Roscrea GAA

Roscrea

Ros Cré

Founded:

1895

County:

Tipperary

Colours:

Red and White

Grounds:

St. Cronan's Park

Coordinates:

52°58′05.52″N 7°47′12.94″W / 52.9682000°N 7.7869278°W

Playing kits

Standard colours

Senior Club Championships

	All Ireland	{{{province}}} champions	Tipperary champions
Hurling:	1	2	6

Roscrea GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the town of Roscrea. The club's colours are red and white and they play at Páirc Naomh Cronáin (English: St. Cronan's Park). This was the venue for the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final.

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History

Roscrea were founded in 1895.^[1] They were feared^{[according to whom?]} in the 1960s and 1970s for their hurling prowess but are now referred to as the "sleeping giants" of North Tipperary.^{[citation needed]}

Hurling

Roscrea has been considered a strong club in North Tipperary for a long time. In 2017 Roscrea won a minor county title.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Winners 1970-71
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship Winners 1969, 1970 Runners-Up 1972, 1980
Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Winners 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980 Runners-Up 1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985
North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Winners 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1982, 2004
Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners 2022
Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Winners 1982, 1986, 2015
Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship Winner 2012
Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Championship Winners 1963, 1964, 1968, 1983, 1984
Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship Winners 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1984 2017
North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship (5) 1930, 1942, 1946, 1982, 1986
North Tipperary Junior A Football Championship (3) 1918, 1925, 1926
North Tipperary Junior B Hurling Championship (1) 2012
North Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship (7) 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1983, 1984
North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship (31) 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 2017 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1999, 2001, 2003

Notable players

References

^ 1980 Co. Tipperary Senior Hurling Final Programme

External links

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