Roslea Shamrocks is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

club based in

Rosslea Rosslea or Roslea () is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, near the border with County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. It stands on the Finn River and is beset by small natural lakes. Roslea Forest, also known as Sprin ...

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History

The club was founded as ''Roslea First Fermanaghs'' in 1888. They were later known as ''Fág a Ballagh'', then became ''Roslea Shamrocks'' in 1906, the name they have kept since (except for one season, 1944, when a merger with Aghdrumsee gave them the name ''Dresternan Shamrocks''). Roslea Shamrocks have won twelve

Fermanagh Senior Football Championship The Fermanagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Fermanagh. The winners of the Fermanagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Sen ...

s, the most recent in 2014. They reached the final of the

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played between the top clubs in Ulster GAA. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup ( ga, Corn Shéamuis Mhic Fearáin). The winners and th ...

in 1982.

Notable players

Peter McGinnity Peter McGinnity (born October 1953) is a Gaelic football manager and former player who hails from Roslea in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He also had past convictions within the Provisional Irish Republican Army(PIRA) Career Peter McGin ...

Joe Pat Prunty Joseph Patrick Prunty MBE (1932 – 29 January 2021) was a Northern Irish businessman and Gaelic footballer who played for club side Roslea Shamrocks and was a member of the Fermanagh junior football team that won the 1959 All-Ireland Junior ...

Seán Quigley Seán Quigley (born 1992) is a Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Fermanagh county team began with his debut in 2011. He is from Roslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Career Quigley plays his ...

Honours

(12): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1965, 1982, 1984, 1986, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 * Fermanagh Senior Football League (9): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2009, 2011, 2014 * Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1973, 1998 * Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (8): 1954, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007

References

External links

Roslea Shamrocks Official site
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