2015 Derry Senior Hurling Championship

Derry SHC
Season	2015
Champions	Slaughtneil ; (9th SFC Title)
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Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2015 Derry Senior Hurling Championship was the 70th edition of the Derry GAA's premier hurling tournament for senior clubs in Derry club hurling competitions. The winners receive the Fr Collins Cup.

The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Derry GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for gaelic games in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. The county board is also responsible for the Derry inter-county teams.

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin. It is administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, and has been played for 4,000 years. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie. It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty, which is played predominantly in Scotland.

Robert Emmet's Gaelic Athletic Club Slaughtneil is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based on the townland of Slaughtneil, near Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and compete in gaelic football, hurling and camogie. The club is named after Irish patriot and revolutionary Robert Emmet and play their home games at Emmet Park.

Kevin Lynch Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. They currently cater for hurling. The Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club in the town is St. Canice's GAC.

Quarter-finals

8 August 2015 5:00 pm Quarter-Final	Swatragh	5–15 – 1–6	Coleraine	Owenbeg Referee: Sean McGuigan (Slaughtneil)
	Michael Kirpatrick 2–1 (0-1f), Sean Francis Quinn 1–3, Tommy McCloy and Michael Conway (0-1f) 1–2 each, Sean McNicholl 0–4 (1 '65), Cathal Quinn 0–2, Niall O'Doherty 0–1		Colm McGoldrick 1–2, Sean Leo McGoldrick 0-2f, Anton Rafferty (0-1f) and Liam McGoldrick (1 '65) 0–1 each	Owenbeg Referee: Sean McGuigan (Slaughtneil)

8 August 2015 6:45 pm Quarter-Final	Lavey	0–18 – 3–8	Banagher	Owenbeg Referee: Paddy McEldowney (Ballinascreen) Man of the Match: Shane Lagan (Lavey)
	Sam Dodds 0–6 (0-5f), Colm Murphy 0–4, Paddy Henry 0–3, Liam Murphy 0–2, Dermot O'Neill, Caolan McGurk, Ben Dodds 0–1 each		Brian Óg McGilligan 2–0, Oisin McCloskey 1–1, Tiarnan McCloskey 0-3f, Shane Farren (0-2f) and Jonathan O'Dwyer 0–2 each

9 August 2015 3:00 pm Quarter-Final	Kevin Lynch's	2–16 – 1–5	Na Magha	Owenbeg Referee: Gearoid O'Neill (Banagher) Man of the Match: Mark Craig
	Mark Craig 2–4, Adrian Armstrong 0–6 (0-4f), Ciaran Herron 0–3, Liam Hinphey, Paddy Kelly, Mark McCormick 0–1		Thomas Gallagher 1–0, Alan Grant 0–2, Diarmuid Shiels, Deaglan Foley (0-1f), Daryl Connolly 0–1 each

9 August 2015 4:45 pm Quarter-Final	Slaughtneil	4–17 – 2–14	Ballinascreen	Owenbeg Referee: Eamonn Hassan (Swatragh) Man of the Match: Chrissy McKaigue
	Cormac O'Doherty 0–10 (0-5f), Sé McGuigan 3–1, Brendan Rogers 1–3, Chrissy McKaigue 0–2, Brian Cassidy 0–1		Brendan Herron 0–5 (0-2f), Aaron Kelly 1–1, Paul Cleary 0-3f, Dean Flanagan 1–0, Sean McBride and Benny Heron 0–2 each, Anton Kelly 0–1

Semi-finals

29 August 2015 5:00 pm Quarter-Final	Slaughtneil	1–16 – 1–15 a.e.t.	Kevin Lynch's	Owenbeg Referee: Alan Nash (Na Magha) Man of the Match: Ciaran O'Kane
	Brendan Rogers 1–3, Cormac O’Doherty 0–5 (0-4f), Gerald Bradley 0–4, Sé McGuigan 0–3, Chrissy McKaigue 0–1	Report	Ciaran Herron 1–13 (1–0 pen, 0-11f, 1 '65), Liam Hinphey and Paul Sweeney 0–1 each

30 August 2015 5:00 pm Quarter-Final	Swatragh	0–17 – 2–8	Lavey	Owenbeg Referee: Eddie Nash (Na Magha) Man of the Match: Michael Kirpatrick
	Michael Kirkpatrick 0–12 (0-8f), Sean Francis Quinn 0–2, Michael Warnock, Tommy McCloy, Ruairi Convery 0–1 each	Report	Sam Dodds 0–6 (0-5f), Paddy Henry 1–1, Ryan Farren 1–0, Eamon McGill 0–1

Final

20 September 2015 2:30 pm Quarter-Final	Slaughtneil	5–26 – 1–5	Swatragh	Owenbeg Referee: Paddy McEldowney (Ballinascreen) Man of the Match: Chrissy McKaigue
	Cormac O'Doherty 0–11 (0-4f), Brendan Rogers 2–2, Sé McGuigan 2–1, Chrissy McKaigue 0–6 (0-1f), Brian Cassidy 1–2, Meehaul McGrath 0–2, Paul McNeill and Mark McGuigan 0–1 each	Report	Michael Kirkpatrick 0-5f and Sean Francis Quinn 1–0

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