Roslea Shamrocks GFC

Fermanagh-based Gaelic games club

Roslea Shamrocks is a Gaelic football club based in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.^[2][3]

History

The club was founded as Roslea First Fermanaghs in 1888. They were later known as Fág a Ballagh, then became Roslea Shamrocks in 1906, the name they have kept since (except for one season, 1944, when a merger with Aghdrumsee gave them the name Dresternan Shamrocks).^[4]

Roslea Shamrocks have won twelve Fermanagh Senior Football Championships, the most recent in 2014. They reached the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship in 1982.

Notable players

• Peter McGinnity
• Joe Pat Prunty
• Seán Quigley

Honours

• Fermanagh Senior Football Championship (12): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1965, 1982, 1984, 1986, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
• Fermanagh Senior Football League (9): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2009, 2011, 2014
• Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1973, 1998
• Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (8): 1954, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007^[5]

References

1. "Major revamp for Roslea Shamrocks". The Fermanagh Herald. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
2. "Roslea Shamrocks GFC (@RosleaGFC)". Twitter. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
3. "Roslea Shamrocks". Fermanagh GAA. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
4. "Highlights by the Year - Roslea Shamrocks Gaelic Sports Club". rosleashamrocks.com. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
5. "Roll of Honour". Fermanagh GAA. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

External links

• Roslea Shamrocks Official site