2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship

2016 Connacht SFC

Tournament details
Year	2016
Winners
Champions	Galway (45th win)
Manager	Kevin Walsh
Captain	Gary O'Donnell
Runners-up
Runners-up	Roscommon
Manager	Kevin McStay Fergal O'Donnell
Captain	Ciarán Murtagh
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The 2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship will be the 117th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Mayo entered the competition as defending champions but were beaten by Galway in the semi-finals. Galway went on to win their first title in eight years by beating Roscommon after a replay. ^{[1] [2]}

Due to Covid-19 it's still last meeting of Mayo hosting London and Roscommon day for a New York there 2021 meetings were both cancelled before the draws had taken place the next time we will see those rotational fixtures will possibly in the 2026 season.

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	Gary O'Donnell	2001	2008
Leitrim	Green and gold	The Bush Hotel	Shane Ward	Gary Reynolds		1994
London	Green and white	Clayton Hotels	Ciarán Deely	David McGreevy
Mayo	Green and red	Elverys Sports	Stephen Rochford	Cillian O'Connor	1951	2015
New York	Red, white and blue	Navillus Contracting	Justin O'Halloran	Johnny Duane
Roscommon	Blue and yellow	Club Rossie	Kevin McStay Fergal O'Donnell	Ciarán Murtagh	1944	2010
Sligo	Black and white	AbbVie Inc.	Niall Carew	Mark Breheny		2007

Bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	New York		0-17
	Roscommon		1-15			Roscommon		1-21
						Leitrim		0-11
											Roscommon		4-16
											Sligo		2-13
																Roscommon (R)		1-10 0-14
																Galway (R)		0-13 3-16
						London		0-9
						Mayo		2-16
											Mayo		0-12
											Galway		1-12

Fixtures

Preliminary round

1 May 2016

15:00 PM

Preliminary round

New York	0-17 – 1-15	Roscommon
D Freeman (0-5), B Connor (0-4), L Loughlin, P McNeice (0-3 each), K Connolly, B Gallagher (0-1 each)	Report	C Murtagh (1-3), F Cregg (0-4), C Devaney (0-3), D Murtagh (0-2), C Connolly, C Cregg, S Kilbride (0-1 each)

Gaelic Park, New York City

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Quarter-finals

22 May 2016

15:30

Quarter Final

Leitrim	0-11 – 1-21	Roscommon
K Conlan, E Mulligan (0-3 each), A Croal, R Kennedy, K McHugh, N O’Donnell, D Wrynn (0-1 each)	Report	C Devaney (1-1), F Cregg (0-4), C Murtagh, D Shine (0-3 each), C Cregg, N Daly, R Daly, D Murtagh (0-2 each), C McHugh, C Shine (0-1 each)

Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

Attendance: 8,157

Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

29 May 2016

15:00

Quarter-Final

London	0-09 – 2-16	Mayo
A Moyles (0-4), L Gavaghan (0-2), S Conroy, M Gottsche, E Murray (0-1 each)	Report	E Regan (0-7), C Loftus (1-2), J Doherty (1-0), A Moran (0-2), S Coen, A Dillon, R Hennelly, K McLoughlin, A O’Shea (0-1 each)

Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Derek O’Mahony (Tipperary)

Semi-finals

12 June 2016

16:00

Semi-Final

Roscommon	4-16 – 2-13	Sligo
C Murtagh (2-2), E Smith (1-1), S Kilbride (1-0), C Devaney, D Keenan (0-3 each), D Shine, D Smith (0-2 each), G Claffey, F Cregg, J McManus (0-1 each)	Report	A Marren (1-3), P Hughes (0-5), Kyle Cawley (1-0), M Breheny (0-3), N Murphy (0-2)

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Attendance: 8,338

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

18 June 2016

19:00

Semi-Final

Mayo	0-12 – 1-12	Galway
C O’Connor (0-6), C Boyle, T Parsons, L Keegan, S Coen, J Doherty, E Regan (0-1 each)	Report	G Sice (0-4), T Flynn (1-0), E Brannigan (0-3), P Conroy (0-2), S Walsh, J Heaney, D Cummins (0-1 each)

McHale Park, Castlebar

Attendance: 21,784

Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

Final

10 July 2016 14:00 Final	Galway	0-13 – 1-10	Roscommon	Pearse Stadium, Galway Attendance: 24,324 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: Sean Mullooly (Strokestown)
	Danny Cummins 0-3, Gary Sice (0-2f) and Damien Comer 0-2 each, Bernard Power (1 '45), Gareth Bradshaw, Gary O'Donnell, Paul Conroy (0-1f), Johnny Heaney, Adrian Varley 0-1 each	Report	Enda Smith 1-0, Niall Daly, Fintan Cregg (0-1f), Ciaran Murtagh (0-1f) 0-2 each, Darren O'Malley (1 '45), Conor Devaney, Cathal Cregg, Donie Smith (0-1f) 0-1 each

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17 July 2016 15:30 Final replay	Galway	3-16 – 0-14	Roscommon	McHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 15,960 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) Man of the Match: Damien Comer (Annaghdown)
	Danny Cummins 2-1, Gary Sice 1-2 (0-2f), Damien Comer and Shane Walsh (0-2f) 0-3 each, Eamonn Brannigan 0-2, Bernard Power (1 '45), Eoghan Kerin, Gary O'Donnell, Paul Conroy, Paul Varley 0-1 each	Report	Ciaran Murtagh 0-4 (0-1f), Senan Kilbride, Enda Smith, Donie Shine 0-2 each, Cathal Cregg, Fergal Lennon, Thomas Corcoran, Ultan Harney 0-1 each

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Miscellaneous

• Was the last time that Mayo could play London and Roscommon could host New York until 2026 due to Covid-19 in 2021.

See also

• 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2016 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2016 Munster Senior Football Championship
  • 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship

References

1. "Galway blitz Roscommon in replay to clinch first Connacht title in 8 years". The 42. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
2. "Galway 3-16 Roscommon 0-14". GAA.ie. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.