Naomh Molaise Gaels GAA explained

Club Gaa:	Naomh Molaise Gaels
Irish:	Gaeil Naomh Molaise
Province:	Connacht
County:	Sligo
Colours:	Green and White
Grounds:	Monsignor Hynes Park, Grange^[1]
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Naomh Molaise Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club covering much of the northern area of County Sligo, comprising Cliffoney (Ahamlish) and part of the Drumcliffe/Maugherow parishes. The club is a combination of a number of older clubs, including Grange, Cliffoney and Maugherow, and had fielded as Grange–Cliffoney before adopting the present name in 2003. Currently the champions of the Dr Taheny Cup for the minor A championship, a first-time achievement for the club.

Cyril Haran played for the club when it was known as Grange and was later a coach and club president.^[2]

Notable players

• Cyril Haran (as Grange)
• Mattie Hoey, former Sligo captain who won a Connacht Senior Football Championship in 1975, played for Connacht in the Railway Cup and listed as number 12 in a 2020 Irish Independent list of top players over the previous 50 years (ahead of Dessie Sloyan)^[3]

Haran (president) and Hoey (chairman) were both still involved with the club, as of 2011.^[4]

Honours

N.B. Honours prior to 2003 won as Grange unless otherwise stated.

• Sligo Intermediate Football Championship: (5)
  • 1981, 1994, 2001, 2008, 2016, 2022
• Sligo Junior Football Championship: (8)
  • 1959, 1969, 1975, 2001 (Maugherow - 1933, 1941, 1991, Northern Gaels - 1982)
• Sligo Under 20 Football Championship: (1)
  • 1977
• Sligo Minor A Football Championship: (2)
  • 2018, 2020
• Sligo Minor Football Championship: (1)
  • (Cliffoney - 1945)
• Sligo Under-16 Football Championship: (2)
  • 2006, 2017
• Sligo Under 14 Football Championship: (1)
  • 2017
• Sligo Senior Football League (Division 1): (1)
  • 2011
• Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 (ex Div. 2): (3)
  • 1987, 2001, 2008
• Sligo Intermediate Football League (Division 4): (1)
  • 2008
• Sligo Junior Football League (Division 5) (4)
  • 1973, 1974, 2000, 2007
• Kiernan Cup: (3)
  • 1984, 1997, 1998
• Benson Cup: (2)
  • 1987, 1994

Notes and References

1. News: Sligo's Bunninadden grab promotion as Tourlestrane and Coolera/Strandhill to contest Div 1 league final. Independent.ie. 3 August 2022.
2. News: Fr Cyril Haran played huge role in Sligo GAA circles: Priest also remembered as renowned scholar and teacher . . 1 July 2014 .
3. Web site: Top 20 Hurling and Football Players in each County over last 50 years. 28 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20220908023455/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNaomhMolaiseGaels%2Fposts%2F3336014989764608. 8 September 2022.
4. News: Molaise Gaels. Independent.ie. 15 December 2011.