Carey Faughs GAC

Carey Faughs
CLG 'Fág an Bealach', Cathaoir an Rí
Founded:1903
County:Antrim
Colours:Green and white
Grounds:St. Patrick's Park
Coordinates:55°11′54″N 6°11′38″W / 55.1982°N 6.1938°W / 55.1982; -6.1938
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster
champions		 Antrim
champions
Hurling: 0 0 3

Carey Faughs GAC (/ˈkeɪriːˌfɔːxs/ KARE-ee FAWKHS) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Ballyvoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling.

History

Located in the village of Ballyvoy in the Glens of Antrim, Carey Faughs GAC was founded in 1903 by Dennis Maguire and Patrick Moore.[1][2] The club was only three years in existence when they won the first of their three Antrim SHC titles in 1906. Carey Faughs have also claimed Antrim IHC and Antrim JHC titles and were the inaugural Ulster intermediate club hurling final-winners in 2004.[3] The club name derives from the war cry Faugh A Ballagh ("clear the way!") and the barony of Car[e]y, named for the ancient Gaelic tribe of the Cothrugu, although the club's official name uses the folk etymology Cathaoir an Rí ("the king's seat").[4][5]

Honours

Notable players

References

  1. ^ "Who we are". Carey Faughs GAC website. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ "History". Carey Faughs GAC website. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Carey Faughs were the first Ulster Champions". The Saffron Gael. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. ^ "History".
  5. ^ Carey Historical Society and Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Museum Services (2019). "PLACENAMES AND FIELDNAMES OF CULFEIGHTRIN" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Ulster SHC final: Saffrons' decade of northern dominance". Hogan Stand. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2022.