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The Sligo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ((アイルランド語:Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Sligeach)) or Sligo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Sligo. The county board is also responsible for the Sligo inter-county teams. Sligo's senior Gaelic football team play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship but have only managed to ever win three senior provincial titles, winning in 1928, 1975 and 2007. Sligo have never appeared in an All-Ireland final. The 1922 Championship is the closest they have come, defeating Roscommon, Mayo and Galway to win the Connacht title, and beating Tipperary in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final that followed. However, "a flimsy technicality" led to a replay of the Connacht final against Galway, which Sligo lost.〔 In club football, no Sligo team has ever appeared in an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final. St. Mary's is the only Sligo team to have ever won the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship, having won it three times in 1977, 1980 and 1983. Eastern Harps, Curry and Tourlestrane have all appeared in Connacht finals. ==History== Due to a much smaller population than both County Galway and County Mayo, the two dominant forces in the province, together with competition from professional League of Ireland soccer team Sligo Rovers in the county's capital town, Sligo's Gaelic football team have never been able to break free of the shackles inherent in the provincial championship format. They have won only three Connacht championships, with an approximate gap of fifty years between each win. These championships came in 1928, 1975 and 2007. The continuation of such a run would not see the Connacht title return to Sligo until some point in the middle of the 21st century. Sligo have never appeared in an All-Ireland final. The 1922 Championship is the closest they have come, defeating Roscommon, Mayo and Galway to win the Connacht title, and beating Tipperary in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final that followed. However an objection from Galway on what is described as "a flimsy technicality" led to the Connacht decider being brought to a replay, which Sligo went on to lose. Sligo met the same fate in the inaugural National Football League campaign of 1926, beating Laois to reach the final, only for Laois to object on the grounds of a Sligo player's name being misspelled, with Sligo going on to lose the replay. This gives Sligo the unique statistic of having qualified for an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and a National Football League Final, without ever having contested either. In 1954, Sligo reached the Connacht final against Galway, only for an equalising goal in the final minute to be disallowed. In 1962, Sligo reached the Connacht final against Roscommon, and led for much of the match only to be blighted by a sudden string of injuries, miss a 50 while two points ahead in the final minute, and then gift soon-to-be All-Ireland finalists Roscommon a goal in what is considered "one of the great football tragedies in Connacht".〔 In 1965, Sligo reached the Connacht final against Galway, gained a seven-point lead only for one of their players to be "mysteriously sent to the full-forward spot", causing "the entire team (lose ) momentum" and the match.〔 Since the 2001 introduction to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship of a qualifier system for teams eliminated from their provincial championship Sligo, despite historically having a poor record, has enjoyed some modest, though noteworthy, success. The new format together with a prolonged period of competing in Division 1 of the National Football League helped bring about an upward turn in the county's fortunes. In 2002, having narrowly lost the Connacht Senior Football Final to Galway, the defending All-Ireland champions, Sligo went on to defeat Tyrone in Croke Park, turning over a seven-point deficit in the process. A similar comeback against the eventual All-Ireland champions Armagh two weeks later led to a replay, but Sligo's run was halted when they had claims for a penalty in injury time of the second game turned down. On 8 July 2007, Sligo claimed their first Connacht title since 1975 with a one-point victory over Galway. The following year they were trashed by Mayo and ended up in the Tommy Murphy Cup following on from a league campaign that had seen them relegated to Division 4. Star player Eamonn O'Hara said he was embarrassed by the team's rapid decline back into mediocrity. On 27 June 2010, Sligo hosted Galway in a game which Sligo led 1–8 to 0–2 at halftime but were shocked by an undeserved draw ending 1–10 each. The replay saw Sligo defeat the Tribesmen on the scoreline 1–14 to 0–16 to advance to the Connacht Senior Football Final. Once there, after all their hard work and continued misfortune, Roscommon defeated them by 0–14 to 0–13. Sligo football descended to a new depth on 26 May 2013 when they were dumped out of the Connacht Championship by London in their first game. The scoreline was 1-12 to 0-14. This was London's first victory in the Connacht Championship since 1977. Lorcan Mulvey scored the vital London goal. The county Vocational Schools team reached two All-Ireland finals in 1962 and 1963, losing both to Dublin City. Four Sligo players have won All-Stars – Mickey Kearns of St. Pat's (1971),〔http://homepage.eircom.net/~bunsligeach/kearins.htm〕 Barnes Murphy of St. Mary's (1974),〔http://www.hoganstand.com/Sligo/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=26256〕 Eamonn O'Hara of Tourlestrane (2002), and Charlie Harrison of St. John's (2010). Sligo's club football scene is not dominated by any single team; there have been no back-to-back winners since the St. Patrick's team of 1988 & 1989, the longest out of any county in history. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sligo GAA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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