St Dominic's GAA

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St Dominic's
Naomh Dominic
Founded:1973
County:Roscommon
Nickname:The Doms
Colours:Blue and White
Grounds:Galey, Knockcroghery
Coordinates:53°34′19.85″N 8°04′34.67″W / 53.5721806°N 8.0762972°W / 53.5721806; -8.0762972Coordinates: 53°34′19.85″N 8°04′34.67″W / 53.5721806°N 8.0762972°W / 53.5721806; -8.0762972
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht
champions
Roscommon
champions
Football: 0 0 6
Hurling: - 0 3

St Dominic's GAA Club (Naomh Dominic) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Knockcroghery, County Roscommon, Ireland. It draws its membership from the half parishes of Knockcroghery, St John's and Rahara. The current club was formed in 1973. Previously, up to four clubs from the parish were in existence at any one time. Since 2018, the club's official supporter has been Sport Direct as part of the companies GAA Grassroots Programme.[citation needed]

The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football at all age groups as well as catering for camogie, and Ladies Football. The club is one of the countries most enduring competitors in the GAA's talent competition — Scor — winning county titles every year in all competitions.[citation needed]

St Dominic's was the home club of Jimmy Murray, captain of Roscommon GAA's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning teams of 1943 and 1944. The club also supplied Phelim Murray, Jack McQuillan and Liam Gilmartin to that side.[citation needed]

Honours

All-Ireland Medal winners

  • Senior 1943: Jamesie Murray (c), Phelim Murray, Liam Gilmartin, Johnny Briens, Jim Brennan. Jack McQuillan also played with St Patrick's until a club was formed in his own parish of Ballyforan[citation needed]