Wolfe Tones GFC Drogheda
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Founded: | 1922 | ||||||||
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County: | Louth | ||||||||
Colours: | Royal blue and yellow | ||||||||
Grounds: | Platin Road, Drogheda | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 53°42′13″N 6°21′33″W / 53.7037°N 6.3591°WCoordinates: 53°42′13″N 6°21′33″W / 53.7037°N 6.3591°W | ||||||||
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Wolfe Tones GFC are a Gaelic Football club from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. The club serves the residents of St Mary's Parish in the south of Drogheda and fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. They are one of the oldest Gaelic football clubs in County Louth. The club plays Gaelic Football at all age levels from nursery to adult
The Wolfe Tones' home ground is situated on Platin Road, beside the Boyne Valley Foods factory. The club's colours are royal blue and yellow.
History
The club was founded in 1922 by former members of the Owen Roes, a club formed in 1895 who played their football originally in the Meath Championship due to the lack of football in County Louth. Although a portion of Drogheda has always been in Meath, the only ceding of GAA county boundaries was signed off by Louth GAA in a 1979 agreement that was sanctioned in 1986 by Leinster GAA. No reasons have been publicly disclosed as to why the smallest GAA county in Ireland would give away any territory.
The newly formed Wolfe Tones waited two years until they got their first competitive match in 1924, coming against Boyne Rangers of Drogheda. It was also their first competitive win, outscoring the Rangers by 1–07 to 1–03. Before the rapid expansion of Drogheda in the 20th century, the Wolfe Tones GFC served all of the South Side of Drogheda. Before 1940 the club had won five Louth Senior Championships.
By 1980, Drogheda had four more Gaelic football clubs, St Nicholas, O'Raghallaighs, Oliver Plunketts and Naomh Mhuire. This dilution of the GAA member base in Drogheda was a factor in the decline of the club's fortunes. Consequently, Wolfe Tones GFC have competed in the Louth Junior Football Championship since the 1970s.
In recent times the club has both mens and ladies football available.
Honours
- Louth Senior Football Championship: 6
- 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1937
- Cardinal O'Donnell Cup: 3
- 1927, 1931, 1934
- McArdle Cup: 1
- 1962
- O'Hanlon Cup: 1
- 1927
- Feis Cup: 1
- 1947
- Dision 3B League: 1
- 2021
- Division 3 Shield: 1
- 2019
- Louth Minor Division 4 League: 1
- 2008
- Louth Under 14 Championship: 1
- 1997
- Louth Under 16 Championship: 1
- 1999
- Louth Under 15 Division 1 League: 1
- 2005
In the news
http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/sport/261282/smith-sets-the-tone-against-mitchels.html http://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/sport/soccer/wolfe-tones-opt-out-of-division-3-27108334.html http://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/localnotes/wolfe-tones-ball-rounds-off-top-year-27132999.html http://www.hoganstand.com/Louth/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=143903 http://www.hoganstand.com/louth/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=60647
References
www.wolfetonesgfcdrogheda.com
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