2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

Winners
Champions	Ballyboden St. Endas (1st win)
Captain	Daragh Nelson
Manager	Andy McEntee
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The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 46th annual gaelic football tournament since its establishment in the 1970-71 season.

Ballyboden St. Endas from Dublin won the title for the first time by defeating Castlebar Mitchels of Mayo 2-14 to 0-7 in the final at Croke Park on 17 March 2016. Daragh Nelson raised the Andy Merrigan cup for 'Boden while Bob Dwan claimed the 'Man-of-the-Match' award.

The 2014–15 champions were Corofin from Galway who defeated Slaughtneil Robert Emmets from Derry on 17 March 2015 to win their 2nd title. They were knocked out by Castlebar Mitchels of Mayo in the Connacht final in 2015-16.

Format

County Championships

Ireland's 32 counties play their county championships between their senior Gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination. For instance, Kerry organise two separate championships.

Provincial Championships

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. All matches are knock-out and two ten minute periods of extra time are played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.

All-Ireland

The winners of the London club championship play one of the four provincial champions in a single match in mid-December referred to as a quarter-final. Two semi-finals are then played in mid-February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March.

Initial Schedule

County championships – April 2015 to November 2015
Provincial championships – October 2015 to December 2015
All-Ireland quarter-final – mid-December 2015 or January 2016
All-Ireland semi-finals – mid-February 2016
All-Ireland final – 17 March 2016

County Finals

Leinster

• Louth SFC Final
  • St. Patrick's 1-14, 0-9 Seán O'Mahonys, Drogheda Park, 4/10/2015

• Longford SFC Final
  • Killoe Young Emmets 1-14, 1-11 Abbeylara, Pearse Park, 4/10/2015,

• Carlow SFC Final
  • Palatine 2-12, 2-8 Old Leighlin, Dr Cullen Park, 11/10/2015,

• Offaly SFC Final
  • Edenderry 1-12, 1-10 Rhode, O'Connor Park, 11/10/2015,

• Wicklow SFC Final
  • Rathnew 3-6, 0-9 St. Patrick's, O'Byrne Park, 11/10/2015,

• Westmeath SFC Final
  • St. Loman's 1-15, 0-8 Castledaly, Cusack Park Mullingar, 11/10/2015,

• Wexford SFC Final
  • St. James' 0-11 1-6 St. Martin's, Wexford Park, 17/10/2015,

• Kildare SFC Final
  • Sarsfields 0-17, 1-12 Athy, St Conleth's Park, Newbridge, 18/10/2015,

• Laois SFC Final and Final Replay:
  • Portlaoise 0-15, 2-9 Emo, O'Moore Park, 18/10/2015,
  • Portlaoise 2-13, 0-7 Emo, O'Moore Park, 24/10/2015,

• Meath SFC Final
  • Navan O'Mahonys 0-13, 1-8 Na Fianna, Páirc Tailteann, 26/11/2015,

• Dublin SFC Final
  • Ballyboden St.Enda's 2-8, 0-10 St. Vincents Parnell Park, 1/11/2015,

Ulster

• Derry SFC Final
  • Slaughtneil Robert Emmets 1-7 0-9 Coleraine Celtic Park 4/10/2015 ^[1]

• Armagh SFC Final
  • Crossmaglen Rangers 2-22, 0-10 Armagh Harps, Athletic Grounds, Armagh, 11/10/2015,

• Cavan SFC Final
  • Kingscourt Stars 1-9, 0-11 Castlerahan, Kingspan Breffni Park, 11/10/2015,

• Down SFC Final
  • Kilcoo Owen Roes 3-10, 0-11 Castlewellan St. Malachy's, Pairc Esler, 11/10/2015,

• Fermanagh SFC Final
  • Derrygonnelly Harps 3-16, 3-7 Roslea Shamroks, Brewster Park, 11/10/2015,

• Tyrone SFC Final
  • Trillick St. Macartan's 1-9, 0-11 Killyclogher St. Mary's, Healy Park, 11/10/2015,

• Antrim SFC Final
  • Erin's Own Cargin 2-11, 1-5 Lámh Dhearg, Ahoghill, 18/10/2015,

• Donegal SFC Final
  • Naomh Conaill 0-11, 0-10 St. Eunan's, MacCumhail Park, 18/10/2015,

• Monaghan SFC Final
  • Scotstown 2-12, 0-9 Monaghan Harps, St. Tiernach's Park, 18/10/2015,

Connacht

• Leitrim SFC Final & Final Replay
  • Glencar/Manorhamilton 1-9, 0-12 Mohill, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 27/9/2015,
  • Mohill 1-4, 0-6 Glencar/Manorhamilton, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 3/10/2015,

• Galway SFC Final
  • Corofin 3-13, 0-12 Mountbellew-Moylough, Tuam Stadium, 11/10/2015,

• Roscommon SFC Final
  • Clann na nGael 1-9, 0-11 Pádraig Pearses, Dr. Hyde Park, 18/10/2015,

• Sligo SFC Final
  • St. Mary's 1-20, 2-11 Curry, Markievicz Park, 25/10/2015,

• Mayo SFC Final
  • Castlebar Mitchels 4-10, 0-9 Breaffy, MacHale Park, Castlebar, 25/10/2015,

Munster

• Clare SFC Final
  • Miltown Malbay 0-13, 0-9 Cooraclare, Cusack Park, Ennis, 18/10/2015,

• Cork SFC Final & Final Replay:
  • Castlehaven 0-10, 0-10 Nemo Rangers, Páirc Uí Rinn, 18/10/2015,
  • Nemo Rangers 1-10, 0-11 Castlehaven, Páirc Uí Rinn, 25/10/2015,

• Limerick SFC Final
  • Newcastlewest 2-10, 0-9 Dromcollogher/Broadford, Kilmallock, 18/10/2015,

• Tipperary SFC Final
  • Clonmel Commercials 1-12, 3-5 Moyle Rovers, Semple Stadium, 18/10/2015,

• Waterford SFC Final
  • Stradbally 0-8, 0-6 Ballinacourty, Fraher Field, 6/11/2015,

• Kerry SFC Final & Final Replay
  • Killarney Legion 0-9, 0-9 South Kerry, Fitzgerald Stadium, 8/11/2015,
  • South Kerry 1-13, 1-12 Killarney Legion, Fitzgerald Stadium, 22/11/2015, (A.E.T.)

London

• London SFC Final
  • Tir Chonaill Gaels 3-10, 1-12 St. Kieran's, Ruislip, 29/11/2015,

Provincial Championships

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

The Kilkenny Senior Football Champions compete in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.

	Preliminary Round					Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Palatine (Carlow)		1-8
	Portlaoise (Laois)		0-15			Portlaoise (Laois)		2-5
						Sarsfields (Kildare)		0-10
											Portlaoise (Laois)		5-12
	Killoe Young Emmets (Longford)		5-11								Killoe Young Emmets (Longford)		0-11
	St. James' (Wexford)		1-4			Killoe Young Emmets (Longford)		0-11
						Navan O'Mahonys (Meath)		1-6
																Portlaoise (Laois)		1-11
	Edenderry (Offaly)		0-11													Ballyboden St. Enda's (Dublin)		2-9
	Rathnew (Wicklow)		0-12			Rathnew (Wicklow)		1-6
						St. Loman's (Westmeath)		2-10
											St. Loman's (Westmeath)		0-9
											Ballyboden St. Enda's (Dublin)		1-11
						St. Patrick's (Louth)		0-7
						Ballyboden St. Enda's (Dublin)		1-8

Preliminary Round

• Palatine 1-8, 0-15 Portlaoise, Dr. Cullen Park, 25/10/2015, ^[2]

• Killoe Young Emmets 5-11, 1-4 St. James', Pearse Park, 25/10/2015, ^[3]

• Edenderry 0-11, 0-12 Rathnew, O'Connor Park, 25/10/2015, ^[4]

Quarter-Finals

• Portlaoise 2-5, 0-10 Sarsfields, O'Moore Park, 8/11/2015, ^[5]

• Killoe Young Emmets 0-11, 1-6 Navan O'Mahonys, Pearse Park, 8/11/2015, ^[6]

• Rathnew 1-6, 2-10 St. Loman's, O'Connor Park , 8/11/2015, ^[7]

• St. Patrick's 0-7, 1-8 Ballyboden St. Endas, Drogheda Park, 8/11/2015, ^[8]

Semi-Finals

• Portlaoise 5-12, 0-11 Killoe Young Emmets, O'Moore Park, 22/11/2015, ^[9]

• St. Loman's 0-9, 1-11 Ballyboden St. Enda's, Cusack Park (Mullingar), 22/11/2015, ^[10]

Final

• Ballyboden St. Enda's 2-9 1-11 Portlaoise, O'Connor Park, 6/12/2015, ^[11]

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Ulster Final

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)

2-15

Erin's Own Cargin (Antrim)

0-13

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)

0-12

Kilcoo Owen Roes (Down)

0-8

Kingscourt Stars (Cavan)

0-5

Kilcoo Owen Roes (Down)

3-15

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)

2-17 (AET)

Scotstown (Monaghan)

2-12 (AET)

Naomh Conaill (Donegal)

1-11

Trillick St. Macartan's (Tyrone)

2-9

Trillick St. Macartan's (Tyrone)

2-7

Scotstown (Monaghan)

2-9

Scotstown (Monaghan)

1-15

Slaughtneil Robert Emmets (Derry)

4-13

Slaughtneil Robert Emmets (Derry)

0-15

Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh)

1-4

Preliminary Round

• Slaughtneil Robert Emmets 4-13, 1-4 Derrygonnelly Harps, Owenbeg, 18/10/2015, ^[12]

Quarter-Finals

• Crossmaglen Rangers 2-15, 0-13 Erin's Own Cargin, Athletic Grounds, 1/11/2015, ^[13]

• Kingscourt Stars 0-5, 3-15 Kilcoo Owen Roes, Breffni Park, 1/11/2015, ^[14]

• Naomh Conaill 1-11, 2-9 Trillick St. Macartan's, MacCumhail Park, 1/11/2015, ^[15]

• Scotstown 1-15, 0-15 Slaughtneil Robert Emmets, St. Tiernach's Park, 1/11/2015, ^[16]

Semi-Finals

• Kilcoo Owen Roes 0-8, 0-12 Crossmaglen Rangers, Pairc Esler, 15/11/2015, ^[17]

• Scotstown 2-9, 2-7 Trillick St. Macartan's, Brewster Park, 15/11/2015, ^[18]

Final

• Crossmaglen Rangers 2-17, 2-12 Scotstown, Athletic Grounds, 29/11/2015, (A.E.T.) ^[19]

Connacht Senior Club Football Championship

	Preliminary Round					Semi-Finals					Final
						Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo)		3-8
						Clann na nGael (Roscommon)		0-13
											Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo)		2-10
	Corofin (Galway)		1-17								Corofin (Galway)		0-11
	Mohill (Leitrim)		0-7			Corofin (Galway)		4-14
						St. Mary's (Sligo)		2-6

Preliminary Round

• Corofin 1-17, 0-7 Mohill, Tuam Stadium, 25/10/2015, ^[20]

Semi-Finals

• Castlebar Mitchels 3-8, 0-13 Clann na nGael, McHale Park, 8/11/2015, ^[21]

• Corofin 4-14, 2-6 St. Mary's, Tuam Stadium, 8/11/2015, ^[22]

Final

• Castlebar Mitchels 2-10, 0-11 Corofin, Tuam Stadium, 22/11/2015, ^[23]

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
	Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary)	0-12
	Newcastlewest (Limerick)	1-7
					Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary)	1-13
					Milltown Malbay (Clare)	0-3
									Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary)	1-7
									Nemo Rangers (Cork)	0-9
					Nemo Rangers (Cork)	0-14
					Killarney Legion (Kerry)	0-8
	Stradbally (Waterford)	0-5
	Nemo Rangers (Cork)	1-13

Quarter-Finals

• Clonmel Commercials 0-12, 1-7 Newcastlewest, Clonmel, 1/11/2015,^[24]

• Stradbally 0-5, 1-13 Nemo Rangers, Fraher Field, 7/11/2015,^[25]

Semi-Finals

• Clonmel Commercials 1-13, 0-3 Milltown Malbay, Clonmel, 15/11/2015, ^[26]

• Nemo Rangers 0-14, 0-8 Killarney Legion, Pairc Ui Rinn, 15/11/2015, ^[27]

Final

• Clonmel Commercials 1-7, 0-9 Nemo Rangers, Mallow, 29/11/2015, ^[28]

On Monday 9th November 2015, Killarney Legion were chosen to represent Kerry in the Munster Championship even though they had not won the county championship at that time. This ruling by the Kerry County Board appears to be in breach of Rule 6.24(a) of the GAA official guide. The Kerry S.F.C. final ended in a draw the day before, meaning that the replay would have to be held on Saturday 14th November, in time for the Munster Semi-Final on Sunday 15th.^[29]

Because of this, the Kerry County Board decided that Killarney Legion would represent Kerry regardless of whether they beat South Kerry or not in the replay, which was put back to Sunday 22nd November (South Kerry can't represent Kerry in the provincial championship as they are a divisional side). This meant that Dingle, the Kerry club champions, were not permitted to represent Kerry in the Munster championship as they normally would if Killarney Legion had lost the county final.

All-Ireland

	Quarter-Final				Semi-Finals				Final
	Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary)	2-12
	Tír Chonaill Gaels (London)	0-9
					Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary)	0-10 AET
					Ballyboden St. Endas (Dublin)	0-15 AET
									Ballyboden St. Endas (Dublin)	2-14
									Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo)	0-7
					Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo)	0-13
					Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)	0-12

Quarter-Final

Tir Chonaill Gaels v Clonmel Commercials

12 December 2015 13:30 Quarter-Final

Tir Chonaill Gaels	0-9 - 2-12	Clonmel Commercials
A. Hanlon, S. Friel, L. Gavaghan 0-2 each, M. McCoy, M. Gottsche, C. McGee 0-1 each.	Report	I. Fahey 1-1, J. Lonergan, P. White 0-3 each, P. Looram 1-0, M. Quinlivan, I. Barnes, S. Kennedy, J. Kennedy, N. Kelly 0-1 each.

Ruislip Referee: Patrick Neilan (Roscommon)

Semi-Finals

Ballyboden St. Endas v Clonmel Commercials

13 February 2016 4:00 pm Semi-Final

Ballyboden St. Endas	0-15 - 0-10 AET	Clonmel Commercials
A. Kerin 0-7 (0-5f), C. Keaney 0-4 (0-3f), S. Molony, C. Basquel, D. Nelson & R. Basquel 0-1 each.	Report	I. Barnes 0-3 (0-2f), J. Kennedy 0-2, M. Quinlivan 0-2 (0-1f), J. Lonergan 0-2, K. Harney 0-1.

O'Moore Park Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

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Castlebar Mitchels v Crossmaglen Rangers

13 February 2016 6:30pm Semi-Final

Castlebar Mitchels	0-13 - 0-12	Crossmaglen Rangers
N. Douglas 0-6 (6f), P. Durkan 0-3, B. Moran 0-2, N. Lydon & D. Kirby 0-1 each.	Report	J. Clarke 0-4, T. Kernan (2f), S. Kernan & O. O’Neill (1f) 0-2 each, C. Cumiskey & A. Kernan (1f) 0-1 each

Breffni Park, Cavan Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

Final

Castlebar Mitchels v Ballyboden St. Endas

17th March 2016 4:00 pm Final

Castlebar Mitchels	0-7 - 2-14	Ballyboden St. Endas
Neil Douglas (0-1 ’45), Aidan Walsh (0-2f) 0-2 each, James Durkan, Neil Lydon, Paddy Durkan 0-1 each.	Report	Andrew Kerin 1-2 (1-0 pen), Colm Basquel 1-1, Bob Dwan 0-3, Ryan Basquel, Shane Durkin 0-2 each, Stephen O’Connor, Darren O’Reilly, Conal Keaney, Michael Darragh MacAuley 0-1 each.

Croke Park Attendance: 31,518 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

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