[3] Their home ground is at Machaire Gathlán, and (as of January 2024) they share the record for most wins in both the Donegal Senior Football Championship and the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta.

[4] Matches drew enormous herds of people, an official record for one of these, played in 1928, indicated a gate collection of £12 from the passing of a cap among the crowd.

[4] A minor county title provided the parish with its first success of note in 1933; Gaoth Dobhair defeated Ballyshannon by a scoreline of 1–04 to 0-02.

[4] Players on that 1935 side included Paddy Coll, John Chit, Hughie Dunlop, Danny Neddy (Gillespie), Nial Mac Aoidh, Con McLaughlin, Jimí Ó Baoill, Jimmy Phádaí Bhig, Eoghan Ellen Ó Baoill and Owenie Phádaí Pheadai.

The club also went more than two decades without a player starting a senior inter-county championship game, until Martin Coll played for Donegal against Cavan in the 1998 Ulster SFC semi-final.

[6] Joseph Sweeney, who later co-founded the construction and engineering recruitment company Falcon Green, was a member of the panel that won the 2002 title.

[citation needed] This is a massive income provider for the club and people travel from as far as Downings and Killybegs to attend due to its good reputation and unique setting.

[citation needed] After a decline following the club's 2006 senior championship win, underage development began to improve during the mid-2010s, with successes in the under-14, under-15, under-16 and under-21 levels after a considerable drought.

This success was attributed largely to coaching plans and an underage structure put in place by a number of members in the early 2000s.