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Derry GAA in the 1980s: Croker Oakers The final pieces of the All-Ireland jigsaw Derry celebrate winning the Ulster championship in 1987 Reporter: '); 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 o...

Farewell to a local legend with the passing of Tom Scullion Former Bellaghy and Derry great was buried on Sunday Reporter: ');  '); Bellaghy said farewell to a pillar of the community at the weekend with the passing of Tom Scullion. Tom passed away, at home, last Friday at the age of 81 and was buried after requiem mass on Sunday in his native Bellaghy, where he was a popular figure. He was the beloved husband of Sheena and loving father of Damian Brian, Ursula (Slattery), Roisin (Woods) and Tomas, father in law to Edel, Siobhan, Pat Slattery, Eoghan Woods and Siobhan.  Tom was a dear brot...

"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 w...

Tributes paid following death of GAA "legend" Tom Scullion Derry GAA legend, Tom Scullion who has died aged 81 Seamus McKinney 13 February, 2021 01:00 FORMER Derry county footballer and manager Tom Scullion has been described as a “legend of club and county” GAA following his death yesterday aged 81. Mr Scullion, from Ballyscullion Lane in Bellaghy, was a former primary school principal. He was part of the breakthrough Derry county panel which made it to a historic first ever All-Ireland final in 1958 where they were defeated by Dublin. Whi...

Former Oakleaf and Bellaghy great holds 12 Derry senior football championship medals