{{Short description|Monaghan-based Gaelic games club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox GAA club | club gaa = Castleblayney Faughs GFC | irish = CLG Fág an Bealach, Baile na Lorgan | crest = Castleblayney Faughs Crest.png | founded = 1905 | province = Ulster | county = Monaghan | nickname = Blayney, Faughs | colours = Green and Gold | grounds = St Mary's Park, [[Castleblayney]] | coordinates = {{coord|54|06|45.96|N|6|43|50.17|W|display=it|region:IE_type:landmark}} | pattern_la = _shoulder_stripes_gold_stripes | pattern_b = _goldhorizontal | pattern_ra = _shoulder_stripes_gold_stripes | pattern_sh = _adidasonwhite | pattern_so = _hoops_gold | leftarm = 078725 | body = 078725 | rightarm = 078725 | shorts = 078725 | socks = 078725 | f1 = 0 | f2 = 2 | f3 = 37 |}} '''Castleblayney Faughs''' are a [[Gaelic football]] club based in the town of [[Castleblayney]], [[County Monaghan]], [[Republic of Ireland|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]], the town's [[hurling]] 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.<ref>04/11/1917 Castleblayney Faughs (Monaghan) 2-5 Derry Sarsfields (Derry) 2-1</ref> 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 GFC (Donegal)|St Joseph's]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Peter|date=11 August 2022|title=When Aodh Ruadh and Bundoran were the one - the story of St Joseph's|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/gaa/883706/when-aodh-ruadh-and-bundoran-were-the-one-the-story-of-st-joseph-s.html|work=Donegal Live|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> Blayney won the Ulster championship in 1986 beating All-Ireland champions [[Burren GAA|Burren]] in the final. A second Ulster title was added in 1991 where they defeated [[CLG Na Cealla Beaga|Killybegs]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hanratty|first=Joe|title=The Blayney Faughs – A Short History|url=https://castleblayneyfaughs.com/history/|work=Castleblayney Faughs GFC|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> The club's most recent county championship win came in 2003 when they won the title for the 37th time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kings of monaghan ... again|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/monaghan/article/index/48134|work=[[Hogan Stand]]|date=28 November 2002|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>
==Honours== * '''[[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== * [[Eugene Hughes (Gaelic footballer)|Eugene "Nudie" Hughes]] * [[Dermot Malone]] * [[Eamonn McEneaney]] * [[Stefan White]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.castleblayneyfaughs.com/ Official Castleblaney Faughs GFC website]
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