Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2023 Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship | |
Code | Hurling |
Founded | 1902 |
Region | Roscommon (GAA) |
Trophy | Mickey Cunniffe Cup (since 2004) [1] |
No. of teams | 7 |
Title holders | Four Roads (36th title) |
First winner | Roscommon Gaels |
Most titles | Four Roads (36 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 Athleague by 0-26 to 2-12 in the 2023 final.
Four Roads lead the Roll of Honour with 35 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.
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.
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.
There is no relegation to the Roscommon Junior Hurling Championship, currently in place.
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.
Team | Location | Colours | Championship titles | Last championship title |
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Athleague | Athleague | Blue and white | 20 | 2021 |
Four Roads | Four Roads | Black and amber | 35 | 2023 |
Oran | Oran | Green and yellow | 6 | 2016 |
Pádraig Pearse's | Woodmount | Red and white | 4 | 2020 |
Roscommon Gaels | Roscommon | Purple and gold | 24 | 1970 |
St Dominic's | Knockcroghery | Blue and white | 3 | 1999 |
Tremane | Knockadangan | Blue and gold | 11 | 1995 |
Championship | Club |
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Senior | |
Senior | Athleague |
Four Roads | |
Oran | |
Pádraig Pearse's | |
Roscommon Gaels | |
St Dominic's | |
Tremane | |
Junior | |
Junior A | Athleague (2nd team) |
Four Roads (2nd team) | |
Oran (2nd team) | |
Pádraig Pearse's (2nd team) | |
Roscommon Gaels (2nd team) | |
St Dominic's (2nd team) | |
Tremane (2nd team) |
# | Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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1 | Four Roads | 36 | 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 | 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 | 4 | 1967, 1994, 1999 | 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 |
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 |
Year | Winners | Runners-up | ||
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Club | Score | Club | Score | |
2023 [2] | Four Roads | 0-26 | Athleague | 2-12 |
2022 [3] | Four Roads | 3-14 | Padraig Pearses | 0-15 |
2021 | Athleague | 3-12 | Tremane | 0-15 |
2020 [4] | Padraig Pearses | 2-22 | Athleague | 1-18 |
2019 [5] | Four Roads | 1-19 | Athleague | 1-08 |
2018 | Athleague | 2-13 | Four Roads | 1-13 |
2017 [6] | Padraig Pearses | 1-20 | Four Roads | 1-13 |
2016 [7] [8] | Oran | 3-08, 2-15 (R) AET | Four Roads | 0-17, 1-12 (R) |
2015 [9] | Four Roads | 0-16, 0-17 (R) | Pádraig Pearse's | 1-13, 1-11 (R) |
2014 [10] | Four Roads | 3-11 | Athleague | 0-11 |
2013 [11] | Four Roads | 2-15 | Oran | 2-09 |
2012 [12] | 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 |
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