A meeting of the North Derry Board was held in St Patrick's Hall, Claudy in 1921, but when it was forced to disperse under a hail of bullets from the guns on the "A" Specials it was to be the last Board meeting for a long time. Many GAA members were interned or "on the run" and in the troubled years that followed GAA activities in the area were practically at a standstill.

In the early 30's Alfie Devine, then working and resident in the village, became a prime mover in an attempt to establish the GAA in Claudy and to organise a North Derry Board to encourage games in the area. Very quickly did the young men of Claudy, Craigbane and Park areas respond but the overall task of organising North Derry proved to be long and arduous.

There were some league games played in North Derry in 1934, and the opening game was played on Sunday 8th July at Craigbane, between Mitchel's Claudy and Lamh Dhearg Craigbane. The score was 4:3 to 1:1 in Claudy's Favour.

The Claudy, Craigbane and Park teams joined forces to enter one team for City Board competitions and played in the City Championships in 1935. It is satisfying to note that even in the 1930's the club was not content only to play football matches but were involved in promoting concerts, ceilidhes and all types of field sports.

By 1936 enough teams had been organised to start a Board in North Derry and the GAA soon went from strength to strength in the area. In the late 30's our most notable chairman, Patrick O'Neill, was chairman of the North Derry Board thus starting a tradition of active official participation which has been carried through John Burke, James Mc Closkey, Michael Doherty, Seamus Mullan.

The 30's were good times and bad times. Bad points were - to travel by bicycle more than 10 miles to play a game in Derry or the Waterside; to travel by bicycle to a City Board meeting; the difficulty in getting a field and the greater difficulty of paying for it; and the difficulty of finding a meeting place, all these were bad. However when we hear of the real social life of the GAA at that period and the excitement of being involved in the beginning of something worthwhile then maybe the 30's were so bad.

Claudy team of 1938 - T.Nicholas, T.Gormley, E.Mc Daid, P.Crossan, P.Greive, M.Mc Closkey, N.Crossan, P.Mullan, M.Lagan, J.O'Neill, H.Burke, E.Burke and P.Harkin.