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{{Short description|County board of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland}}
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{{Infobox Gaelic games county board
| name            = Roscommon GAA
| crest           = Roscommon GAA crest.svg
| irish           = CLG Ros Comáin
| nickname        = The Rossies
| founded         = 
| province        = Connacht
| dominant sport  = Gaelic football
| grounds         = [[Dr Hyde Park]], [[Roscommon]]
| county colours  = {{color box|#E2C608}} Primrose {{color box|0000FF}} [[Royal blue]]<br>(Black and green until 1935)
| website         = 

| sfc champs       = 
| sfc year         = 
| shc champs       = 
| shc year         = 
| nfl div         = Division 2
| nhl div         = Division 3A
| football champ  = Sam Maguire Cup
| hurling champ   = Nicky Rackard Cup
| ladies football = Brendan Martin Cup
| camogie         = Kay Mills Cup
}}
The Roscommon County Board of the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) ({{langx|ga|Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Ros Comáin}}) or '''Roscommon GAA''' is one of the 32 [[County board (Gaelic games)|county board]]s of the GAA in [[Ireland]], and is responsible for [[Gaelic games]] in [[County Roscommon]].

The county board is also responsible for the Roscommon county teams.

The [[Roscommon county football team|county football team]] was the third from the [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] of [[Connacht]] to win an [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] (SFC), following [[Galway county football team|Galway]] and [[Mayo county football team|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.

==Crest==
From November 2024, the crest was altered to replace the original black-faced sheep with one of the white-faced wooly-necked found in Roscommmon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/roscommon-wrong-sheep-crest-342705|title=People only just noticing Roscommon GAA’s new badge after wrong sheep breed forced change|date=6 February 2025}}</ref>

==Football<!--THE GAA ORGANISES GAELIC FOOTBALL ONLY. IT DOES NOT ORGANISE RUGBY OR AMERICAN FOOTBALL.-->==
===Clubs===
{{further|List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Roscommon}}
Clubs contest the [[Roscommon Senior Football Championship]]. That competition's most successful club is [[Clann na nGael GAA (Roscommon)|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lawlor |first1=Damian |title=All GAA matches in Roscommon off due to referee protest following alleged assault |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0831/1319863-gaa-games-off-in-roscommon-as-refs-withdraw-services/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |publisher=RTÉ Sport |date=2 September 2022}}</ref>

===County team===
{{main|Roscommon county football team}}
The county team won a first [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] (SFC) in [[1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1943]], defeating [[Cavan county football team|Cavan]] in [[1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|the final]]. The team retained the All-Ireland SFC in [[1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1944]], defeating [[Kerry county football team|Kerry]] in [[1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|the final]].

The county team made its third appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the [[1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|1946 edition]]. It made its fourth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the [[1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|1962 edition]]. It made its fifth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the [[1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|1980 edition]]. Kerry defeated Roscommon in all three of those games.
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==Hurling==
===Clubs===
{{further|List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Roscommon}}
Clubs contest the [[Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship]]. That competition's most successful club is [[Four Roads Hurling Club|Four Roads]], with 35 titles.

===County team===
{{main|Roscommon county hurling team}}
Roscommon's sole appearance in an [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] (SHC) semi-final occurred in 1910. [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]] defeated the county by a scoreline of 10 goals to one point. The county defeated [[Wexford county hurling team|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 [[Promotion and relegation|relegated]] to the Nicky Rackard Cup after poor performances. Roscommon won the [[2007 Nicky Rackard Cup Final]], defeating [[Armagh county hurling team|Armagh]] by a scoreline of 1–12 to 0–13.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/roscommon-celebrate-1.954763|title=Roscommon celebrate|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=13 August 2007}}</ref> Roscommon won the [[2015 Nicky Rackard Cup]], again defeating Armagh in the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20335247.html|title=Michael Kelly delivers killer blow for Roscommon|work=[[Irish Examiner]]|date=8 June 2015}}</ref> Both games occurred at [[Croke Park]].

==Ladies' football==

Roscommon have the following achievements in ladies' football.
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*'''[[All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship]]s:''' 1
**1978
*'''[[All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship]]s:''' 1
**2005
*'''[[All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship]]s:''' 1
**2001
{{Div col end}}

==Camogie==
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Roscommon won the [[All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship#Nancy Murray Cup|Nancy Murray Cup]] in 2009.<ref>2009 Jun A Roscommon 2-8 Armagh 3-5 report on [http://www.camogie.ie/Home/tabid/54/mid/411/newsid412/816/Default.aspx Camogie.ie]</ref> At underage level Roscommon U14 won the Mairead Meehan All Ireland Final in 2018 and the Mary Lynch All Ireland Final in 2022. They won the U16 C Championship in 2019 and 2022 and they won the Minor B Shield in 2021.

Four Roads won the [[All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship#All Ireland Junior Club Camogie Finals|All Ireland Junior club final]] in 2010 beating Corofin of Clare 1-09 to 0-06. They also reached the 2004,<ref>2004 Junior club final Leitrim 4-13 Four Roads 0-8 Four Roads report in [http://www.independent.ie/sport/mccrickard-goal-sends-fontenoys-on-their-way-142064.html Irish Independent]</ref> 2012, 2014 and 2018 All Ireland Junior club finals.<ref>2005 junior club final Leitrim 1-8 Four Roads 1-4 report in [http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/freshford-are-the-queen-of-clubs-again-231811.html Irish Independent] and [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2005/1121/1132330239941.html Irish Times]</ref> Athleague reached the 2015 All Ireland Junior club.

[[Oran Hurling (Uarain) GAA#Camogie|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 [[Camogie All Stars Awards|Soaring Star award winners]]<ref>[http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/AllStars/tabid/104/Default.aspx All-stars on camogie.ie]</ref> 2009 Niamh Coyle, 2010 Caroline Connaughton, 2014 Annette McGeeney and Kelly Hopkins, 2015 Susan Spillane and Rachel Fitzmaurice and 2016 Kelly Hopkins

Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/final-goal-for-camogie-2115510.html|title=Final goal for camogie|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=29 March 2010|access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref> [[Carlow GAA#Camogie|Carlow]], [[Cavan GAA#Camogie|Cavan]], [[Laois GAA#Camogie|Laois]], [[Louth GAA#Camogie|Louth]] and Roscommon were to get a total of 17 new clubs by 2015.<ref>National Development Plan 2010-2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on [http://www.camogie.ie/NationalDevelopmentPlan/tabid/71/Default.aspx camogie.ie], pdf download (778k) from [http://www.camogie.ie/Portals/0/Documents/Development%20Plan.pdf Camogie.ie download site]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.gaaroscommon.ie/ Roscommon GAA site]
* [http://www.stolensheep.tk/Roscommon/ Roscommon supporters website]
* [http://www.hoganstand.com/Roscommon/ Roscommon] on Hoganstand.com
* [https://sites.google.com/site/roscommongaahistory/roll-of-honour National and provincial titles won by Roscommon teams]

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