Castleblayney Faughs are a
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 ...
club based in the town of
Castleblayney,
County Monaghan,
Ireland. They are the most successful club in the
Monaghan Senior Football Championship, having won the competition 37 times, and have also won the
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship twice. It is a separate club from
Castleblayney Hurling Club
Castleblayney Hurling Club is a hurling club based in the town of Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland. They are the most successful hurling club in Monaghan, having won the senior championship 33 times. It is a separate club from Castleblay ...
, the town's
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 ...
club.
History
The current Castleblayney Faughs club was founded in November 1905. Within two years the Faughs won the
Monaghan Senior Football Championship for the first time. After winning their second title in 1916, Castleblayney went on to beat Derry Sarsfields in the final of the National Aid tournament in 1917, a precursor to the Ulster Club Championship. They moved to their current grounds at St Mary's Park in 1953. Castleblayney reached the final of the
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship in 1975, losing to
St Joseph's. Blayney won the Ulster championship in 1986 beating All-Ireland champions
Burren in the final. A second Ulster title was added in 1991 where they defeated
Killybegs. The club's most recent county championship win came in 2003 when they won the title for the 37th time.
Honours
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Ulster Senior Club Football Championship: 2
** 1986, 1991
*
Monaghan Senior Football Championship: 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
* Monaghan Senior Football League: 15
**1931, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1948, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001
Notable players
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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 se ...
*
Eamonn McEneaney
*
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 ...
References
External links
Official Castleblaney Faughs GFC website
Faughs
Gaelic football clubs in County Monaghan
Gaelic games clubs in County Monaghan
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