The Roscommon

Roscommon

Roscommon is the county town of County Roscommon in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 5,017 . The town is located near the junctions of the N60, N61 and N63 roads.-History:...

 Senior Hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club competition between the top teams of Roscommon Clubs. Since 2007 the winners of the Roscommon Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

The Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is a Hurling competition played between the Intermediate Championship winner from each county in Connacht...

, with the winners going on to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is a hurling competition between the winners of the intermediate grade championship in the strong hurling counties in Ireland. The winners of the senior county championship in weaker counties also compete for this championship.This competition...

. Prior to competing in this competition, the Roscommon champions competed in the Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

The Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship was an annual hurling tournament played between the senior hurling clubs in Connacht contested from 1970 until it became defunct after the conclusion of the 2007/08 season due to the predominance of the Galway champions coupled with a lack of meaningful...

 from its inception in 1970/71.

Four Roads are the current champions, defeating Athleague in the 2011 decider. Their latest win marked the first occasion in which a club captured a four titles in a row.

Four Roads (Tisrara) lead the Roll of Honour with 29 titles (last won 2011), followed by Roscommon Gaels with 21 titles (last won in 1970). In the past Roscommon Gaels competed as St. Comans and Roscommon Town, while St. Dominics previously competed as St. Patricks.

Ballygar (Co Galway) participated in the championship from the 1920s, winning two titles in 1930 & 1985, before transferring back to Galway after 1994. Since 1998, seven clubs compete in the championship, namely: Athleague, Four Roads, Oran, Pádraig Pearses, Roscommon Gaels, St. Dominics & Tremane.

Top winners

Team	Winner	Winning Years
Four Roads	29	1905, 1906, 1907, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1971, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Roscommon Gaels	24	1902, 1903, 1904, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970
Athleague	18	1908, 1909, 1910, 1916, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1975, 1978, 2003, 2006, 2007
Tremane	11	1956, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1995
Oran	5	1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2004
St. Dominics	3	1967, 1994, 1999
Padraig Pearses	2	1984, 1987
Ballygar	2	1930, 1985
Elphin	1	1926
Boyle (Military)	1	1927
Castlefrench	1	1934

County Finals

Year	Winner		Runner Up
2011	Four Roads	1-14	Athleague	0-06
2010	Four Roads	5-15	Pádraig Pearse's	0-11
2009	Four Roads	2-15	Oran	2-04
2008 Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship 2008 Senior Hurling Championship on 11 June 2008...	Four Roads	0-06	Pádraig Pearse's	0-05
2007	Athleague	2-11	Pádraig Pearse's	1-10
2006	Athleague	1-11	Pádraig Pearse's	1-06
2005	Four Roads	1-14	Athleague	2-09
2004	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	2-07	Four Roads	0-10
2003	Athleague	2-13	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	3-06
2002	Four Roads	2-08	Padraig Pearse's	1-08
2001	Four Roads	1-16	St. Dominic's	1-08
2000	Four Roads	1-11	Athleague	0-5
1999	St. Dominic's	1-11	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	0-9
1998	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	2-10	St. Dominic's	2-7
1997	Four Roads	1-15	St. Dominic's	1-5
1996	Four Roads	2-19	Tremane	0-13
1995	Tremane	1-9, 2-11	St. Dominic's	1-9, 0-9
1994	St. Dominic's	2-5	Four Roads	1-6
1993	Four Roads	0-14	Athleague	0-10
1992	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	2-12	Four Roads	0-14
1991	Four Roads	2-12	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	2-7
1990	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	2-13	Four Roads	0-13
1989	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	3-8	Four Roads	1-5
1988	Four Roads	2-9	Padraig Pearses	1-5
1987	Padraig Pearses	2-5, 1-11	Oran Oran Hurling (Uarain) Oran Hurling is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Green and Yellow colours and their home pitch is Rockfield....	0-11, 1-6
1986	Four Roads	2-7	Tremane	0-10
1985	Ballygar	3-9	Tremane	2-6
1984	Padraig Pearses	1-7	Four Roads	2-3
1983	Four Roads	2-14	Ballygar	0-7
1982	Four Roads	0-10	Ballygar	0-7
1981	Four Roads	1-12, 1-13	Tremane	1-12, 1-8
1980	Tremane	1-10	Athleague	1-7
1979	Tremane	0-13	Athleague	0-3
1978	Athleague	2-8	Tremane	1-10
1977	Four Roads	2-14	Tremane	2-7
1976	Tremane	2-11	Athleague	2-4
1975	Athleague	2-8	Four Roads	1-10
1974	Tremane	2-12	St. Patricks	0-3
1973	Tremane	3-10	Four Roads	3-9
1972	Tremane	5-9	Roscommon Gaels	2-5
1971	Four Roads	3-3	St. Patricks	2-4
1970	Roscommon Gaels	2-8	Four Roads	2-2
1969	Roscommon Gaels	3-10	Four Roads	1-2
1968	Tremane	5-3	Four Roads	3-5
1967	St. Patricks	3-7	Tremane	2-5
1966	Roscommon Gaels	0-8	St. Patricks	0-3
1965	Roscommon Gaels		Athleague
1964	Roscommon Gaels	1-8	Tremane	1-5
1963	Tremane
1962	Four Roads	4-3	Roscommon Gaels	1-3
1961	Roscommon Gaels	4-10	Tremane	5-5
1960	Tremane
1959	Athleague		Tremane
1958	Four Roads
1957	Athleague
1956	Tremane	2-8	Athleague	2-4
1955	Athleague	3-6	Four Roads	1-5
1954	Four Roads
1953	Athleague	7-0	Four Roads	3-4
1952	St. Coman's	7-5	Four Roads	4-7
1951	St. Coman's	4-2	Athleague	0-2
1950	Four Roads
1949	Atheague		St. Comans
1948	Four Roads		Athleague
1947	Athleague
1946	Four Roads
1945	Four Roads
1944	St. Coman's
1943	No championship
1942	No championship
1941	No championship
1940	No championship
1939	No championship
1938	Roscommon Town	4-2	Athleague	2-0
1937	Athleague
1936	Roscommon Town
1935	Roscommon Town		Military (Athlone)
1934	Castlefrench	3-4	Castlerea	0-4
1933	Roscommon Town
1932	Roscommon Town
1931	Roscommon Town
1930	Ballygar
1929	Athleague
1928	Athleague
1927	Boyle (Military)
1926	Elphin
1925	Roscommon Town
1924	Roscommon Town
1923	Roscommon Town
1922	No championship
1921	No championship
1920	No championship
1919	No championship
1918	No championship
1917	No championship
1916	Athleague
1915	Roscommon Town
1914	Roscommon Town
1913	Roscommon Town
1912	No championship
1911	No championship
1910	Athleague
1909	Athleague
1908	Araghty Gaels (Athleague)
1907	Tisara (Four Roads)
1906	Tisara (Four Roads)
1905	Tisara (Four Roads)
1904	Gaels Roscommon
1903	Gaels Roscommon
1902	Gaels Roscommon

External links

• Official Roscommon Website
• Roscommon on Hoganstand
• Roscommon Club GAA