# Castleblayney Faughs GFC

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Monaghan-based Gaelic games club

Castleblayney Faughs GFC CLG Fág an Bealach, Baile na Lorgan Founded: 1905 County: Monaghan Nickname: Blayney, Faughs Colours: Green and Gold Grounds: St Mary's Park, Castleblayney Coordinates: 54°06′45.96″N 6°43′50.17″W / 54.1127667°N 6.7306028°W / 54.1127667; -6.7306028 Playing kits Standard colours Senior Club Championships All Ireland Ulster champions Monaghan champions Football: 0 2 37

**Castleblayney Faughs** are a [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) club based in the town of [Castleblayney](/source/Castleblayney), [County Monaghan](/source/County_Monaghan), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland). They are the most successful club in the [Monaghan Senior Football Championship](/source/Monaghan_Senior_Football_Championship), having won the competition 37 times, and have also won the [Ulster Senior Club Football Championship](/source/Ulster_Senior_Club_Football_Championship) twice. It is a separate club from [Castleblayney Hurling Club](/source/Castleblayney_Hurling_Club), the town's [hurling](/source/Hurling) club.

## History

The current Castleblayney Faughs club was founded in November 1905. Within two years the Faughs won the [Monaghan Senior Football Championship](/source/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.[1] They moved to their current grounds at St Mary's Park in 1953. Castleblayney reached the final of the [Ulster Senior Club Football Championship](/source/Ulster_Senior_Club_Football_Championship) in 1975, losing to [St Joseph's](/source/St_Joseph's_GFC_(Donegal)).[2] Blayney won the Ulster championship in 1986 beating All-Ireland champions [Burren](/source/Burren_GAA) in the final. A second Ulster title was added in 1991 where they defeated [Killybegs](/source/CLG_Na_Cealla_Beaga).[3] The club's most recent county championship win came in 2003 when they won the title for the 37th time.[4]

## Honours

- **[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship](/source/Ulster_Senior_Club_Football_Championship):** 2 - 1986, 1991

- **[Monaghan Senior Football Championship](/source/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 "Nudie" Hughes](/source/Eugene_Hughes_(Gaelic_footballer))

- [Dermot Malone](/source/Dermot_Malone)

- [Eamonn McEneaney](/source/Eamonn_McEneaney)

- [Stefan White](/source/Stefan_White)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 04/11/1917 Castleblayney Faughs (Monaghan) 2-5 Derry Sarsfields (Derry) 2-1

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Campbell, Peter (11 August 2022). ["When Aodh Ruadh and Bundoran were the one - the story of St Joseph's"](https://www.donegallive.ie/news/gaa/883706/when-aodh-ruadh-and-bundoran-were-the-one-the-story-of-st-joseph-s.html). *Donegal Live*. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hanratty, Joe. ["The Blayney Faughs – A Short History"](https://castleblayneyfaughs.com/history/). *Castleblayney Faughs GFC*. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Kings of monaghan ... again"](https://www.hoganstand.com/county/monaghan/article/index/48134). *[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand)*. 28 November 2002. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

## External links

- [Official Castleblaney Faughs GFC website](http://www.castleblayneyfaughs.com/)

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