2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details

Dates	April — 20 September 2015
Teams	31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (13 win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Tipperary
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Derry
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
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The 2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under 18's. 31 teams take part.

The defending champions were Kerry who defeated Donegal in the 2014 final.

Kerry retained their title with a comprehensive 4-14 to 0-06 win over Munster rivals Tipperary.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Teams

A total of 31 teams will contest the championship. Kilkenny, New York and London do not participate in the competition.

Format

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships on a knock-out basis. The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals.

Fixtures and results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Munster Final

Leitrim	0-12
Sligo	4-09	Sligo	1-14
		Roscommon	3-5
				Sligo (R)	1-04 1-08
				Galway (R)	0-07 4-12
		Mayo	1-3
		Galway	3-14

Sligo v Galway

19 July 2015
2.00 PM
Final

Sligo	1-04 - 0-07	Galway
Patrick O’Connor 1-0, Liam Gaughan 0-3 (0-2f); Darragh Cummins 0-1.	Report	Finian O Laoi 0-3; Colm O’Braonain 0-2; Eric Lee 0-1, Cillian McDaid 0-1.

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Sligo v Galway

24 July 2015
7.00 PM
Final Replay

Sligo	1-08 - 4-12	Galway
C Herron 1-0, L Gaughan 0-3 (2f), F Cawley 0-2 (1f), N Rooney 0-1 (1f), K Cawley 0-1, A McLoughlin 0-1.	Report	P McCormack 1-2 (1f), S Kelly 1-1, C McDaid 0-3 (2f), F Ó Laoi 1-0, D Connelly 1-0, J Daly 0-2 (1f), E Lee 0-1 (1 ’45), C Marsden 0-1 (1f), C Ryan 0-1, C Brady 0-1.

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round		Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Leinster Final


		Carlow	1-09
Wicklow	1-08	Longford	1-14
Longford	1-14			Longford	1-09
Laois	2-08			Meath	0-08
Meath	1-17	Meath	0-12
Kildare	2-11	Louth	0-11
Louth	2-14					Longford	1-09
Wexford	2-14					Kildare	2-15
Westmeath	2-14	Wexford	0-11
Dublin	2-11	Dublin	3-08
Offaly	1-09			Dublin	3-13
				Kildare	3-16
		Kildare*	1-10
		Laois*	1-09

LOSERS ROUND - The five losers from the preliminary round play-off and two teams advance to the Leinster Quarter Final

Losers Round One		Losers Round Two		Leinster Quarter Final**

Offaly	2-13
Westmeath	1-10	Offaly	0-13
		Kildare	0-14
				Kildare	1-10
				Laois	1-09
		Laois	5-13
		Wicklow	1-13

Longford v Kildare

12 July 2015
12.30 PM
Final

Longford	1-09 - 2-15	Kildare
Conor Berry 1-2, Jayson Matthews 0-2 (1f), Darragh Doherty, Rory Hawkins, Neil Devlin, Cian Finnan, Peter Lynn 0-1 each.	Report	Jimmy Hyland 0-8 (1f), Conor Hartley, Ciaran Kelly (1f) 1-1 each, Brian McLoughlin 0-2, Ethan O’Donohue, Matthew Kelly (1f), Aaron Murphy (1 45) 0-1 each.

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Munster Final

Clare	0-03
Kerry	0-14	Kerry	0-16
Cork	2-15	Cork	1-12
Limerick	2-07			Kerry	2-14
				Tipperary	1-11
		Clare*	2-09
Waterford	1-07	Tipperary	0-16
Tipperary	2-16

Playoff Round

Clare were the winners of a playoff round between the quarter final losers*

Playoff 1		Playoff 2

Limerick	2-14
Waterford	3-10	Limerick	0-05
		Clare	2-11

Kerry v Tipperary

5 July 2015
12.30 PM
Final

Kerry	2-14 - 1-11	Tipperary
C Geaney 1-5 (1f), C Linnane 1-1 (1f), Michael Foley 0-2, Sean O’Shea 0-2 (1f), Jack Morgan 0-1, Gavin White 0-1, Bryan Sweeney 0-1, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-1	Report	Aidan Buckley 1-2, Alan Tynan 0-3 (2f), Jack Kennedy 0-2 (1f), Brendan Martin 0-2, Danny Owens 0-1, Mark Kehoe 0-1

Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round		Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Ulster Final


		Cavan	2-17
		Monaghan	1-08
				Cavan	1-19
				Antrim	1-11
		Fermanagh	2-09
		Antrim	2-11
						Cavan	0-11
						Derry	1-11
		Derry	2-11
		Down	1-07
				Derry	0-11
				Donegal	0-10
		Armagh	0-07
Donegal	1-11	Donegal	2-14
Tyrone	0-08

Cavan v Derry

19 July 2015
12.30 PM
Final

Cavan	0-11 - 1-11	Derry
D Raythrorne (0-3), D Brady (0-2), D Gannon (0-3), T Donohoe (0-1), C Smith (0-2)	Report	P Kearney (0-3), S Downey (0-1), C Glass (0-1); T Flanagan (1-0), B Grant (0-1), S McGuigan (0-5)

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Knockout

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

1 August 2015 – Brewster Park

Derry	0-12
		23 August 2015 – Croke Park
Longford	2-04
		Derry	1-06
3 August 2015– O'Connor Park
		Kerry	1-11
Kerry	2-12
				20 September 2015– Croke Park
Sligo	1-06
				Kerry	4-14
1 August 2015– Páirc Tailteann
				Tipperary	0-06
Kildare	2-14
		30 August 2015 – Croke Park
Cavan	2-12
		Kildare	0-09
3 August 2015 – O'Connor Park
		Tipperary	0-11
Galway	0-06

Tipperary	1-10

Quarter-Finals

The four provincial champions play the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.

Derry v Longford

1 August
2.00 PM
Quarter-Final

Derry	0-12 - 2-04	Longford
Shane McGuigan 0-7 (0-2f), Conor Glass (0-1f), Jack Doherty 0-2 each, Brian Cassidy 0-1.	Report	Conor Berry 1-3 (0-2f), Darragh Doherty 1-0, Ruairi Harkins 0-1

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Kildare v Cavan

1 August
6.30 PM
Quarter Final

Kildare	2-14 - 2-12	Cavan
Ciaran Kelly (1-7, 5f), Jimmy Hyland (1-4, 1f), Rory Feely (0-1), Matthew Kelly (0-1), Ethan O’Donohue (0-1)	Report	Thomas Edward Donohoe (1-2), David Brady (0-3, 1f, 1 45), James Brady (1-0), Robbie Fitzpatrick (0-3, 2f), Darragh Gannon (0-2), Dillon Raythorne (0-2)

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Kerry v Sligo

3 August
2.00 PM
Quarter-Final

Kerry	2-12 - 1-06	Sligo
C Geaney 1-4 (0-1f), B Ó’Seanacháin 1-0, S O’Shea (1f), G White and D O’Brien 0-2 each, JM Foley and R Buckley 0-1 each	Report	K Cawley 1-0, F Cawley (0-1f) & R Kennedy (0-1f) 0-2 each, L Gaughan & C Lally 0-1 each

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Galway v Tipperary

3 August
4.00 PM
Quarter Final

Galway	0-06 - 1-10	Tipperary
Conor Marsden (0-2f), John Daly (0-1f) 0-2 each, Paudie McCormack and Eric Lee 0-1 each	Report	Alan Tynan 1-5 (0-2f, 0-1 ’45), Brendan Martin 0-2, Colin English, Jack Kennedy and Jamie Bergin 0-1 each.

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Semi-finals

There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals. If a provincial winner loses their quarter final, then the provincial runner-up who beat them takes their place in the semi-final.

Derry v Kerry

23 August
1.30PM
Semi-Final

Derry	1-06 - 1-11	Kerry
Conor Maunsell 1-0, Shane McGuigan 0-2, Francis Kearney 0-2, Conor Glass 0-1, Niall McAtamney 0-1	Report	Michael Foley 1-3, John Mark Foley 0-3, Conor Geaney 0-5

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)

Kildare v Tipperary

30 August
1.30PM
Semi-Final

Kildare	0-09 - 0-11	Tipperary
C Kelly 0-4 (4f), C Hartley 0-2, J Hyland 0-2 (2f), M Kelly 0-1	Report	J Kennedy 0-4 (1f, 1 '45'), A Tynan 0-3 (2f), B McGrath 0-1, B Martin 0-1, A Buckley 0-1, S Quirke 0-1

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

Final

Kerry v Tipperary

20 September
1.15PM
Final

Kerry	4-14 - 0-6	Tipperary
C Geaney 2-4 (2-0 pen, 1f); B Sweeney 1-1, Michael Foley 1-0, S O’Shea 0-2, J Duggan 0-2 (1f), M O’Connor 0-1, JM Foley 0-1, B Barrett 0-1, B Ó Seanacháin 0-1, S O’Sullivan 0-1.	Report	A Tynan 0-2, T Nolan 0-2, B McGrath 0-1, J Kennedy 0-1 (1 ’45’)

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: David Gough, (Meath)

References

↑ "O'Connor's troops run riot". Irish Independent. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Conor Geaney grabs hat-trick as Kerry on fire". Irish Examiner. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Dominant Kerry storm past Tipperary to retain All-Ireland minor football crown". The 42. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "All-Ireland MFC final: classy Kingdom cruise past Tipp". Hogan Stand. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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Football

Championship	Ulster Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Connacht Championship All-Ireland qualifiers Minor Football Championship All-Ireland series All-Ireland Final
NFL	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
Cups	McKenna O'Byrne McGrath
Other	All Stars International Rules Series Interprovincial Championships
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NHL	Division 1A Division 1B Division 2A Division 2B Division 3A Division 3B
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