2015 Lory Meagher Cup

Dates

2 May 2015 - 6 June 2015

Teams

Champions

Fermanagh (1st title)

Runners-up

Sligo

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

40 (3.6 per game)

Points scored

312 (28.3 per game)

Top scorer(s)

Padraig O'Donnell (2-32)

← 2014 (Previous)

(Next) 2016 →

The 2015 Lory Meagher Cup was the 7th staging of the Lory Meagher Cup, the Gaelic Athletic Association's fourth tier inter-county hurling championship. The championship began on 2 May 2015 and ended on 6 June 2015.

Longford were the defending champions but were successful in gaining promotion to the Nicky Rackard Cup.^[1]^[2] Lancashire fielded a team for the very first time.^[3]

On 6 June 2015, Fermanagh won the championship following a 3-16 to 1-17 defeat of Sligo in the cup final. This was their first Lory Meagher Cup title.

Leitrim's Pádraig O'Donnell was the championship's top scorer with 2-32. John Duffy of Fermanagh was the Lory Meagher Player of the Year.

Results

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Sligo	4	3	1	13-68	5-49	43	6	Qualified for final
2	Fermanagh	4	3	1	7-54	11-46	-4	6	Qualified for final
3	Leitrim	4	2	2	5-60	8-59	-8	4
4	Warwickshire	4	2	2	9-47	7-59	-6	4
5	Lancashire	4	0	4	6-47	9-66	-25	0

Group stage

2 May 2015 Round 1	Fermanagh	3-12 - 2-7	Warwickshire	Brewster Park
	C Corrigan 2-1, J Duffy 0-5, JP McGarry 1-0, K McGarry 0-2, D Teague 0-2, K Kehoe 0-1, B McLaughlin 0-1.	Report	D Millea 2-0, E McCabe 0-4, J Reddan 0-2, S Hennessy 0-1.	Referee: K Brady (Louth)

2 May 2015 Round 1	Leitrim	2-12 - 4-16	Sligo	Páirc Sheáin Uí Eislin
	Z Moradi (1-2), P O’Donnell (0-4), K McDermott (1-0), C Cunniffe (0-2), L Moreton (0-2), C Moreton (0-1), J Glancy (0-1).	Report	G O’Kelly Lynch (1-8), C Brennan (2-0), P Leonard (1-2), G Cadden (0-2), R Brennan (0-2), D Fahy (0-1), G Waldron (0-1).

9 May 2015 Round 2	Lancashire	3-9 - 2-16	Fermanagh	Páirc na hÉireann
	C O’Callaghan (1-2), K Magee (1-1), G Jacob (0-4, 1 s/l), C Maskey (0-1), R McEntee (0-1).	Report	J Duffy (0-8, 1 x 65, 6F), C Corrigan (1-1), K McGarry (0-4), E Mahon (1-0 OG), B Duffy (1-0), JP McGarry (0-2), B MacLaughlin (0-1), D Teague (0-1).

9 May 2015 Round 2	Warwickshire	1-15 - 1-18	Leitrim	Páirc na hÉireann
	E McCabe 0-8 (4f),S Hennessy 0-5 (4f), C Moran 1-1, J Meagher 0-1.	Report	P O'Donnell 1-10 (8f), Z Moradi 0-3, J Ryan 0-3, C Moreton 0-2.	Referee: C Cunning (Antrim)

16 May 2015 Round 3	Sligo	1-15 - 3-12	Warwickshire	Markievicz Park
	D Fahy (1-6f), G O'Kelly Lynch (0-4, 2f, 1'65), G Cadden (0-2), B McMahon (0-2), G Waldron (0-1).	Report	E McCabe (0-9, 5f, 1'65), P Crehan (1-1), C McBride (1-0), J Bergin (1-0), S Hennessy (0-2f).	Referee: B Sweeney

16 May 2015 Round 3	Leitrim	1-16 - 1-14	Lancashire	Páirc Sheáin Uí Eislin
	P O'Donnell (1-9, 0-6f), Z Moradi (0-2), C Moreton (0-2), C Cunniffe (0-1), L Moreton (0-1), K Ward (0-1).	Report	C O'Callaghan (0-9, 3f, 1'65), L Knocker (1-0), N Unwin (0-2), K Magee (0-1), C Maskey (0-1), B McAuley (0-1).	Referee: J Clarke

23 May 2015 Round 4	Lancashire	0-13 - 3-21	Sligo	Páirc na hÉireann
	C O'Callaghan 0-11 (9f), J O'Shaughnessy and D Coughlan 0-1 each.	Report	G Cadden 2-2, G O'Kelly-Lynch (4f) and K Raymond (2f) 0-6 each, A Walsh 1-0, G Waldron and B McMahon 0-2, P Leonard, R Brennan and C Brenan (1f) 0-1 each.	Referee: G McGrath (Wexford)

23 May 2015 Round 4	Fermanagh	2-14 - 1-14	Leitrim	Brewster Park
	J Duffy (6f) 0-8; K McGarry, C Corrigan 1-1; S Corrigan 0-2; JP McGarry, T Cleary 0-1 each.	Report	P O’Donnell (4f) 0-9; Z Moradi 1-0; K Ward (2f) 0-4; J Ryan 0-1.

30 May 2015 Round 5	Sligo	5-16 - 0-12	Fermanagh	Kilcoyne Park
	C Brenan 3-4, K Raymond 0-5 (4fs), D Fahy, A Walsh 1-1 each, G Cadden 0-2, G O'Kelly-Lynch, P Leonard, G Waldron 0-1 each.	Report	S Corrigan (1f), T Cleary (1f), Declan McGarry (1f), B MacLaughlin, P McGoldrick (1f) 0-2 each, S Curran, C Corrigan 0-1 each.	Referee: J Clarke (Cavan)

30 May 2015 Round 5	Warwickshire	3-13 - 2-14	Lancashire	Páirc na hÉireann
	E McCabe (0-6, 5f), D Millea (1-1), P Crehan (1-1), C Robbins (1-1), S Hennessy (0-4, 1f).	Report	C O’Callaghan (0-8, 5f), G Jacob (1-1), J Sheehan (1-1), L Knocker (0-1 '65), R McEntee (0-1), D Maskey (0-1), K Magee (0-1).	Referee: K McGeeney

Final

6 June 2015 Final	Sligo	1-17 – 3-16	Fermanagh	Croke Park
15:30 BST	K Raymond (0-09 9f), G O'Kelly-Lynch (0-05 2f), C Brennan (1-0), N Hyland (0-01), G Cadden (0-01), G Waldron (0-01).	Report	D McGarry (2-03, 1 '65, 1f), S Corrigan (1-03), B MacLaughlin (0-05), J Duffy (0-03 2f), JP McGarry (0-01), C Corrigan (0-01).	Referee: J Keane (Galway)

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Padraig O'Donnell	Leitrim	2-32	38	4	9.50
2	Colm O'Callaghan	Lancashire	1-30	33	4	8.25
3	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	1-24	27	4	6.75
3	Emmet McCabe	Warwickshire	0-27	27	4	6.75
5	John Duffy	Fermanagh	0-24	24	4	6.00
6	Ciarán Brennan	Sligo	6-5	23	5	4.60
7	Keith Raymond	Sligo	0-20	20	3	6.66
8	Ciaran Corrigan	Fermanagh	4-4	16	4	4.00
9	Gary Cadden	Sligo	2-9	15	5	3.00
10	Damien Fahy	Sligo	2-8	14	4	3.50

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Ciarán Brennan	Sligo	3-4	13	Fermanagh
2	Padraig O'Donnell	Leitrim	1-10	13	Warwickshire
3	Padraig O'Donnell	Leitrim	1-9	12	Lancashire
4	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	1-8	11	Leitrim
4	Colm O'Callaghan	Lancashire	0-11	11	Sligo
6	Declan McGarry	Fermanagh	2-3	9	Sligo
	Keith Raymond	Sligo	0-9	9	Fermanagh
	Padraig O'Donnell	Leitrim	0-9	9	Fermanagh
9	Gary Cadden	Sligo	2-2	8	Lancashire
	John Duffy	Fermanagh	0-8	8	Lancashire
	Emmet McCabe	Warwickshire	0-8	8	Leitrim
	John Duffy	Fermanagh	0-8	8	Leitrim
	Colm O'Callaghan	Lancashire	0-8	8	Warwickshire

References

↑ "Longford win the Lory Meagher Cup". RTÉ Sport. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
↑ "Longford hurling on the up". Hogan Stand. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
↑ "Lancashire for Meagher Cup". Hogan Stand. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Lory Meagher Cup

Fermanagh Lancashire Leitrim Sligo Warwickshire

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 4)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, December 20, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.