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In 1939 Dungiven won the North Derry Championship, beating Limavady at Drumsurn 1–04 to 0–02. On this occasion Leo Leonard in goals was the star of the game, pulling off several spectacular saves. Dungiven had reached their first ever County Final, the opposition being provided by Magherafelt. Ballinascreen won by 3–07 to 1–02.
Dungiven has two Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. The Gaelic football club called Dungiven GAC was founded in 1943 and originally included a hurling section. In 1981 the hurling section of Dungiven GAC was renamed in honour of Kevin Lynch from Dungiven who died on the 1981 Irish hunger strike, whilst the football team retained the existing name.
The club has close relations with Dungiven GAC, the village's Gaelic Athletic Association club, with several of Dungiven Celtic's players concurrently playing Gaelic football at Dungiven GAC. [2] In 1978, they joined the newly established Northern Ireland Intermediate League and won their first intermediate trophy in the Craig Memorial Cup in ...
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It is beside the River Roe, with the greater part of the built up area on the western side of Drumrane Road.The village has a good range of social, educational and recreational facilities, but commercial services are limited.
In March 2001 Dungiven Castle was re-opened to provide budget accommodation. Following on from the Northern Ireland peace process, there was a demand for more upmarket accommodation and so Glenshane Community Development Limited sought proposals to meet this demand. In 2009 Dungiven Castle Boutique Hotel emerged after the Castle underwent ...
The college was established in 2015. It is the second Irish medium post-primary school to be established in Northern Ireland. [2] In 2012, before planning and purchasing of land for the school in Dungiven, Diarmaid Ua Bruadair (Principal of Gaelcholáiste Dhoire) and his colleagues reportedly tried to purchase land from the then-recently deestablished Maghera High School, which had closed in ...
The form Londonderry is used for the post town by the Royal Mail; [35] however, use of Derry will still ensure delivery. The city is also nicknamed "the Maiden City" by virtue of the fact that its walls were never breached despite being besieged on three separate occasions in the 17th century, the most notable being the Siege of Derry of 1688 ...