Roscommon GAA
Gaelic Athletic Association board for County Roscommon, Ireland
The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Ros Comáin) or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Roscommon.
The county board is also responsible for the Roscommon county teams.
The county football team was the third from the province of Connacht to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following Galway and Mayo. It competes in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, which it has won 25 times. The team won back-to-back All-Ireland SFC titles in 1943 and 1944.
Crest
From November 2024, the crest was altered to replace the original black-faced sheep with one of the white-faced wooly-necked found in Roscommmon.
Football
Clubs
Clubs contest the Roscommon Senior Football Championship. That competition's most successful club is Clann na nGael, with 21 titles.
Roscommon GAA postponed all GAA matches that had been due to be played on the first weekend of September 2022 after referees refused to officiate. This was in response to an alleged assault on a referee in a football match at St Aidan's GAA.
County team
The county team won a first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) in 1943, defeating Cavan in the final.
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