Naomh Moninne Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. The club was founded in 1959 and is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling. Naomh Moninne has the distinction of being the first club to represent Louth in the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship and is recognised for founding the All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship, a national annual GAA event.Naomh Moninne compete in the Louth Senior Hurling Championship and are the most successful hurling club in Louth, having won a record 20 championship titles. The club last won the championship in 2010 when they beat Knockbridge in the final by 1-11 to 0-11.HistoryBeginnings (1959–1960)Naomh Moninne Hurling Club started as a youth club, ‘Cumann Ógra Naomh Moninne’, in the Castletown area of Faughart in 1959. It was there that local priest, Father Pól Mac Sheáin but more commonly referred to in Irish as ‘an tAthair Pól Mac Sheáin’, set up the first underage hurling team. Most of the young hurlers were from the Fatima estate in Castletown. 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. He named the club after St Moninne, a local saint who founded a convent in Faughart during the 5th century. The clubs first set of jerseys were obtained from a local club called Mount Rovers and had black and amber stripes. Naomh Moninne adopted these as their official colours and still use them to this day.