Castleblayney Faughs are a

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and

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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 C ...

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. They founded in November 1905 and participate in

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Letterken ...

competitions, and most notably in the Monaghan Senior Football Championship. 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 se ...

* Eamon 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 ...

Honours

* 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 *

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: 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: 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
Faughs Gaelic football clubs in County Monaghan Hurling clubs in County Monaghan Gaelic games clubs in County Monaghan {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub