The new Roscommon senior football manager has been at the coalface for nearly two decades

Nominations also sought for new senior hurling manager

He will be the first County Roscommon native to take sole management of the county’s flagship football team since Des Newton in 2012

The narrative that the next manager should be from County Roscommon is beginning to gather momentum

Mark Dowd is one of the most highly-regarded coaches in County Roscommon and beyond

A County Roscommon GAA club will be hoping that the appointment of a new manager can launch its bid for the club’s first senior championship title since 2004.