Lavey hurlers go top with third successive win
Swatragh overturn neigbours Slaughtneil
Fintan Bradley scored 2-10 for Lavey as they top the table. (Pic: Tom Heaney/NW Press Pics)
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SPERRIN GALVANISERS DERRY SHL
Lavey s win over Banagher takes Johnny McGarvey s side into top spot ahead of their clash with age old rivals Kevin Lynch s in Round 4.
A strong second-half performance saw Swatragh come through at home to neighbours Slaughtneil.
Lavey 3-23 Banagher 0-14
Fintan Bradley spearheaded Lavey s challenge as they maintained their 100 percent record at home to Banagher on Wednesday night.
It followed on from their win over Ballycastle in the Antrim reserve league earlier in the week as they kept their squad in action.
County Derry teacher wove a thread of gold through life
Catherine McCann, who passed away earlier this week, was buried today.
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The funeral has taken place of primary school teacher Catherine McCann from Lavey, who tragically passed away this week.
Mourners at the service in Our Lady of Mercy Church in Lavey heard how Catherine showered the children she taught with love and was devoted to her family.
Officiating at the funeral, parish priest Fr Eamon Graham said she was a beautiful person.
“If I was to mention this morning all the people who Catherine loved and who she in turn was loved by, we would be here all day,” he told the congregation.
The crest of a wave: Lavey s path to the top of club football
A look back at the year when Lavey were Pride of the Parish
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Thirty years ago Lavey were crowned All-Ireland club champions. Captain Johnny McGurk looks back on a year of memories and what made their journey special. Michael McMullan tells the story.
Spirit. Johnny McGurk may be scanning back 30 years, but his answer is instant. What immediately comes to mind when he reflects on 1991 and Lavey s 10-game march to dreamland?
Those two syllables say it all for the skipper.
The Andy Merrigan Cup in McGurk s grasp is like the parish he represented on that magical March Sunday. Small in appearance, but massive in every other way.