2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Year | 2016 |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Ballyboden St. Endas (1st win) |
| Manager | Andy McEntee |
| Captain | Daragh Nelson |
The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 46th annual gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970-71 season. The winners receive The Andy Merrigan Cup.
The defending champions were Corofin from Galway who defeated Slaughtneil Robert Emmets from Derry on 17 March 2015 to win their 2nd title. They were knocked out by Castlebar Mitchels of Mayo in the Connacht final in 2015-16.
Ballyboden St. Endas from Dublin won the title for the first time by defeating Castlebar Mitchels of Mayo 2-14 to 0-7 in the final at Croke Park on 17 March 2016. Daragh Nelson was the winning captain while Bob Dwan claimed the 'Man-of-the-Match' award.
Format
County Championships
Ireland's 32 counties play their county championships between their senior Gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc. or a combination. For instance, Kerry organise two separate championships.
Provincial Championships
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. All matches are knock-out and two ten minute periods of extra time are played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.
All-Ireland
The winners of the London club championship play one of the four provincial champions in a single match in mid-December referred to as a quarter-final. Two semi-finals are then played in mid-February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March.
Initial Schedule
- County championships April 2015 to November 2015
- Provincial championships October 2015 to December 2015
- All-Ireland quarter-final mid-December 2015 or January 2016
- All-Ireland semi-finals mid-February 2016
- All-Ireland final 17 March 2016
County Finals
Connacht County Finals
Leitrim SFC Final & Final Replay
- Glencar/Manorhamilton 1-9, 0-12 Mohill, Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, 27/9/2015,
- Mohill 1-4, 0-6 Glencar/Manorhamilton, Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, 3/10/2015,
Galway SFC Final
- Corofin 3-13, 0-12 Mountbellew-Moylough, Tuam Stadium, 11/10/2015,
Roscommon SFC Final
- Clann na nGael 1-9, 0-11 Pádraig Pearses, Dr. Hyde Park, 18/10/2015,
Sligo SFC Final
- St. Mary's 1-20, 2-11 Curry, Markievicz Park, 25/10/2015,
Mayo SFC Final
- Castlebar Mitchels 4-10, 0-9 Breaffy, MacHale Park, Castlebar, 25/10/2015,
Leinster County Finals
Louth SFC Final
- St. Patrick's 1-14, 0-9 Seán O'Mahonys, Drogheda Park, 4/10/2015
Longford SFC Final
- Killoe Young Emmets 1-14, 1-11 Abbeylara, Pearse Park, 4/10/2015,
Carlow SFC Final
- Palatine 2-12, 2-8 Old Leighlin, Dr Cullen Park, 11/10/2015,
Offaly SFC Final
- Edenderry 1-12, 1-10 Rhode, O'Connor Park, 11/10/2015,
Wicklow SFC Final
- Rathnew 3-6, 0-9 St. Patrick's, Aughrim County Ground, 11/10/2015,
Westmeath SFC Final
- St. Loman's Mullingar 1-15, 0-8 Castledaly, Cusack Park Mullingar, 11/10/2015,
Wexford SFC Final
- St. James' 0-11 1-6 St. Martin's, Wexford Park, 17/10/2015,
Kildare SFC Final
- Sarsfields 0-17, 1-12 Athy, St Conleth's Park, Newbridge, 18/10/2015,
Laois SFC Final and Final Replay:
- Portlaoise 0-15, 2-9 Emo, O'Moore Park, 18/10/2015,
- Portlaoise 2-13, 0-7 Emo, O'Moore Park, 24/10/2015,
- Navan O'Mahonys 0-13, 1-8 Na Fianna, Páirc Tailteann, 26/11/2015,
- Ballyboden St.Enda's 2-8, 0-10 St. Vincents Parnell Park, 1/11/2015,
Munster County Finals
Clare SFC Final
- Miltown Malbay 0-13, 0-9 Cooraclare, Cusack Park, Ennis, 18/10/2015,
Cork SFC Final & Final Replay
- Castlehaven 0-10, 0-10 Nemo Rangers, Páirc Uí Rinn, 18/10/2015,
- Nemo Rangers 1-10, 0-11 Castlehaven, Páirc Uí Rinn, 25/10/2015,
Limerick SFC Final
- Newcastlewest 2-10, 0-9 Dromcollogher/Broadford, Kilmallock, 18/10/2015,
Tipperary SFC Final
- Clonmel Commercials 1-12, 3-5 Moyle Rovers, Semple Stadium, 18/10/2015,
Waterford SFC Final
- Stradbally 0-8, 0-6 Ballinacourty, Fraher Field, 6/11/2015,
Kerry SFC Final & Final Replay
- Killarney Legion 0-9, 0-9 South Kerry, Fitzgerald Stadium, 8/11/2015,
- South Kerry 1-13, 1-12 Killarney Legion, Fitzgerald Stadium, 22/11/2015, (A.E.T.)
Ulster County Finals
Derry SFC Final
- Slaughtneil Robert Emmets 1-7 0-9 Coleraine Celtic Park 4/10/2015 [1]
Armagh SFC Final
- Crossmaglen Rangers 2-22, 0-10 Armagh Harps, Athletic Grounds, Armagh, 11/10/2015,
Cavan SFC Final
- Kingscourt Stars 1-9, 0-11 Castlerahan, Kingspan Breffni Park, 11/10/2015,
Down SFC Final
- Kilcoo Owen Roes 3-10, 0-11 Castlewellan St. Malachy's, Páirc Esler, 11/10/2015,
Fermanagh SFC Final
- Derrygonnelly Harps 3-16, 3-7 Roslea Shamroks, Brewster Park, 11/10/2015,
Tyrone SFC Final
- Trillick St. Macartan's 1-9, 0-11 Killyclogher St. Mary's, Healy Park, 11/10/2015,
Antrim SFC Final
- Erin's Own Cargin 2-11, 1-5 Lámh Dhearg, Ahoghill, 18/10/2015,
Donegal SFC Final
- Naomh Conaill 0-11, 0-10 St. Eunan's, MacCumhail Park, 18/10/2015,
Monaghan SFC Final
- Scotstown 2-12, 0-9 Monaghan Harps, St. Tiernach's Park, 18/10/2015,
London (County) Final
London SFC Final
- Tir Chonaill Gaels 3-10, 1-12 St. Kieran's, Ruislip, 29/11/2015,
Provincial Championships
Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
| Preliminary Round | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) | 3-8 | ||||||||||||
| Clann na nGael (Roscommon) | 0-13 | ||||||||||||
| Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) | 2-10 | ||||||||||||
| Corofin (Galway) | 0-11 | ||||||||||||
| Corofin (Galway) | 4-14 | ||||||||||||
| Corofin (Galway) | 1-17 | St. Mary's (Sligo) | 2-6 | ||||||||||
| Mohill (Leitrim) | 0-7 | ||||||||||||
Preliminary Round
- Corofin 1-17, 0-7 Mohill, Tuam Stadium, 25/10/2015,[2]
Semi-Finals
- Castlebar Mitchels 3-8, 0-13 Clann na nGael, McHale Park, 8/11/2015,[3]
- Corofin 4-14, 2-6 St. Mary's, Tuam Stadium, 8/11/2015,[4]
Final
- Castlebar Mitchels 2-10, 0-11 Corofin, Tuam Stadium, 22/11/2015,[5]
Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
The Kilkenny Senior Football Champions compete in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.
| Preliminary Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Palatine (Carlow) | 1-8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portlaoise (Laois) | 0-15 | Portlaoise (Laois) | 2-5 | |||||||||||||||
| Sarsfields (Kildare) | 0-10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portlaoise (Laois) | 5-12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Killoe Young Emmets (Longford) | 5-11 | Killoe Young Emmets (Longford) | 0-11 | |||||||||||||||
| St. James' (Wexford) | 1-4 | Killoe Young Emmets (Longford) | 0-11 | |||||||||||||||
| Navan O'Mahonys (Meath) | 1-6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portlaoise (Laois) | 1-11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edenderry (Offaly) | 0-11 | Ballyboden St. Enda's (Dublin) | 2-9 | |||||||||||||||
| Rathnew (Wicklow) | 0-12 | Rathnew (Wicklow) | 1-6 | |||||||||||||||
| St. Loman's Mullingar (Westmeath) | 2-10 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Loman's Mullingar (Westmeath) | 0-9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ballyboden St. Enda's (Dublin) | 1-11 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Patrick's (Louth) | 0-7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ballyboden St. Enda's (Dublin) | 1-8 | |||||||||||||||||
Preliminary Round
- Palatine 1-8, 0-15 Portlaoise, Dr. Cullen Park, 25/10/2015,[6]
- Killoe Young Emmets 5-11, 1-4 St. James', Pearse Park, 25/10/2015,[7]
- Edenderry 0-11, 0-12 Rathnew, O'Connor Park, 25/10/2015,[8]
Quarter-Finals
- Portlaoise 2-5, 0-10 Sarsfields, O'Moore Park, 8/11/2015,[9]
- Killoe Young Emmets 0-11, 1-6 Navan O'Mahonys, Pearse Park, 8/11/2015,[10]
- Rathnew 1-6, 2-10 St. Loman's Mullingar, O'Connor Park , 8/11/2015,[11]
- St. Patrick's 0-7, 1-8 Ballyboden St. Endas, Drogheda Park, 8/11/2015,[12]
Semi-Finals
- Portlaoise 5-12, 0-11 Killoe Young Emmets, O'Moore Park, 22/11/2015,[13]
- St. Loman's Mullingar 0-9, 1-11 Ballyboden St. Enda's, Cusack Park (Mullingar), 22/11/2015,[14]
Final
- Ballyboden St. Enda's 2-9 1-11 Portlaoise, O'Connor Park, 6/12/2015,[15]
Munster Senior Club Football Championship
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||
| Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) | 0-12 | |||||||||
| Newcastlewest (Limerick) | 1-7 | |||||||||
| Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) | 1-13 | |||||||||
| Milltown Malbay (Clare) | 0-3 | |||||||||
| Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) | 1-7 | |||||||||
| Nemo Rangers (Cork) | 0-9 | |||||||||
| Nemo Rangers (Cork) | 0-14 | |||||||||
| Killarney Legion (Kerry) | 0-8 | |||||||||
| Stradbally (Waterford) | 0-5 | |||||||||
| Nemo Rangers (Cork) | 1-13 | |||||||||
Quarter-Finals
- Clonmel Commercials 0-12, 1-7 Newcastlewest, Clonmel, 1/11/2015,[16]
- Stradbally 0-5, 1-13 Nemo Rangers, Fraher Field, 7/11/2015,[17]
Semi-Finals
- Clonmel Commercials 1-13, 0-3 Milltown Malbay, Clonmel, 15/11/2015,[18]
- Nemo Rangers 0-14, 0-8 Killarney Legion, Páirc Uí Rinn, 15/11/2015,[19]
Final
- Clonmel Commercials 1-7, 0-9 Nemo Rangers, Mallow, 29/11/2015,[20]
On Monday 9 November 2015, Killarney Legion were chosen to represent Kerry in the Munster Championship even though they had not won the county championship at that time. This ruling by the Kerry County Board appears to be in breach of Rule 6.24(a) of the GAA official guide. The Kerry S.F.C. final ended in a draw the day before, meaning that the replay would have to be held on Saturday 14 November, in time for the Munster Semi-Final on Sunday 15th.[21]
Because of this, the Kerry County Board decided that Killarney Legion would represent Kerry regardless of whether they beat South Kerry or not in the replay, which was put back to Sunday 22 November (South Kerry can't represent Kerry in the provincial championship as they are a divisional side). This meant that Dingle, the Kerry club champions, were not permitted to represent Kerry in the Munster championship as they normally would if Killarney Legion had lost the county final.
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
| Preliminary Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Ulster Final | |||||||||||||||
| Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) | 2-15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Erin's Own Cargin (Antrim) | 0-13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) | 0-12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kilcoo Owen Roes (Down) | 0-8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kingscourt Stars (Cavan) | 0-5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kilcoo Owen Roes (Down) | 3-15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) | 2-17 (AET) | |||||||||||||||||
| Scotstown (Monaghan) | 2-12 (AET) | |||||||||||||||||
| Naomh Conaill (Donegal) | 1-11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Trillick St. Macartan's (Tyrone) | 2-9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Trillick St. Macartan's (Tyrone) | 2-7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Scotstown (Monaghan) | 2-9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Scotstown (Monaghan) | 1-15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slaughtneil Robert Emmets (Derry) | 4-13 | Slaughtneil Robert Emmets (Derry) | 0-15 | |||||||||||||||
| Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh) | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||||
Preliminary Round
- Slaughtneil Robert Emmets 4-13, 1-4 Derrygonnelly Harps, Owenbeg, 18/10/2015,[22]
Quarter-Finals
- Crossmaglen Rangers 2-15, 0-13 Erin's Own Cargin, Athletic Grounds, 1/11/2015,[23]
- Kingscourt Stars 0-5, 3-15 Kilcoo Owen Roes, Breffni Park, 1/11/2015,[24]
- Naomh Conaill 1-11, 2-9 Trillick St. Macartan's, MacCumhail Park, 1/11/2015,[25]
- Scotstown 1-15, 0-15 Slaughtneil Robert Emmets, St. Tiernach's Park, 1/11/2015,[26]
Semi-Finals
- Kilcoo Owen Roes 0-8, 0-12 Crossmaglen Rangers, Páirc Esler, 15/11/2015,[27]
- Scotstown 2-9, 2-7 Trillick St. Macartan's, Brewster Park, 15/11/2015,[28]
Final
- Crossmaglen Rangers 2-17, 2-12 Scotstown, Athletic Grounds, 29/11/2015, (A.E.T.) [29]
All-Ireland
All-Ireland Main Draw
| Quarter-Final | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||
| Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) | 2-12 | |||||||||
| Tír Chonaill Gaels (London) | 0-9 | |||||||||
| Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) | 0-10 AET | |||||||||
| Ballyboden St. Endas (Dublin) | 0-15 AET | |||||||||
| Ballyboden St. Endas (Dublin) | 2-14 | |||||||||
| Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) | 0-7 | |||||||||
| Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) | 0-13 | |||||||||
| Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) | 0-12 | |||||||||
All-Ireland Quarter-Final
| Tir Chonaill Gaels | 0-9 - 2-12 | Clonmel Commercials |
|---|---|---|
| A. Hanlon, S. Friel, L. Gavaghan 0-2 each, M. McCoy, M. Gottsche, C. McGee 0-1 each. | Report | I. Fahey 1-1, J. Lonergan, P. White 0-3 each, P. Looram 1-0, M. Quinlivan, I. Barnes, S. Kennedy, J. Kennedy, N. Kelly 0-1 each. |
All-Ireland Semi-Finals
| Ballyboden St. Endas | 0-15 - 0-10 AET |
Clonmel Commercials |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Kerin 0-7 (0-5f), C. Keaney 0-4 (0-3f), Sam Molony, Colm Basquel, Darragh Nelson & Ryan Basquel 0-1 each. | Report | Ian Barnes 0-3 (0-2f), Jack Kennedy 0-2, M. Quinlivan 0-2 (0-1f), Jason Lonergan 0-2, Kevin Harney 0-1. |
| Castlebar Mitchels | 0-13 - 0-12 | Crossmaglen Rangers |
|---|---|---|
| Neil Douglas 0-6 (6f), Patrick Durcan 0-3, B. Moran 0-2, Neil Lydon & Danny Kirby 0-1 each. | Report | Jamie Clarke 0-4, Tony Kernan (2f), Stephen Kernan & Oisin O’Neill (1f) 0-2 each, Callum Cumiskey & Aaron Kernan (1f) 0-1 each |
All-Ireland Final
| Castlebar Mitchels | 0-7 - 2-14 | Ballyboden St. Endas |
|---|---|---|
| Neil Douglas (0-1 ’45), Aidan Walsh (0-2f) 0-2 each, James Durcan, Neil Lydon, Patrick Durcan 0-1 each. | Report | Andrew Kerin 1-2 (1-0 pen), Colm Basquel 1-1, Bob Dwan 0-3, Ryan Basquel, Shane Durkin 0-2 each, Stephen O’Connor, Darren O’Reilly, Conal Keaney, Michael Darragh MacAuley 0-1 each. |
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