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Colin Holmes (Gaelic footballer)

Gaelic footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5145204 ↗
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Colin Holmes is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Tyrone county team. He was on the Tyrone panel for their first-ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship win in 2003 and repeated the feat in 2005, appearing as a substitute in both finals. He also starred in midfield in the 2008 final, starting the move that ended in Brian Dooher's now infamous point.

Playing career

Club

Although he played for Tyrone, Holmes played most of his club football for Armagh Harps where he was club captain.

Inter-county

Holmes was a long-standing member of the Tyrone panel, and his versatility meant he was an important member of the panel although his career was often blighted by injury. He won honours with the county at youth and senior level, including the 1993 Ulster Minor Championship as well as four Ulster Senior Championship medals and three All-Ireland Championship medals.

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The public source identifies “Colin Holmes (Gaelic footballer)” as gaelic footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Colin, Holmes and Gaelic.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 2005, 2008, 1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Colin, Holmes and Gaelic providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5145204. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2003, 2005, 2008 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Colin Holmes (Gaelic footballer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.