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'''Robert Emmet's Gaelic Athletic Club Slaughtneil''' ({{langx|ga|CLG Roibeard Éiméid Sleacht Néill}}) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based on the townland of Slaughtneil, near Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and competes in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. The club is named after Irish patriot and revolutionary Robert Emmet and the club plays its home games at Emmet Park.
Slaughtneil have won the Derry Senior Football Championship six times and the Derry Senior Hurling Championship 19 times. Slaughtneil also won their first Derry senior camogie championship in 2012, and has since won three All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship titles. Slaughtneil won "Club of the Year" at the 2000 Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/2000a.htm |title=Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards – 2000 |access-date=11 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617072416/http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/2000a.htm |archive-date=17 June 2006 }}</ref>
==Codes== The club fields teams in several GAA codes, including hurling, Gaelic football and camogie,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://derrygaa.ie/derry-gaa-clubs/| publisher = Derry GAA | website = derrygaa.ie | title = Derry GAA Clubs | accessdate = 8 December 2021 | quote = Emmett’s G.A.C. Slaughtneil, Founded in 1953 currently field 9 teams at all levels in three codes, Football Hurling and Camogie }}</ref> with teams in each code winning multiple county and provincial titles between 2013 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/slaughtneil-inspiration-every-gaa-club-ireland-194961 | website = sportsjoe.ie | title= Slaughtneil - an inspiration to every other GAA club in Ireland | date = 3 March 2019 | accessdate = 8 December 2021 }}</ref> thumb|Club grounds (2007)
===Hurling=== Slaughtneil is one of the most successful clubs in the Derry Senior Hurling Championship, having won 18 county titles, including 12 successive titles between 2013 and 2024.<ref name="Derry Journal">{{cite web|title=Slaughtneil make it 11 Derry hurling titles in a row with victory over Kevin Lynch's/|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/gaa/slaughtneil-make-it-11-derry-hurling-titles-in-a-row-with-victory-over-kevin-lynchs-4339234|publisher=Derry Journal | website = www.derryjournal.com|access-date=17 September 2023|date=17 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="indo2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/cormac-odoherty-shines-as-slaughtneil-make-it-a-dozen-derry-shc-crowns-in-a-row/a764019051.html|title=Cormac O'Doherty shines as Slaughtneil make it a dozen Derry SHC crowns in a row|access-date=26 October 2024|publisher=Irish Independent|date=26 October 2024}}</ref>
Slaughtneil are the only Derry team to have ever won the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship lifting the Four Seasons Cup in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/37731943 |title=Slaughtneil become first Derry team to win Ulster Club Hurling title |access-date=21 October 2016}}</ref> 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2024.
===Gaelic football=== As of October 2020, the club had won six Senior County Championship titles.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://derrygaa.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SFC_FINAL_2020_MatchdayProgramme.pdf | publisher = Derry GAA | website = derrygaa.ie | title = SFC Final 2020 Matchday Programme | quote = Senior Championship Winners [..] Slaughtneil .. 5 .. 2004 2014 2015 2016 2017 | accessdate = 8 December 2021 }}</ref><ref name="bbcSFC2020">{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/gaelic-games/54411353 | publisher = BBC | website = bbc.com | title = Slaughtneil clinch sixth Derry SFC with victory over Magherafelt | date = 4 October 2020 | accessdate = 8 December 2021 }}</ref> The first of these came in 2004, when Slaughtneil defeated Bellaghy at Watty Graham Park, Maghera. Slaughtneil won their second Derry title in 2014 and their third in 2015. On 30 November 2014, Slaughtneil beat Omagh St Enda's to claim their first Ulster Club Championship. The club went on to win additional Ulster club titles in 2016 and 2017.
===Camogie=== Slaughtneil fields camogie teams at U6, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, and Senior levels.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Slaughtneil won the Senior Camogie Championship in 2012 and 2015 and the Derry League in both years. In 2014 and 2015 they won the Ulster League. In September 2021, Slaughtneil's camogie team won its seventh consecutive Derry senior camogie title.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishnews.com/sport/hurlingandcamogie/2021/09/27/news/ruthless-slaughtneil-bag-seventh-consecutive-derry-senior-camogie-title-with-comprehensive-win-over-ballinascreen-2459015/ | website = irishnews.com | title = Ruthless Slaughtneil bag seventh consecutive Derry senior camogie title with comprehensive win over Ballinascreen | date = 27 September 2021 | accessdate = 8 December 2021 }}</ref>
In 2017 they won the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship, and retained this title in 2018 and 2019.<ref name="2019camogie">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/camogie/classy-slaughtneil-claim-third-title-in-succession-37874660.html |title=Classy Slaughtneil claim third title in succession |access-date=19 April 2019 |work=Irish Independent |date= 4 March 2019}}</ref>
==Honours== ===Senior football=== * '''Ulster Senior Club Football Championship''' (3): 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/bradley-snatches-stunning-win-300323.html|title= Bradley snatches stunning win |date=1 December 2014|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=2 December 2014}}</ref> 2016<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/slaughtneil-edge-kilcoo-to-complete-magnificent-treble-432625.html |title=Slaughtneil edge Kilcoo to complete magnificent treble |access-date=28 November 2016 |work=Irish Examiner |date= 28 November 2016}}</ref> 2017<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/slaughtneils-amazing-run-goes-on-463557.html |title=Slaughtneil's amazing run goes on |access-date=29 November 2017 |work=Irish Examiner |date= 27 November 2017}}</ref> * '''Derry Senior Football Championship''' (6): 2004, 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/last-gasp-bradley-goal-secures-title-for-slaughtneil-292140.html|title=Last-gasp Bradley goal secures title for Slaughtneil|access-date=20 October 2014 |work=Irish Examiner |date=20 October 2014}}</ref> 2015,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=245056 |title=Derry SFC final: Slaughtneil do the 'double double' |access-date=5 October 2015 |work=Hogan Stand |date= 4 October 2015}}</ref> 2016, 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=276119|title=Derry SFC final: Slaughtneil complete four in-a-row in style |access-date=25 September 2017 |work=Hogan Stand |date=24 September 2017}}</ref> 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/derry-sfc-final-slaughtneil-back-on-top-after-dethroning-magherafelt/ | publisher = GAA | website = gaa.ie | title = Derry SFC Final: Slaughtneil back on top after dethroning Magherafelt | date = 4 October 2020 | accessdate = 8 December 2021 }}</ref><ref name="bbcSFC2020"/> * '''Derry Senior Football League''' (3): 2001, 2013, 2018 *'''Derry Intermediate Football Championship''' (1): 1982 * '''Derry Intermediate Football League''' (1): 1982 * '''Derry Junior Football Championship''' (1): 1956 * '''Larkin Cup''' (2): 2003, 2013 * '''McGlinchey Cup''' (3): 1999, 2001, 2006
===Senior hurling=== *'''Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship''' (5): 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=Slaughtneil become first Derry team to win Ulster Club Hurling title|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/37731943|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=25 October 2016|date=23 October 2016}}</ref> 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/slaughtneil-claim-ulster-hurling-double-36251081.html|title=Slaughtneil claim Ulster hurling double |access-date=27 October 2017 |work=Irish Independent |date=23 October 2017}}</ref> 2019, 2021,<ref>{{cite web|title=Slaughtneil 1-14 Ballycran 0-10: Dominant Derry side retain Ulster Hurling title|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/59719975|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=19 December 2021|date=19 December 2021}}</ref> 2024 *'''Derry Senior Hurling Championship''' (19): 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2000, 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=199554 |title=Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil end 13-year wait |access-date=27 August 2013 |work=Hogan Stand |date=26 August 2013}}</ref> 2014,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/slaughtneils-stoppagetime-blitz-foils-lynchs-in-thriller-30623019.html |title=Slaughtneil's stoppage-time blitz foils Lynch's in thriller |access-date=29 September 2014 |work=Irish Independent |date= 29 September 2014}}</ref> 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=244405 |title=Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil rout Swatragh |access-date=21 September 2015 |work=Hogan Stand |date=20 September 2015}}</ref> 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=260734 |title=Derry SHC final: late Rogers brace seals Slaughtneil four-in-a-row |access-date=12 September 2016 |work=Hogan Stand |date=11 September 2016}}</ref> 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=275816 |title=Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil complete five-in-a-row |access-date=21 September 2017 |work=Hogan Stand |date=16 September 2017}}</ref> 2018, 2019,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/304386 |title=Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil in seventh heaven|access-date=30 September 2019 |work=Hogan Stand |date=29 September 2019}}</ref> 2020,<ref name="SHC2020">{{cite web|url = https://derrygaa.ie/shc-final-kevin-lynchs-0-11-slaughtneil-0-23/ | publisher = Derry GAA | website = derrygaa.ie | title = SHC Final: Kevin Lynch's 0-11 Slaughtneil 0-23 | date = 14 September 2020 | accessdate = 8 December 2021 | quote = Slaughtneil secure[d] their eighth successive Leadon Timberframe Derry SHC crown on Sunday [13 September 2020] }}</ref> 2021,<ref name="bbc2021">{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/northern-ireland/59031723 | title = Derry Senior Hurling Championship final: Slaughtneil win ninth consecutive title | publisher = BBC | website = bbc.com | date = 24 October 2021 | accessdate = 19 December 2021 }}</ref> 2022,<ref>{{cite web|title=Slaughtneils-Derry-10-in-a-row-dream-becomes-a-reality/|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2022/0925/1325350-slaughtneils-derry-10-in-a-row-dream-becomes-a-reality/|publisher=RTE |access-date=25 September 2022|date=25 September 2022}}</ref> 2023,<ref name="Derry Journal"/> 2024,<ref name="indo2024"/> 2025
===Senior camogie=== * '''All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship''' (3): 2017, 2018, 2019<ref name="2019camogie"/> (Runners-up 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url = https://derrygaa.ie/heartbreak-for-slaughtneil-in-camogie-final/ | publisher = Derry GAA | website = derrygaa.ie | title = Heartbreak for Slaughtneil in Camogie Final | date = 2 March 2020 | accessdate = 8 December 2021 }}</ref> * '''Ulster Senior Club Camogie Championship''' (6): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.the42.ie/slaughtneil-camogie-feature-2020-all-ireland-final-5026782-Feb2020/ | website = the42.ie | title = 'Here's three girls that buried their father and they arrive to training that evening' - the rise of Slaughtneil | accessdate = 8 December 2021 | quote = From having no Ulster titles back in 2016, Slaughtneil now had four-in-a-row }}</ref> 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/59533869 | publisher = BBC | website = bbc.com | title = 2020 Ulster Club Camogie Final: Slaughtneil earn fifth straight title with 1-12 to 0-8 replay win over Loughgiel | date = 4 December 2021 | accessdate = 8 December 2021 }}</ref> 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/60009707|title=Ulster Senior Club Camogie final: Slaughtneil claim historic six-in-a-row with win over Loughgiel|last=|first=|date=15 January 2022 |website=BBC |publisher= |access-date=5 September 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
==Notable players== {{unreferenced section|date=September 2025}} * Patsy Bradley – Former Derry player. Part of Derry's 2002 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winning side. * Francis McEldowney – dual player * Chrissy McKaigue – Derry footballer and dual club player * Cormac O'Doherty – Derry U-21 hurler and dual club player * Brendan Rogers – Derry footballer and dual club player * Shane McGuigan (Gaelic footballer) - Derry footballer and dual club player 2023 football All-star
==See also== *List of Gaelic games clubs in Derry
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.slaughtneil.com/ Slaughneil GAC website] {{Derry clubs}}
Category:Gaelic games clubs in County Londonderry Category:Gaelic football clubs in County Londonderry Category:Hurling clubs in County Londonderry