Round 1
The draw for the first round took place on 3 March 2009 at the Owenbeg Centre of Excellence (outside Dungiven), along with the draws for the other Derry adult football and hurling championships. The 2009 Championship started on 1 May with the meeting of Ballinascreen and Castledawson at Shamrock Park, Ballinderry. Six games were played on 3 May, with double-headers at Foreglen, Ballymaguigan (originally scheduled for Magherafelt) and Glenullin. The last first round tie was played in Páirc Seán de Brún, Bellaghy on Monday 4 May. There were two shocks results in the first round, with Lavey defeating reigning Championships Ballinderry and Swatragh beating local rivals and 2008 runners-up Slaughtneil.
| 1 May 2009 7.15pm |
Castledawson | 0-07 – 2-13 | Ballinascreen | Shamrock Park, Ballinderry Referee: Martin McErlane (Ballinderry) |
| Niall McNicholl 0-02 Colm Heaney 0-02 (0-02 frees) Paul Heaney 0-01 Michael Gribben 0-01 Ruairi Shivers 0-01 |
BBC report | Seamus Bradley 1-04 (0-01 free) Ciaran McElroy 1-02 Sean Woods 0-03 Benny Murray 0-02 (0-02 frees) Gary Conway 0-01 Eamon Murray 0-01 |
| 3 May 2009 2.00pm |
Glen | 1-07 – 1-14 | Newbridge | Foreglen Referee: Barry Cassidy (Bellaghy) |
| Gary Burke 0-04 (0-04 frees) Donal Leahy 1-00 John McCamley 0-01 Brian Kelly 0-01 Declan McGarrity 0-01 |
BBC report | Kevin Sweeney 1-04 (0-03 frees) Michael Bateson 0-03 Danny Mulholland 0-02 Ryan McElhone 0-02 Stephen Murray 0-01 Dermot Dougan 0-01 Thomas Walls 0-01 |
| 3 May 2009 3.30pm |
Kilrea | 1-06 – 1-04 | Banagher | Foreglen Referee: Aidan McAlynn (An Lúb) |
| James Kielt 0-04 (0-02 frees) Paul McWilliams 1-00 Gary Deighan 0-02 |
BBC report | Peter O'Kane 1-01 Eugene O'Neill 0-03 (0-02 frees) |
| 3 May 2009 2.00pm |
Bellaghy | 0-10 – 1-06 | Eoghan Rua | Ballymaguigan Referee: Paddy McErlean (Greenlough) |
| Eoghan Brown 0-04 (0-03 frees) Gavin Diamond 0-03 Fergal Doherty 0-01 Dermot Larkin 0-01 Conan Brown 0-01 |
BBC report | Barry McGoldrick 0-03 (0-03 frees) Gregory Bradley 1-00 Colm McGoldrick 0-02 Mark McTaggart 0-01 |
| 3 May 2009 3.30pm |
Lavey | 1-09 – 0-10 | Ballinderry | Ballymaguigan Referee: J.J. Cleary (Castledawson) |
| Cailean O'Boyle 1-06 (0-05 frees) Patrick Dillon 0-02 Colm Murphy 0-01 |
BBC report | Conleith Gilligan 0-04 (0-02 frees) Raymond Wilkinson 0-02 Brian McGuckin 0-02 James Bateson 0-01 ? 0-01 |
| 3 May 2009 5.45pm |
Dungiven | 2-10 – 1-08 | Magherafelt | Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Referee: E.P. Cassidy (Limavady) |
| Eunan Murphy 0-05 (0-05 frees) Fergal McGuigan 1-02 (0-02 frees) Mark Craig 1-00 James McNicholl 0-02 (0-01 free) Paul Murphy 0-01 |
BBC report | Emmet McGuckin 0-04 (0-03 frees) Conan O'Brien 1-00 Barry Gillis 0-03 (0-03 frees) Christopher Spiers 0-01 |
| 3 May 2009 7.15pm |
Swatragh | 2-05 – 0-09 | Slaughtneil | Páirc Seán Ó Maolain, Glenullin Referee: Declan O'Connor (Dungiven) |
| Eugene O'Kane 0-04 (0-04 frees) Liam Kearney 1-00 Seanie McGuckin 1-00 Robert McWilliams 0-01 |
BBC report | Kevin O'Neill 0-04 (0-04 frees) Chrissy McKaigue 0-02 Enda McKaigue 0-01 Seamus Gillen 0-01 Jim Kelly 0-01 (0-01 free) |
| 4 May 2009 7.15pm |
An Lúb | 0-05 – 2-07 | Glenullin | Páirc Seán de Brún, Bellaghy |
| BBC report |
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