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23 signs that you’re a Roscommon sports fan

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23. You’ve spotted Ming supporting the Rossies in Croke Park

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22. You can’t beat the Hyde as a sporting venue on a summer’s day

INPHO/James  Crombie

21. You’d put your house on Donie Shine to convert a free off the ground

INPHO/Cathal Noonan

20. You point out to Mayo people that Andy Moran really should be a Rossie

INPHO/Cathal Noonan

19. You’d love to have seen the Clann na nGael side of the 1980′s get their hands on the Andy Merrigan Cup

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18. But you were delighted to see St Brigid’s lift the trophy last March

INPHO/Ryan Byrne

17. You remember Chris O’Dowd more for being a county minor than a Hollywood actor

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16. You reckon the McManus clan are the greatest football family in the country

Tony McManus

Eamonn McManus

John McManus (right)

15. You poke fun at Mayo fans at club games with creative signs

INPHO/Mike Shaughnessy

14. You don’t think there is a better commentator out there than Willie Hegarty

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13. Now that Paul Earley is the boss, you’ll be taking a bigger interest in the International Rules this year

INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

12. You believe Karol Mannion hit the greatest last-minute match-winning goal ever

In action for St Brigid’s against Corofin in the 2006 Connacht senior club final.

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11. And you reckon Frankie Dolan hit the greatest point of all time against Kildare in the qualifiers in 2003

INPHO/Morgan Treacy

10. You  toasted the Nicky Rackard Cup win in 2007

INPHO/Morgan Treacy

9. He looks like Al Bundy and can do no wrong for Roscommon football – he’s your hero Fergal O’Donnell

INPHO/Cathal Noonan

8. You know Kilmore’s Tommy Kenoy was the brains behind amending Rule 42 to allow soccer and rugby to be played in Croke Park

INPHO/ Tom Honan

7. You’ve heard tales of heartbreak in All-Ireland senior finals against Kerry…but at least ye beat them in 1944

1946

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1962

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1980

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6. You’ve loved watching Shane Curran be a character in goal for years

INPHO/Andrew Paton

5. You also took a greater interest in Athlone Town when Curran was in action

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4. And you had to be happy for him when he won an All-Ireland medal at the age of 41

INPHO/Ryan Byrne

3. The day the minors won in Ennis in 2006 was one of the greatest of your life

INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

2. You wouldn’t have minded if this fella had declared for Roscommon given his family roots

INPHO/Donall Farmer

1. And you know that his father Dermot Earley Senior was one of the true greats

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