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. 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 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 clubrooms were rebuilt in 1981 and replaced the bombed building. The current clubhouse was built in 2023 as part of a major development plan which also seen floodlights added in 2024. 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.
Club players Iggy Jones, Gerald Cavlan, Audi Hamilton, Danny Barr & Brendan Mallon have all won Ulster senior championship medals with Tyrone. Gerald Cavlan & Paul Donaghy are the only players in the club's history to win the All Ireland Senior inter county football championship with Tyrone, Cavlan winning in 2003, and Donaghy in 2021.
Dungannon have always been well known for having strong industrial development teams winning both Grade 1 and Grade 2 trophies at Youth Level notably the U-14 Double, with a lot of the players moving into the senior team between 2021 and 2024.
Achievements Tyrone Senior Football Championship: (11) 1909, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1956, 2020 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship: (4) 1963, 1972, 2001, 2014 Tyrone Junior Football Championship: (1) 1931 Tyrone All-County Football League Division 1 (1) 2024 All-Ireland Football 7's (Kilmacud): (1) 2024 Tyrone Senior Reserve Football Championship: (2) 1994, 1996 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: (4) 1978,Ulster Herald, Saturday 30th June 1984, p.20. 1981,Ulster Herald, Saturday 10th July 1982, p.2. 1984,Ulster Herald, Saturday 11th August 1984 p.17. 1991Tyrone GAA Annual 1991, p. 46 Tyrone U-14 Féile Peile na nÓg: (4) 1983,Tyrone GAC Report 2000, p. 46. 1987,Tyrone GAC Report 2000, p. 46. 1989,Tyrone GAA Annual 1989, p. 13 2015 Tyrone U-14 Football Championship (1996 Onwards): (3) 2001, 2015, 2017 Tyrone Minor Football Championship (Grade 2): (1) 2024 Tyrone U-16 Football Championship (Grade 2): (5) 1999, 2000, 2010, 2014, 2024
Notable players Gerard Cavlan Iggy Jones
References
External links Dungannon Thomas Clarkes GAA website