Carty part of minor coaching ticket as St Brigid's Fallon set to captain side
Kevin O'Neill
St Brigid's Tadgh Fallon will captain the Roscommon minor football team for the 2026 Connacht championship campaign, which gets underway away to Sligo on Friday week, March 20.
A total of 16 players from the south Roscommon region will form part of the 35-strong panel, which is managed by Shane Moran of Roscommon Gaels. Padraig Pearses stalwarts Niall Carty and Padraig Kelly will form part of Moran's backroom team.
Seamus Carthy (Roscommon Gaels) and Conor Tighe (Strokestown) have been named as vice-captains. Roscommon open their campaign away to Sligo in Tubbercurry on Friday, March 20 before hosting Galway in King and Moffatt Dr Hyde Park.
2026 Roscommon minor football panel:
Mikey McTeigue (Ballinameen)
Bobby Lenehan (Clann na nGael)
Zac Mullally (Clann na nGael)
Luke Glennon (Clann na nGael)
Aaron Martin (Clann na nGael)
Cronan McLoughlin (Elphin)
Dara Kelleher (Kilbride)
Jack Lally (Kilbride)
Shane Carroll (Kilmore)
Jack Brooks (Pádraig Pearses)
Enda Browne (Pádraig Pearses)
Dylan Goode (Pádraig Pearses)
Seamus Carthy (Roscommon Gaels, vice-captain)
Daniel Nerney (Roscommon Gaels)
Eoin Naughton (Roscommon Gaels)
Joseph McSharry (Roscommon Gaels)
Dara Killeen (Roscommon Gaels)
Sam Walsh (Roscommon Gaels)
Cathal Nerney (Roscommon Gaels)
Rossa O’Dowd (Shannon Gaels)
Tadgh Fallon (St. Brigid’s, captain)
Jack Sammon (St. Brigid’s)
Jamie Doyle (St. Brigid’s)
Joshua Coyne (St. Brigid’s)
Donnchadh O’Dwyer (St. Brigid’s)
James O’Brien (St. Brigid’s)
Jayden Concannon (St. Aidan’s)
Cillian McGowan (St. Barry’s)
Ronan Carr (St. Ciaran’s)
Tom Óg Reddington (St. Ciaran’s)
Colm Fitzgerald (St. Dominic’s)
Seán Duggan (St. Dominic’s)
Conor Cryan (St. Michael’s)
Conor Tighe (Strokestown, vice-captain)
Jayden Jennings (Western Gaels).
Management: Shane Moran (Roscommon Gaels); Head Coach: Niall Carty (Pádraig Pearses); Coaches: Padraig Kelly (Pádraig Pearses) and Colm Garvey (Kilmore), Strength and Conditioning: David Hession; Physio: Méabh Smith; Analysis: James O'Boyle, Ollie Moran and Philip Craig; Maor Uisce: Patrick Walsh and Kiefer Craig; Kit: Robbie Glennon and Kieran Glennon.