The 2019 Connacht Senior Football Championship is the 120th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. As of 2018 the competition winners advanced to the "All-Ireland Super 8s".[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Year | 2019 |
| Trophy | J. J. Nestor Cup |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Roscommon (23rd win) |
| Manager | Anthony Cunningham |
| Captain | Enda Smith |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Galway |
| Manager | Kevin Walsh |
| Captain | Damien Comer |
The draw for the Connacht Championship was made on 12 October 2018.[2]
The winners receive the J. J. Nestor Cup, named after J. J. Nestor of Quinaltagh, County Galway.[3] For a fourth year in a row, the final was contested between Galway and Roscommon. Roscommon were the winners of the championship, defeating Galway at Pearse Stadium in Salthill by 1-13 to 0-12.[4] In 2020 Sligo skipped the championship due to Covid-19 meaning it could be London and New York skipped both 2020 and 2021 seasons are back in 2022.
Teams edit
The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht plus London and New York.
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | |||||
| Galway |  Maroon and white
|
Supermac's | Kevin Walsh | Damien Comer | ||
| Leitrim |  Green and gold
|
J.P Clarke's New York | Terry Hyland | Micheal McWeeney | ||
| London |  Green and white
|
Clayton Hotels | Ciarán Deely | Liam Gavaghan | ||
| Mayo |  Green and red
|
Elverys Sports | James Horan | Diarmuid O'Connor | ||
| New York |  Red, white and blue
|
Navillus Contracting | Justin O'Halloran | Tom Cunniffe | ||
| Roscommon |  Blue and yellow
|
Ballymore Properties | Anthony Cunningham | Enda Smith[5] | ||
| Sligo |  Black and white
|
AbbVie Inc. | Paul Taylor | Niall Murphy[6] | ||
Bracket edit
The Connacht county teams play London and New York on a rotational basis. The match involving New York was a quarter-final in 2019 – it was last a preliminary game in 2017.
| Quarter-finals, May 5 and 12 | Semi-finals, May 19 and 25 | Final, June 16 | ||||||||||||
 New York
| 0-04 | |||||||||||||
| Mayo
| 1-22 | Mayo
| 0-17 | |||||||||||
| Leitrim
| 0-12 | Roscommon
| 2-12 | |||||||||||
| Roscommon
| 3-17 | Roscommon
| 1-13 | |||||||||||
| Galway
| 0-12 | |||||||||||||
| Sligo
| 0-7 | |||||||||||||
| London
| 1-9 | Galway
| 3-11 | |||||||||||
| Galway
| 0-16 | |||||||||||||
Final edit
| 16 June 2019 16:00 Final |
Galway
|
0-12 - 1-13 | Roscommon
|
Pearse Stadium, Galway Attendance: 17,639 Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Man of the Match: David Murray (Padraig Pearses) |
| Shane Walsh 0-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Michael Daly 0-3 (0-1f), Antaine Ó Laoi 0-2, Gareth Bradshaw, Fiontán Ó Curraoin, Eamonn Brannigan 0-1 each | Report | Diarmuid Murtagh 1-3 (0-2f), Conor Cox 0-5 (0-2f), Niall Daly, Ronan Daly, Shane Killoran, Conor Devaney, Niall Kilroy 0-1 each |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Explained: How the football championship's new 'Super 8' quarter-final stage will work in 2018". Irish Independent. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "2019 GAA All-Ireland Football Championship draw revealed for Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht". Irish Mirror. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "The Tuam Herald - Connemara, Clonfert and Dunmore links to the Dublin hurling team". The Tuam Herald. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Roche, Frank (16 June 2019). "Roscommon sink Galway with storming second half comeback to claim shock Connacht final win". Irish Independent.
- ^ "Roscommon captain Enda Smith remains optimistic". GAA.ie. 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Murphy thrilled with captaincy". The Sligo Champion. 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Cox and Murtagh fire Roscommon to Connacht glory after Galway's second-half collapse". The 42. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.