2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under 18's. 31 teams take part.

2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
DatesApril — 20 September 2015
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (13th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamTipperary
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
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The defending champions were Kerry who defeated Donegal in the 2014 final.

Kerry retained their title with a comprehensive 4-14 to 0-06 win over Munster rivals Tipperary.[1][2][3][4]

Teams

A total of 31 teams will contest the championship. Kilkenny, New York and London do not participate in the competition.

Format

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships on a knock-out basis. The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals.

Fixtures and results

Connacht Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Munster Final
Leitrim 0-12  
Sligo 4-09     Sligo 1-14  
        Roscommon 3-5  
          Sligo
(R)		 1-04
1-08
          Galway
(R)		 0-07
4-12
        Mayo 1-3
        Galway 3-14    
     
Final
Sligo 1-04 - 0-07 Galway
Patrick O’Connor 1-0, Liam Gaughan 0-3 (0-2f); Darragh Cummins 0-1. Report Finian O Laoi 0-3; Colm O’Braonain 0-2; Eric Lee 0-1, Cillian McDaid 0-1.
Final Replay
Sligo 1-08 - 4-12 Galway
C Herron 1-0, L Gaughan 0-3 (2f), F Cawley 0-2 (1f), N Rooney 0-1 (1f), K Cawley 0-1, A McLoughlin 0-1. Report P McCormack 1-2 (1f), S Kelly 1-1, C McDaid 0-3 (2f), F Ó Laoi 1-0, D Connelly 1-0, J Daly 0-2 (1f), E Lee 0-1 (1 ’45), C Marsden 0-1 (1f), C Ryan 0-1, C Brady 0-1.

Leinster Minor Football Championship
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Leinster Final
     
        Carlow 1-09  
Wicklow 1-08     Longford 1-14  
Longford 1-14       Longford 1-09  
Laois 2-08       Meath 0-08  
Meath 1-17     Meath 0-12  
Kildare 2-11     Louth 0-11  
Louth 2-14       Longford 1-09
Wexford 2-14       Kildare 2-15
Westmeath 2-14     Wexford 0-11  
Dublin 2-11     Dublin 3-08  
Offaly 1-09       Dublin 3-13  
          Kildare 3-16  
        Kildare* 1-10      
        Laois* 1-09      
     

LOSERS ROUND - The five losers from the preliminary round play-off and two teams advance to the Leinster Quarter Final

Losers Round One Losers Round Two Leinster Quarter Final**
Offaly 2-13  
Westmeath 1-10     Offaly 0-13  
        Kildare 0-14  
          Kildare 1-10
          Laois 1-09
        Laois 5-13
        Wicklow 1-13    
     
Final
Longford 1-09 - 2-15 Kildare
Conor Berry 1-2, Jayson Matthews 0-2 (1f), Darragh Doherty, Rory Hawkins, Neil Devlin, Cian Finnan, Peter Lynn 0-1 each. Report Jimmy Hyland 0-8 (1f), Conor Hartley, Ciaran Kelly (1f) 1-1 each, Brian McLoughlin 0-2, Ethan O’Donohue, Matthew Kelly (1f), Aaron Murphy (1 45) 0-1 each.

Munster Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Munster Final
Clare 0-03  
Kerry 0-14     Kerry 0-16  
Cork 2-15     Cork 1-12  
Limerick 2-07       Kerry 2-14
          Tipperary 1-11
        Clare* 2-09
Waterford 1-07     Tipperary 0-16    
Tipperary 2-16  

Playoff Round

Clare were the winners of a playoff round between the quarter final losers*

Playoff 1 Playoff 2
Limerick 2-14  
Waterford 3-10     Limerick 0-05
        Clare 2-11
     
Final
Kerry 2-14 - 1-11 Tipperary
C Geaney 1-5 (1f), C Linnane 1-1 (1f), Michael Foley 0-2, Sean O’Shea 0-2 (1f), Jack Morgan 0-1, Gavin White 0-1, Bryan Sweeney 0-1, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-1 Report Aidan Buckley 1-2, Alan Tynan 0-3 (2f), Jack Kennedy 0-2 (1f), Brendan Martin 0-2, Danny Owens 0-1, Mark Kehoe 0-1

Ulster Minor Football Championship
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Ulster Final
     
        Cavan 2-17  
        Monaghan 1-08  
          Cavan 1-19  
          Antrim 1-11  
        Fermanagh 2-09  
        Antrim 2-11  
          Cavan 0-11
          Derry 1-11
        Derry 2-11  
        Down 1-07  
          Derry 0-11  
          Donegal 0-10  
        Armagh 0-07      
Donegal 1-11     Donegal 2-14      
Tyrone 0-08  
Final
Cavan 0-11 - 1-11 Derry
D Raythrorne (0-3), D Brady (0-2), D Gannon (0-3), T Donohoe (0-1), C Smith (0-2) Report P Kearney (0-3), S Downey (0-1), C Glass (0-1); T Flanagan (1-0), B Grant (0-1), S McGuigan (0-5)

All-Ireland Knockout
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 August 2015 – Brewster Park
 
 
 Derry0-12
 
23 August 2015 – Croke Park
 
 Longford2-04
 
 Derry1-06
 
3 August 2015– O'Connor Park
 
 Kerry1-11
 
 Kerry2-12
 
20 September 2015– Croke Park
 
 Sligo1-06
 
 Kerry4-14
 
1 August 2015– Páirc Tailteann
 
 Tipperary0-06
 
 Kildare2-14
 
30 August 2015 – Croke Park
 
 Cavan2-12
 
 Kildare0-09
 
3 August 2015 – O'Connor Park
 
 Tipperary0-11
 
 Galway0-06
 
 
 Tipperary1-10
 

Quarter-Finals

The four provincial champions play the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.

Quarter-Final
Derry 0-12 - 2-04 Longford
Shane McGuigan 0-7 (0-2f), Conor Glass (0-1f), Jack Doherty 0-2 each, Brian Cassidy 0-1. Report Conor Berry 1-3 (0-2f), Darragh Doherty 1-0, Ruairi Harkins 0-1
Quarter Final
Kildare 2-14 - 2-12 Cavan
Ciaran Kelly (1-7, 5f), Jimmy Hyland (1-4, 1f), Rory Feely (0-1), Matthew Kelly (0-1), Ethan O’Donohue (0-1) Report Thomas Edward Donohoe (1-2), David Brady (0-3, 1f, 1 45), James Brady (1-0), Robbie Fitzpatrick (0-3, 2f), Darragh Gannon (0-2), Dillon Raythorne (0-2)
Quarter-Final
Kerry 2-12 - 1-06 Sligo
C Geaney 1-4 (0-1f), B Ó’Seanacháin 1-0, S O’Shea (1f), G White and D O’Brien 0-2 each, JM Foley and R Buckley 0-1 each Report K Cawley 1-0, F Cawley (0-1f) & R Kennedy (0-1f) 0-2 each, L Gaughan & C Lally 0-1 each
Quarter Final
Galway 0-06 - 1-10 Tipperary
Conor Marsden (0-2f), John Daly (0-1f) 0-2 each, Paudie McCormack and Eric Lee 0-1 each Report Alan Tynan 1-5 (0-2f, 0-1 ’45), Brendan Martin 0-2, Colin English, Jack Kennedy and Jamie Bergin 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals. If a provincial winner loses their quarter final, then the provincial runner-up who beat them takes their place in the semi-final.

Semi-Final
Derry 1-06 - 1-11Kerry
Conor Maunsell 1-0, Shane McGuigan 0-2, Francis Kearney 0-2, Conor Glass 0-1, Niall McAtamney 0-1 Report Michael Foley 1-3, John Mark Foley 0-3, Conor Geaney 0-5
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
Semi-Final
Kildare 0-09 - 0-11Tipperary
C Kelly 0-4 (4f), C Hartley 0-2, J Hyland 0-2 (2f), M Kelly 0-1 Report J Kennedy 0-4 (1f, 1 '45'), A Tynan 0-3 (2f), B McGrath 0-1, B Martin 0-1, A Buckley 0-1, S Quirke 0-1
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

Final
Final
Kerry4-14 - 0-6Tipperary
C Geaney 2-4 (2-0 pen, 1f); B Sweeney 1-1, Michael Foley 1-0, S O’Shea 0-2, J Duggan 0-2 (1f), M O’Connor 0-1, JM Foley 0-1, B Barrett 0-1, B Ó Seanacháin 0-1, S O’Sullivan 0-1. Report A Tynan 0-2, T Nolan 0-2, B McGrath 0-1, J Kennedy 0-1 (1 ’45’)
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

See also

References
  1. "O'Connor's troops run riot". Irish Independent. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. "Conor Geaney grabs hat-trick as Kerry on fire". Irish Examiner. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. "Dominant Kerry storm past Tipperary to retain All-Ireland minor football crown". The 42. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. "All-Ireland MFC final: classy Kingdom cruise past Tipp". Hogan Stand. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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