The Roscommon County Board of the

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(GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Ros Comáin) or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in

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, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Roscommon. The county board is also responsible for the Roscommon county teams. The county football team was the third from the

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of Connacht to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following

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and Mayo. It competes in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, which it has won 23 times. The team won back-to-back All-Ireland SFC titles in 1943 and 1944.

Football

Clubs

Clubs contest the Roscommon Senior Football Championship. That competition's most successful club is Clann na nGael, with 21 titles. Roscommon GAA postponed all GAA matches that had been due to be played on the first weekend of September 2022 after referees refused to officiate. This was in response to an alleged assault on a referee in a football match at St Aidan's GAA.

County team

The county team won a first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) in

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, defeating

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in the final. The team retained the All-Ireland SFC in 1944, defeating Kerry in the final. The county team made its third appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the 1946 edition. It made its fourth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the 1962 edition. It made its fifth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the 1980 edition. Kerry defeated Roscommon in all three of those games.

Hurling

Clubs

Clubs contest the

Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship The Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Roscommon GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Roscommon, Ireland. Since 2008, the champions qualify to the Connacht Intermediate C ...

. That competition's most successful club is Four Roads, with 34 titles.

County team

Roscommon's sole appearance in an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (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 Christy Ring Cup in 2005 and 2006 but was relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup after poor performances. Roscommon won the

2007 Nicky Rackard Cup Final The 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 11 August 2007 to determine the winners of the 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup, the 3rd season of the Nicky Rackard Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association f ...

, defeating

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by a scoreline of 1–12 to 0–13. Roscommon won the

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, again defeating Armagh in the final. Both games occurred at Croke Park.

Ladies' football

The Roscommon county ladies' football team once managed to give away a goal to their opponents in a home game in Kiltoom when their players were off the pitch. Roscommon have the following achievements in ladies' football. * All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championships: 1 **1978 * All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championships: 1 **2005 * All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championships: 1 **2001

Camogie

Roscommon won the Nancy Murray Cup in 2009. At underage level Roscommon U14 won the Mairead Meehan All Ireland Final in 2018. They won the U16 C Championship in 2019 and the Minor B Shield in 2021. Four Roads won the All Ireland Junior club final in 2010 beating Corofin of Clare 1-09 to 0-06. They also reached the 2004, 2012, 2014 and 2018 All Ireland Junior club finals. Athleague reached the 2015 All Ireland Junior club final but were unlucky on the day. Oran won the Caithlín Ní Thoimín Shield at Féile na nGael in 1980 and 1982, the Division 3 shield in 1989 and 1992 and the Coiste Chontae an Chláir Shield in 2004. Four Roads won the Division 6 Cup at Féile na nGael in 2019. Notable players include Lizzie Glennon and Cait Kenny who are the only players from the county to be nominated for an " All-Star " & the following Soaring Star award winners 2009 Niamh Coyle, 2010 Caroline Connaughton, 2014 Annette McGeeney and Kelley Hopkins, 2015 Susan Spillane and Rachel Fitzmaurice and 2016 Kelley Hopkins Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",

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References

External links

Roscommon GAA site

Roscommon supporters website

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National and provincial titles won by Roscommon teams
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