The Roscommon county hurling team represents

Roscommon Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

and is governed by

Roscommon GAA The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Roscommon. The county board is also responsible for the ...

, the

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of the

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. The team competes in the

Christy Ring Cup The Christy Ring Cup () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is ...

and the

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. It formerly competed in the abolished Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, finishing as runner-up in the last competition 1999. Roscommon's home ground is

Dr Hyde Park Dr. Hyde Park (''Páirc de hÍde'' in Irish language, Irish) is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) stadium in Roscommon, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Built in 1969 and officially opened in 1971, it is the home of the Roscommon county football ...

. The team's manager is Seamus Qualter. The team last won the Connacht Senior Championship in 1913, but has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.

History

Roscommon's sole appearance in an

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(SHC) semi-final occurred in 1910. Tipperary defeated the county by a scoreline of 10 goals to one point. The county defeated

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in the 1984 Centenary Cup. Roscommon won an All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship in 1994 and an All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1999. The county competed in the newly formed

in 2005 and 2006 but was

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to the Nicky Rackard Cup after poor performances. Roscommon won the 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup Final, defeating

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by a scoreline of 1–12 to 0–13. Roscommon won the 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup, again defeating Armagh in the final. Both games occurred at

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Management team

:''Appointed October 2021'': *

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: Francis O'Halloran ( Ruan) *Backroom: Tommy Guilfoyle ( Feakle), Stephen Cusack (

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)

Managerial history

Michael Conneely Galway 1998–2000 Brian McDonnell 2000 Tom Costello 2001 Brian McDonnell (2) 2002–2003 Anthony Cunningham Galway 2004–2005 Michael Conneely (2) Galway 2005–2006 Dave McConn Athleague 2006–2009 Séamus Qualter Westmeath 2009–2013 Justin Campbell Galway 2013–2016 Johnny Kelly 2016–2017

Ciarán Comerford Ciarán ( Irish spelling) or Ciaran (Scottish Gaelic spelling) is a traditionally male given name of Irish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ''ciar'' ("black", "dark") ...

Laois 2017–2020

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Galway 2020–2021 Francis O'Halloran Clare 2021–

Players

Notable players

Captaincy

*Jason Kilkenny: 2021

Records

*Anthony Flaherty came out of retirement at the age of 49 to play for Roscommon against

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in the 2006 Christy Ring Cup. Flaherty had not played competitive hurling for eight years ("about 1998") at that time. Flaherty scored a goal against Meath in that game.

Honours

National

** Semi-finalists (1):

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**Quarter-finalists (1):

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

* All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship/

Joe McDonagh Cup The Joe McDonagh Cup () is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the second-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier t ...

** Winners (1): 1994 ** Runners-up (1): 2003 * All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship/

** Semi-finalists (2):

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker ...

Nicky Rackard Cup The Nicky Rackard Cup (; often referred to as the Rackard Cup) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the fourth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champi ...

** Winners (6): 1965, 1974, 2001,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

** Runners-up (2):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* National Hurling League Division 3 ** Winners (1):

* National Hurling League Division 3A ** Winners (2):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

* All-Ireland Under 21 B Hurling Championship ** Winners (2): 2007, 2012 *All-Ireland Minor Special Hurling Championship ** Winners (1): 1969

Provincial

* Connacht Senior Hurling Championship ** Winners (2):

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** Runners-up (18): 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 * Connacht Senior Hurling League ** Winners (1): 2022 ** Runners-up (1): 2023 * Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship ** Winners (5): 1966, 1967, 1968, 2013, 2015 ** Runners-up (2): 1997, 1998 *

Connacht Junior Hurling Championship The Connacht Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council. The winners of the Connacht Junior Hur ...

** Winners (13): 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974 ** Runners-up (17): 1925 1926 1931 1937 1938 1940 1946 1947 1948 1949 1951 1953 1955 1956 1957 1969 1970 *Connacht Under-21 B Hurling Championship ** Winners (8): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *

Connacht Minor Hurling Championship The Connacht Minor Hurling Championship was an annual hurling competition organised sporadically by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association between 1931 and 1989 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Connach ...

** Winners (8): 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969

References

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