Castleblayney Faughs are a

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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 Castleblayney (; ) is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. The town had a population of 3,607 as of the 2016 census. Castleblayney is near the border with County Armagh in Northern Ireland, and lies on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Let ...

County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Cou ...

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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 tit ...

. The club holds the record for winning the most senior championship titles in Monaghan.

Notable players

* Eugene "Nudie" Hughes *

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 sen ...

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 ...

* Stefan White

Honours

: 37 **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 *

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played between the top clubs in Ulster GAA. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup ( ga, Corn Shéamuis Mhic Fearáin). The winners and th ...

: 3 **1917, 1986, 1991 *

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 ...

: 32 **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 *

Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship The Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition played between the best junior hurling clubs in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played dur ...

: 3 **2005, 2014, 2018 *

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 * Monaghan Junior Football Championship: 1 ** 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

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