St. Dominics GAA Club is a 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...

 club based in Knockcroghery

Knockcroghery

Knockcroghery is a rural village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the N61 road between Athlone and Roscommon town, near Lough Ree on the River Shannon.-Name:...

, 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...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It draws its membership from the half parishes of Knockcroghery, St. Johns and Rahara.. The current club was formed in 1973. Previously, up to four clubs from the parish were in existence at any one time.

St. Dominics is arguable the most complete GAA club in County Roscommon.
They compete in both hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 and Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 at all age groups as well as catering for Camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

, and Ladies Football. The club is one of the countries most enduring competitors in the GAA's talent competition — Scor

Scór

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 — winning County Titles every year in all competitions.

St. Dominics was the home club of the legendary Jimmy Murray, captain of Roscommon GAA

Roscommon GAA

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's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...

 winning teams of 1943 and 1944. Indeed the club also supplied Phelim Murray, Jack McQuillan and Liam Gilmartin to that side.

Roll of honour

• Roscommon Senior Football Championship: 6
  • 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948
• Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship: 3
  • 1967, 1994, 1999

All-Ireland Medal Winners

Senior 1943

Jamesie Murray (c), Phelim Murray, Liam Gilmartin, Johnny Briens, Jim Brennan. Jack McQuillan also played with St. Patricks until a club was formed in his own parish of Ballyforan

Minor 2006

Mark Miley

Minor 1951

Paddy Murray

Minor 1939

Phelim Murray