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St Dominic's GAA Club (''Naomh Dominic'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in
Knockcroghery Knockcroghery () is a village and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the N61 road (Ireland), N61 road between Athlone and Roscommon, Roscommon town, near Lough Ree on the River Shannon. The townland of Knockcroghery is in t ...
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County Roscommon "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdi ...
, Ireland. It draws its membership from the half parishes of Knockcroghery, St John's and Rahara. The current club was formed in 1973. Previously, up to four clubs from the parish were in existence at any one time. Since 2018, the club's official supporter has been Sport Direct as part of the companies GAA Grassroots Programme. The club fields teams in both
hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
and
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 ...
at all age groups as well as catering for
camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
, and Ladies Football. The club is one of the countries most enduring competitors in the GAA's talent competition — Scor — winning county titles every year in all competitions. St Dominic's was the home club of Jimmy Murray, captain of
Roscommon GAA The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Ros Comáin) or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County ...
's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning teams of 1943 and 1944. The club also supplied Phelim Murray, Jack McQuillan and Liam Gilmartin to that side.


Honours

* Roscommon Senior Football Championship (6): 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948 *
Roscommon Intermediate Football Championship The Roscommon Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between mid-tier football clubs in County Roscommon. The winning club qualifies to represent its county in the Connacht Intermediate Club Foot ...
(4): 1973, 1982, 1995, 2007, 2022 *Roscommon Junior Football Championship (1): 2002 *
Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship The Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Roscommon GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Roscommon, Ireland. Since 2008, the champions qualify to the Connacht Intermediate C ...
(3): 1967, 1994, 1999


All-Ireland Medal winners

* Senior 1943: Jamesie Murray (c), Phelim Murray,
Liam Gilmartin Liam Gilmartin (31 May 1921 – 2 March 2019) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with St Patrick's and at senior level for the Roscommon county team. He usually lined out as a midfielder. Gilmartin is regarded as one of Ro ...
, Johnny Briens, Jim Brennan. Jack McQuillan also played with St Patrick's until a club was formed in his own parish of Ballyforan * Minor 2006: Mark Miley * Minor 1951: Ollie Murray * Minor 1939: Phelim Murray * Junior 1939: Tony Murray Gaelic games clubs in County Roscommon Gaelic football clubs in County Roscommon Hurling clubs in County Roscommon {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub