For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship

Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship

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

 or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship

Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship

The Roscommon Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top teams of Roscommon Clubs. Since 2007 the winners of the Roscommon Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship,...

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The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 (GAA) or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards

GAA county

A Gaelic Athletic Association county is a geographic region within the Gaelic Athletic Association , controlled by a county board and originally based on the counties of Ireland as they were in 1884. While the counties of Ireland have changed since the foundation of that date, the GAA counties have...

 of the GAA in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, and is responsible for Gaelic games

Gaelic games

Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...

 in County Roscommon

County Roscommon

County Roscommon is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the town of Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county...

. The county board is also responsible for the Roscommon inter-county teams
Roscommon were a glamour team of the 1940s, winning back to back All Ireland's, and have contributed some of the great personalities to GAA history.

Roscommon's rise from Junior status to Senior All-Ireland champions in the four years leading up to 1943 was one of the great romances of its time.