The club is primarily concerned with the game of Men's and Ladies' Gaelic football.

[1] The club first fielded a team in 1934 when Stabannon Parnells entered the Louth second division championship.

Between 1949 and 1956 the club contested four Louth SFC finals and won two, including being the first ever recipients of the Joe Ward Cup.

A period of decline followed, with Stabannon Parnells being relegated from senior to intermediate and eventually junior, before winning the Louth JFC title in 2022.

[3] The Parnells compete in the Louth Intermediate Championship and Division 2 of the county football Leagues.