Castleblayney Faughs
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Castleblayney Faughs are a Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 and hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 team from Castleblayney
Castleblayney
Castleblayney or Castleblaney is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. The town has a population of about 3,000.Castleblayney lies near the border with County Armagh and is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry...

, County Monaghan
County Monaghan
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 in Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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. They founded in November 1905 and participate in Monaghan
Monaghan GAA
The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Monaghan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Monaghan and the Monaghan inter-county football and hurling teams. Separate county boards are responsible for the...

 competitions, and most notably in the Monaghan Senior Football Championship. The club holds the record for winning the most senior championship titles in Monaghan and Ireland(37).

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
    Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
    The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition played between the top clubs in Ulster. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup...

    : 3
    • 1917, 1986, 1991

  • Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship: 25
    • 1913, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1943, 1955, 1957, 1963,1974, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

  • Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship
    Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship
    The Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition played between the best junior hurling clubs in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the winter months. Teams qualify for this...

    : 1
    • 2005

  • Senior League: 15
    • 1931, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1948, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001

  • Senior League (Div 2): 2
    • 1938, 1961

  • Junior Championship: 1
    • 1918

  • Junior League: 1
    • 1953

  • Reserve Championship: 11
    • 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011

  • Reserve League: 12
    • 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2010

  • Under 21 (Div 1): 11
    • 1976, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2008

  • Under 21 (Div 2): 1
    • 1991

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