Nicknamed "The Blue Machine," they drew players from all counties which was an advantage and in the seventies and eighties were mostly home-based with strong social ties because everyone worked and socialised together.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s Mike Mulligan, then of the Chicago Sun Times, wrote that the Wolfe Tones were "a Chicago-based Gaelic football powerhouse.

Due to the economic downturn and changes in US Immigration law, GAA clubs in North America have come upon hard times.

[8] The Wolfe Tones have always fielded competitive teams and have drawn from some of the most famous and skilled Gaelic Football players from nearly every county in Ireland, going so far as to play in the GAA Golf Tournament.

[9][10] They have also played several challenge games in Ireland[11][12] Here are just a few of the county players that have played for the Tones through the years; [13] The 2012 Wolfe Tones won their divisional title in Chicago, but lost to the Ulster GFC of San Francisco in their semi-final match at the NACB Finals in Philadelphia.