Padraig Pearses GAA Roscommon
| CLG Padraig Mac Phiarsaigh | ||
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| Founded: | 1962 | |
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| County: | Roscommon | |
| Nickname: | Pearses | |
| Colours: | Red and White (Alt White and Red) | |
| Grounds: | Woodmount, Ballinasloe | |
| Coordinates: | 53°20′14.95″N 8°09′15.07″W / 53.3374861°N 8.1541861°WCoordinates: 53°20′14.95″N 8°09′15.07″W / 53.3374861°N 8.1541861°W | |
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Padraig Pearses GAA Club (Padraig Mac Phiarsaigh) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Moore, Taughmaconnell and Rural Creagh in South County Roscommon, Ireland. They play in Red and White colours and their home pitch is at Woodmount (Ton na lig), Ballinasloe.
The club was founded in 1962 and was an amalgamation of the two former Junior Clubs Moore and Taughmaconnell. Initially only Men's Gaelic football was played, with the playing of Hurling restricted to the rural Creagh area of the Clubs catchment. Eventually the Club grew to cater for all GAA Field codes including Ladies Gaelic football and Camogie
Padraig Pearses fields underage teams in almost all codes from U-8 to U-21 as well as Senior and Junior teams, in addition the Club is active in the GAA Cultural Competitions of Scór and Scor ná nÓg. The senior team contested the last two Roscommon Senior Championship finals in 2015 and 2016 losing out on both days to Clan Na Gael and St Brigids.
The club has provided players to county teams in both Hurling and Football at all levels. Current members of the Senior Football squad are Niall Carty, Niall Daly, Conor Daly, Ronan Daly and David Murray with Tomas Seale, Cathal Kelly and Adam Finnerty currently representing the club on the Hurling squad who won the Nicky Rackard Cup in 2015. Niall Carty was selected to captain the Roscommon senior footballers for 2014 and 2015.
Club Website: http://www.padraigpearses.roscommon.gaa.ie/
Although formed in 1962 the club had no grounds of its own until 1983. Up until then the club played its official games at Ballyforan (St. Aidans GAA Club) or Johnstown (Clan Na Gael GAA Club), The Club also used facilities such as Finneran's Field Taughmaconnell, Green's Field Moore, St Bridgets Hospital Grounds Creagh and the Pitch at the rear of the then Falty National School now the Home of Moore United Soccer Club.
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