On May 12, 1997, an impromptu match was played at the Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) Club grounds in South Derry, just outside of Bellaghy. The match was played at the time when
High Court ruling that the British military was unjustified in their use of lethal force when they killed Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20 – were shot and killed on 16 February 1992 at St Patrick’s Church in Clonoe, Co Tyrone