Club Name: Sean McDermotts / Seán MacDiarmada.
Date club was founded: 24th February 1961.
Founding Fathers:
Around 1960/61 a possibility arose that a second club from the parish of Kilmore and Drumsnatt (Corcaghan/ Threemilehouse) would be affiliated to the GAA scene in County Monaghan. County board officers of the time Mick Duffy (Chairman). Leo Burns (Secretary) and Paddy O Rourke (Treasurer) moved swiftly to avert this outcome, realising that history had proved acrimonious relationship and fierce rivalries were never far from the surface when two clubs existed in the parish. At the invitation of the County officers a meeting was held in St Mary's Hall Threemilehouse, representative from both Corcaghan and Threemilehouse attended. Following open and frank discussions and at the end of a lengthy meeting it was agreed that (1) the existing Threemilehouse club would disband (2) the aspiration to affiliate a club from Corcaghan would be shelved (3) a unified parish team under the name of Sean Mc Dermotts would be affiliated. Pat Connolly Drumuck is credited with the proposal that the newly formed club should be named after Irish Patriot and Freedom Fighter Sean Mac Diarmada.
At that inaugural meeting the Officers elected were.
Inaugural Committee (1961):
Chairman: Seamus Timoney; Vice Chairman: Mick Mc Mahon; Secretary: Eamonn Mulligan; Assistant Secretary: Michael Mc Phillips; Joint Treasurers: Pat O Reilly & Tom Connolly. Other Committee Members:Seamus Mulligan, Seamus McCormick, Frank McConnon, P.J. Murphy, Pat Connolly, Vincent Hagan, Francie O'Brien, Patsy Thornton, Eddie Joe Murphy, Edward James Murphy, Harry McCullough, Michael McMahon.

Centenary Year Committee (1984):
Chairman: Michael Mc Mahon; Vice Chairman: Charlie Connolly; Secretary: Cormac Connolly; Assistant Secretary: Ailish Mc Entee;Joint Treasurers: Gerry Lynch & Seamus Mulligan; Ciste Co Coordinator: Mary Mc Connon;Public Relations Officer:Eamonn Mulligan; Youth Officers: John Mc Elvaney & Malcolm Treanor. Other Committee Members:Mick McElvaney (Snr), Francie McElvaney, Padraic McElvaney, Carmel McEntee, Pat Beagan, Brian Sheridan, P.J. Murphy, Therese McConnon, Kieran Mulligan, Joe Barkey

GAA125 Committee (2009):
Chairman:Danny Clerkin; Vice chairman:Gerry Lynch; Secretary:Sean McElvaney: Treasurer:Mary Mc Connon; Cultural Officer:Kevin Mc Morrow; PRO:Cormac Connolly; Registrar:Ciaran Mc Entee; Youth Officer:Enda Murphy; Players’ Representative:Damien Larkin; Other Committee Members: David Treanor; Nigel Lynch; Colm Mc Mahon; Gerard Mc Nally; Shane Grant.

1961 - 1963 Senior
1964 - 1969 Junior
1970 - 1973 Senior Div 2 (Intermediate)
1974 - 1977 Junior
1978 - 1980 Intermediate
1981 - 1981 Junior
1982 - 1983 Intermediate
1984 - 1988 Junior
1989 - 1989 Intermediate
1990 - 1990 Junior
1991 - 1992 Intermediate
1993 - 1993 Junior
1994 - 2002 Intermediate
2003 - 2005 Senior
2006 - 2008 Intermediate
2009 - **** Junior

Playing Honours

First Team:
Ulster Club IFC (1) 2003
IFC (1) 2002
IFL (2) 1970; 1978
JFC (4) 1969; 1977; 1981; 1990
JFL (6) 1967; 1968; 1969; 1976; 1977; 1988

Reserve Teams:
Paddy Kieran Cup: (3) 1981; 1993; 2008.
McKeown Cup: (1) 1999.

Underage Competitions:
Minor League Div 1 (1) 1962.
Minor league Div 2 (1) 1995.
Minor league Div 3 (1) 1986.
U16 Div 2(2) 1988, 1990, 1997.
U15 Div 2(3) 1988, 1994, 1998.
U14 Div 2(1) 2002, 2007.
U13 Div 2(2) 1990,1994.
U13 Div 2 Shield (1) 2009.
U12 Div 2(4) 1986, 1988, 2004, 2009.
U12 Div 2 Shield (1) 2008.

All-Ireland & Ulster Scór Titles

Scór na nÓg
1994 - Ceol Uirlise. (Ulster & All-Ireland)

Scór Sinseir
1998 - Rince Foirne (Ulster & All-Ireland)
2002 - Novelty Act (Ulster Title)
2003 - Novelty Act (Ulster Title)

Club Scór Awards
Monaghan Club of the Year (2) 1984, 2001.

First County Title
1974 - Solo Singing - Marie McEntee.

Individual Honours

Seamus Mulligan - Junior Player of the Year - 1977.
Seamus Mulligan - Juvenile Official of the Year - 1979.
James McMahon - Junior Player of the Year - 1981.
Kieran Mulligan - Juvenile Official of the Year - 1988.
Danny Clerkin – Minor Official of the Year - 1988.
Mickey McMahon - Club Person of the Year – 1990.
Seamus Mulligan - Hall of Fame – 2002.
Damien Larkin - Intermediate Player of The Year - 2002.
Benny Kieran - Club Person of the Year – 2003.

Players from club who represented the county or province competitively at Senior level

Seamus Mulligan, John Freeman, Shay McConnon, Eddie McCarron, Mickey McMahon, Patrick McEntee, Cormac Connolly, Bernard Connolly, Benny Kieran, Kieran Mulligan, Jimmy Kiely, James Coyle, Damien Larkin.

Honours Won at County Level
Seamus Mulligan
- All Ireland Junior Football Championship - 1956.

John Freeman
- All Ireland Junior Football Championship - 1956. (Emigration forced him to leave the squad before the final)

Shay Mc Connon
- Ulster Junior Football Championship - 1961.

Bernard Connolly
- Ulster Senior Football Championship - 1979.
- Dr Mc Kenna Cup - 1979.

Kieran Mulligan
- National Football League 1985

James Coyle
- All Ireland B Football Championship 1998.
- NFL Div 4 1999.
- Dr McKenna Cup - 2003.
- NFL Div 2 - 2005.

Other noteable achievements by Individuals from Club

Seamus Mulligan
- The first player to play at all available county representative levels at that time Minor, Junior, and Senior - 1956
- Refereed both Senior and Intermediate football championship finals in Monaghan - 1973.
- Member of National Referee's Panel.

Francie Murphy
- Coiste Gael co-ordinator- The Club maintained the highest Coiste Gael membership of any in the country, in fact the number of members exceeded that of some counties.
- Refereed Centenary Senior Championship Football Final - 1984

Seamus/Kieran Mulligan
- Father & Son played together to win the reserve league (the inaugural Paddy Kieran Cup) competition in 1981.

Eamonn Mulligan
- 'The Replay' A parish history. This widely acclaimed publication was the product of much hard work by many people and was brought together in the main by Eamonn Mulligan.(1984)

Major Club Milestones

Opening of club grounds
Under an energetic development committee 7 acres of land were purchased at Drumgarve close to the village of Threemilehouse in December 1973. Spearheaded by club chairman Mickey Mc Mahon over the next five years various fund raising ventures were undertaken as the club set about raising the necessary finance to develop a new playing field. A rampant Monaghan team who were later to lay a 41 year bogey to rest lifting the Anglo Celt Cup put Fermanagh to the sword on Sunday 8th July 1979 when the club's new playing pitch and dressing rooms were officially opened by Ulster Council President Con Shortt.

Opening of Sports Complex
A state of the art sports and recreational facility 'The Complex' at a cost of £300K again financed almost entirely from the clubs own fund raising efforts was opened on 19th March 1990 by RTE sports Commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Chairman Mc Mahon still at the helm the driving force behind this development.

Opening of New Playing Field
In 1997 under Chairman Gerry Lynch's watch another 7 acres of land adjacent to 'The Complex' was purchased at a cost of €250k. Benny Kieran Gerry's successor coordinated a draw which raised in excess of €0.5 million, sufficient funds to see major excavation work undertaken and the installation of a new Prunty pitch completed in 2006. The addition of this sand based all weather pitch is of tremendous benefit to the club, insuring all games go ahead as scheduled.

Plans are currently being formulated to have spectator facilities erected and this latest asset official opened to coincide with the clubs golden jubilee celebrations in 2011.

Grounds dedicated to: Seán MacDiarmada

Club Officers

Club Chairmen:
Seamus Timoney 1961-1962.
Edward Murphy (RIP) 1963–1975.
Mickey Mc Mahon 1976-1991.
Cormac Connolly 1992-1996.
Gerry Lynch 1997-2002.
Benny Kieran 2003-2005.
Danny Clerkin 2006-

Club Secretaries:
Eamonn Mulligan.
Henry McCarville.
Pat O’Reilly.
Pat Beagan.
Cyril Kieran.
Cormac Connolly.
Benny Kieran.
Danny Clerkin.
Ailish McEntee 1995-2003.
Anne Kieran 2004.
Sean McElvaney 2005-.

Honorary Members:
Seamus Timoney
Mickey McMahon
Seamus Mulligan
Fr. Pat McHugh
Francie McElvaney
Peter McElvaney
P.J. Murphy
Brian Sheridan

Club Members who Served on Coiste Chontae Muineachain

Ailish McEntee (Secretary, Assistant Secretary)
Fr. Pat McHugh (Vice Chairman)

Awards Club has Won

The club has had the honour of hosting the All Ireland Scor Sinsear Finals on three occasions 1991, 1992, and again in 1997.

Sean Mac Diarmada - The Patriot 1883-1916

Sean Mc Dermott was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland. He was born John MacDermott in County Leitrim in 1883, though later in life he adopted the Irish form of his name: Sean MacDiarmada1. In 1908 he moved to Dublin, by which time he was already involved in several separatist organizations, including Sinn Fein, and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). He was soon promoted to the Supreme Council of the IRB upon the recommendation of a senior member who was being removed for excessive drunkenness, as part of the ongoing reorganization, and he eventually was elected secretary. In 1910 he became manager of the radical newspaper "Irish Freedom," which he founded along with Bulmer Hobson and Denis McCullough. He also became a national organizer for the IRB, and was taken under the wing of veteran Republican Tom Clarke. Indeed over the year the two became nearly inseparable. Shortly thereafter MacDermott was stricken with polio and forced to walk with a cane. In November, 1913 MacDermott was one of the original members of the Irish Volunteers, and continued to work effortlessly to bring that organization under IRB control. MacDermott proved himself to be one of the most radical and Machiavellian members until his death. When his close friend Bulmer Hobson voted to allow the Irish Parliamentary leader John Redmond to take control of the Volunteers, MacDermott never spoke to him again. In May, 1915, MacDermott was arrested in Tuam, County

Galway, under the Defense of the Realm Act for giving a speech against enlisting into the British Army. He was released in September, where upon he joined the secret Military Committee of the IRB, which was responsible for planning the rising. Indeed it was MacDermott and Clarke who were most responsible for it. Being somewhat crippled, MacDermott took little part in the fighting of Easter week, but was stationed at the headquarters in the General Post Office. Following the surrender, he nearly escaped execution by blending in with the large body of prisoners, but was eventually recognized by a British Officer Lee-Wilson (who would himself be killed in retaliation in County Cork on the orders of Michael Collins (Irish leader) during the Anglo-Irish War) and summarily executed by firing squad on May 12 at the age of 33.