Although no precise date has been recorded for the foundation of the club, Gaelic games have been played in the parish since at least the nineteenth century.

The parish was represented intermittently up until the late 1950s by these three clubs, with all three struggling in the face of emigration and unemployment.

The club won its fourteenth Monaghan SFC title in 1993, but a barren period followed over the next two decades.

The club training grounds are located at Kilmore East, between the villages of Scotstown and Ballinode.

The club has a long tradition of producing administrators, including Seán McCague (who served as President of the Gaelic Athletic Association: 2000–2003), and former Director General of the GAA, Páraic Duffy.