2016 Cavan Senior Football Championship

2016 Cavan SFC

Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2016
Trophy	Oliver Plunkett Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	5 August - 23 October 2016
Teams	16
Defending champions	Kingscourt Stars
Winners
Champions	Ramor United (4th win)
Manager	Micheál McDermott
Captain	Jack Brady Damien Barkey
Qualify for	2016 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Castlerahan
Manager	Michael Reilly
Captain	Sean Brady
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Ballyhaise Denn Killeshandra
Other
Player of the Year	Conor Bradley (Ramor United)
←  2015 2017  →

The 2016 Cavan Senior Football Championship was the 108th edition of Cavan GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 11 April 2016. ^[1]

Kingscourt Stars were the defending champions, ^[2] but were dethroned by Ramor United at the quarter-final stage. ^[3]

The final was played on 9 October 2016, but the game ended in a draw. ^[4] On 23 October 2016, Ramor United claimed their fourth title, beating Castlerahan after a replay and thus bridging a 24-year gap since their last triumph. ^{[5] [6]}

Format

For the 2016 season the championship will take a Group stage progressing to a knock-out stage format rather than the back-door system used in previous years. The 16 clubs will be divided into 4 groups of 4 with 2 teams in each group to be seeded. The top 2 in each group progress to the quarter-finals while the bottom placed team in each group enter a Relegation Playoff with 3 teams to be relegated to the 2017 Intermediate Championship. This will leave 14 clubs to participate in the 2017 Senior Championship.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

To Championship Promoted from 2015 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Ballyhaise (Intermediate Champions) [7]

From Championship Relegated to 2016 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Drumalee Drumgoon

Group stage

All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage in 4 groups of 4. Two teams in each group are seeded. Seeds are determined by the 8 teams which reached the quarter-final the previous year. They are:

• Castlerahan
• Cavan Gaels
• Killeshandra
• Killygarry
• Kingscourt Stars
• Lacken
• Mullahoran
• Ramor United

The top 2 teams in each group go into the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Cootehill	3	2	1	0	38	33	+5	4
Lacken	3	1	1	1	37	40	-3	3
Cuchulainns	3	1	1	1	37	52	-15	3
Cavan Gaels	3	1	2	0	52	39	+13	2

Round 1

Cootehill v Lacken

6 August 2016Round 1	Cootehill	2-6 – 1-4	Lacken	Breffni Park
		Report

Cavan Gaels v Cuchulainns

7 August 2016Round 1

Cavan Gaels

4-14 – 0-9

Cuchulainns

Dolan Park

Round 2

Lacken v Cavan Gaels

13 August 2016Round 2	Lacken	1-15 – 3-7	Cavan Gaels	Breffni Park
		Report

Cuchulainns v Cootehill

14 August 2016Round 2

Cuchulainns

1-13 – 1-11

Cootehill

Lavey GAA Grounds

Round 3

Cootehill v Cavan Gaels

20 August 2016Round 3	Cootehill	2-6 – 0-10	Cavan Gaels	Breffni Park
		Report

Lacken v Cuchulainns

21 August 2016Round 3	Lacken	2-6 – 1-9	Cuchulainns	Breffni Park
		Report

Quarter-Final play-off:

Lacken v Cuchulainns

28 August 2016Quarter-final play-off	Lacken	1-13 – 0-12	Cuchulainns	St. Matthew's Park
		Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lavey	3	3	0	0	49	41	+8	6
Kingscourt Stars	3	2	1	0	63	31	+32	4
Crosserlough	3	0	2	1	37	46	-9	1
Killeshandra	3	0	2	1	36	67	-31	1

Round 1

Lavey v Kingscourt Stars

7 August 2016Round 1	Lavey	2-10 – 1-10	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
		Report

Killeshandra v Crosserlough

7 August 2016Round 1

Killeshandra

3-6 – 0-15

Crosserlough

Joe Crowe Park

Round 2

Kingscourt Stars v Killeshandra

13 August 2016Round 2	Kingscourt Stars	7-14 – 0-7	Killeshandra	Breffni Park
		Report

Lavey v Crosserlough

13 August 2016Round 2

Lavey

0-16 – 1-11

Crosserlough

Dolan Park

Round 3

Lavey v Killeshandra

20 August 2016Round 3	Lavey	1-14 – 2-8	Killeshandra	Breffni Park
		Report

Kingscourt Stars v Crosserlough

21 August 2016Round 3

Kingscourt Stars

1-12 – 0-8

Crosserlough

Dolan Park

Preliminary relegation play-off

Crosserlough v Killeshandra

2 September 2016Preliminary relegation play-off

Crosserlough

0-15 – 2-5

Killeshandra

Our Lady of Lourdes Park

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Castlerahan	3	3	0	0	57	39	+18	6
Gowna	3	2	1	0	40	32	+8	4
Killygarry	3	0	2	1	44	57	-13	1
Ballyhaise	3	0	2	1	37	50	-13	1

Round 1

Gowna v Killygarry

7 August 2016Round 1	Gowna	1-11 – 0-8	Killygarry	Breffni Park
		Report

Castlerahan v Ballyhaise

7 August 2016Round 1

Castlerahan

4-6 – 1-6

Ballyhaise

St. Matthew's Park

Round 2

Gowna v Ballyhaise

12 August 2016Round 2	Gowna	1-14 – 1-10	Ballyhaise	Breffni Park
		Report

Castlerahan v Killygarry

14 August 2016Round 2

Castlerahan

5-13 – 2-15

Killygarry

St. Matthew's Park

Round 3

Castlerahan v Gowna

19 August 2016Round 3

Castlerahan

0-11 – 0-9

Gowna

Our Lady of Lourdes Park

Killygarry v Ballyhaise

20 August 2016Round 3

Killygarry

0-15 – 1-12

Ballyhaise

St. Felim's Park

Preliminary relegation play-off

Killygarry v Ballyhaise

4 September 2016Preliminary relegation play-off

Killygarry

2-15 – 1-10

Ballyhaise

Ballinagh GAA Grounds

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ramor United	3	3	0	0	70	25	+45	6
Mullahoran	3	2	1	0	46	43	+3	4
Ballinagh	3	1	2	0	41	45	-4	2
Denn	3	0	3	0	28	72	-44	0

Round 1

Ramor United v Denn

5 August 2016Round 1	Ramor United	4-18 – 1-6	Denn	Breffni Park
		Report

Mullahoran v Ballinagh

7 August 2016Round 1	Mullahoran	1-12 – 0-14	Ballinagh	Breffni Park
		Report

Round 2

Ramor United v Mullahoran

14 August 2016Round 2	Ramor United	2-15 – 0-7	Mullahoran	Breffni Park
		Report

Ballinagh v Denn

14 August 2016Round 2

Ballinagh

1-15 – 2-5

Denn

Dr. Plunkett Memorial Park

Round 3

Ramor United v Ballinagh

21 August 2016Round 3

Ramor United

2-13 – 0-9

Ballinagh

Lavey GAA Grounds

Mullahoran v Denn

25 August 2016Round 3	Mullahoran	3-15 – 2-2	Denn	Edwin Carolan Community Park
		Report

Knock-Out Stages

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ramor United

1-8

Kingscourt Stars

0-7

Ramor United

2-10

Lavey

1-10

Lavey

0-13

Mullahoran

0-9

Ramor United

2-11 0-10 (R)

Castlerahan

3-8 0-8 (R)

Castlerahan

1-10 2-11 (R)

Lacken

1-10 0-16 (R)

Castlerahan

3-9

Gowna

1-10

Gowna

1-13 0-18 (R)

Cootehill

0-16 0-13 (R)

Quarter-finals

Lavey v Mullahoran

9 September 2016Quarter-final	Lavey	0-13 – 0-9	Mullahoran	Breffni Park
20:15	Shane Tierney 0-3, Karl Duke 0-3 (0-1f), Chris Conroy 0-3 (0-2f), Ray Cullivan 0-2 (0-1f), Paul Gilcreest 0-1, Darren Jordan 0-1	Report	Enda O'Reilly 0-3, Paul Brady 0-1, Philip Brady 0-1 (0-1f), Niall McGahern 0-1, Raymond Lynch 0-1, Shane Sheils 0-1, Fionnan O'Reilly 0-1	Referee: Michael Lee

Castlerahan v Lacken

10 September 2016Quarter-final	Castlerahan	1-10 – 1-10	Lacken	Breffni Park
20:00	Cian Mackey 0-4 (0-3f), Cian McEnroe 1-1, Cormac Daly 0-2, Fiachra Sweeney 0-1, Fergal Reilly 0-1, Shane McSweeney 0-1	Report	Niall McKiernan 1-2 (1-0 pen), Raymond Galligan 0-4 (0-2f), Declan Brady 0-1, Craig Lanauze 0-1, Conor Finnegan 0-1, Stephen Brady 0-1	Referee: Joe McQuillan

Ramor United v Kingscourt Stars

11 September 2016Quarter-final	Ramor United	1-8 – 0-7	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
15:30	Simon Cadden 1-0, Cathal Maguire 0-2, Conor Bradley 0-2 (0-2f), James Brady 0-2, Kevin Mulvany 0-2	Report	Barry Reilly 0-3 (0-3f), Alan Clarke 0-1, Christy McGowan 0-1, Joe Dillon 0-1, Peter Corrigan 0-1	Referee: Conor Dourneen

Cootehill v Gowna

11 September 2016Quarter-final	Cootehill	0-16 – 1-13	Gowna	Breffni Park
19:30	Enda Hessin 0-9 (0-4f), John McCutcheon 0-3 (0-1f), Colm Smith 0-2 (0-1f), John Carney 0-1, Damien Sherlock 0-1	Report	Gerald Pearson 0-5 (0-2f), Robbie Fitzpatrick 0-5 (0-3f), T. J. Fitzpatrick 1-0 (1-0 pen), Conor Madden 0-2, John Hyland 0-1	Referee: James Clarke

Castlerahan v Lacken

17 September 2016Quarter-final Replay	Castlerahan	2-11 – 0-16	Lacken	Our Lady of Lourdes Park
17:00	Cian Mackey 1-4 (0-2f), Dan Lynch 1-0, Sean Brady 0-2, Shane McSweeney 0-2, David Wright 0-1, Cian McEnroe 0-1 (0-1f), Enda Flanagan 0-1	Report	Raymond Galligan 0-7 (0-3f, 1 '45), Niall McKiernan 0-4 (0-1f), Paul Leddy 0-3, Stephen Brady 0-1, David Wilson 0-1	Referee: Pat Clarke

Gowna v Cootehill

17 September 2016Quarter-final Replay	Gowna	0-18 – 0-13	Cootehill	Dolan Park
17:00	Gerald Pearson 0-6, Conor Madden 0-3, Cian Bannon 0-2, Shane Briody 0-2, Mark McKeever 0-1, Niall Madden 0-1, David Hyland 0-1, Robbie Fitzpatrick 0-1, T. J. Fitzpatrick 0-1	Report	Colm Smith 0-6, Enda Hessin 0-4, Glen Nulty 0-2, Eoin Roche 0-1	Referee: John Emmo

Semi-finals

Ramor United v Lavey

24 September 2016Semi-final	Ramor United	2-10 – 1-10	Lavey	Breffni Park
18:30	Jack Brady 1-1, James Brady 0-3, Kevin Mulvany 1-0, Mark Magee 0-1, Eoin Somerville 0-1, Cathal Maguire 0-1, Conor Bradley 0-1 (0-1f), Adrian Cole 0-1, Killian Maguire 0-1	Report av av	Chris Conroy 1-3 (0-3f), Paul Gilcreest 0-3, Ray Cullivan 0-2, Gerard Smith 0-1, Darren Jordan 0-1	Referee: Padraig Sheridan

Castlerahan v Gowna

24 September 2016Semi-final	Castlerahan	3-9 – 1-10	Gowna	Breffni Park
20:00	Paul Brady 1-1, Enda Flanagan 1-1, Cian Mackey 0-3 (0-2f), David Wright 1-0, Cian McEnroe 0-2 (0-2f), Fergal Reilly 0-1, Daniel Lynch 0-1	Report av av	Conor Madden 0-5 (0-1 '45), T. J. Fitzpatrick 1-1 (0-1f), David Hyland 0-1, Robbie Fitzpatrick 0-1, Gerald Pearson 0-1 (0-1f), Aaron Brady 0-1	Referee: Chris McCaffrey

Final

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9 October 2016

16:00

Final

Castlerahan	3-8 – 2-11	Ramor United
Cian Mackey 0-5 (0-4f), Sean Brady 1-0, Oisin O'Connell 1-0, Paul Brady 1-0, Shane McSweeney 0-2, Brian Coleman 0-1	Report av av	Adrian Cole 1-2, James Brady 1-1, Kevin Mulvany 0-2 (0-1 '45), C. Bradley 0-2 (0-1f), James Bradley 0-2, Brían O'Connell 0-1, Cathal Maguire 0-1

Breffni Park

Attendance: 8,661

Referee: Michael Lee

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23 October 2016

15:00

Final replay

Ramor United	0-10 – 0-8	Castlerahan
Adrian Cole 0-4, Conor Bradley 0-3 (0-2f), Cathal Maguire 0-1, Jack Brady 0-1, Killian Maguire 0-1 (0-1f)	Report av av	Cian Mackey 0-4 (0-1f), Stephen Cooney 0-2, Cian McEnroe 0-2 (0-1f)

Breffni Park

Attendance: 4,410

Referee: Noel Mooney

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Relegation play-offs

Relegation Semi-Finals

The bottom placed team in each group play each other. The 2 winners will progress to the Relegation Final while the 2 losers will be relegated to the 2017 Intermediate Championship.

Cavan Gaels v Denn

8 October 2016Relegation Semi-final	Cavan Gaels	8-17 – 0-9	Denn	Ballinagh GAA Grounds
16:30

Ballyhaise v Killeshandra

8 October 2016Relegation Semi-final	Ballyhaise	5-14 – 3-11	Killeshandra	First Ulster Park
16:30

Relegation Final

The 2 winners of the Relegation Round 1 play each other. The winner retains their Senior status for 2017 while the loser will be relegated to the 2017 Intermediate Championship.

Cavan Gaels v Ballyhaise

15 October 2016Relegation Final	Cavan Gaels	0-13 – 1-4	Ballyhaise	Packie Devlin Park
16:30				Referee: Pat Clarke

References

1. "Club championship draws". Hogan Stand . 12 April 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
2. "Kingscourt come from behind to win Cavan senior title in thrilling encounter". The Irish Times . 11 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
3. "SFC: Cadden's late strike sends Kingscourt packing". Hogan Stand . 11 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
4. "All square in dramatic SFC final". The Anglo-Celt . 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
5. "Ramor United finish strong to claim Cavan title". RTÉ . 23 October 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
6. "Cole leads the way as Ramor young guns deny Castlerahan". Irish Independent . 24 October 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
7. "IFC final: Ballyhaise hold on to end hoodoo". Hogan Stand . 4 October 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

External links

• Cavan at ClubGAA
• Official Cavan GAA Website