Roscommon Senior Football Championship Explained

Roscommon Senior Football Championship
Trophy:	Fahey Cup
First:	1889
Sponsors:	Hodson Bay Hotel Group
Irish:	Craobh Sinsear Peile Ros Comáin
Currentordinal:	18
Most:	Clann na nGael
Mostordinal:	21

The Roscommon Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in County Roscommon. The winners of the Roscommon Championship receive the Fahey Cup and qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship.

The 2023 Championship was won by St. Brigids GAA who defeated Boyle by a score of 0-12 to 0-11. Roscommon representatives have gone on to win the Connacht title on thirteen occasions. In 2013, St Brigid's became the first Roscommon club to win the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Roll of honour

	Club	Wins	Years won
1	Clann na nGael	21	1961, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2015, 2018
2	St Brigid's	18	1953, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2023
3	Elphin	15	1889, 1891, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957
4	Roscommon Gaels	11	1962, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004
	Strokestown	11	1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1992, 2002, 2022
6	Castlerea St Kevin's	7	1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 2003, 2008, 2009
7	Tarmon	6	1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1947
	St Patrick's	6	1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949
	Roscommon Town	6	1911, 1912, 1913, 1930, 1936, 1938
10	Kilbride	5	1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 2000
11	Donamon	4	1918, 1919, 1920, 1925
12	Kilmore	2	1964, 1983
	Boyle	2	1890, 1927
	Tulsk	2	1923, 1924
	Fuerty	2	1929, 1934
	St Coman's, Roscommon	2	1952, 1954
	Padraig Pearses	2	2019, 2021
18	Kilbride Emmets/Elphin	1	1906
	Tulsk	1	1910
	St Coman's, Knockcroghery	1	1952
	United Stars (Oran/Creggs)	1	1960
	Shannon Gaels	1	1964
	St Faithleach's	1	1965

List of finals

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score
2023^[1]	St Brigid's	0-12	Boyle	0-11
2022^[2]	Strokestown	0-11	Boyle	0-10
2021^[3]	Padraig Pearse's	2-08	Clann na nGael	0-11
2020^[4]	St Brigid's	1-11	Padraig Pearses	0-08
2019^[5]	Padraig Pearses	2-10	Roscommon Gaels	1-10
2018	Clann na nGael	4-15	St Brigid's	1-12
2017^[6]	St Brigid's	3-13	Roscommon Gaels	3-07
2016^[7]	St Brigid's	2-14	Padraig Pearses	2-07
2015^[8]	Clann na nGael	1-09	Padraig Pearses	0-11
2014^[9]	St Brigid's	3-12	St Faithleach's	0-07
2013^[10]	St Brigid's	1-13	Western Gaels	0-09
2012^[11]	St Brigid's	2-08	Padraig Pearses	0-09
2011	St Brigid's	1-09	Elphin	0-07
2010	St Brigid's	0-14	Elphin	0-09
2009	Castlerea St Kevin's	0-10	Western Gaels	0-06
2008	Castlerea St Kevin's	0-12, 0-09 (R)	Padraig Pearses	1-09, 0-08 (R)
2007	St Brigid's	1-12	St Faithleach's	0-09
2006	St Brigid's	1-07	St Faithleach's	1-05
2005	St Brigid's	2-09	Padraig Pearses	0-11
2004	Roscommon Gaels	0-10	Kilbride	0-08
2003	Castlerea St Kevin's	1-09	St Brigid's	0-11
2002	Strokestown	2-11	St Brigid's	0-11
2001	Roscommon Gaels	0-12	Kilmore	0-08
2000	Kilbride	1-11	St Brigid's	1-08
1999	Roscommon Gaels	0-10	Kilmore	0-06
1998	Roscommon Gaels	0-15	Kilmore	0-09
1997	St Brigid's	1-08	Clann na nGael	1-07
1996	Clann na nGael	0-11	Michael Glaveys	1-06
1995	Clann na nGael	0-12	Strokestown	0-08
1994	Roscommon Gaels	0-12	Strokestown	0-06
1993	Clann na nGael	1-12	Castlerea St Kevin's	0-07
1992	Strokestown	1-10, 1-14 (R)	Roscommon Gaels	1-10, 0-10 (R)
1991	Clann na nGael	2-09	Strokestown	0-10
1990	Clann na nGael	4-13	Castlerea St Kevin's	2-04
1989	Clann na nGael	3-11	St Brigid's	1-01
1988	Clann na nGael	2-12	Strokestown	0-05
1987	Clann na nGael	3-09	Kilmore	0-07
1986	Clann na nGael	1-09	Elphin	0-05
1985	Clann na nGael	3-10	Roscommon Gaels	1-04
1984	Clann na nGael	0-07	St Brigid's	0-01
1983	Kilmore	1-08	St Brigid's	1-07
1982	Clann na nGael	2-14	St Brigid's	1-04
1981	Clann na nGael	2-05	St Faithleach's	0-06
1980	Roscommon Gaels	1-10	Clann na nGael	0-09
1979	Clann na nGael	0-06, 5-13 (R - AET)	St Brigid's	0-06, 3-09 (R - AET)
1978	Roscommon Gaels	2-07	Clann na nGael	0-08
1977	Clann na nGael	1-06	Roscommon Gaels	0-08
1976	Clann na nGael	0-08	Roscommon Gaels	0-04
1975	Roscommon Gaels	0-06, 1-13 (R, AET)	Castlerea St Kevin's	1-03, 2-07 (R, AET)
1974	Roscommon Gaels	2-10	Creggs	2-06
1973	Castlerea St Kevin's	0-10	St. Brigid's	2-02
1972	Roscommon Gaels	2-05	Castlerea St Kevin's	0-02
1971	Castlerea St Kevin's	2-11	Clann na nGael	1-02
1970	Clann na nGael	1-13	Roscommon Gaels	1-08
1969	St Brigid's	2-02	Roscommon Gaels	0-04
1968	Castlerea St Kevin's	2-08	Padraig Pearses	0-07
1967	Castlerea St Kevin's	1-07	Clann na nGael	1-06
1966	Clann na nGael	2-09	Elphin	1-06
1965	St Faithleach's	0-10	Shannon Gaels	1-06
1964	Shannon Gaels/Kilmore	2-03	Roscommon Gaels	0-06
1963	St Brigid's	2-14	Padraig Pearses	1-05
1962	Roscommon Gaels	1-11	St Brigid's	1-10
1961	Clann na nGael	2-08	Elphin	1-10
1960	United Stars (Oran/Creggs)	1-05	Na Fianna	0-03
1959	St Brigid's	0-12	Elphin	1-04
1958	St Brigid's	1-08	Castlerea St Kevin's	0-03
1957	Elphin	1-05	St Brigid's	0-05
1956	Elphin	2-08	Eoghan Ruadh	2-03
1955	Elphin	4-04	Roscommon St Coman's	0-01
1954	Roscommon St Coman's	1-01	Elphin	0-03
1953	St Brigid's	1-09	Elphin	0-03
1952	Roscommon St Coman's	0-04	Elphin	0-03
1951	Elphin	0-05	St Patrick's	0-04
1950	Elphin	2-06	Roscommon St Coman's	0-09
1949	St Patrick's	1-05	Elphin	0-04
1948	St Patrick's	2-09	Elphin	0-04
1947	Tarmon	2-13	St Patrick's	2-02
1946	St Patrick's	1-11	Roscommon St Coman's	0-06
1945	St Patrick's	1-09	Tarmon	0-06
1944	Tarmon	0-05, 0-06 (R), 2-07 (2nd R)	Roscommon St Coman's	0-05, 1-03 (R), 0-06 (2nd R)
1943	St Patrick's	3-03	Strokestown	1-03
1942	St Patrick's	2-07	Tarmon	0-06
1941	Tarmon	1-06, 1-09 (R)	St Patrick's	1-06, 1-05 (R)
1940	Tarmon		Ballymurray
1939	Tarmon	4-11	Ballymurray	0-07
1938	Roscommon Town	2-02	Elphin	1-02
1937	Elphin	2-07	Roscommon Town	1-04
1936	Roscommon Town	4-06	Elphin	1-03
1935	Tarmon	5-07	Ballymurray	1-03
1934	Fuerty	2-07	Tarmon	0-06
1933	Strokestown	3-04	Oran	1-01
1932	Elphin	3-02	Roscommon Town	0-01
1931	Elphin	2-02, 2-05 (R)	Roscommon Town	1-05, 2-04 (R)
1930	Roscommon Town	1-06	Strokestown	1-02
1929	Fuerty		Elphin
1928	Strokestown	1-05	Knockcroghery	1-02
1927	Boyle	2-07	Donamon	1-00
1926	Strokestown	2-03	Roscommon Town	1-00
1925	Donamon		Boyle
1924	Tulsk	2-01	Roscommon Town	2-00
1923	Tulsk	3-03	Fuerty	2-02
1922	No Championship
1921	No records
1920	Donamon	1-02	Castlerea	1-01
1919	Donamon	3-03	Strokestown	2-03
1918	Donamon	2-03	Clonown	0-02
1917	Strokestown	3-03	Roscommon St Coman's	0-03
1916	Strokestown	2-01	Kilbride	1-00
1915	Strokestown		Roscommon St Coman's
1914	Kilbride	0-02, 1-02 (R)	Tulsk	0-02, 0-01 (R)
1913	Roscommon Town	3-04	Strokestown	0-02
1912	Roscommon Town	1-01	Tulsk	0-00
1911	Roscommon Town	1-01	Tulsk	0-00
1910	Tulsk	1-02	Kilbride	1-00
1909	Kilbride		Clonown
1908	Kilbride	2-03	Croghan	0-02
1907	Kilbride	0-07	Elphin	0-05
1906	Kilbride		Tulsk
1905	Elphin O'Brien's	0-05	Kilbride	0-02
1904	Elphin O'Brien's	1-03	Roscommon Town	0-00
1903	Elphin O'Brien's	1-11	Roscommon Town	0-02
1902	Elphin O'Brien's	0-04	Tulsk	0-01
1901	Elphin O'Brien's	0-06	Roscommon De Wetts	0-00
1900	No Championship
1899	No Championship
1898	No Championship
1897	No Championship
1896	No Championship
1895	No Championship
1894	No Championship
1893	No Championship
1892	No Championship
1891	Elphin	2-09	Ballinameen-Martry	0-00
1890	Boyle	1-01	Castlerea	0-00
1889	Elphin	0-03	Kingsland	0-00

External links

• Official Roscommon Website
• Roscommon on Hoganstand
• Roscommon Club GAA

Notes and References

1. Web site: St Brigid's break Boyle hearts in tight Roscommon final . 22 October 2023. . 22 October 2023.
2. Web site: Strokestown end wait for Roscommon glory with injury-time score . 26 October 2022 . . 23 October 2022.
3. Web site: Pearses Claim Second Senior Football Championship In Three Years . 1 November 2021 . . 31 October 2021.
4. Web site: St. Brigids Are County Senior Football Kingpins Once More . 30 October 2021 . . 20 September 2020.
5. Web site: Roscommon SFC final: Pearses are bridesmaids no more . 15 October 2019 . . 13 October 2019.
6. Web site: Roscommon SFC final: Brigid's finish with a two goal flourish . 26 October 2017 . . 22 October 2017.
7. Web site: Roscommon SFC final: Cake loses out to his home club . 25 October 2016 . . 23 October 2016.
8. Web site: Clann na nGael end title drought in Roscommon. 18 October 2015 . . 18 October 2015.
9. Web site: O'Brien delight as St Brigid's complete 'drive for five'. 20 October 2014 . . 20 October 2014.
10. Web site: Dolan magic inspires Brigid's four-in-a-row. 6 October 2013. Irish Independent. 7 October 2013.
11. Web site: Dolan delivers Brigid's hat-trick . 2012-10-15. Irish Examiner. 2012-10-15.