Clontibret O'Neills Gaelic Athletic Association is 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 ki ...

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 pla ...

camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men only ...

and

ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...

club based in

Clontibret Clontibret () is a village and parish in County Monaghan, Ireland. The village population in the 2016 census was 172. Clontibret is also a parish in both Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland traditions. The territory of the parish also includes A ...

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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History

A team existed in the area, named after

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone Hugh O'Neill ( Irish: ''Aodh Mór Ó Néill''; literally ''Hugh The Great O'Neill''; – 20 July 1616), was an Irish Gaelic lord, Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and was later created ''The Ó Néill Mór'', Chief of the Name. O'Ne ...

in 1896. In 1906, variously called Clontibret O'Neills or

Doohamlet Doohamlet ( ; ), is a village and townland on the Castleblayney– Ballybay road in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is part of a wider parish of Clontibret in the diocese of Clogher. Doohamlet village is located approximately three miles from the ...

O'Neills, another team is recorded. The current team is considered to derive from a 1913 affiliation to the Monaghan county board. Clontibret have won 17 county senior titles; their best finish in the

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 ...

came in 1994, when they reached the final, losing to

Bellaghy Bellaghy () is a village in County Derry, Northern Ireland. It lies north west of Lough Neagh and about 5 miles north east of Magherafelt. In the centre of the village (known locally as The Diamond) three main roads lead to Magherafelt, Por ...

Notable players

Vinny Corey Vincent "Vinny" Corey is a Gaelic football manager and player. He plays for Clontibret O'Neills and has been manager of the Monaghan county team since 2022. Career Corey played at senior level for his county for 17 years, winning two Ulster Se ...

*Packie McCully *

Conor McManus Conor McManus (born 1987) is a Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Monaghan county team. Often referred to as his county's best ever player, he is Monaghan's top scorer in National Football League history. After winning the 20 ...

Dessie Mone Dessie Mone is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Clontibret O'Neills. He played at senior level for Monaghan for 16 years and has a couple of Ulster medals in his back pocket and played in the 2018 All Ireland semi final and soldiered with his ...

John Paul Mone John Paul Mone is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Clontibret O'Neills. He played at senior level for Monaghan and soldiered with his brother Dessie. He won an Ulster Under 21 medal in 1999. He was part of the 2007 crowd that got to Monaghan's ...

Rory Mone Rory Mone (born 1977) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Clontibret O'Neills. He played at senior level for Monaghan's minors, under-21s and seniors then off he went out to Chicago. He would be a brother of John Paul and John Paul is a brother ...

Honours

Gaelic football

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 titl ...

(17): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1968, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014,

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*Monaghan Senior Football League (13): 1950, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011 * Monaghan Junior Football Championship (1): 1947 *Monaghan Minor Football Championship (9): 1963, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 (as ''Saint Colmans'', an amalgamation with Cremartin Shamrocks), 2010 *

Ulster Minor Club Football Championship The Ulster Minor Club Football Championship ( ga, Comórtas Pheil Mhionúr Chumann Uladh), often referred to as the St. Paul's Tournament, an annual Gaelic football tournament organised and hosted by the St Paul's club in Belfast. It is played bet ...

(1): 2002

Hurling

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 ...

(17): 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2003 *Monaghan Junior Championship (1): 2020

References

External link

Official page
Gaelic games clubs in County Monaghan Gaelic football clubs in County Monaghan {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub