Four Roads Hurling Club
| Ceithre Bhóthar | |||||||||
| Founded: | 1905 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County: | Roscommon | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and Amber | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Tisrara Community Sports Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°30′37″N 8°13′25″W / 53.5103°N 8.22365°W | ||||||||
| Playing kits | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Senior Club Championships | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Four Roads Hurling Club are a hurling club from County Roscommon. They are the most successful team in the history of the Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship with 37 titles. They also won the Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship in 1977 due to a walkover from Kiltormer and again 1988 when they defeated Abbeyknockmoy on a scoreline of 3-5 to 1-8. On both occasions of representing Connacht at the All-Ireland semi-final stage, they encountered Wexford opposition. First up was the star-studded Rathnure side of 1978 where they put in an impressive performance before going down by 2-20 to 2-8, and in 1989 they suffered defeat on a scoreline of 2-19 to 0-9 to eventual champions Buffers Alley. Together with emerging twice from Connacht, the club also played in nine other finals. After the Senior Championship finished in 2007, they have played in the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship making the final 5 times but never won it. In 2015 they won the Roscommon senior hurling title for a record 8th time in a row. Since then, they won four titles in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, bringing them to 37 titles overall.
Achievements
[edit]- Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship Winners 1905, 1906, 1907, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1971, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,[1] 2013,[2] 2014,[3] 2015,[4] 2019[5] 2022, 2023, 2024
- Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship Winners 1977, 1988
References
[edit]- ^ "Roscommon SHC final: five-in-a-row for Four Roads". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Four Roads edge brave Oran". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Roscommon SHC final: Four Roads in seventh heaven". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Roscommon SHC final: g-eight day for Four Roads". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Four Roads get back to winning ways".