An Riocht GAC is a GAA

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 (Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

) Club based in County Down

County Down

-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. The club provides teams from underage level to adult level in both gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 and camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

. The club is 1 of 47 GAA clubs in County Down.

The club is based in the Mourne's just outside Kilkeel

Kilkeel

Kilkeel is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the main fishing port on the Down coast, and its harbour houses one of the largest fishing fleets in Ireland. It had a population of 6,338 people according to the 2001 Census...

 at Dunavil Road.

The club today

An Ríocht GAC is one of the main clubs in County Down today. The club has camogie teams and football teams at Under-8, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14, Under-16, Minor, Seconds, Thirds, Under-21 and Senior Level as well as a youth club. The youth club goes under the name of The Kingdom Youth Club.
The Senior Football team are in Division 2 and play in the Down Senior Football Championship. An Riocht is regularly represented on Down GAA teams. In 2010 three An Riocht players started on the Down team which lost the All-Ireland Final to Cork - Brendan McVeigh, Martin Clarke and John Clarke, while James Colgan was a member of the 2010 Down panel. Brendan McVeigh and Martin Clarke also picked up GAA All-Star Awards in 2010.

Club Committee

The 2011 An Riocht Club Committee

Chairman	James Cunningham
Secretary	Joseph Donnan
Treasurer	Michael O’Rourke
County Board Rep	Sean O’Rourke
Registrar	Sean Rogers Assistant Registrars Andrew Magorrian / Daryl Bowater
Insurance	Anne McArdle
Development	Pat Rodgers
Finance & Social	Maureen McManus
Grounds & Maintenance	Nick Sloan
Culture	Ciara Cunningham
Youth	Leo Sloan
PRO	Andrew Magorrian / Daryl Bowater
Camogie	Patricia Clarke
Football	Peter Morgan

See also

• Down Senior Club Football Championship
  Down Senior Club Football Championship
  The Down Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Down Clubs. The winners of the Down Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club...
  
  
• List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs

External links

• An Riocht GAA Club website
• Down GAA County website

Down GAA

• Aghaderg-Ballyvarley - Website
• An Riocht
  An Riocht GAC
  An Riocht GAC is a GAA Club based in County Down, Northern Ireland. The club provides teams from underage level to adult level in both gaelic football and camogie...
  
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• Ballykinlar - http://ballykinlar.down.gaa.ie/
• Ballymartin - Website
• Bredagh GAC
  Bredagh GAC
  Bredagh GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Down, Northern Ireland. It fields teams at all levels from U8 to Senior in Men's and Ladies Gaelic football, Hurling and Camogie...
  
  
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  Clonduff GAC
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  Longstone GAC
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   - Website
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• Newry Bosco GFC
  Newry Bosco GFC
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   - Website
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  Warrenpoint GAA
  St. Peter's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Down, Northern Ireland.-Foundation:The GAA in Warrenpoint pre-dates St. Peter's by a considerable span of years for it was in 1888 that the original seed was sown with the name of John Martin...