Fr Mac Sheáin was originally from County Armagh and was not just a hurling enthusiast, but also an advocate of the Irish language and culture.

Fr Mac Sheáin was successful in obtaining permission from the then town clerk to use a piece of land at the back of Fatima known as ‘The Meadows’, commonly referred to in Irish as ‘The Bainseach’.

Naomh Moninne competed firstly at under-16 level, where they were to be successful, beating Castletown in the final after a replay, a victory that was met with great celebrations in the community.

On 8 August 1960, Fr Mac Sheáin staged a hurling event for the young hurlers of Fatima in the Cooley Mountains.

The winner that day was Damien Callen with 115 pucks; he is recognised as being the first person to ever win the Poc Fada.

[5] In 1961, Fr Mac Sheáin and the Naomh Moninne club founded the All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship.

Past winners include the likes of Ger Cunningham, Tommy Quaid, Davy Fitzgerald and Brendan Cummins.

That same year, the club achieved its first national title at underage level by winning the Féile na nGael Division 3.

In 1990, the club suffered another defeat in the county final to Wolf Tones but their underage hurlers were successful once more winning the Féile na nGael Division 4.

For the first time since the club was founded, Naomh Moninne experienced a barren spell in the championship, failing to reach a county final over the next four years.

Despite this setback, Naomh Moninne rediscovered their championship form in 2004 when they went all the way to the county final only to be beaten 1–11 to 1–6 by Pearse Óg at Páirc Mhuire in Ardee.

[6][7] The club did not reach another final over the next five years but remained positive, focusing their energy at underage level with the intention of rebuilding their once dominant senior team.

Jubilee celebrations took place at Fairways Hotel in Dundalk on Friday, 11 September 2009 and included guest speakers, Christy Cooney and Brian Cody.

[11] The club, which had been homeless throughout these 50 years, announced that they had agreed a lease with Dundalk town council to develop land in Toberona into a playing pitch.