Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship

Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship
Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1902
Region	Roscommon (GAA)
Trophy	Mickey Cunniffe Cup (since 2004)
No. of teams	7
Title holders	Four Roads (37th title)
First winner	Roscommon Gaels
Most titles	Four Roads (37 titles)
Sponsors	Kepak

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 Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. Before 2008, the Roscommon champions qualified for the Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Four Roads are the title holders, defeating St Dominic's by 3-12 to 2-11 in the 2024 final.^[2]

History

Four Roads lead the Roll of Honour with 37 titles, followed by Roscommon Gaels with 24 titles (last won in 1970). In the past Roscommon Gaels competed as St Coman's and Roscommon Town, while St Dominic's previously competed as St Patrick's.

Ballygar (County Galway) participated in the championship from the 1920s, winning two titles in 1930 and 1985, before transferring back to Galway in 1994.

Since 1998, seven clubs compete in the championship, namely Athleague, Four Roads, Oran, Pádraig Pearse's, Roscommon Gaels, St Dominic's and Tremane.

Format

Group stage

The 7 clubs start in one group stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays four matches other teams in the group resulting in not every team plays each other in the group. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams qualify for the semi-finals and the next four teams qualify for the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

Following the completion of the group stage, the teams from the group are ranked (1-6) in terms of points accumulated and scoring difference. The two top-ranking teams receive byes to separate semi-finals.

Quarter-finals: Teams designated 3-6 contest this round. Third place plays sixth place and fourth place plays fifth place The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and teams designated 1-2 contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Relegation

There is no relegation to the Roscommon Junior Hurling Championship, currently in place.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2024 Teams

The 7 teams competing in the 2024 Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship are:

Team	Location	Colours	Position in 2024	Championship titles	Last championship title
Athleague	Athleague	Blue and white	Semi-finals	20	2021
Four Roads	Four Roads	Black and amber	Champions	37	2024
Oran	Oran	Green and yellow	Quarter-finals	6	2016
Pádraig Pearse's	Woodmount	Red and white	Group stage	4	2020
Roscommon Gaels	Roscommon	Purple and gold	Semi-finals	24	1970
St Dominic's	Knockcroghery	Blue and white	Runners-up	3	1999
Tremane	Knockadangan	Blue and gold	Quarter-finals	11	1995

Hurling Grades

Championship	Club
Senior
Senior	Athleague
	Four Roads
	Oran
	Pádraig Pearse's
	Roscommon Gaels
	St Dominic's
	Tremane
Junior
Junior	Athleague
	Four Roads
	Oran
	Pádraig Pearse's
	Roscommon Gaels
	St Dominic's
	Tremane

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Championships won	Championships runner-up
1	Four Roads	37	21	1905, 1906, 1907, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1971, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024	1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2018
2	Roscommon Gaels	24	2	1902, 1903, 1904, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970	1962, 1972
3	Athleague	20	17	1908, 1909, 1910, 1916, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1975, 1978, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2018, 2021	1938, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1958, 1965, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1993, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2023
4	Tremane	11	11	1956, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1995	1959, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2021
5	Oran	6	6	1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2016	1987, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2013
6	Pádraig Pearse's	4	9	1984, 1987, 2017, 2020	1988, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2022
7	St Dominic's	3	5	1967, 1994, 1999	1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2024
8	Ballygar	2	2	1930, 1985	1982, 1983
9	Elphin	1	0	1926	—
	Boyle (Military)	1	0	1927	—
	Castlefrench	1	0	1934	—
12	St Patrick’s	0	3	—	1966, 1971, 1974
	Castlerea	0	1	—	1934
	Military (Athlone)	0	1	—	1935
	St Coman's	0	1	—	1945

Notes

Runners-up unknown: 1902–10, 1913–16, 1923–33, 1936–37, 1944, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1960

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
Year	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024^[2]	Four Roads	3-12	St Dominic's	2-11
2023^[3]	Four Roads	0-26	Athleague	2-12
2022^[4]	Four Roads	3-14	Padraig Pearses	0-15
2021	Athleague	3-12	Tremane	0-15
2020^[5]	Padraig Pearses	2-22	Athleague	1-18
2019^[6]	Four Roads	1-19	Athleague	1-08
2018	Athleague	2-13	Four Roads	1-13
2017^[7]	Padraig Pearses	1-20	Four Roads	1-13
2016^[8]^[9]	Oran	3-08, 2-15 (R) AET	Four Roads	0-17, 1-12 (R)
2015^[10]	Four Roads	0-16, 0-17 (R)	Pádraig Pearse's	1-13, 1-11 (R)
2014^[11]	Four Roads	3-11	Athleague	0-11
2013^[12]	Four Roads	2-15	Oran	2-09
2012^[13]	Four Roads	0-16, 1-12 (R)	Pádraig Pearse's	1-13, 1-09 (R)
2011	Four Roads	1-14	Athleague	0-06
2010	Four Roads	5-15	Pádraig Pearse's	0-11
2009	Four Roads	2-15	Oran	2-04
2008	Four Roads	0-06	Pádraig Pearse's	0-05
2007	Athleague	2-11	Pádraig Pearse's	1-10
2006	Athleague	1-11	Pádraig Pearse's	1-06
2005	Four Roads	1-14	Athleague	2-09
2004	Oran	2-07	Four Roads	0-10
2003	Athleague	2-13	Oran	3-06
2002	Four Roads	2-08	Pádraig Pearse's	1-08
2001	Four Roads	1-16	St Dominic's	1-08
2000	Four Roads	1-11	Athleague	0-05
1999	St Dominic's	1-11	Oran	0-09
1998	Oran	2-10	St Dominic's	2-07
1997	Four Roads	1-15	St Dominic's	1-05
1996	Four Roads	2-19	Tremane	0-13
1995	Tremane	1-09, 2-11 (R)	St Dominic's	1-09, 0-09 (R)
1994	St Dominic's	2-05	Four Roads	1-06
1993	Four Roads	0-14	Athleague	0-10
1992	Oran	2-12	Four Roads	0-14
1991	Four Roads	2-12	Oran	2-07
1990	Oran	2-13	Four Roads	0-13
1989	Oran	3-08	Four Roads	1-05
1988	Four Roads	2-09	Pádraig Pearse's	1-05
1987	Pádraig Pearse's	2-05, 1-11 (R)	Oran	0-11, 1-06 (R)
1986	Four Roads	2-07	Tremane	0-10
1985	Ballygar	3-09	Tremane	2-06
1984	Pádraig Pearse's	1-07	Four Roads	2-03
1983	Four Roads	2-14	Ballygar	0-07
1982	Four Roads	0-10	Ballygar	0-07
1981	Four Roads	1-12, 1-13 (R)	Tremane	1-12, 1-08 (R)
1980	Tremane	1-10	Athleague	1-07
1979	Tremane	0-13	Athleague	0-03
1978	Athleague	2-08	Tremane	1-10
1977	Four Roads	2-14	Tremane	2-07
1976	Tremane	2-11	Athleague	2-04
1975	Athleague	2-08	Four Roads	1-10
1974	Tremane	2-12	St Patrick's	0-03
1973	Tremane	3-10	Four Roads	3-09
1972	Tremane	5-09	Roscommon Gaels	2-05
1971	Four Roads	3-03	St Patrick's	2-04
1970	Roscommon Gaels	2-08	Four Roads	2-02
1969	Roscommon Gaels	3-10	Four Roads	1-02
1968	Tremane	5-03	Four Roads	3-05
1967	St Patrick's	3-07	Tremane	2-05
1966	Roscommon Gaels	0-08	St Patrick's	0-03
1965	Roscommon Gaels		Athleague
1964	Roscommon Gaels	1-08	Tremane	1-05
1963	Tremane	4-04	Four Roads	0-10
1962	Four Roads	4-03	Roscommon Gaels	1-03
1961	Roscommon Gaels	4-10	Tremane	5-05
1960	Tremane
1959	Athleague		Tremane
1958	Four Roads	3-05	Athleague	3-04
1957	Athleague
1956	Tremane	2-08	Four Roads	2-04
1955	Athleague	3-06	Four Roads	1-05
1954	Four Roads
1953	Athleague	7-00	Four Roads	3-04
1952	St Coman's	7-05	Four Roads	4-07
1951	St Coman's	4-02	Athleague	0-02
1950	Four Roads
1949	Athleague		Four Roads
1948	Four Roads		Athleague
1947	Athleague (R)		Four Roads (R)
1946	Four Roads		Athleague
1945	Four Roads		St Coman's
1944	St Coman's
1943	No Championship
1942	No Championship
1941	No Championship
1940	No Championship
1939	No Championship
1938	Roscommon Town	4-02	Athleague	2-00
1937	Athleague
1936	Roscommon Town
1935	Roscommon Town		Military (Athlone)
1934	Castlefrench	3-04	Castlerea	0-04
1933	Roscommon Town
1932	Roscommon Town
1931	Roscommon Town
1930	Ballygar
1929	Athleague
1928	Athleague
1927	Boyle (Military)
1926	Elphin
1925	Roscommon Town
1924	Roscommon Town
1923	Roscommon Town
1922	No Championship
1921	No Championship
1920	No Championship
1919	No Championship
1918	No Championship
1917	No Championship
1916	Athleague
1915	Roscommon Town
1914	Roscommon Town
1913	Roscommon Town
1912	No Championship
1911	No Championship
1910	Athleague
1909	Athleague
1908	Araghty Gaels (Athleague)
1907	Tisara (Four Roads)
1906	Tisara (Four Roads)
1905	Tisara (Four Roads)
1904	Gaels Roscommon
1903	Gaels Roscommon
1902	Gaels Roscommon

Bold indicates Connacht championship winners.

References

^ "Club Sidelines". The Irish News. 21 October 2008. p. 43.
^ ^a ^b "Four Roads' late rally floors St. Dominic's". Roscommon Herald. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
^ "Strong start helps Four Roads retain Roscommon SHC title". Hogan Stand. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ "Roscommon SHC final: Four Roads finish strong to win". GAA. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "Glynn the hero in extra-time win for Padraig Pearses". RTÉ. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "Four Roads get back to winning ways". Irish Independent. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
^ "Roscommon SHC final: Pearses prevail in fine style". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ "Dolan rescues Four Roads". Irish Independent. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "Roscommon SHC final: Oran gatecrash Four Roads' nine in-a-row party". Hogan Stand. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ "Roscommon SHC final: g-eight day for Four Roads". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Roscommon SHC final: Four Roads in seventh heaven". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^ "Four Roads edge brave Oran". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
^ "Roscommon SHC final: five-in-a-row for Four Roads". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

External links

[1] "Club Sidelines". The Irish News. 21 October 2008. p. 43.

[2024final-2] "Four Roads' late rally floors St. Dominic's". Roscommon Herald. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

[3] "Strong start helps Four Roads retain Roscommon SHC title". Hogan Stand. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[4] "Roscommon SHC final: Four Roads finish strong to win". GAA. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

[5] "Glynn the hero in extra-time win for Padraig Pearses". RTÉ. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[6] "Four Roads get back to winning ways". Irish Independent. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[7] "Roscommon SHC final: Pearses prevail in fine style". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[8] "Dolan rescues Four Roads". Irish Independent. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[9] "Roscommon SHC final: Oran gatecrash Four Roads' nine in-a-row party". Hogan Stand. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

[10] "Roscommon SHC final: g-eight day for Four Roads". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[11] "Roscommon SHC final: Four Roads in seventh heaven". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

[12] "Four Roads edge brave Oran". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

[13] "Roscommon SHC final: five-in-a-row for Four Roads". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

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