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Roscommon GAA

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.

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.

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.

The county team won a first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) in 1943, defeating Cavan in the final. The team retained the All-Ireland SFC in 1944, defeating Kerry in the final.

The county team made its third appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the 1946 edition. It made its fourth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the 1962 edition. It made its fifth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final in the 1980 edition. Kerry defeated Roscommon in all three of those games.

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