Roscommon GAA

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For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Roscommon GAA
Irish:	Ros Comáin
Province:	Connacht
Nickname(s):	The Rossies
County colours:	Primrose and Blue
Ground(s):	Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
Dominant sport:	Gaelic football
NFL:	Division 3
NHL:	Division 3B
Football Championship:	Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship:	Nicky Rackard Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football:	Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie:	O'Duffy Cup
Standard colours

The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Ros Comáin) 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 Roscommon inter-county teams

Contents 1 History 1.1 Honours 2 Hurling 2.1 Honours 3 Ladies' Gaelic football 3.1 Honours 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] History

Roscommon were a glamour team of the 1940s, winning back to back All Ireland's, and have contributed some of the great personalities to GAA history.

Roscommon's rise from Junior status to Senior All-Ireland champions in the four years leading up to 1943 was one of the great romances of its time. In the All Ireland final they drew with Cavan before winning the replay with two quick goals from Frankie Kinlough and Jack McQuillan. Kinlough scored the goal and Donal Keenan the points the following year when Roscommon beat Kerry. Roscommon were captained by Jamesie Murray from Knockcroghery.

Legend tells how Roscommon lost a six-point lead in the final three minutes of the 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final against Kerry, Tom Gega O'Connor and Paddy Kennedy scoring the goals. Roscommon were beaten in the replay (Gerry Dolan made one of the greatest saves in Croke Park history against Laois in that year's semi-final). The injured team-captain, Jimmy Murray, was having blood wiped from his face to "look right" for the presentation when Kerry struck for two late equalising goals. Defeats in 1947, 1952 and 1953 semi-finals ended the party.

The 1940s successes were the pinnacle of Roscommons achievements. They also reached the final in 1962. That year was memorable for they were losing the Connacht final to Galway by 5 points when Roscommon keeper Aidan Brady swung on the crossbar, breaking it in two. During the 15 minute wait to get it replaced, Roscommon moved the great Gerry O'Malley to midfield in a re-organisation and he inspired their comeback to enable them to win the Connacht Championship. However Kerry, once again, led by the great Mick O'Connell defeated them in the All-Ireland final thanks in no small way to an off-the-ball incident which led to O'Malley being stretchered off very early in the game. Roscommons next period of success came in the late 70s when they won 4 Connacht titles on the trot from 77-80. they reached the final in 1980 against Kerry. They looked like causing an upset when John "Jigger" O'Connor's 35th second goal helped them to an early 1-2 to 0-0 lead but this was the Kerry team regarded as the greatest in history, and they eventually won by 1-9 to 1-6. A series of minor championships (1983, 1984, 1989 and 1992), and an All-Ireland Under-21 final in 1982, showed the impact of that success and in 1990 and 1991 Roscommon emerged from Connacht again, succumbing to Meath by a single point in the 1991 All Ireland semi-final.

Nine unsuccessful seasons followed before, in 2001, Roscommon regained the Connacht title following a brilliant win and performance over eventual All-Ireland champions Galway and a very dramatic end-of-match victory over Mayo. However, they failed to make any further progress in the 2001 All Ireland Championship and the decade that followed has been amongst the least successful in the team's history. Roscommon football has become more famous for controversy off the field, including the videoing of a number of players playing naked pool at a training camp in Derry, the short term disbanding of the senior team, the removal of control of the team's finances from the Roscommon County Board due to debt levels and the expulsion of a number of key players from the panel for supposed 'disciplinary' reasons.

On the field, outside of a very exciting run in 2003, the senior team have failed to record any notable successes since their 2001 Connacht Championship title win. While the success of the county's Under-18 team in winning the All-Ireland title in 2006 had appeared to offer hope, realisically it takes numerous strong minor teams to make one decent senior team.

Roscommon equalled their biggest ever defeat to local rivals Mayo in 2009, losing by 20 points. However, they followed this result with a creditable draw against Wexford in the All Ireland Qualifiers at Wexford Park before beating the same opposition in a replay at Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon. Unfortunately, the team followed up this victory with another sizeable defeat against Meath in the following game, losing by 2-12 to 0-11. The 7 point defeat brought the curtain down on another disappointing season and brought a miserable decade in the team's history to a conclusion.

[edit] Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 2
  • 1943, 1944
• All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 2
  • 1940, 2000
• All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships: 2
  • 1966, 1978
• All-Ireland Minor Football Championships: 4
  • 1939, 1941, 1951, 2006
• National Football League: 1
  • 1979
• Connacht Senior Football Championships: 19
  • 1905, 1912, 1914, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991, 2001
• Connacht Under-21 Football Championships: 5
  • 1966, 1969, 1978, 1982, 1999
• Connacht Minor Football Championships: 11
  • 1939, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1981, 1984, 1992, 2006
• Connacht Junior Football Championships: 11
  • 1929 (awarded), 1932, 1939, 1940, 1959, 1964, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2009
• All-Star Awards: 15
  • 1972: M. Freyne, 1974: D. Earley, 1977: P. Lindsay, 1978: H. Keegan, 1979: T. Heneghan, D. Murray, D. Earley, 1980: H. Keegan, G. Connellan, D. Murray, 1985: P. Earley, 1986: H. Keegan, 1989: T. McManus, 1991: E. Gavin, 2001: F. Grehan

[edit] Hurling

Roscommon hurlers' one appearance in an All Ireland semi-final was back in 1910, when they were beaten by 10 goals to one point by Tipperary. Their biggest achievement to date was the winning of the Nicky Rackard Cup Final in 2007, when they defeated Armagh in Croke Park on Saturday, 11 August. Another notable victory was the defeat of Wexford in the 1984 Centenary cup competition in 1984. They competed in the newly formed Christy Ring Cup in 2005 and 2006 but were relegated to the Nicky Rackard cup after poor performances. However, the winning of the Rackard Cup in 2007 brought jubilation and much hope for greater achievements in the future for a very committed panel of players and management.

[edit] Honours

• All-Ireland Senior "B" Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1994
• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 3
  • 1965, 1974, 2001
• All Ireland U21 B Chanmpionship:
  • 2007
• Nicky Rackard Cups: 1
  • 2007
• Connacht Senior Hurling Championships:1
  • 1913
• Connacht Minor Hurling Championships:8
  • 1959,1960,1962,1963,1966,1967,1968,1969
• Connacht U21 B Championships
  • • 2007,2008,2009
• Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championships:3
  • 1966,1967,1968
• Connacht Junior Hurling Championships:13
  • 1952,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1970,1971,1974

National Hurling League Division Three:

• • 2007

[edit] Ladies' Gaelic football

This section requires expansion.

[edit] Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championships: 1

• • 1978

All-Ireland Junior Title 2001

[edit] Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (June 2009)

In the 1989 Connacht minor final, Roscommon trailed by a point when they awarded a penalty which would be the last kick of the game. Instructions from the sideline were to take the point and level it, Peadar Glennon steadied up to take the kick. then Shane Curran ran in and blasted the ball into the net. Roscommon collected the cup, did a lap of honour, then learned that the goal had been disallowed because Glennon was in the area when the kick was taken. The match was replayed, and Roscommon won.

[edit] External links

• Roscommon GAA site
• Roscommon supporters website
• Roscommon on Hoganstand.com
• National and provincial titles won by Roscommon teams

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