Castleblayney Faughs are a
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...
gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
and
hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
team from
Castleblayney,
County Monaghan in
Ireland
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. They founded in November 1905 and participate in
Monaghan
Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), barony.
The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7 ...
competitions, and most notably in the
Monaghan Senior Football Championship
The Monaghan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by Monaghan GAA clubs. The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888.
Ballybay Pearse Brothers are the title ...
. The club holds the record for winning the most senior championship titles in Monaghan.
Notable players
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Eugene "Nudie" Hughes
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Dermot Malone
Dermot Malone is a former Irish Gaelic footballer, formerly for Monaghan county football team and Castleblayney Faughs. He is now a sales executive.
Malone is from Castleblayney. He played for the Monaghan Under U14s and U21s, and had his se ...
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Eamon McEneaney
Eamon James McEneaney (December 23, 1954 – September 11, 2001) was an All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1975 to 1977 and later an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald who died during the September 11 attacks.
Lacrosse career
McE ...
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Stefan White
Stefan White (born 1967) is a retired Gaelic footballer who played in the full-forward line at inter-county level for his native Louth and Monaghan during the 1980s and 1990s.
Playing career
Growing up in Castlebellingham, County Louth as the ...
Honours
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Monaghan Senior Football Championship
The Monaghan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by Monaghan GAA clubs. The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888.
Ballybay Pearse Brothers are the title ...
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**1907, 1916, 1917, 1924, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
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Ulster Senior Club Football Championship: 3
**1917, 1986, 1991
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Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship
The Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Monaghan GAA clubs. The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1909.
Castleblayney Hurling Club are the t ...
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**1943, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
2021
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Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship: 3
**2005, 2014, 2018
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All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual inter-county club hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 2002-03 for eligible hurling clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their per ...
:
**Runners-up 2020
* Monaghan Senior Football League: 15
**1931, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1948, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001
* Monaghan Senior Football League (Div 2): 2
**1938, 1961
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Monaghan Junior Football Championship
The Monaghan Junior Football Championship (often referred to as the Monaghan JFC for short or the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship for sponsorship reasons) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Monagha ...
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** 1918
* Monaghan Junior Football League: 1
** 1953
* Monaghan Reserve Football Championship: 12
** 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
* Monaghan Reserve Football League: 12
**1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2010
* Monaghan Under 21 (Div 1) Football Championship: 11
** 1976, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2008
* Monaghan Under 21 (Div 2) Football Championship: 1
** 1991
References
External links
Official Castleblaney Faughs GAA Club website
Faughs
Faughs GAA Club ( ga, CLG Fág an Bealach) is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) hurling and camogie club in Templeogue, Dublin, Ireland. They have won 31 titles.
History
Faughs GAA Club was founded in Easter 1885, "under the big tree" in the ...
Gaelic football clubs in County Monaghan
Hurling clubs in County Monaghan
Gaelic games clubs in County Monaghan
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