play the Derry City Champions Faughanavale in the All-County Junior Championship semi-final at Celtic Park, but were defeated. The club also won the following year's North Derry Junior Championship.
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