The Businesses Behind the Badge: Meet the Sponsors Powering Monaghan GAA and Soccer in 2026
From a solar energy giant in Carrickmacross to a gastropub on Monaghan Town's Diamond — the ten County Monaghan businesses backing GAA and soccer at every level in 2026.
From a solar energy giant in Carrickmacross to a gastropub on Monaghan Town's Diamond — these are the County Monaghan businesses putting their money where their county pride is.
Every time a Monaghan footballer pulls on the white and blue at Croke Park, every time a junior club side takes to the field in a county championship game, every time an U18 minor laces up his boots for a summer league match — there is a network of local businesses behind it all. Not just sponsoring in the sense of a logo on a jersey, but investing in the structures, the development pathways, and the competitions that keep Gaelic games and soccer alive at every level in County Monaghan.
This is the story of those businesses. Ten local companies and employers — spanning renewable energy, agri-food, engineering, transport, logistics, branding, heating, tank manufacturing, electrical supply, and hospitality — who have all chosen to invest back into sport in the county they operate in. Every one of them is worth knowing about. All of them are worth supporting.
Activ8 Solar Energies — Main Sponsor, Monaghan GAA All Teams
NEXUS N2 Business Park, Carrickmacross | 042-9690352 | info@activ8energies.com
Start where the jersey starts — with the name on the front. Activ8 Solar Energies, headquartered at NEXUS Business Park in Carrickmacross, is the main sponsor of Monaghan GAA across all teams, from underage development squads right through to the senior men's football and hurling panels. They are the first Monaghan-based company to hold that position in over 20 years.
Founded in 2007 by Carrickmacross native Ciaran Marron, Activ8 has grown from a domestic solar installer into Ireland's largest solar company — over 25,000 installations nationwide, more than 300 staff, and a reputation as the country's most established and trusted name in residential and commercial solar PV. In 2026, the company won both the Energy & Utilities award at the Guaranteed Irish Business Awards and the Green Energy Provider Award at the Green Business & Sustainability Awards — its second consecutive year receiving the latter honour. Ciaran Marron himself won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, an acknowledgement of just how far this Monaghan-built company has come.
Their sponsorship agreement isn't just a name on a jersey. A key condition is annual investment in the strength, conditioning, and athletic development of players coming through from minor level — a practical, tangible commitment to producing the next generation of Farney footballers.
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Greenfield Foods — Senior Championship Football Sponsor
Smithborough, Co. Monaghan | 047-57014 | info@greenfieldfoods.ie
Here is a Monaghan business story that would make even the most jaded observer sit up. Greenfield Foods in Smithborough started with 800 hens in a single henhouse. Today, over 50 years later, it is Ireland's largest egg packing centre — with over 1.4 million birds across 74 local family-owned farms, packing and distributing seven million eggs per week to the Irish market.
Seven million eggs a week. From a henhouse in Smithborough.
Greenfield Foods sponsors the Monaghan Senior Championship Football — the county's premier club competition, the one every club in the county organises their season around. It's a fitting match: a business that is quietly, without fanfare, at the very top of its industry, backing a competition that is the heartbeat of GAA life in Monaghan. All eggs are certified under Bord Bia's Sustainable Egg Assurance Scheme, and the company offers free range, organic, corn-fed and enriched colony ranges. Next time you crack open a free-range egg from a Monaghan farm, there's a decent chance Greenfield Foods is the name behind it.
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Moffett Automated Storage — County Team Sleeve Sponsor
Listroar, Clontibret, Co. Monaghan | 047-80300 | sam@moffettas.com
The Moffett name has been synonymous with engineering innovation in Monaghan for over 70 years. Sam Moffett, grandson of the founder, continued that tradition with Moffett Automated Storage — a company he founded in 2017 that has become one of the most exciting engineering businesses in rural Ireland.
Operating from its newly-opened headquarters at Listroar, Clontibret, Moffett Automated Storage designs, manufactures, and installs fully automated pallet storage and retrieval systems. Their proprietary software controls intelligent robots that move pallets at speed and accuracy that manual systems simply cannot match. They have active projects in ten countries, employ 65 people locally, and are based in Clontibret, County Monaghan.
As sleeve sponsor of the Monaghan county senior teams, they sit alongside Activ8 on the jersey worn at Croke Park and St Tiernach's Park all summer.
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Universal Graphics — Junior Championship Football Sponsor
Drummully, Emyvale, Co. Monaghan | 047-86100 | sales@ugbranding.com
Founded in Emyvale in 1997, Universal Graphics has grown from a local workshop into Ireland's number one provider of branding solutions — fleet graphics, vehicle wraps, building signage, interior branding, and architectural film. Today the company employs over 70 people across facilities in Emyvale, Dublin, and Waterford.
If you've ever seen a brilliantly branded truck flying down the motorway — there's a real chance Universal Graphics designed, printed, and installed it. Their Emyvale base combines traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge wide-format digital printing and is a genuine manufacturing hub right in the heart of north Monaghan.
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Eurotech Renewables — Junior League Football Sponsor
Rossulus Walk, Castleblayney | 042-9749479 | info@eurotech-heating.com
Based in Castleblayney, Eurotech Renewables are specialists in home and commercial energy upgrades — heat pumps, geothermal systems, underfloor heating, and full SEAI-backed retrofit packages. Their backing of the Junior League Football keeps the competition running across every corner of the county.
Platinum Tanks — Reserve Competitions Sponsor
Unit 3, Lough Egish Business Park, Castleblayney | 042-9745780 | sales@platinum-tanks.ie
Lough Egish Business Park outside Castleblayney has become one of the most impressive clusters of business activity in the county, and Platinum Tanks is one of its most interesting tenants. A rotational moulding manufacturing facility producing heavy-duty agricultural water troughs, chemical storage vessels, and domestic fuel tanks — practical, durable, essential products that underpin rural life across the county.
Maguire International — U18 Minor Championship Sponsor
Ballinode, Co. Monaghan | 047-89311 | transport@maguireint.ie
Established in the 1980s from one truck and two trailers in Ballinode, Maguire International has grown into one of the most significant transport and logistics businesses in the county — 60 Scania articulated trucks, over 250 trailers, covering routes across Ireland, the UK, and Europe. BRC and ISO9001 accredited.
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Foxhound Travel — U18 League Football Sponsor
Monaghan Road, Rockcorry | 086-6022919 | info@foxhoundtravel.com
A well-established executive transport and luxury coach hire operator, Foxhound Travel from Rockcorry specialises in group day trips, corporate outings, and sports club transport across the region. As sponsors of the U18 League Football, they keep underage players active and engaged throughout the season.
Monaghan Electrical Wholesaler — Intermediate League Football Sponsor
Plantation Road, Monaghan Town | 047-81135 | sales@electricalwholesaler.ie
Every electrician in County Monaghan knows this name. Based on Plantation Road in Monaghan Town, Monaghan Electrical Wholesaler is a trade merchant supplying electrical contractors with the full range of industrial wiring components, switchgear, LED lighting systems, and energy-efficient fittings.
The Squealing Pig — Monaghan United FC / Soccer Structure Sponsor
2-4 The Diamond, Monaghan Town | 047-84333 | info@squealingpig.ie
Right at the heart of Monaghan Town — on The Diamond itself — The Squealing Pig is one of the county's most recognisable hospitality destinations. A multi-floor gastropub and sports bar with serious post-match catering credentials, it is the natural home for a soccer sponsor in the county town.
A County Built on Local Business
Ten businesses. Ten different sectors. Ten different corners of County Monaghan. What they share is a decision — conscious, voluntary, and community-minded — to invest their resources in keeping sport alive at every level across the county.
The best way to say thank you is simple: know who these businesses are, and when you need what they provide, look to them first. Find their full profiles on monaghanbusinesses.ie and support the businesses that support Monaghan sport.