Wolfe Tones GAA is a
Gaelic Athletic Association club which comprises an amalgamation of the parishes of Oristown and Kilberry which are situated roughly halfway between the town of
Navan and the town of
Kells, in
County Meath,
Ireland. The club mainly plays football but also have a strong hurling side. It competes in
Meath GAA competitions. The club won the
Meath Senior Football Championship in 2006 and 2021.
Wolfe Tones went from the
Meath Junior Football Championship to
Meath Senior Football Championship winners in the space of four seasons in the early 21st-century, featuring Meath player
Cian Ward, whose emergence as one of Meath's "most exciting talents" coincided with this run, while
1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1996 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 110th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on ...
-winning captain
Tommy Dowd also joined the club around this time.
Notable players
*
Tommy Dowd
*
Cian Ward
Honours
*
Meath Senior Football Championship: 2
**
2006
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,
2021
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*Meath Intermediate Hurling Championship: 3
**1992, 2002, 2020
*
Meath Intermediate Football Championship: 1
**
2004
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Events January
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*Meath Junior Hurling Championship: 2
**1989, 2010
*
Leinster Special Junior Hurling Championship: 0
** Runner-Up 2010
*
Meath Junior Football Championship: 1
**2003
*
Leinster Junior Club Football Championship: 1
**2003
*Meath Junior 2 Hurling Championship: 1
**1985
*Meath Junior B Football Championship: 2
**2007, 2015
*
Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta: 1
**2023
References
External links
Gaelic games clubs in County Meath
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