Henry Joy McCracken's GFC Moneymore () is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football. The club is named after the 18th-century Irish republican leader Henry Joy McCracken.
Underage teams play in the South Derry league and championships. Moneymore have won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship once and the Derry Junior Football Championship twice.
Gaelic football
Moneymore fields Gaelic football teams at Reserve and Senior levels. Underage teams (U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and Minor) are amalgamated with Desetmartin GAC and form the Callan Gaels team. Sides up to U-12s play in
Derry GAA league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.
Ladies' Gaelic football
Moneymore ladies play together with An Lúb players in the Ardtrea team. The team also draws players from
Ballinderry GAC,
Lissan GAC, Ógra Colmcille and other South Derry clubs along the border with
County Tyrone.
History
There was a presence of
Gaelic games in Moneymore in the early 1900s. O'Cahan Moneymore played in the
Cookstown and District Football League in 1911.
Moneymore won the South Derry
Gaelic handball League in 1991 and 1912. The next records of O'Cahan's were in 1934 when they played in the South Derry League, but lasted only one season, before competing again in 1938 and 1939. The club played as Henry Joy McCracken's in 1945, before becoming defunct decades later.
McCracken's reformed in 1976 and chose to wear black and amber colours. The first President was Charlie Teague, an old O'Cahan's clubman. Managed by Brendan O'Neill and Patsy Breen, the club's first major success came in 1984 when they won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship, were runners up in 2001 senior Intermediate and in 2000 reserve intermediate championships. McCracken's won the 1995 and 2014 Derry Junior Football Championship and runners up in 1999, 2018 & 2023.
Honours
Senior
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Derry Intermediate Football Championship: 1
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Derry Junior Football Championship: 2
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1995 2014 runner up 1999 2018 2023
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Derry Football League Division 3: 3
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Derry Senior Football League Division 1B: 1
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2001 topped league in 2002 but did not win league as play off system was used
Reserve
Minor
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(Runners up) South Derry Minor B Championship
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Derry Minor B Championship
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Derry Minor B League
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1998, 2017 (Callan Gaels)
Handball
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South Derry Handball League: 2
See also
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Derry Intermediate Football Championship
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List of Gaelic games clubs in Derry
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