2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

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2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
Dates25 February – 2 May 2015
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Tyrone (5th win)
Captain Kieran McGeary
Manager Feargal Logan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Tipperary
Captain Colin O'Riordan
ManagerTommy Toomey
Provincial Champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Colours of Tipperary GAA.svg Colin O'Riordan
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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]

Contents

Tyrone defeated Tipperary in the final on a 1-11 to 0-13 scoreline. [2] [3]

2015 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

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 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 Ruairí Ó Coileáin 0-8 (6f), Eamon Wallace 0-3, Padraic Harnan and Paddy Kennelly 0-1 each

Final

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 Neil Flynn 0-11 (0-6f, 2'45), Mark Sherry 1-0, Niall Kelly 0-1.

2015 Munster Under-21 Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

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 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 Keelan Sexton 0-4f, Jamie Malone 0-2, Paddy O’Malley 0-1f

Final

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 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

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Connacht Final
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 6-18
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0-12
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 3-14
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 4-07 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 3-11
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-08 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2-8
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0-11

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

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 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

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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 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

Semi-finals

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 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 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

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 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.

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