Kildress Wolfe Tones GAC

Kildress Wolfe Tones

Cill Dreasa Uilf Tón
Founded:	1952
County:	Tyrone
Nickname:	The 'Tones
Colours:	green,white,orange
Grounds:	Tierney Park
Coordinates:	54°38′23.43″N 6°55′28.49″W / 54.6398417°N 6.9245806°W / 54.6398417; -6.9245806Coordinates: 54°38′23.43″N 6°55′28.49″W / 54.6398417°N 6.9245806°W / 54.6398417; -6.9245806
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Kildress Wolfe Tones are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from County Tyrone.

History

The first record of a football match that can be found was played on a June Sunday in 1904 in Gortreagh when a game was arranged to coincide with the formation of a Gaelic Football team there. P.T. Devlin told of his memories of that day in a letter to "The Dungannon Observer" dated 8 May 1954.^[1]

Kildress were named after ^[2] who was a prominent Irish Republican who was responsible for the 1798 Young Islanders revolution. Kildress's team is green, white and orange, the badge bears the symbol of the Beaghmore Stone Circles, a major landmark in Kildress.

Kildress currently play in the Division 1 of the Tyrone League.

Notable Players

• Frank McGurk
• Dessie Tracey
• Martin Grimes
• Niall Quinn
• Jock Lagan
• Martin Loughran (retired)
• Fran Loughran (retired)
• Caolan Doyle (retired)
• Columba Mallon (retired)

External links

• Kildress Wolfe Tones GAC http://www.kildresswolfetones.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

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