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GAA clubhouse destroyed in blaze | GAA clubhouse destroyed in blaze |
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A GAA clubhouse in Dungannon, County Tyrone has been destroyed in a fire. | |
The blaze at St Malachy's GAA club, Edendork, was discovered at 0500 GMT on Saturday. Police are trying to establish the cause of the fire. | |
Peter O'Connor, club chairman, said the building was also used by other groups, and that a community resource had been lost for quite a period of time. | |
"It is very upsetting this is a focal point of the whole community here," he said. | |
The Fire and Rescue Service described the building as being reduced to "basically a shell". | The Fire and Rescue Service described the building as being reduced to "basically a shell". |
Station Commander Davy Lawrence said: "It had been burning for such a long time that the roof had actually collapsed on top of the first floor. | Station Commander Davy Lawrence said: "It had been burning for such a long time that the roof had actually collapsed on top of the first floor. |
"The building was completely destroyed and when we left it this morning, it was basically a shell," he said. | "The building was completely destroyed and when we left it this morning, it was basically a shell," he said. |
Everything inside the clubhouse has been destroyed and the walls rendered unsafe. The building will have to be demolished. | |
Despite the damage the club said a relegation play-off match between Edendork's senior team and Pomeroy would go-ahead. |
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