The 2015 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship was an inter county football competition between all 32 counties in Ireland. Four competitions were contested in each of the provinces and the winners of each provincial championship entered the all-Ireland series. The competition was sponsored for the first time by EirGrid.[1]
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 February – 2 May 2015 |
| Teams | 31 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Tyrone (5th win) |
| Captain | Kieran McGeary |
| Manager | Feargal Logan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tipperary |
| Captain | Colin O'Riordan |
| Manager | Tommy Toomey |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
| Championship statistics | |
| Player of the Year |  Colin O'Riordan |
← 2014 2016 → | |
Tyrone defeated Tipperary in the final on a 1-11 to 0-13 scoreline.[2][3]
2015 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship
editPreliminary round
edit- Laois 4-12 Wexford 1-11 (25 February)[4]
- Louth 3-11 Carlow 2-10 (25 February)[5]
- Longford 4-13 Wicklow 1-05 (25 February)[6]
Quarter-finals
edit- Meath 1-10 Westmeath 1-08 (4 March)[7]
- Longford 1-17 Louth 1-04 (4 March)[8]
- Dublin 2-21 Laois 2-10 (4 March)[9]
- Kildare 3-12 Offaly 0-09 (5 March)[10]
Semi-finals
edit| 18 March 2015 7:00 pm Semi-final |
Dublin | 2-15 - 3-7 | Longford | Páirc Tailteann Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) |
| Killian O’Gara 1-2, Conor McHugh 0-5 (0-1f), Colm Basquel 1-1, Niall Scully 0-3, Eric Lowndes 0-2, Andy Foley and Aaron Byrne 0-1 each | Report [1] | Liam Connerton 2-1, Larry Moran 1-1 (0-1f), Patrick Kiernan 0-2, Andrew Dalton, David McGivney (0-1f) and Dessie Reynolds 0-1 each |
| 18 March 2015 7:00 pm Semi-final |
Kildare | 2-15 - 0-13 | Meath | O'Moore Park Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly) |
| Neil Flynn 1-6 (0-4f), Niall Kelly 0-4, Cein McMonagle 1-0, Chris Healy and Chris Fenner 0-2 each, David Fitzpatrick 0-1 | Report [2] | Ruairí Ó Coileáin 0-8 (6f), Eamon Wallace 0-3, Padraic Harnan and Paddy Kennelly 0-1 each |
Final
edit| 2 April Final |
Dublin | 3-10 - 1-12 | Kildare | Páirc Tailteann Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath) Man of the Match: Neil Flynn |
| Cormac Costello 2-2 (0-1f), Conor McHugh 0-5 (0-1 pen), Colm Basquel 1-0, Shane Carthy, Andrew Foley, Eric Lowndes 0-1 each. | Report [3] | Neil Flynn 0-11 (0-6f, 2'45), Mark Sherry 1-0, Niall Kelly 0-1. |
2015 Munster Under-21 Football Championship
editQuarter-finals
editSemi-finals
edit| 18 March 2015 7:00 pm Semi-final |
Cork | 1-12 - 1-9 | Kerry | Páirc Uí Rinn Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary) |
| Cathal Vaughan 0-4 (0-3f), Seán O’Donoghue 1-1 (0-1f), Peter Kelleher, Seán White, Conor Horgan 0-2 each, Brian O’Driscoll 0-1 | Report [4] | Conor Keane 1-7 (0-6f), Brian Crowley and Jack Savage (0-1f) 0-1 each |
| 18 March 2015 7:00 pm Semi-final |
Tipperary | 0-15 - 0-7 | Clare | Semple Stadium Referee: James Bermingham (Cork) |
| Jason Lonergan 0-5, Liam Casey and Steven O’Brien 0-2 each, Colin O’Riordan, Bill Maher, Ian Fahey, Paul Maher, John McGrath and Josh Keane (0-1f) 0-1 each | Report [5] | Keelan Sexton 0-4f, Jamie Malone 0-2, Paddy O’Malley 0-1f |
Final
edit| 9 April Final |
Tipperary | 1-15 - 3-8 | Cork | Semple Stadium Attendance: 2,137 Referee: Sean Joy (Kerry) Man of the Match: Ian Fahey |
| Kevin O’Halloran 0-6 (0-5f), Ian Fahey 1-0, Jason Lonergan, Paul Maher, Josh Keane (0-1f), Colin O’Riordan 0-2 each, Steven O’Brien 0-1 | Report [6] | Peter Kelleher 2-0, Cian Dorgan 1-1, Cathal Vaughan 0-4 (2f), Brian O’Driscoll (f), Sean O’Donoghue & Darragh Murphy 0-1 each. |
2015 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Connacht Final | ||||||||||||
 Roscommon
| 6-18 | |||||||||||||
 Sligo
| 0-12 | |||||||||||||
| Roscommon
| 3-14 | |||||||||||||
 Mayo
| 4-07 |  Galway
| 3-11 | |||||||||||
 Leitrim
| 0-08 | Galway
| 2-8 | |||||||||||
| Mayo
| 0-11 | |||||||||||||
Quarter-final
edit- Mayo 4-7 Leitrim 0-8 (11 March)[13]
Semi-finals
editFinal
edit| 4 April Final |
Roscommon | 3-14 - 3-11 | Galway | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam Attendance: 4,796 Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo) |
| Diarmuid Murtagh 1-7 (0-6f), Cathal Compton and Paul Kenny 1-0 each, Ultan Harney 0-3, Shane Killoran 0-2, Jack Earley and Kieran Kilcline 0-1 each | Report[7] | Eamon Brannigan 1-3, Damien Comer 1-2 (0-1f), Enda Tierney 1-1, Colin Brady 0-3, Kieran Molloy, Johnny Heaney 0-1 each |
2015 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship
editPreliminary round
edit- Derry 2-12 Down 1-11 (11 March)[16]
Quarter-finals
edit- Tyrone 0-17 Fermanagh 0-7 (18 March)[17]
- Donegal 1-7 Cavan 0-9 (18 March)
- Monaghan 0-15 Derry 1-8 (18 March)
- Armagh 2-13 Antrim 1-5 (22 March)[18]
Semi-finals
editFinal
edit| 8 April Final |
Tyrone | 1-11 - 0-13 | Donegal | Celtic Park Attendance: 3,239 Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan) |
| Lee Brennan 0-4 (0-2f), Daniel McNulty 0-4 (0-3f), Conor Meyler 1-0, Cathal McShane, Michael Cassidy, Ruairi McGlone 0-1 each | Report [8] | Hugh McFadden 0-5 (0-4f), Eoin McHugh and Darach O'Connor 0-2 each, Ciarán Thompson (0-1f), Willie Gillespie, Eamon McGrath, Stephen McBrearty 0-1 each |
All-Ireland
editSemi-finals
edit| 18 April 16:00 Semi-final |
Dublin | 0-12 - 0-14 | Tipperary | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: J Henry (Mayo) |
| C McHugh (1f), C Costello (3f) 0-4 each, S Carthy 0-2, D Campbell, C Basquel 0-1. | Report [9] | K O'Halloran 0-4 (3f), J Keane 0-3 (3f), S O'Brien, C O'Riordan 0-2 each, R Mulcahy, J Lonergan, L Casey 0-1 each. |
| 18 April 18:00 Semi-final |
Roscommon | 0-12 - 0-17 | Tyrone | Markievicz Park Referee: P O’Sullivan (Kerry) |
| Diarmuid Murtagh 0-6 (4f), Cathal Compton 0-3, Ronan Daly (1f), Thomas Corcoran, Jack Earley 0-1 each. | Report[10] | Lee Brennan 0-6 (1f), Daniel McNulty 0-4 (3f), Cathal McShane 0-3, Mark Kavanagh 0-2, Michael Cassidy, Francis Burns 0-1 each. |
Final
edit| 2 May 18:00 Final |
Tipperary | 0-13 - 1-11 | Tyrone | Parnell Park Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) |
| K O'Halloran 0-6 (5f), J Keane 0-3 (1f), C O’Riordan 0-2 (1f), B Maher, I Fahey 0-1 each. | Report [11] | C McShane 1-0, D McNulty 0-3 (2f), M Kavanagh, M Bradley, L Brennan (2f) 0-2 each, C Meyler, M Cassidy 0-1 each. |
References
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- ^ "Malone the ace in facile Clare victory". Munster GAA. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Mayo goals see off Leitrim". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Enda Smith bags a hat-trick as Roscommon run riot against Sligo". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "MAYO 0-11 GALWAY 1-12". GAA.ie. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Derry defeat Down in U21 opener". Ulster GAA. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Ulster under-21 quarter-finals: Wins from Monaghan, Tyrone and Donegal". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Armagh see off Antrim in quarter-final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Donegal dismiss Farney to reach final". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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