The team competes in the Christy Ring Cup and the National Hurling League.

Derry was a hotbed of early hurling activity, with the city's St Patrick's club winning the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship in 1902–03; county teams mainly drawn from the city won the 1906 championship by a walkover, and the contested 1909 final.

Derry also won another Ulster Junior (1984) and All-Ireland Junior Championship (1982), with Rory Stevenson still holding a record of his own, as the youngest person ever to play in a Final in Croke Park, that year (1982), playing for Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club Under 14 All-Ireland Féile na nGael winning team.

[citation needed] The 1990s started with Derry claiming back-to-back Ulster Minor titles in 1990 and 1991.

[3] Current players include: Recent players include: Manager: Johnny McGarvey Backroom Team: Conor Murray, Oisin Quinn, Gareth O'Kane, Terence Gray, Paul McDermott, Jamie Murray, Ann Boylan Kevin McNaughton 1997–2001 Dominic McKinley (Antrim) 2001–2004 Seán McCloskey 2004–2006 Gabriel O'Kane 2006–2008 Brian McGilligan 2008–2010 James O'Kane 2010–2011 Ger Rogan 2012–2014 Tom McLean 2015–2016 Colm McGurk 2017–2018 John McEvoy (Laois) 2019–2020 Dominic McKinley and Cormac Donnelly (Antrim) 2021–2022 Johnny McGarvey 2023-Present Every championship result 2015.