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

The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 46th annual gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970-71 season. The winners receive The Andy Merrigan Cup.

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 was the winning captain 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 Finals

Connacht County Finals

Leitrim SFC Final & Final Replay

Galway SFC Final

Roscommon SFC Final

Sligo SFC Final

Mayo SFC Final

Leinster County Finals

Louth SFC Final

Longford SFC Final

Carlow SFC Final

Offaly SFC Final

Wicklow SFC Final

Westmeath SFC Final

Wexford SFC Final

Kildare SFC Final

Laois SFC Final and Final Replay:

Meath SFC Final

Dublin SFC Final

Munster County Finals

Clare SFC Final

Cork SFC Final & Final Replay

Limerick SFC Final

Tipperary SFC Final

Waterford SFC Final

Kerry SFC Final & Final Replay

Ulster County Finals

Derry SFC Final

Armagh SFC Final

Cavan SFC Final

Down SFC Final

Fermanagh SFC Final

Tyrone SFC Final

Antrim SFC Final

Donegal SFC Final

Monaghan SFC Final

London (County) Final

London SFC Final

Provincial Championships

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) 0-11
          Corofin (Galway) 4-14
 Corofin (Galway) 1-17      St. Mary's (Sligo) 2-6    
 Mohill (Leitrim) 0-7  

Preliminary Round

Semi-Finals

Final

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

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

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

Semi-Finals

Final

On Monday 9 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 14 November, in time for the Munster Semi-Final on Sunday 15th.[21]

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 22 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.

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

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

All-Ireland

All-Ireland Main Draw

  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  
    

All-Ireland Quarter-Final

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)

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

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)

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

All-Ireland Final

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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