Dungannon Thomas Clarkes GAC
| Dún Geanainn Thomáis Uí Cleirigh | |||||||||
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| Founded: | 1917 | ||||||||
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| County: | Tyrone | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and Gold | ||||||||
| Grounds: | O'Neill Park, Dungannon | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 54°30′30.54″N 6°47′12.94″W / 54.5084833°N 6.7869278°W | ||||||||
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Dungannon Thomas Clarkes (in Irish 'Dún Geanainn Thomáis Uí Cleirigh') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.[1] They play at O'Neill Park in Dungannon, which is also the second home of Tyrone G.A.A.
The club has won 11 Senior Football Championships and 4 Intermediate Football Championships.
History
[edit]Dungannon Thomas Clarkes GFC (Cumann Thomáis Uí Chléirigh Dún Geanainn) was formed in 1917 and is named after one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, Thomas J Clarke, who spent his formative years living in Dungannon. The club colours are green, white and yellow.
O'Neill Park has been the home of the Clarkes since 1947. It was the first GAA owned pitch in Tyrone and represented at the time a growing confidence in the GAA in its ability to develop and organise Gaelic games. A new pavilion was opened in 1967 and was destroyed in a bomb attack on the club in 1971. the existing clubrooms were completed in 1981 and replace the bombed building. The spectator stand was added to the club facilities on the site of the old clubrooms in the late 1980s. Recent development work has made further improvements to the ground which is still regarded by many as the best venue in Tyrone for atmosphere at a big game.
A club whose sons such as Iggy Jones, Gerald Cavlan, Audi Hamilton, Danny Barr and Brendan Mallon have all won Ulster senior championship medals with Tyrone. Gerald Cavlan, Paul Donaghy and Oran Mallon are the only three players in the club's history to win the All Ireland Senior inter county football championship with Tyrone, Cavlan in 2003 whilst Donaghy and Mallon in 2021.
Dungannon have always been well known for having strong industrial development teams winning plenty of Grade 1 and Grade 2 trophies at Youth Level notably the U-14 Double with a lot of them lads pushing into the senior team between 2021 and 2024.
Achievements
[edit]- Tyrone Senior Football Championship: (11)
- 1909, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1956, 2020[2]
- Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship: (4)
- Tyrone Junior Football Championship: (1)
- 1931
- All-Ireland Football 7's (Kilmacud)[5]: (1)
- 2024
- Tyrone U-21 Football Championship: (2)
- 1980, 1995
- Tyrone Minor Football Championship: (10)
- 1962, 1963, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1994
- Ulster Minor Football Championship: (1)
- 1989
- Tyrone U-16 Football Championship: (11)
- 1961, 1962, 1971, 1972, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994
- Tyrone U-15 Óg Sport: (3)
- Tyrone U-14 Féile Peile na nÓg: (4)
- Tyrone Minor Football Championship (Grade 2): (1)
- 2024[13]
- Tyrone U-16 Football Championship (Grade 2): (5)
- 1999, 2000, 2010, 2014, 2024[14]
Notable players
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coyle, Conor (24 August 2023). "New facilities officially open at Dungannon Clarkes club". Belfast Live. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Tyrone SFC Final: Dungannon win first title since '56". GAA. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Outstanding Clarkes Lift Paddy Cullen Cup". TeamTalkMag. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Clarkes claim IFC with emphatic victory". Tyrone GAA. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Clarkes Win Kilmacud Sevens". TeamTalkMag. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Ulster Herald, Saturday 10th July 1982, p.2.
- ^ Ulster Herald, Saturday 11th August 1984 p.17.
- ^ Tyrone GAA Annual 1991, p. 46
- ^ Tyrone GAC Report 2000, p. 46.
- ^ Tyrone GAC Report 2000, p. 46.
- ^ Tyrone GAA Annual 1989, p. 13
- ^ "Tyrone 2015 Feile Na Nog Champions". Dungannon Thomas Clarkes. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Clarkes Win Minor Championship G2 2024". Dungannon Thomas Clarkes. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Clarkes Claim Grade 2 U16 Championship". TeamTalkMag. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
External links
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