2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship

2015 Connacht SFC

Tournament details
Year	2015
Winners
Champions	Mayo (46th win)
Manager	Noel Connelly Pat Holmes
Captain	Keith Higgins
Runners-up
Runners-up	Sligo
Manager	Niall Carew
Captain	Adrian Marren
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The 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 116th instalment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Connacht GAA. It was one of four provincial competitions in the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Mayo entered the competition as defending Connacht champions and retained the title after a 6-25 to 2-11 win against Sligo in the final on 19 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The draw to decide the fixtures was made on 10 October 2014. ^[5] As in previous competitions, the opponents of London and New York in the opening round were decided in advance. The teams that visit the 'Exiles' are chosen on a cyclical basis. As in the 2010 Connacht Championship, Roscommon faced London and Galway faced New York. Mayo and Sligo were drawn straight into the semi-final stage.

Under GAA rules introduced in 2014 to allow counties to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches, the two sides of the draw were named as either A or B. London, Roscommon and Sligo were named on the A side of the draw, while Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and New York's draw was named as the B side. New York, as in previous seasons did not compete in the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Note due to Covid-19 it would be Galway playing New York and Roscommon for London last games to be held were cancelled in the 2020 championship but now there are rotational fixture to take place in 2025.

Teams

The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign based teams of London and New York.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
All-Ireland	Provincial
Galway	Maroon and white	Supermac's	Kevin Walsh	Paul Conroy	2001	2008
Leitrim	Green and gold	The Bush Hotel	Shane Ward	Danny Beck		1994
London	Green and white	Moran's Hotels	Paul Coggins	Martin Carroll
Mayo	Green and red	Elverys Sports	Noel Connelly Pat Holmes	Keith Higgins	1951	2014
New York	Red, white and blue	Navillus Contracting	Ian Galvin	Keith Scally
Roscommon	Blue and Yellow	Club Rossie	John Evans	Niall Carty	1944	2010
Sligo	Black and white	Radisson Blu, Sligo	Niall Carew	Mark Breheny		2007

Bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						London		0-10
						Roscommon		1-14
											Roscommon		0-13
											Sligo		1-14
																Sligo		2-11
	New York		0-08													Mayo		6-25
	Galway		2-18			Galway		1-13
						Leitrim		0-08
											Galway		2-08
											Mayo		1-15

Fixtures

Preliminary round

3 May 2015

8.00pm (Irish time)

Preliminary round

New York	0-08 – 2-18	Galway
PJ Banville (0-07), JJ Matthews (0-01)	Report	D. Comer, S. Walsh (1-04 each), P. Ó Gríofa, L. Silke, S. Denvir, F. Ó Curraoin, P. Conroy, D. Cummins, M. Martin (0-01 each)

Gaelic Park, New York City

Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)

Quarter-finals

17 May 2015

3.30pm

Quarter-Final

Leitrim	0-8 – 1-13	Galway
K. Conlon (0-03), S. McWeeney (0-02), F. Clancy, R. Kennedy, P. McGowan (0-01 each)	Report	P. Conroy (0-06), D. Comer (1-01), D Cummins (0-02), G. O'Donnel, M. Lundy, P. Óg Ó Gríofa, P. Sweeney (0-01 each)

Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)

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24 May 2015

3.00pm

Quarter-Final

London	0-10 – 1-14	Roscommon
Ciaran Murtagh 1-2, Enda Smith 0-4, Cathal Shine 0-2, Donie Shine 0-2(2f), Diarmuid Murtagh 0-2, Ian Kilbride 0-1, Ultan Harney 0-1.	Report	Lorcan Mulvey 0-8(5f), Adrain Moyles 0-1(1f), Alan O’ Hara(0-1)

Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

Referee: E Kinsella (Laois)

Semi-finals

14 June 2015

4.00pm

Semi-Final

Mayo	1-15 - 2-8	Galway
C O'Connor 0-9 (8fs), F Hanley 1-0 (og), A Moran 0-2, J Doherty, A O'Shea, M Ronaldson, S O'Shea 0-1 each.	Report	G Sice 1-3 (0-2fs), D Cummins 1-1, P Conroy 0-3 (3fs), D Comer 0-1.

Pearse Stadium

Attendance: 20,254

Referee: P Hughes (Armagh)

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20 June 2015

7.00pm

Semi-Final

Sligo	1-14 - 0-13	Roscommon
Adrian Marren 1-7, Cian Breheny, David Kelly, Mark Breheny 0-2 each, Pat Hughes 0-1.	Report	Cathal Cregg 0-3, Ciaran Cafferkey, Enda Smith, Ciaráin Murtagh 0-2 each, Niall Daly, Donal Smith, Finbar Cregg 0-1 each.

Markievicz Park

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Final

19 July 2015 4:00 PM Final	Mayo	6-25 - 2-11	Sligo	Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 23,196 Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry) Man of the Match: Aidan O'Shea (Breaffy)
	Aidan O'Shea 3-4, Cillian O'Connor 1-7 (0-5f, 1 '45), Diarmuid O'Connor 0-4, Lee Keegan and Seamus O'Shea 1-0 each, Jason Doherty 0-3, Donal Vaughan and Mark Ronaldson 0-2 each, Patrick Durcan, Barry Moran, Alan Dillon 0-1 each	Report	Mark Breheny 0-4 (0-2f), Brendan Egan and Pat Hughes 1-0 each, Adrian Marren 0-3, Cian Breheny, Niall Murphy, Neil Ewing, Eoin McHugh 0-1 each

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See also

• 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2015 Munster Senior Football Championship
  • 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship

References

1. "Mayo 6-25 Sligo 2-11: Aidan O'Shea helps Mayo to their fifth Connacht title in a row". Irish Mirror. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
2. "Mayo crush Sligo for Connacht five-in-a-row". RTE Sport. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. "Connacht SFC final: Mayo maul Sligo to complete five-in-a-row". Hogan Stand. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
4. "Connacht SFC final: As it happened". The 42. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
5. "2015 football: Donegal to meet Tyrone in Ulster". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.