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 (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. Roscommon won the 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup, again defeating Armagh in the final. Both games occurred at Croke Park.
Management team Appointed October 2021: Manager: Francis O'Halloran (Ruan) Backroom: Tommy Guilfoyle (Feakle), Stephen Cusack (Newmarket-on-Fergus)
Managerial history Michael Conneely Galway 1998–2000
Brian McDonnell 2000
Tom Costello 2001
Brian McDonnell (2) 2002–2003
Anthony Cunningham Galway 2004–2005
Michael Conneely (2) 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 Notable players
Captaincy 2021: Jason Kilkenny
Awards Champion 15: 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 ("about 1998") at that time. Flaherty scored a goal against Meath in that game.
Honours National All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-finalists (1): 1913 Quarter-finalists (1): 1994 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship Winners (1): 1994 Runners-up (1): 2003 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship Winners (3): 1965, 1974, 2001
Christy Ring Cup Semi-finalists (2): 2019, 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup Winners (3): 2007, 2015, 2025 Runners-up (2): 2013, 2022 National Hurling League Division 3 Winners (1): 2007 National Hurling League Division 3A Winners (2): 2011, 2019 All-Ireland Under 21 B Hurling Championship Winners (2): 2007, 2012 All-Ireland Minor Special Hurling Championship Winners (1): 1969
Provincial Connacht Senior Hurling Championship Winners (2): 1906, 1913 Runners-up (18): 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Connacht Senior Hurling League Winners (1): 2022 Runners-up (1): 2023 Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (5): 1966, 1967, 1968, 2013, 2015 Runners-up (2): 1997, 1998 Connacht Junior Hurling Championship Winners (13): 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974 Runners-up (17): 1925, 1926, 1931, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970 Connacht Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners (8): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Connacht Minor Hurling Championship Winners (8): 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
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