2015 McGrath Cup

2015 McGrath Cup

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The 2015 McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Munster GAA. The competition differs from the Munster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. On 24 January, Waterford won their second McGrath Cup after a nine point win over UCC at Fraher Field in Dungarvan.^[1] In front of a crowd of 907,Joey Veale, Maurice O’Gorman and Gavin Nugent got the three goals in a 3-12 to 1-9 victory.^[2]

Teams

The following Third Level Colleges took part in 2015

• University College Cork (UCC)
• Tralee IT
• University of Limerick (UL)
• Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)
• Mary Immaculate College (Mary I)

The following counties took part in 2015

• Cork
• Kerry
• Tipperary
• Limerick
• Waterford

Match Results

Preliminary Round

4 January

• Waterford 1-16 UL 2-7 at WIT ^[3]
• Cork 7-20 Mary I 0-4 at Mallow ^[4]

Quarter-Finals

11 January

• Kerry 0-16 Tralee IT 4-12^[5]
• Limerick 3-9 UCC 4-16^[6]
• Tipperary 0-12 Cork 1-14^[7]
• Waterford 1-11 CIT 0-9^[8]

Semi-Finals

16 January

• UCC 0-18 Tralee IT 0-6^[9]

18 January

• Waterford 0-8 Cork 0-7^[10]

Final

24 January

• Waterford 3-12 UCC 1-9 at Fraher Field Dungarvan.^[11]

References

1. "Waterford finally get booty in the bag". Irish Examiner. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
2. "Waterford end 34-year wait for a McGrath Cup title with facile win over UCC". Irish Independent. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
3. "Waterford 1-16 University of Limerick 2-7". Munster GAA. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
4. "Cork 7-20 Mary I 0-4". Munster GAA. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
5. "Tommy Walsh kept in reserve as IT Tralee stun Kerry". Munster GAA. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
6. "Limerick footballers beaten by UCC in McGrath Cup". Munster GAA. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
7. "O’Connor hits the net as Cork see off Tipperary to reach McGrath Cup semi-final". Munster GAA. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
8. "Shane Ahearne sets the tone as Waterford edge students". Munster GAA. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
9. "Steely UCC have too much class". Munster GAA. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
10. "Rebels rocked as Déise make history". Munster GAA. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
11. "Déise end 34-year wait for McGrath Cup title". Munster GAA. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

External links

• McGrath Cup at Munster GAA