Carey Faughs celebrate 120 years

Carey Faughs Hurling Club are celebrating their 120th anniversary this year. To mark the event they are incorporating it with the annual club dinner on Saturday 18th November in Carey Hall, which the club recently acquired. The club was founded in 1903 by a local school teacher Patrick Moore, a native of Co Kerry. Incidentally local rivals Shane O’Neills Glenarm were formed the same year and they will be among the guests on the night, along with members of the 1959 and 1961 Carey teams who were senior finalists in those years. Although always a small club the Faughs managed to pick up three senior County championships. In 1906 they became the first north Antrim club to do so, and they follwed it up in those early years by winning again in 1916 and 1923.

With three County intermediate titles 1990 2002 and 2021. The inaugural Ulster Club Iintermediate Championship also crossed the Margy River in 2004 . Nowadays the club are only fielding Senior and junior teams, due to a diminishing numbers in the community but under-age hurling and camogie are being catered for as they have joined forces with local clubs Armoy, Cushendun and Cloughmills to form Naomh Padraig GAC.

The shield of the Heroes which was played for at Feis na nGleann in 1904.

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