CLG Padraig Mac Phiarsaigh | |||||||||||||
Founded: | 1962 | ||||||||||||
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County: | Roscommon | ||||||||||||
Nickname: | Pearses Red Tigers (Juvenile teams) | ||||||||||||
Colours: | Red and White | ||||||||||||
Grounds: | Woodmount | ||||||||||||
Coordinates: | 53°20′14.95″N 8°09′15.07″W / 53.3374861°N 8.1541861°W | ||||||||||||
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Padraig Pearses GAA Club (Irish: CLG Padraig Mac Phiarsaigh) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Moore, Taughmaconnell and Creagh in County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in red and white colours and their home pitch is at Woodmount (Ton na lig), Creagh.
The club was founded in 1962 and was an amalgamation of the two former junior clubs, Moore and Taughmaconnell. Initially only men's Gaelic football was played, with the playing of hurling restricted to the Creagh area of the club's catchment area. Eventually the club grew to cater for all GAA field codes including Ladies Gaelic football and Camogie
Padraig Pearses fields underage teams in almost all codes from U-8 to U-21 as well as Senior and Junior teams, in addition the club is active in the GAA Cultural Competitions of Scór and Scor ná nÓg. Pearses Senior hurler won the 2017 Roscommon senior title for the first time in thirty years. The senior football team contested the Roscommon Senior Championship finals in 2015 and 2016 losing out on both days to Clan Na Gael and St Brigids. The senior football team won its first Roscommon Senior Championship final in 2019 defeating Roscommon Gaels on a scoreline of 2-10 to 1-10 and its second in 2021 defeating Clann na nGael on a scoreline of 2-08 to 0-11. That Team went on to win the club's first Connacht Senior Club Championship defeating Knockmore of Mayo by 1-13 to 1-11 in the final becoming only the 5th Roscommon club to hold a Senior Connacht title.
The club has provided players to county teams in both hurling and football at all levels. As of 2020, members of the senior football squad included Niall Daly, Conor Daly, Ronan Daly, David Murray, Hubert Darcy and Mark Richardson.[citation needed] Tomas Seale, Cathal Kelly and Adam Finnerty represented the club on the hurling squad who won the Nicky Rackard Cup in 2015.[citation needed] Niall Carty was selected to captain the Roscommon senior footballers for 2014 and 2015.[1]