2015 Walsh Cup

The 2015 Bord na Móna Walsh Cup was the 53rd staging of the Walsh Cup since its establishment in 1954.

2015 Walsh Cup

Tournament details
Year	2015
Trophy	Walsh Cup
Sponsor	Bord na Móna
Winners
Champions	Galway (5th win)
Manager	Anthony Cunningham
Captain	David Collins
Runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Manager	Ger Cunningham
Other
Top Scorer	Jason Flynn, Galway (2-30)

Fixtures and results

Group 1

Kilkenny withdrew from the competition on 21 January 2015 following the death of Johnny Ryan. They hadn't yet played a game, leaving Carlow and NUIG to play off for a place in the semi-finals.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Carlow	1	1	0	0	2-19	0-11	14	2
2	NUIG	1	0	0	1	0-11	2-19	-14	0
3	Kilkenny	Withdrew

23 January 2015 19:00 Group 1	Carlow	2-19 - 0-11	NUIG	Fenagh Referee: John Keenan (Wicklow)

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Dublin	2	2	0	0	4-48	3-24	27	4
2	Antrim	2	1	0	1	3-34	2-40	-3	2
3	D.I.T.	2	0	0	2	3-24	5-42	-24	0

11 January 2015 14:00 Group 2	Antrim	1-22 - 2-12	D.I.T.	St. Paul's, Belfast
	P Shiels (0-7, 0-5 frees); N McManus (0-5, 0-1 free); PJ O'Connell (1-2); C McCann (0-3); E McCloskey, M Bradley (0-2); B McFall (0-1)	Report	D McNicholas (1-3, 0-1 sideline); J Guiney (0-5 frees); D Roberts (1-2); J Henderson, A Nugent (0-1)

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20 January 2015 19:30 Group 2	Dublin	4-20 - 1-12	D.I.T.	Parnell Park Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)
	Eamonn Dillon (1-6, 0-1 65); Liam Rushe (1-3); Paul Ryan (0-5, 0-1 frees, 0-2 65); Niall McMorrow, David Treacy (1-1); Conal Keaney (0-3); Cian Boland (0-1)	Report	Derek McNicholas (0-8, 0-6 frees); Michael Lee (1-2); Willie McGrath, Justin Cahill (0-1)

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25 January 2015 14:00 Group 2	Dublin	0-28 - 2-12	Antrim	Parnell Park
	David Treacy (0-11, 0-7 frees); Danny Sutcliffe, Mark Schutte (0-5); David O’Callaghan, Cian Boland (0-2); Joey Boland, Shane Stapleton, John Hetherton (0-1)	Report	Eddie McCloskey, Ciaran Clarke (1-1); Neil McManus (0-4, 0-3 frees); Paul Shiels (0-2 frees); Matthew Donnelly, Conor McCann, Ciaran Johnson, Daniel McKernan (0-1)

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Laois	2	2	0	0	6-40	2-27	25	4
2	Wexford	2	1	0	1	2-40	4-33	1	2
3	U.C.D.	2	0	0	2	1-23	3-43	-26	0

11 January 2015 14:00 Group 3	Laois	2-22 - 1-8	U.C.D.	Abbeyleix Referee: B Redmond (Wexford)
	Z Keenan (1-9, 0-5 frees); PJ Scully (1-3); T Fitzgerald (0-3); J Campion (0-2); J Fitzpatrick, C Stapleton, C Dwyer, D Palmer, N Foyle (0-1)	Report	C McDonald (1-5, 3frees); S Aylward (0-3 frees)

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18 January 2015 14:00 Group 3	Wexford	1-21 - 0-15	U.C.D.	Gorey Referee: D Hickey (Carlow)
	J Kelly (1-6, 0-2 frees); I Byrne, C Shaughnessy (0-3); P Doran, S Tomkins (0-2); K Foley, L Chin, P Foley, R Kehoe, H Kehoe (0-1)	Report	R King (0-9, 0-5 frees); P Purcell, C McDonald (0-2); C Cronin, C MacGabhainn (0-1)

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25 January 2015 14:00 Group 3	Laois	4-18 - 1-19	Wexford	Abbeyleix Referee: Peter Burke (Kilkenny)
	PJ Scully (3-1); S Maher (1-6, 0-5 frees); W Hyland (0-4); N Foyle (0-2); M Whelan (0-2 frees); B Conroy, J Purcell, J Campion (0-1)	Report	P Morris (0-5, 0-4 frees); S Tomkins (0-4); K Foley (1-1); J Kelly (0-3); B Barron. I Byrne (0-2); D Waters, C O'Shaughnessy (0-1)

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Galway	2	2	0	0	3-43	1-29	20	4
2	Offaly	2	1	0	1	3-28	3-35	-7	2
3	Westmeath	2	0	0	2	1-29	3-36	-13	0

11 January 2015 14:00 Group 4	Offaly	2-15 - 1-13	Westmeath	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: G Quilty (Kilkenny)
	S Quirke (2-0); S Dooley (0-5, 0-4 frees); E Nolan (0-4, 0-3 frees); T Carroll (0-3); S Ryan, S Kinsella, P Murphy (0-1)	Report	B Murtagh (1-7, 0-6 frees, 0-1 65), E Corrigan, N Dowdall (0-2), A Devine, C Boyle (0-1)

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18 January 2015 14:00 Group 4	Galway	1-21 - 0-16	Westmeath	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Paud O'Dwyer (Carlow)
	Jason Flynn (1-12, 0-11 frees), Eanna Burke (0-4); Padraig Brehony (0-2); Joseph Cooney, Brian Molloy, Dean Higgins (0-1)	Report	Brendan Murtagh (0-10, 0-8 frees); Alan Devine (0-2), Emmet Corrigan, Niall Flanagan, Killian Murphy (0-1); Darragh Clinton (0-1 sideline)

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25 January 2015 14:00 Group 4	Galway	2-22 - 1-13	Offaly	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 1920 Referee: James McGrath (Westmeath)
	Jason Flynn (1-5, 0-4 frees); Dean Higgins (0-5, 0-1 '65); Joe Canning (1-0); Padraig Brehony (0-3); David Collins, Joseph Cooney, Andrew Smith, Jonathan Glynn (0-2); Eanna Burke (0-1)	Report	Shane Dooley (1-4, 0-2 frees); Stephen Quirke (0-4, 0-3 frees); Cillian Kiely (0-2); Sean Ryan, Garreth Mann, Shane Kinsella (0-1)

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Semi-finals

1 February 2015 14:00 Semi-final	Galway	2-18 - 0-15	Carlow	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow Referee: Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny)
	Dean Higgins (0-6, 0-4 frees); Padraig Brehony (1-2); Jonathan Glynn (1-1); Joseph Cooney (0-2); Jason Flynn (0-2 frees); James Regan, Eanna Burke, Gerard Kelly (0-1); Johnny Coen, Brian Molloy (0-1 free)	Report	Martin Kavanagh (0-9, 0-7 frees, 0-1 '65); Diarmuid Byrne, John Michael Nolan (0-2); Craig Wall, Seamus Murphy (0-1)

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1 February 2015 14:00 Semi-final	Dublin	2-18 - 1-11	Laois	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
	David Treacy (0-9, 0-8 frees, 0-1 '65); Conal Keaney (1-03); Eamon Dillon (1-2, 0-1 free); Peter Kelly (0-2, 0-1 free), Cian McBride, Niall McMorrow (0-1)	Report	Zane Keenan (1-3, 1-0 penalty, 0-3 frees); Stephen Maher (0-2 frees); John Purcell, Tommy Fitzgerald, Willie Hyland; PJ Scully, Neil Foyle (0-1); Matthew Whelan (0-1 free)

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Final

7 February 2015 17:00 Final	Galway	1-22 - 1-20	Dublin	Croke Park Referee: Sean Cleere (Kilkenny)
	Jason Flynn (0-11 frees); James Regan (1-4); Dean Higgins (0-2); Padraig Mannion, Joseph Cooney, Padraig Brehony, Brian Molloy, Colm Flynn (0-1)	Report	Paul Ryan (0-8, 0-6 frees); Liam Rushe (1-0); Joey Boland, Shane Stapleton, Mark Schutte, Danny Sutcliffe (0-02); Shane Barrett, Peter Kelly, Ben Quinn, Cian Boland (0-1)

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External links

• The Bord Na Mona Walsh Cup S.H. 2015
• Leinster G.A.A. Results 2015