Naomh Molaise Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club covering much of the northern area of County Sligo, comprising Cliffoney (Ahamlish) and part of the Drumcliffe/Maugherow parishes. The club is a combination of a number of older clubs, including Grange, Cliffoney and Maugherow, and had fielded as Grange–Cliffoney before adopting the present name in 2003. Currently the champions of the Dr Taheny Cup for the minor A championship, a first-time achievement for the club.
Cyril Haran played for the club when it was known as Grange and was later a coach and club president.
Notable players Cyril Haran (as Grange) Mattie Hoey, former Sligo captain who won a Connacht Senior Football Championship in 1975, played for Connacht in the Railway Cup and listed as number 12 in a 2020 Irish Independent list of top players over the previous 50 years (ahead of Dessie Sloyan)
Haran (president) and Hoey (chairman) were both still involved with the club, as of 2011.
Honours N.B. Honours prior to 2003 won as Grange unless otherwise stated.
Sligo Intermediate Football Championship: (5) 1981, 1994, 2001, 2008, 2016, 2022 Sligo Junior Football Championship: (8) 1959, 1969, 1975, 2001 (Maugherow - 1933, 1941, 1991, Northern Gaels - 1982) Sligo Under 20 Football Championship: (1) 1977 Sligo Minor A Football Championship: (2) 2018, 2020 Sligo Minor Football Championship: (1) (Cliffoney - 1945) Sligo Under-16 Football Championship: (2) 2006, 2017 Sligo Under 14 Football Championship: (1) 2017 Sligo Senior Football League (Division 1): (1) 2011 Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 (ex Div. 2): (3) 1987, 2001, 2008 Sligo Intermediate Football League (Division 4): (1) 2008 Sligo Junior Football League (Division 5) (4) 1973, 1974, 2000, 2007 Kiernan Cup: (3) 1984, 1997, 1998 Benson Cup: (2) 1987, 1994
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