Derry GAA in the 1980s: Croker Oakers
The final pieces of the All-Ireland jigsaw
Derry celebrate winning the Ulster championship in 1987
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Derry s footballing history is a journey of peaks and troughs. When
Danny Quinn stepped aboard, the roller-coaster was pulling out of the station and in part two of our focus on the eighties, he tells
Michael McMullan of the final steps towards the summit.
By the time Bellaghy ended a seven-year gap to win the 1986 Derry title, Danny Quinn and success went hand in hand.
It marked his third full season as a senior club player, but the roots of a winning mentality were firmly established. Under the guidance of the late Tom Scullion, a 12-time senior champion, Quinn picked up an U16 medal in 1981 before developing his game during a stellar MacRory career that helped him graduate to the county minor team.
The most decorated club player ever in Derry - Tom Scullion RIP
February 12, 2021
The late Tom Scullion (second from right) with (l-r) Phil Stuart, Patsy Mulholland, Paul McCann (RIP) and Jim McKeever following Derry s 1987 Ulster SFC win at Clones. Pic via Derry GAA (@Doiregaa) on Twitter.
The death has taken place of Tom Scullion, the former Derry Ulster SFC winning player and manager.
Aged 81 and hailing from the Bellaghy club, Tom won an Ulster SFC title with Derry in 1958, before going on to manage the team and bringing the Anglo Celt Cup back to the Oak Leaf County again in 1987. He was also part of the first QUB side to win the Sigerson Cup in 1958.
Journeying to the top
Chris Brown looks back on seven seasons as minor boss
Derry manager Chris Brown is carried shoulder high after the 2002 All-Ireland minor final (Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile)
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In seven years, across two different stints,
Chris Brown led a Derry minor management team that delivered three Ulster titles and an All-Ireland. There were two other titles that escaped their clutches and he tells
Michael McMullan of the memories along the way.
Ciaran Banty Mullan starred on Derry s All-Ireland minor winning team of 2002, but a statement off the pitch left a lasting imprint on Chris Brown.