The Roscommon county hurling team represents

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in hurling and is governed by Roscommon GAA, the county board of the

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. 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

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. 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.

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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

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in 1999. The county competed in the newly formed Christy Ring Cup in 2005 and 2006 but was

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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. Roscommon won the

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

Current management team

:''Appointed October 2021'': *

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: Francis O'Halloran (

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) *Backroom: Tommy Guilfoyle (

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), Stephen Cusack (

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)

Managerial history

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Galway 1998–2000 Brian McDonnell 2000 Tom Costello 2001 Brian McDonnell (2) 2002–2003

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Galway 2004–2005

(2) Galway 2005–2006

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Athleague 2006–2009

Séamus Qualter Séamus Qualter (born 1967) is an Irish former hurler and hurling manager. Born in Turloughmore, County Galway, Qualter played competitive hurling in his youth. At club level he is a one-time Connacht medallist with Turlougmore. In addit ...

Westmeath 2009–2013 Justin Campbell Galway 2013–2016

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Galway 2020–2021 Francis O'Halloran Clare 2021–

Players

Notable players

Captaincy

*Jason Kilkenny: 2021

Records

*Anthony Flaherty came out of retirement at the age of 49 to play for Roscommon against Meath in the

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. Flaherty had not played competitive hurling for eight years ("about 1998") at that time. Flaherty scored a goal against Meath in that game.

Honours

National

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship ** Semi-finalists (1):

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**Quarter-finalists (1):

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* All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship/ Joe McDonagh Cup ** Winners (1): 1994 ** Runners-up (1): 2003 *

/ Christy Ring Cup ** Semi-finalists (2):

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All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker ...

Nicky Rackard Cup The Nicky Rackard Cup (; often referred to as the Rackard Cup) is the fourth tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Each year, the champion team in the Nicky Rackard Cup is promoted to the Christy Ring Cup, and the lowest finishing ...

** Winners (5): 1965, 1974, 2001, 2007, 2015 ** Runners-up (2):

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* National Hurling League Division 3 ** Winners (1): 2007 * National Hurling League Division 3A ** Winners (2): 2011,

* All-Ireland Under 21 B Hurling Championship ** Winners (2): 2007, 2012 *All-Ireland Minor Special Hurling Championship ** Winners (1): 1969

Provincial

* Connacht Senior Hurling Championship ** Winners (2):

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** Runners-up (18): 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 * Connacht Senior Hurling League ** Winners (1): 2022 ** Runners-up (1): 2023 * Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship ** Winners (5): 1966, 1967, 1968, 2013, 2015 ** Runners-up (2): 1997, 1998 *

Connacht Junior Hurling Championship The Connacht Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council. The winners of the Connacht Junior Hurli ...

** 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 The Connacht Minor Hurling Championship was an annual hurling competition organised sporadically by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association between 1931 and 1989 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Connach ...

** Winners (8): 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969

References

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