The Roscommon county hurling team represents Roscommon in hurling and is governed by Roscommon GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Christy Ring Cup and the National Hurling League. 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,[contradictory] Roscommon. 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 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 Wexford 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, defeating Armagh by a scoreline of 1–12 to 0–13.[1] Roscommon won the 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup, again defeating Armagh in the final.[2] Both games occurred at Croke Park.
Current management team
- Appointed October 2021:[3]
- Manager: Francis O'Halloran (Ruan)
- Backroom: Tommy Guilfoyle (Feakle), Stephen Cusack (Newmarket-on-Fergus)
Managerial history
Michael Conneely Galway 1998–2000
Brian McDonnell 2000
Tom Costello 2001
Brian McDonnell (2) 2002–2003
Anthony Cunningham Galway 2004–2005[4][additional citation(s) needed]
Michael Conneely (2) Galway 2005–2006
Dave McConn Athleague 2006–2009[5][additional citation(s) needed][contradictory]
Séamus Qualter Westmeath 2009–2013[6][7][8]
Justin Campbell Galway 2013–2016[9][10]
Johnny Kelly 2016–2017[11][12]
Ciarán Comerford Laois 2017–2020[13]
Johnny Keane Galway 2020–2021[14][15]
Francis O'Halloran Clare 2021–
Players
Notable players
Captaincy
- Jason Kilkenny: 2021[16]
Records
- Anthony Flaherty came out of retirement at the age of 49 to play for Roscommon against Meath 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.[17]
Honours
National
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
- All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship/Joe McDonagh Cup
Winners (1): 1994
Runners-up (1): 2003
- All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship/Christy Ring Cup
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship/Nicky Rackard Cup
- National Hurling League Division 3
- Winners (1): 2007
- National Hurling League Division 3A
- All-Ireland Under 21 B Hurling Championship
- Winners (2): 2007, 2012[20]
- All-Ireland Minor Special Hurling Championship
- Winners (1): 1969
Provincial
- Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
- Connacht Senior Hurling League
- Winners (1): 2022
- Runners-up (1): 2023
- Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship
- Winners (5): 1966, 1967, 1968, 2013, 2015[21]
- Runners-up (2): 1997, 1998
- Connacht Junior Hurling Championship
- 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
- Winners (8): 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969