Notable players
James Downey captained the Emmets to senior championships and Monaghan to Ulster titles early in the 1900s. Paddy Kilroy captained Monaghan to their only appearance in a Senior All Ireland final in 1930. Sean O'Carroll was also on that team and got a serious injury in the final.
Stephen Gollogly is a member of the Monaghan team 2005/2018 winning two Ulster Senior Championships and an NFL Division two title as well as several club titles.
Main Honours
- Monaghan Senior Football Championships
- (7) 1908, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1915, 1918, 1919:
- Runner-up: Eight times 1888, 1906, 1928, 1934, 1949, 1989, 2008:
- Monaghan Senior Football League (1)
- Monaghan Intermediate Football Championship: (5)
- 1971, 1976, 2006, 2011, 2017
- Monaghan Intermediate Football League (5)
- 1993, 2002, 2006, 2001, 2017:
- Monaghan Junior Football Championship (2)
- Underage Competitions; Numerous titles at all ages including three under fourteen county titles in a row 1961, 1962 and 1963 never equalled since!