2015 Cavan Senior Football Championship

2015 Cavan SFC

Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2015
Trophy	Oliver Plunkett Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	24 July - 11 October 2015
Teams	17
Defending champions	Cavan Gaels
Winners
Champions	Kingscourt Stars (11th win)
Manager	Niall Lynch
Captain	Alan Clarke
Qualify for	2015 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Castlerahan
Manager	Michael Reilly
Captain	Stephen Cooney
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Drumalee Drumgoon
Other
Player of the Year	Shane Gray (Kingscourt Stars)
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The 2015 Cavan Senior Football Championship was the 107th edition of Cavan GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams, with the winner going on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

Cavan Gaels were the defending champions, having defeated Kingscourt Stars in the previous years final. ^[1] Kingscourt ended their reign at the quarter-final stage. ^[2]

Kingscourt went on to win the championship by beating Castlerahan in the final. ^{[3] [4] [5]} This was their 11th title overall, and their first since 2010. ^[6]

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2014 championship season.

To Championship Promoted from 2014 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Cootehill - (Intermediate Champions) [7]

From Championship Relegated to 2015 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Redhills

Opening rounds

Preliminary rounds

Denn v Drumgoon

24 July 2015Preliminary Round A	Denn	3-10 – 0-10	Drumgoon	Dolan Park
20:00				Referee: Jimmy Galligan

Mullahoran v Kingscourt Stars

24 July 2015Preliminary Round B	Mullahoran	1-9 – 1-8	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
20:00		Report		Referee: Kieran McCarville

Kingscourt Stars v Drumgoon

9 August 2015Preliminary Round C	Kingscourt Stars	2-13 – 0-8	Drumgoon	Breffni Park
19:30		Report		Referee: Martin Sexton

Round 1

Killeshandra v Castlerahan

2 August 2015Round 1	Killeshandra	4-9 – 0-9	Castlerahan	Breffni Park
14:30		Report		Referee: Gerry Sheridan

Mullahoran v Drumalee

2 August 2015Round 1	Mullahoran	1-12 – 0-10	Drumalee	Breffni Park
19:30		Report		Referee: Chris McCaffrey

Killygarry v Crosserlough

7 August 2015Round 1	Killygarry	1-11 – 1-8	Crosserlough	Breffni Park
20:15		Report		Referee: Conor Dourneen

Cavan Gaels v Cuchulainns

8 August 2015Round 1	Cavan Gaels	5-11 – 0-4	Cuchulainns	Dolan Park
18:00				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Lacken v Gowna

8 August 2015Round 1	Lacken	1-9 – 0-11	Gowna	Our Lady of Lourdes Park
19:30				Referee: Tony Gregory

Ballinagh v Denn

9 August 2015Round 1	Ballinagh	0-15 – 1-7	Denn	Breffni Park
14:30		Report		Referee: Pat Clarke

Cootehill v Lavey

9 August 2015Round 1	Cootehill	2-11 – 0-15	Lavey	Breffni Park
18:00		Report		Referee: Stephen McKiernan

Ramor United v Kingscourt Stars

16 August 2015Round 1	Ramor United	0-12 – 1-8	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
14:30		Report		Referee: Brendan Sweeney

Round 2A

Cavan Gaels v Lacken

22 August 2015Round 2A	Cavan Gaels	1-13 – 0-9	Lacken	Breffni Park
18:30		Report		Referee: Joe McQuillan

Ramor United v Killygarry

22 August 2015Round 2A	Ramor United	2-12 – 1-9	Killygarry	Breffni Park
19:30		Report		Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Mullahoran v Ballinagh

29 August 2015Round 2A	Mullahoran	0-11 – 1-8	Ballinagh	Breffni Park
19:30		Report		Referee: James Clarke

Killeshandra v Cootehill

30 August 2015Round 2A	Killeshandra	1-14 – 1-9	Cootehill	Athletic Grounds
18:00		Report		Referee: Martin Sexton

Mullahoran v Ballinagh

2 September 2015Round 2A Replay	Mullahoran	3-7 – 0-14 (a.e.t.)	Ballinagh	Breffni Park
20:15		Report		Referee: Chris McCaffrey

Back-door stage

Round 2B

Denn v Drumalee

15 August 2015Round 2B	Denn	0-15 – 0-10 (a.e.t.)	Drumalee	Breffni Park
18:00		Report		Referee: John Emmo

Gowna v Lavey

15 August 2015Round 2B	Gowna	3-8 – 1-12	Lavey	Breffni Park
19:30		Report		Referee: Chris McCaffrey

Castlerahan v Crosserlough

16 August 2015Round 2B	Castlerahan	2-14 – 1-13	Crosserlough	Breffni Park
19:30		Report		Referee: Kieran McCarville

Kingscourt Stars v Cuchulainns

23 August 2015Round 2B	Kingscourt Stars	0-10 – 1-7 (a.e.t.)	Cuchulainns	Lavey GAA Grounds
13:30				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Kingscourt Stars v Cuchulainns

30 August 2015Round 2B Replay	Kingscourt Stars	3-16 – 1-8	Cuchulainns	Dolan Park
13:00				Referee: Packie Smith

Round 3

Lacken v Denn

29 August 2015Round 3	Lacken	1-14 – 0-7	Denn	Sheelin Park
18:00				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Castlerahan v Gowna

5 September 2015Round 3	Castlerahan	5-10 – 1-5	Gowna	Breffni Park
15:00		Report		Referee: Kieran McCarville

Kingscourt Stars v Ballinagh

6 September 2015Round 3	Kingscourt Stars	1-15 – 2-12 (a.e.t.)	Ballinagh	Dolan Park
14:00				Referee: Pat Clarke

Killygarry v Cootehill

6 September 2015Round 3	Killygarry	2-15 – 0-24 (a.e.t.)	Cootehill	Breffni Park
18:30				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

Killygarry v Cootehill

12 September 2015Round 3 Replay	Killygarry	3-19 – 2-16 (a.e.t.)	Cootehill	Breffni Park
18:00		Report		Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Kingscourt Stars v Ballinagh

13 September 2015Round 3 Replay	Kingscourt Stars	0-10 – 0-5	Ballinagh	Breffni Park
14:30		Report		Referee: Kieran McCarville

Knock-out stages

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Kingscourt Stars		0-12
	Cavan Gaels		0-10
						Kingscourt Stars		1-11
						Killygarry		1-9
	Killygarry		2-14
	Mullahoran		2-8
											Kingscourt Stars		1-9
											Castlerahan		0-11
	Castlerahan		2-14
	Ramor United		1-8
						Castlerahan		0-13
						Killeshandra		0-9
	Killeshandra		2-11
	Lacken		1-9

Quarter-finals

Killeshandra v Lacken

12 September 2015Quarter-final	Killeshandra	2-11 – 1-9	Lacken	Breffni Park
19:30	Declan McKiernan 0-4 (0-2f), Daniel Luby 1-0, Austin Fitzpatrick 1-0, Paddy King 0-3, Shane O'Reilly 0-2, Tomas O'Reilly 0-2	Report	Conor Finnegan 1-4, Finbar O'Reilly 0-4 (0-4f), Niall McKiernan 0-1	Referee: James Clarke

Castlerahan v Ramor United

13 September 2015Quarter-final	Castlerahan	2-14 – 1-8	Ramor United	Breffni Park
19:00	Cian Mackey 2-2 (1-0 pen), Enda Flanagan 0-3 (0-2f), Oisin O'Connell 0-3, Cian McEnroe 0-2 (0-1f), Cormac Daly 0-1, Daniel Lynch 0-1, Sean Fitzpatrick 0-1, Stefan Connolly 0-1 OP	Report	Conor Bradley 0-3, Ronan Keating 1-0, Jack Brady 0-2 (0-1f), Stephen Monaghan 0-2, Jack Doyle 0-1 (0-1f)	Referee: Joe McQuillan

Killygarry v Mullahoran

19 September 2015Quarter-final	Killygarry	2-14 – 2-8	Mullahoran	Breffni Park
18:30	Brian Sheanon 0-5 (0-3f), Conor Smith 1-2, Martin Reilly 0-3, Brendan Murray 1-0, Darragh Gannon 0-2, Ross Sheridan 0-1, Donal Thomas 0-1	Report	Paul Brady 2-2, Enda O'Reilly 0-3 (0-1f), Sean McKeogh 0-2, Chris Prior 0-1	Referee: Kieran McCarville

Kingscourt Stars v Cavan Gaels

19 September 2015Quarter-final	Kingscourt Stars	0-12 – 0-10	Cavan Gaels	Breffni Park
20:00	Barry Reilly 0-8 (0-5f, 0-2 '45), Keith McCabe 0-1, Christy McGowan 0-1, Darragh Gunne 0-1, Cian McArdle 0-1	Report	Martin Dunne 0-4 (0-2f, 0-2 '45), Seanie Johnston 0-4, Niall Murray 0-1, Vinny Coyle 0-1 (0-1f)	Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Semi-finals

Castlerahan v Killeshandra

26 September 2015Semi-final	Castlerahan	0-13 – 0-9	Killeshandra	Breffni Park
20:00	Cian Mackey 0-4 (0-1f), Oisin O'Connell 0-4, Cian McEnroe 0-2 (0-2f), Cormac Daly 0-1, Paul Smith 0-1, Enda Flanagan 0-1	Report	Declan McKiernan 0-2 (0-2f), Daniel Luby 0-2, Paddy King 0-2, Cillian O'Reilly 0-1, Aaron Brady 0-1, Austin Fitzpatrick 0-1	Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

Kingscourt Stars v Killygarry

27 September 2015Semi-final	Kingscourt Stars	1-11 – 1-9	Killygarry	Breffni Park
16:45	Darragh Gunne 1-4 (0-1f), Barry Reilly 0-4 (0-3f), Keith McCabe 0-1, Barry Tully 0-1, Peter Corrigan 0-1	Report	Brian Sheanon 0-7 (0-6f), Daniel Talbot 1-0, Martin Reilly 0-2 (0-2f)	Referee: Brendan Sweeney

Final

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11 October 2015

15:00

Final

Kingscourt Stars	1-9 – 0-11	Castlerahan
Philip Tinnelly 1-1, Peter Corrigan 0-3, Barry Reilly 0-3 (0-1f, 2 '45), Christy McGowan 0-1, Cian McArdle 0-1	Report	Cian Mackey 0-3 (0-3f), Cormac Daly 0-2, Enda Flanagan 0-2, Paul Smith 0-1, Ronan Flanagan 0-1, Cian McEnroe 0-1 (0-1f), Oisin O'Connell 0-1

Breffni Park

Attendance: 5,284

Referee: Noel Mooney

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Relegation play-offs

Preliminary relegation play-off

Cuchulainns v Drumgoon

18 September 2015Preliminary relegation play-off	Cuchulainns	4-17 – 1-6	Drumgoon	O'Raghallaigh Park
20:15				Referee: Tony Gregory

Relegation Finals

Lavey v Drumalee

19 September 2015Relegation Final	Lavey	1-16 – 1-11	Drumalee	St. Matthew's Park
15:00				Referee: Jim Giblin

Crosserlough v Drumgoon

3 October 2015Relegation Final	Crosserlough	2-14 – 0-8	Drumgoon	St. Matthew's Park
17:00

References

1. "Lyng seals the deal to leave Kingscourt seeing stars". Irish Independent . 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
2. "SFC: Kingscourt send Gaels packing". Hogan Stand . 19 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
3. "Kingscourt come from behind to win Cavan senior title in thrilling encounter". The Irish Times . 11 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
4. "Tinnelly gives Stars edge". Irish Independent . 12 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
5. "Tinnelly goal wins it for kingscourt". The Anglo-Celt . 11 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
6. "Cavan SFC final: Stars secure 11th title". Hogan Stand . 11 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
7. "IFC final: Cootehill end 43-year wait". Hogan Stand . 4 October 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

External links

• Cavan at ClubGAA
• Official Cavan GAA Website