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2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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.

2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
DatesApril — 20 September 2015
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (13th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamTipperary
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
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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 edit

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

Format edit

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 edit

Connacht Minor Football Championship edit

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
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.
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.

Leinster Minor Football Championship edit

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
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.

Munster Minor Football Championship edit

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
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

Ulster Minor Football Championship edit

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
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)

All-Ireland Knockout edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 August 2015 – Brewster Park
 
 
  Derry0-12
 
23 August 2015 – Croke Park
 
  Longford2-04
 
  Derry1-06
 
3 August 2015– O'Connor Park
 
  Kerry1-11
 
  Kerry2-12
 
20 September 2015– Croke Park
 
  Sligo1-06
 
  Kerry4-14
 
1 August 2015– Páirc Tailteann
 
  Tipperary0-06
 
  Kildare2-14
 
30 August 2015 – Croke Park
 
  Cavan2-12
 
  Kildare0-09
 
3 August 2015 – O'Connor Park
 
  Tipperary0-11
 
  Galway0-06
 
 
  Tipperary1-10
 

Quarter-finals edit

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

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
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)
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
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.

Semi-finals edit

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.

Semi-Final
Derry  1-06 - 1-11Kerry 
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
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
Semi-Final
Kildare  0-09 - 0-11Tipperary  
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
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

Final edit

Final
Kerry 4-14 - 0-6Tipperary  
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’)
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

See also edit

References edit

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