Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship
| Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 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.
History
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
.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
2023 Teams
| Team | Location | Colours | Championship titles | Last championship title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
Hurling Grades
| Championship | Club |
|---|---|
| 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)
| |
Roll of honour
| # | Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
List of finals
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
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| 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
|
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| 1956 | Tremane | 2-08 | Four Roads | 2-04 |
| 1955 | Athleague
|
3-06 | Four Roads
|
1-05 |
| 1954 | Four Roads
|
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| 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
|
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| 1949 | Athleague
|
Four Roads | ||
| 1948 | Four Roads
|
Athleague
|
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| 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
|
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| 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
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| 1928 | Athleague
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| 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
|
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| 1915 | Roscommon Town | |||
| 1914 | Roscommon Town | |||
| 1913 | Roscommon Town | |||
| 1912 | No Championship | |||
| 1911 | No Championship | |||
| 1910 | Athleague
|
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| 1909 | Athleague
|
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| 1908 | Araghty Gaels ( Athleague )
|
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| 1907 | Tisara ( Four Roads )
|
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| 1906 | Tisara ( Four Roads )
|
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| 1905 | Tisara ( Four Roads )
|
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| 1904 | Gaels Roscommon | |||
| 1903 | Gaels Roscommon | |||
| 1902 | Gaels Roscommon | |||
- Bold indicates Connacht championship winners.
See also
References
- ^ "Club Sidelines". The Irish News. 21 October 2008. p. 43.
- ^ "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.
- 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.