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Farewell to Shane Curran and a league title -- Roscommon's 2014 sporting highlights

Plenty of GAA success in Roscommon this year.

But what about [insert your county here]? Don’t worry, we’ll be producing a series of articles that will cover every county in Ireland – even yours – over the next few weeks. See the ones we’ve already covered here.

1. Shane Curran announced his retirement at the grand old age of 43

Shane Curran celebrates after his side scored a late goal James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

2. And St Croan’s won the Connacht intermediate club football title

3. €10,000 was raised at a charity match for Cian Smith who was forced to retire from Gaelic football due to throat cancer

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4. Tomas Seale and Cathal Dolan won Nicky Rackard Champions 15 awards

GAA GPA All-Star Awards 2014 Sponsored by Opel Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE

5. Cathal Cregg made the Irish International Rules side

Sam Mitchell and Cathal Cregg Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

6. The U21 footballers lost out to Dublin in the All-Ireland final, but not before Diarmuid Murtagh’s dramatic point at the end of the semi-final

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7. The Ladies football team beat Antrim in the Division 4 Final

Feena Beirne lifts the cup Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO

8. Meanwhile, the men beat Cavan in the Division 3 Final — a match that included this sublime chip from David Keenan

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9. And Fuerty got to the All-Ireland Junior Club Championship, but unfortunately lost to Two Mile House from Kildare

Nathan Sherry celebrates Tommy Grealy / INPHO Tommy Grealy / INPHO / INPHO

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