2009 Connacht Senior Football Championship
The 2009 Connacht Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Connacht GAA. It was won by Mayo who defeated Galway in the final.[1][2] The final was considered a weak affair by commentators.[3][4] The winning Mayo team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| New York | 1-07 | ||||||||||||
| Mayo | 1-18 | Mayo | 3-18 | ||||||||||
| Roscommon | 2-13 | Roscommon | 0-07 | ||||||||||
| Leitrim | 2-09 | Mayo | 2-12 | ||||||||||
| Galway | 1-14 | ||||||||||||
| Sligo | 0-12 | ||||||||||||
| London | 1-07 | Galway | 1-13 | ||||||||||
| Galway | 1-18 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
10 May 2009 Quarter Final |
| New York | 1-07 - 1-18 | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| P Smith 0-4, R Moran 0-2, F Cleary, R Caffrey, T McGovern, J McNicholas 0-1 each | Report | A O'Shea 1-3, A Moran 0-4, A Dillon, A Kilcoyne 0-3 each, P Harte 1-0, T Mortimer 0-2, T Parsons, P Gardiner, R McGarrity, B Moran 0-1 each |
24 May 2009 Quarter Final |
| London | 1-07 - 1-18 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| M Alcorn 1-0, K Downes 0-2, J Hughes, A Moyles, K McMenamin, P Duffy, M Hughes 0-1 each | Report | M Meehan 1-5, S Armstrong 0-5, G Bradshaw, P Joyce 0-2 each, N Joyce, F Breathnach, C Bane, D Dunleavy 0-1 each |
31 May 2009 Quarter Final |
| Leitrim | 2-09 - 2-13 | Roscommon |
|---|---|---|
| C Clarke, J McKeon 1-0 each, P McGuinness, James Glancy, R Cox 0-2 each, D Maxwell, T Beirne, S Foley 0-1 each | Report | D Shine 0-5, S Kilbride 1-1, K Mannion 1-0, G Cox 0-3, C Devaney, S McDermott, F Cregg, K Higgins 0-1 |
Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon |
Semi-finals
20 June 2009 Semi Final |
| Mayo | 3-18 - 0-07 | Roscommon |
|---|---|---|
| A Dillon 0-6, A Kilcoyne 1-3, P Harte 1-1, A O'Shea 1-0, T Mortimer, R Garrity, P Gardiner 0-2 each, A Moran, M Ronaldson 0-1 each | Report | C Devaney, G Cox 0-2 each, K Mannion, D Shine, B Higgins 0-1 each |
McHale Park, Castlebar |
28 June 2009 Semi Final |
| Sligo | 0-12 - 1-13 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| D Kelly 0-4, M Breheny, A Marren 0-2 each, R Donovan, J Davey, S Davey, S Coen 0-1 each, N Ewing SO | Report | S Armstrong 1-3, M Meehan 0-4, P Joyce 0-3, C Bane, J Bergin, G Bradshaw 0-1 each, G O'Donnell SO |
Final
19 July 2009 Final |
| Mayo | 2-12 - 1-14 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| C Mortimer 1-2, B Moran 1-0, D Heaney, A Dillon 0-2 each, P Gardiner, R McGarrity, P Harte, T Mortimer, A Kilcoyne, A O'Shea 0-1 each | Report | N Joyce 0-8, M Meehan 1-4, P Joyce, S Armstrong 0-1 each |
References
- ↑ "Gardiner's final say enough for gutsy Mayo". The Irish Times. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ↑ Carroll, Liam (23 June 2009). "GAA review for 21/22 June". The Sport Review. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
- ↑ McStay, Kevin (27 July 2009). "Mayo need to improve quickly". Mayo News. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
First, a look back at what was a Connacht final for the ages. The finale was fantastic but in the broad daylight of sober analysis, the end result failed to convince me either side were good enough, at this stage, to win the All-Ireland. [...] Mayo won the Connacht final because their manager and the players needed the buoyancy of a title win more than Galway did.
- ↑ Sweeney, Eamonn (9 August 2009). "Dublin living in the past". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
The Dublin-Kildare match was lauded as a game for the ages. And, as usual, the Connacht final between Galway and Mayo was treated as a vaguely disappointing local scrap with no repercussions beyond the borders of its province. There's still a notion that the Connacht championship is helplessly second-rate.