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Roscommon county hurling team

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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,[contradictory] 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

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Roscommon's sole appearance in an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) 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.[1] Roscommon won the 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup, again defeating Armagh in the final.[2] Both games occurred at Croke Park.

Current management team

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Appointed October 2021:[3]

Managerial history

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Michael Conneely Galway 1998–2000

Brian McDonnell 2000

Tom Costello 2001

Brian McDonnell (2) 2002–2003

Anthony Cunningham Galway 2004–2005[4][additional citation(s) needed]

Michael Conneely (2) Galway 2005–2006

Dave McConn Athleague 2006–2009[5][additional citation(s) needed][contradictory]

Séamus Qualter Westmeath 2009–2013[6][7][8]

Justin Campbell Galway 2013–2016[9][10]

Johnny Kelly 2016–2017[11][12]

Ciarán Comerford Laois 2017–2020[13]

Johnny Keane Galway 2020–2021[14][15]

Francis O'Halloran Clare 2021–

Players

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Notable players

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For individual player details, see Category:Roscommon inter-county hurlers.

Captaincy

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  • Jason Kilkenny: 2021[16]

Records

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  • 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 ("about 1998") at that time. Flaherty scored a goal against Meath in that game.[17]

Honours

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National

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Provincial

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References

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  1. ^ "Roscommon celebrate". The Irish Times. 13 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Michael Kelly delivers killer blow for Roscommon". Irish Examiner. 8 June 2015.
  3. ^ McMahon, Páraic (26 October 2021). "Ruan's O'Halloran appointed Roscommon manager". Clare Echo.
  4. ^ "Cunningham gears up for first game". Hogan Stand. 26 February 2004.
  5. ^ "All about club identity for McConn". Roscommon Herald. 15 October 2021. David remained part of the Athleague management until 2006 until he was appointed Roscommon senior hurling manager in 2007, winning an All-Ireland U-21 title and the Nicky Rackard Cup within the space of a week. David Kelly, who joined the Athleague management set-up in 2006, took over from Connell, who went on to join McConn as part of the Roscommon management team, as Athleague retained their title against Pádraig Pearses.
  6. ^ "Qualter takes over in Westmeath". RTÉ. 10 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Qualter quits Rossies". Hogan Stand. 5 September 2013. Before taking the Roscommon reins, Qualter had a successful spell in charge of his adopted Westmeath with whom he played in the 1990s.
  8. ^ Cooney, Ian (9 September 2013). "Qualter feels that time is right to step down". Roscommon Herald.
  9. ^ Watters, Andy (1 September 2016). "Justin Campbell leaves Roscommon hurlers". The Irish News. The Kiltormer native was appointed in December 2013 and led the county to Nicky Rackard Cup, Allianz League and Connacht Intermediate titles and the All-Ireland U21 B Final during his term as well as a number of finals.
  10. ^ "Campbell departs Roscommon post". Hogan Stand. 1 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Johnny Kelly set to be ratified as Roscommon Hurling Manager". 9 November 2016.
  12. ^ Healy, Paul (28 September 2017). "Kelly steps down as hurling boss". Roscommon People.
  13. ^ "Ciarán Comerford calls time on tenure as Roscommon boss". RTÉ. 30 June 2020. The former Laois and Borris-Kilcotton player was appointed Roscommon manager in November 2017.
  14. ^ "Johnny Keane takes charge of Roscommon hurlers". RTÉ. 2 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Keane departs Rossies". Hogan Stand. 13 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Kilkenny appointed Roscommon captain". Hogan Stand. 2 May 2021.
  17. ^ Keys, Colm (21 July 2006). "Roscommon hurlers ask 49-year-old to come out of retirement". Irish Independent.
  18. ^ "Roscommon Lift Division 3A Hurling Title". Shannonside Northern Sound. 10 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Hurling silverware for Wicklow, Roscommon and Longford". Irish Examiner. 10 March 2019.
  20. ^ "Séamus Qualter still enjoying coaching journey". 2 October 2019.
  21. ^ "Ring Cup playoff: Coyne double downs Mayo". Hogan Stand. 14 June 2015.
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