Roscommon county hurling team


The Roscommon county hurling team represents Roscommon in hurling and is governed by Roscommon GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. 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 Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon. 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 semi-final occurred in 1910. Tipperary defeated the county by a scoreline of 10 goals to one point.
The county defeated 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 relegated 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 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup, again defeating Armagh in the final. Both games occurred at Croke Park.

Management team

Managerial history

Michael Conneely Galway 1998–2000
Brian McDonnell 2000
Tom Costello 2001
Brian McDonnell 2002–2003
Anthony Cunningham Galway 2004–2005
Michael Conneely Galway 2005–2006
Dave McConn Athleague 2006–2009
Séamus Qualter Westmeath 2009–2013
Justin Campbell Galway 2013–2016
Johnny Kelly 2016–2017
Ciarán Comerford Laois 2017–2020
Johnny Keane Galway 2020–2021
Francis O'Halloran Clare 2021–

Players

Captaincy

  • 2021: Jason Kilkenny

Awards

denotes that a player also won Player of the Year for the year in question.
2005: Mike Keaveney
2006: Michael Kelly
2008: Micheál Kelly
2016: Micheál Kelly2nd? or 3rd?
2017: Padraig Kelly
2018: Naos Connaughton
2022: Padraig Kelly2nd, Daniel Glynn
2025: Enda Lawless, Mark Ward,, Sean Canning

Records

  • Anthony Flaherty came out of retirement at the age of 49 to play for Roscommon against Meath in the 2006 Christy Ring Cup. Flaherty had not played competitive hurling for eight years at that time. Flaherty scored a goal against Meath in that game.

Honours

National

Provincial