Drumquin Wolfe Tones
Droim Caoin Uilf Tón
Founded:1968
County:Tyrone
Nickname:The Tones
Colours:White & Red
Grounds:Jim McGirr Park
Coordinates:54°36′44.50″N 7°29′28.59″W / 54.6123611°N 7.4912750°W / 54.6123611; -7.4912750
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Drumquin Wolfe Tones (Irish: Droim Caoin Uilf Tón) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Drumquin, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They play their games at Jim McGirr Park, in the townland of Drumnaforbe, in the civil parish of Longfield East.

The club is a Gaelic football club. It is named after the father of Irish Republicanism Theobald Wolfe Tone, who was the leader of United Irishmen during the 1798 Rebellion.

The Club fields teams in all age groups from Under-6s up to senior level. The females Ladies Gaelic football in Drumquin carry the same Wolfe Tones name and play at the same home venue.

After a ten year gap without a Senior Ladies Team, 2019 saw the Drumquin Wolfe Tones LGFA team Re-Formed to compete in the Junior grade.

The senior team in 2023 will compete in Division 3 of the Tyrone All-County Football League and will play in the Tyrone Junior Football Championship.

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Facilities

In 1977 the club purchased an 11-acre (4.45-hectare) site from a local lad Chesty OKane fora tenner and developed it into what now known as Jim McGirr Park. The current spectator stand was built in the 1991. The next development was in 1999, when in September the new clubrooms were opened by County Chairman at the time, Cuthbert Donnelly M.B.E. The cost for the new building was approximately £220000. A second pitch was also leased to the club from Omagh District Council for 999 years. The main playing field was the next phase of development, which saw a sand and velvet carpet pitch being laid and grass seeds sown in October 2005. This also saw a 5 m (14 ft)-high perimeter fence erection; and goal post, bald-stops and a turnstyle being built.

In 2022 a large scale redevelopment of the club's facilities was undertaken in cooperation with DHLP. This included: the building of a state of the art community gym, redevelopment of the training pitch and the creation of a walkway surrounding the playing pitches.

In 2023, improvements were made to the car park and the spectators stand.


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