2019 Carlow Senior Football Championship

Carlow S.F.C.

Season	2019
Champions	Éire Óg
Relegated	Ballinabranna
All Ireland SCFC	???
Winning Captain	Sean Gannon
Man of the Match	Benny Kavanagh
Winning Manager	Joe Murphy
Matches played	18
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The 2019 Carlow Senior Football Championship is the 119th edition of the Carlow GAA's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Carlow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 8 teams, with the winner going on to represent Carlow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Éire Óg were the defending champions after they defeated Rathvilly in the previous years final.

This was Ballinabranna's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2018 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship title, thus ending a 3-year exodus since being relegated in 2016.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2019 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship Ballinabranna - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2019 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship O'Hanrahans

Group stage

There are two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group compete in the semi-finals. The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation Final.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Éire Óg 3 2 1 0 45 35 +10 4 Tinryland 3 2 1 0 36 32 +4 4 Old Leighlin 3 2 1 0 36 35 -1 4 Ballinabranna 3 0 3 0 37 52 -15 0

Round 1 Old Leighlin 0-11, 1-7 Tinryland, 25/7/2019. Éire Óg 3-15, 1-9 Ballinabranna, 28/7/2019. Round 2 Éire Óg 0-11, 0-10 Old Leighlin, 11/8/2019. Tinryland 1-10, 0-11 Ballinabranna, 10/8/2019. Round 3 Old Leighlin 2-9, 1-11 Ballinabranna, 24/8/2019. Tinryland 2-7, 1-7 Éire Óg, 24/8/2019.

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Rathvilly 3 3 0 0 52 37 +15 6 Bagenalstown Gaels 3 2 1 0 47 49 -2 4 Palatine 3 1 2 0 41 38 +3 2 Mt. Leinster Rangers 3 0 3 0 30 48 -18 0

Round 1 Rathvilly 3-14, 2-12 Bagenalstown Gaels, 26/7/2019. Palatine 0-15, 2-5 Mount Leinster Rangers, 26/7/2019. Round 2 Rathvilly 1-13, 0-4 Mount Leinster Rangers, 9/8/2019. Bagenalstown Gaels 1-09, 0-11 Palatine, 11/8/2019. Round 3 Bagenalstown Gaels 3-8, 1-12 Mount Leinster Rangers, 25/8/2019. Rathvilly 2-9, 0-15 Palatine, 25/8/2019.

Knock-out stages

Finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter-finals.

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Palatine		1-8
	Tinryland		1-7			Palatine		0-11
						Rathvilly		0-9
											Palatine		0-5
											Éire Óg		1-15
						Éire Óg		1-30
	Bagenalstown Gaels		3-11			Bagenalstown Gaels		0-5
	Old Leighlin		1-11

Quarter-finals

13 September 2019 20:00	Palatine	1-8 - 1-7	Tinryland	Dr Cullen Park
	Shane O'Neill 0-6 (0-5 f), Jamie Kenny 1-0, Craig Kearney 0-1 (0-1 f), Andrew Kehoe 0-1		Paul Broderick 0-4 (0-1 f), Shane Redmond 1-0, Diarmuid Walshe 0-1 (0-1 f), Niall Lowry 0-1, Mark Lawlor 0-1

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15 September 2019 19:00	Bagenalstown Gaels	3-11 - 1-11 (AET)	Old Leighlin	Dr Cullen Park
	Robbie Kane 1-2 (0-1 f), Andrew Beaton 1-2, Darren Crooks 1-0, Jamie Clarke 0-3 (0-2 f), Cian Doyle 0-2, Ciaran Cunningham 0-1 (0-1 f), Liam Galway 0-1		Cathal Coughlan 1-4 (1 pen, 0-1 f), Seamus Kinsella 0-4 (0-3 f), Sean Bambrick 0-1, Mikey Bambrick 0-1, Patrick Hickey 0-1

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Semi-finals

21 September 2019 19:00	Palatine	0-11 - 0-9	Rathvilly	Dr Cullen Park
	Stephen Reilly 0-2, Jason Kane 0-2, Shane O Neill 0-2, Conor Crowley 0-2, Andrew Kehoe 0-2, Jack Brennan 0-1		Brendan Murphy 0-4, Gary Dempsey 0-3, Darragh Murphy 0-1, JJ Smith 0-1

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2 October 2019 19:30	Éire Óg	1-30 - 0-5	Bagenalstown Gaels	Dr Cullen Park
	Cormac Mullins 1-4, Jordan Morrissey 0-4, Chris Blake 0-4, (0-1 f), Darragh O’Brien 0-3, Ross Dunphy 0-3, Sean Gannon 0-2, Colm Hulton 0-2, Rickie Keating 0-2, (45, f), Niall Quinlan 0-1, Richie Mahon 0-1, Mark Furey 0-1, Benny Kavanagh 0-1, Eoghan Ruth 0-1, Derek Hayden 0-1		Robbie Kane 0-4 (0-3 f), Ciaran Cunningham 0-1 (45)

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Final

6 October 2019 3:45pm	Éire Óg	1-16 - 0-5	Palatine	Dr Cullen Park
	Chris Blake 0-06 (4 f), Recce Denieffe 1-01, Niall Quinlan 0-04 (3 f), Cormac Mullins 0-02, Jordan Morrissey 0-02, Rickie Keating 0-1 (1 f),	Report	Andrew Kehoe 0-02 (1 f), David Reid 0-01, Jack Brennan 0-01, Conor Crowley 0-01

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Relegation play off

24 September 2019 19:00	Mt. Leinster Rangers	3-11 - 2-10	Ballinabranna	Dr Cullen Park

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References

1. "Carlow Nationalist Archives". IrishNewsArchive.com . 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
2. "2018 Carlow Club Championship Draws". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

• "Éire Óg vs Palatine".