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Irish: | CLG Ros Comáin |
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Nickname(s): | The Rossies |
Province: | Connacht |
Dominant sport: | Gaelic football |
Ground(s): | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon |
County colours: | Primrose Royal blue (Black and green until 1935) |
County teams | |
NFL: | Division 2 |
NHL: | Division 3A |
Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup |
Hurling Championship: | Nicky Rackard Cup |
Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup |
Camogie: | Kay Mills Cup |
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 23 times. The team won back-to-back All-Ireland SFC titles in 1943 and 1944.