 In 2007 they became champions of Derry ACFL Division 3, winning promotion Division 2 for the first time in their history.The current football manager is Sean McGoldrick.Previous to the founding of CLG Eoghan Rua, there had been a hurling club in Coleraine called Mitchel's and they had won the 1943 and 1945 Derry Senior Hurling Championships.