2017 Roscommon Senior Football Championship
# 2017 Roscommon Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Roscommon Senior Football Championship is the 117th edition of Roscommon GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Roscommon, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner representing Roscommon in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship.

The championship starts with a seeded group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

St. Brigid's were the defending champions after they defeated Pádraig Pearse's in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title to claim a "2-in-a-row" of championships and their 16th overall when defeating Roscommon Gaels 3-13 to 3-7 in the final at Dr. Hyde Park.

Kilmore bounced straight back to the top flight for this season from the Intermediate ranks after relegation in 2015, through claiming the 2016 I.F.C. title. However, they were relegated back to the middle tier for 2018 after losing the Relegation Final to Castlerea St. Kevin's.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

## Group stage

All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage.

The competition split into two groups, based on their performance in the 2016 Group stages. Group 1 consists of teams who reached the quarter-finals last year or better. Group 2 consists of two bottom placed finishers in Group 1 last year as well as 3rd and 4th placed in Group 2 last year, the 2016 Relegation Playoff winners and the 2016 Intermediate champions.

The top 2 teams in Group 1 go into the semi-finals, where they await the winners of the quarter-finals, which are composed of the 3rd and 4th placed teams in Group 1 along with the top 2 finishers in Group 2. The bottom 2 teams in Group 2 will enter a Relegation Playoff.

### Group 1

**Group 1 Table**

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roscommon Gaels | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 83 | -8 | 8 |
| St. Brigid's | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 82 | +25 | 6 |
| Western Gaels | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 75 | +15 | 6 |
| Boyle | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 92 | -7 | 6 |
| St. Faithleach's | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 90 | -2 | 4 |
| Pádraig Pearse's | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 85 | -23 | 0 |

**Group 1 Round 1**

| 5/6/17 19:30 | Roscommon Gaels | 3-13 – 2-11 | St. Faithleach's | Ballyleague Referee: Aaron Clogher Man of the Match: Brian O'Gara |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5/6/17 19:30 | Cian Connolly 0-5 (0-1f, 2 '45), Mark Nally 1-1, Ronan Gleeson and John McManus 1-0 each, Brian Kelly and Kieran Kilcline 0-2 each, David O'Gara, James McDermott, James O'Gara 0-1 each | | Kevin Farrell and Daniel Foley 1-0 each, Dave Rooney (1 '45) and Diarmuid Murtagh (0-3f) 0-3 each, Ciaran Murtagh 0-2, Brian Murtagh, Darragh Hussey, Aidan Dooney | Ballyleague Referee: Aaron Clogher Man of the Match: Brian O'Gara |
| 5/7/17 14:00 | Western Gaels | 1-23 – 2-8 | Boyle | Strokestown Referee: Gerry Carmody |
| 5/7/17 14:00 | Kevin Higgins 1-5, Derek Moran 0-7f, Finbarr Cregg 0-3, John Duffy, Cathal Cregg, Tommy Gill 0-2 each, Sean McDermott and Niall Higgins 0-1 each | | Donie Smith 1-6 (0-1f) and Cian McKeon 1-2 | Strokestown Referee: Gerry Carmody |
| 5/7/17 14:00 | St. Brigid's | 1-16 – 0-14 | Pádraig Pearses | Johnstown Referee: Anthony Naughton Man of the Match: Garvan Dolan |
| 5/7/17 14:00 | Senan Kilbride 0-4 (0-3f), Garvan Dolan (0-1f) and Jack McDonnell (0-1f) 0-3 each, Brian Stack 1-0, David Cunniffe 0-2, Eoin Sheehy, Padraig Kelly, Gavin Byrne, Darragh Donnelly 0-1 each | Report | Hubert Darcy 0-6 (0-3f), Sean Fahy 0-3 (0-1f), Conor Payne 0-2, Shane Carty and Ronan Daly 0-1 each | Johnstown Referee: Anthony Naughton Man of the Match: Garvan Dolan |

**Group 1 Round 2**

| 5/12/17 20:00 | Roscommon Gaels | 1-15 – 1-8 | Ballyleague | Kilbride Referee: Kevin Naughton Man of the Match: Cian Connolly |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5/12/17 20:00 | Cian Connolly 0-5 (0-3f), Kieran Kilcline and Brian Kelly 0-3 each, Brian O'Gara 1-0, Enda Lannon 0-2, Ronan Gleeson and Mark Nally 0-1 each | | Donie Smith 0-6 (0-3f, 1 '45), Evan McGrath 1-0, Cian McKeon 0-2 (0-1f) | Kilbride Referee: Kevin Naughton Man of the Match: Cian Connolly |
| 5/13/17 19:15 | Western Gaels | 2-14 – 0-12 | Pádraig Pearses | Pairc an Phiarsaigh Referee: Paddy Neilan Man of the Match: Ciaran Cafferkey |
| 5/13/17 19:15 | Kevin Higgins 1-3, Finbarr Cregg 1-2, Derek Moran 0-3f, Sean Conroy, Ciaran Cafferkey, Oisin Ward, Cathal Cregg, Niall Higgins, Tommy Gill 0-1 each | | Sean Fahy 0-4 (0-3f), Aaron Fehily, Daniel Glynn, Hubert Darcy (0-1f) 0-2 each, Shane Carty and Leon Fehily (0-1f) 0-1 each | Pairc an Phiarsaigh Referee: Paddy Neilan Man of the Match: Ciaran Cafferkey |
| 5/14/17 15:45 | St. Brigid's | 4-8 – 2-11 | St. Faithleach's | Kiltoom |
| 5/14/17 15:45 | Senan Kilbride 1-3 (0-3f), Mark Daly 1-0, David Cunniffe 1-0 pen, Darragh Donnelly 1-0, Garvan Dolan 0-3f, Jack McDonnell and Cathal McHugh 0-1 each | | Diarmuid Murtagh 1-3, Ciaran Murtagh 0-4, Darragh Hussey 1-0, Jonathan Hussey 0-2, David Rooney and Aidan Dooney 0-1 each | Kiltoom |

**Group 1 Round 3**

| 8/19/17 17:30 | Boyle | 3-15 – 3-9 | St. Brigid's | O'Rourke Park Referee: Gerry Carmody |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8/19/17 17:30 | Donie Smith 0-7, Cian McKeon 1-3, Enda Smith 1-1, David Callaghan 1-0, Evan McGrath, Tadgh McKenna, Conor Flanagan, Darren O'Connor 0-1 each | | Jack McDonnell 0-4, Brian Stack 1-1, Peter Domican and David Cunniffe 1-0 each, Padraig Kelly 0-3, Garvan Dolan 0-1 | O'Rourke Park Referee: Gerry Carmody |
| 8/20/17 13:00 | Roscommon Gaels | 1-10 – 0-11 | Western Gaels | Orchard Park Referee: Paul Daly Man of the Match: Mark Healy |
| 8/20/17 13:00 | Mark Healy 1-4 (0-1f) and Cian Connolly 0-6 (0-3f, 1 '45) | | Finbar Cregg 0-6 (0-4f), Derek Moran 0-3f, John Duffy and James McDonnell 0-1 each | Orchard Park Referee: Paul Daly Man of the Match: Mark Healy |
| 8/20/17 14:45 | St. Faithleach's | 1-13 – 0-14 | Pádraig Pearses | Athleague Referee: P McTiernan |
| 8/20/17 14:45 | Diarmuid Murtagh 1-1, Connell Kennelly, Ciaran Murtagh, Aidan Dooney, David Rooney 0-2 each, Stephen Ormsby, C Quinn, Brian Murtagh, Jonathan Hussey 0-1 each | | Sean Fahy 0-4, Hubert Darcy 0-3, David Grehan 0-2, Shane Dolan, Shane Carty, Daniel Glynn, Aaron Fehily, Emmet Kelly 0-1 each | Athleague Referee: P McTiernan |

**Group 1 Round 4**

| 8/26/17 17:30 | Boyle | 2-14 – 1-16 | St. Faithleach's | Kilglass |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8/26/17 13:00 | Western Gaels | 1-16 – 1-14 | St. Brigid's | Western Gaels |
| 8/27/17 19:00 | Roscommon Gaels | 0-14 – 0-11 | Pádraig Pearses | Kiltoom |

**Group 1 Round 5**

| 9/9/17 | Boyle | 2-10 – 1-8 | Pádraig Pearses |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9/9/17 | St. Faithleach's | 1-16 – 1-11 | Western Gaels |
| 9/9/17 | St. Brigid's | 5-18 – 0-8 | Roscommon Gaels |

### Group 2

**Group 2 Table**

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Strokestown | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 53 | +43 | 9 |
| Clann na nGael | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 65 | +33 | 9 |
| Elphin | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 70 | +9 | 6 |
| St. Croan's | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 91 | -21 | 4 |
| Kilmore | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 76 | -29 | 0 |
| Castlerea St. Kevin's | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 91 | -35 | 0 |

**Group 2 Round 1**

| 5/6/17 19:30 | Elphin | 1-11 – 1-8 | St. Croan's | Enfield Referee: P McTiernan |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5/6/17 19:30 | Frankie Cregg 1-5 (0-3f), Brian Higgins and Gerry Cregg 0-2 each, Fintan Cregg (0-1f) and Aidan Murray 0-1 each | | Kevin Smyth 0-4f, Ross Timothy 1-0, Gerard Connaughton, Keith Keenan, James Connaughton, Shane Smyth 0-1 each | Enfield Referee: P McTiernan |
| 5/6/17 15:45 | Strokestown | 2-19 – 1-8 | Castlerea St. Kevin's | Strokestown Referee: Declan Hunt |
| 5/6/17 15:45 | Colin Compton 1-2, Kevin Finn 0-4 (0-2f), Keith Murphy 1-0, Daniel Rogers 0-3, Thomas Corcoran and Cathal Compton 0-2, Sean Mullooly, Ruairi Molloy, M Fallon, Ian Rogers, G Collins, Kevin Shiel 0-1 each | | Ger Heneghan 0-5 (0-3f), Christy Dineen 1-1, Eddie Creaton and Niall Connaughton 0-1 each | Strokestown Referee: Declan Hunt |
| 5/21/17 15:45 | Clann na nGael | 2-17 – 0-10 | Kilmore | Johnstown Referee: Ollie Kelly Man of the Match: Donie Shine |
| 5/21/17 15:45 | Donie Shine 1-8 (0-7f), Johnny Dunning 1-2, Cathal Shine and Ross Naughton 0-2 each, Emmett Kenny, Cathal Callinan, Matt Nally 0-1 each | | Paul Garvey 0-5 (0-1f), Ray Caslin 0-3, John Gannon and Derek Connellan (0-1f) 0-1 each | Johnstown Referee: Ollie Kelly Man of the Match: Donie Shine |

**Group 2 Round 2**

| 5/13/17 18:00 | Clann na nGael | 6-10 – 1-9 | St. Croan's | Kiltoom Referee: Ollie Kelly Man of the Match: Stephen Flynn |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5/13/17 18:00 | Jamie Fahy 2-2, Donie Shine 1-5 (0-4f, 1 '45), Fergal Lennon 1-0, Cian McManus 1-0, Ciaran Lennon 1-0, David Connaughton, Ross Naughton, Johnny Dunning 0-1 each | | Ross Timothy 1-0, Shane Smyth and Kevin Smyth (0-3f) 0-3 each, Maurice Connaughton, Mike Holland, Jason Egan 0-1 each | Kiltoom Referee: Ollie Kelly Man of the Match: Stephen Flynn |
| 5/14/17 15:45 | Elphin | 6-8 – 1-14 | Castlerea St. Kevin's | Enfield Referee: Gerry Carmody Man of the Match: Gerry Cregg |
| 5/14/17 15:45 | Gerry Cregg 3-2, Frankie Cregg 2-2, Fintan Cregg 1-3, Ronan Beirne (1 '45) and Conor Lenehan 0-1 each | | Ger Heneghan 0-7 (0-2f, 1 '45), Darren McDermott 1-4, Christy Dineen 0-3f | Enfield Referee: Gerry Carmody Man of the Match: Gerry Cregg |
| 5/14/17 15:45 | Strokestown | 2-16 – 0-11 | Kilmore | Kilglass |
| 5/14/17 15:45 | Colin Compton and Paddy Brogan 1-0 each | | Derek Connellan 0-11 | Kilglass |

**Group 2 Round 3**

| 8/19/17 19:15 | Clann na nGael | 1-14 – 1-13 | Castlerea St. Kevin's | O'Rourke Park Referee: Brendan Beirne |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8/19/17 19:15 | Donie Shine 1-9 (1-0 pen, 0-5f, 2 '45), Ross Naughton 0-2, Enda Kenny, Cathal Shine, Jamie Fahy 0-1 each | | Ger Heneghan 0-8 (0-6f), Nathan Bligh 1-0, Darren McDermott 0-3, Ronan Raftery and Ronan Curran 0-1 each | O'Rourke Park Referee: Brendan Beirne |
| 8/20/17 14:45 | Strokestown | 2-7 – 0-10 | Elphin | Orchard Park Referee: Declan Hunt |
| 8/20/17 14:45 | Diarmuid McGann 1-1, Paddy Brogan 1-0, Michael Fallon and Colin Compton 0-2 each, Cathal Compton and Ian Rogers 0-1 each | | Fintan Cregg 0-7, Frankie Cregg 0-2, Gerry Cregg 0-1 | Orchard Park Referee: Declan Hunt |
| 8/20/17 18:00 | St. Croan's | 2-10 – 0-14 | Kilmore | Kilmore Referee: Vivian Hardiman |
| 8/20/17 18:00 | Ross Timothy 0-3, Shane Smyth and Dan Malone 1-0 each, Keith Keenan, Maurice Connaughton, Mike Holland, James Connaughton, Kevin Smith, Keith Muldoon, Alan Hurley 0-1 each | | Paul Garvey 0-9, Derek Connellan 0-4, Gerry Connellan 0-1 | Kilmore Referee: Vivian Hardiman |

**Group 2 Round 4**

| 8/26/17 17:30 | St. Croan's | 5-8 – 0-12 | Castlerea St. Kevin's | Dr. Hyde Park |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8/26/17 19:15 | Clann na nGael | 0-13 – 0-13 | Strokestown | Dr. Hyde Park |
| 8/26/17 19:15 | Elphin | 0-15 – 1-9 | Kilmore | Kilglass |

**Group 2 Round 5**

| 10 September 2017 2:00 pm | Clann na nGael | 1-14 – 2-8 | Elphin | Kiltoom |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 September 2017 2:00pm | Castlrea St. Kevin's | 1-11 – 0-7 | Kilmore | Abbey Park |
| 9 September 2017 6:30 pm | Strokestown | 2-17 – 0-8 | St. Croan's | Kilbride |

## Knock-Out Stages

### Relegation Final

* Castlerea St. Kevin's 1-11, 0-7 Kilmore, Boyle, 10/9/2017,

### Finals

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boyle | Boyle | 2-11 | | | | | | |
| Strokestown | Strokestown | 0-15 | Roscommon Gaels | Roscommon Gaels | 0-16 | | | |
| | | | Boyle | Boyle | 0-10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Roscommon Gaels | Roscommon Gaels | 3-7 |
| | | | | | | St. Brigids | St. Brigids | 3-13 |
| | | | St. Brigids | St. Brigids | 2-6 | | | |
| Western Gaels | Western Gaels | 5-11 | Western Gaels | Western Gaels | 0-10 | | | |
| Clan na nGael | Clan na nGael | 2-15 | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| 16 September 2017 18:00 | Boyle | 2-11 – 0-15 | Strokestown | Dr. Hyde Park Referee: Kevin Naughton Man of the Match: Cian McKeon |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 September 2017 18:00 | Donie Smith (0-2f, 2 '45) and Cian McKeon (0-1f) 0-5 each, Sean Purcell and Enda Smith 1-0, Mark O'Donoghue 0-1 | | Diarmuid McGann 0-5 (0-3f), Kevin Finn and Colin Compton (0-1f) 0-2 each, Keelan Beirne, Ruaidhri Molloy, Cathal Compton, Ian Rogers, Keith Murphy, Luke Kelly 0-1 each | Dr. Hyde Park Referee: Kevin Naughton Man of the Match: Cian McKeon |
| 16 September 2017 20:00 | Western Gaels | 5-11 – 2-15 | Clann na nGael | Kiltoom Referee: Ollie Kelly Man of the Match: Cathal Cregg |
| 16 September 2017 20:00 | Cathal Cregg 3-2, Finbar Cregg 0-5 (0-2f), Niall Higgins 1-1, Tommy Gill 1-0, Ciaran Cafferky 0-2, Sean Ryan 0-1 | | Donie Shine 1-7 (1-0 pen, 0-5f), Cathal Shine 1-1, Cathal Callinan 0-2, Emmett Kenny, Graham Pettit, Ciaran Lennon, Ruardhi McManus, Damien Duff 0-1 each | Kiltoom Referee: Ollie Kelly Man of the Match: Cathal Cregg |

## Semi-finals

| 1 October 2017 14:00 | Roscommon Gaels | 0-16 – 0-10 | Boyle | Dr. Hyde Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Paul Daly Man of the Match: David O'Gara |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 October 2017 14:00 | Cian Connolly 0-5 (0-4f), David O'Gara 0-3, Ciaran Kilcline, Scott Oates, Mark Nally 0-2 each, James O'Gara and Richard Hughes 0-1 each | | Donie Smith (0-1f) and Cian McKeon (0-2f) 0-3 each, Enda Smith 0-2 (0-1f), Tadgh McKenna and Darren O'Connor 0-1 each | Dr. Hyde Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Paul Daly Man of the Match: David O'Gara |
| 1 October 2017 15:45 | St. Brigid's | 2-6 – 0-10 | Western Gaels | Dr. Hyde Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aaron Clogher Man of the Match: Padraig Kelly |
| 1 October 2017 15:45 | Senan Kilbride 1-2 (0-2f), Cathal McHugh 0-3 (0-1f), Brian Stack 1-0, Ronan Stack 0-1 | | Finbar Cregg 0-6f, Aidan Dowd, Niall Higgins, Kevin Higgins, Cathal Cregg 0-1 each | Dr. Hyde Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aaron Clogher Man of the Match: Padraig Kelly |

## Final

| 22 October 2017 4:00 pm Final | St. Brigid's | 3-13 – 3-7 | Roscommon Gaels | Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Brendan Healy (St. Faithleach's) Man of the Match: Peter Domican |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 October 2017 4:00 pm Final | Brian Stack 1-1, Cathal McHugh (0-3f) and Senan Kilbride (0-3f) 0-4 each, Eddie Nolan and Conor Murray 1-0 each, Darragh Sheehy, Darren Dolan, Padraig Kelly, Jack McDonnell 0-1 each | Report | Cian Connolly 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-4f), Mark Healy and James O'Gara 1-0 each, Richard Hughes, Ronan Gleeson 0-1 | Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Brendan Healy (St. Faithleach's) Man of the Match: Peter Domican |

## Championship statistics

### Miscellaneous

* Roscommon Gaels qualify for the final for the first time since 2004.
