Kildress Wolfe Tones GAC


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.
Kildress were named after Theobald Wolfe Tone 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 3 of the Tyrone League.

Achievements

1971; 2011
1966; 1994
2000

Notable players