2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
Dates	25 February – 2 May 2015
Teams	31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Tyrone (5th win)
Captain	Kieran McGeary
Manager	Feargal Logan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Tipperary
Captain	Colin O'Riordan
Manager	Tommy Toomey
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Tyrone
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
Player of the Year	Colin O'Riordan
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Dates25 February – 2 May 2015

Teams31

Winning teamTyrone (5th win)

CaptainKieran McGeary

The 2015 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship was an inter county football competition between all 32 counties in Ireland. Four competitions were contested in each of the provinces and the winners of each provincial championship entered the all-Ireland series. The competition was sponsored for the first time by EirGrid.^[1]

Tyrone defeated Tipperary in the final on a 1-11 to 0-13 scoreline.^[2]^[3]

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18 March 2015 7:00 pm Semi-final	Dublin	2-15 - 3-7	Longford	Páirc Tailteann Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Killian O’Gara 1-2, Conor McHugh 0-5 (0-1f), Colm Basquel 1-1, Niall Scully 0-3, Eric Lowndes 0-2, Andy Foley and Aaron Byrne 0-1 each	Report	Liam Connerton 2-1, Larry Moran 1-1 (0-1f), Patrick Kiernan 0-2, Andrew Dalton, David McGivney (0-1f) and Dessie Reynolds 0-1 each	Páirc Tailteann Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)

18 March 2015 7:00 pm Semi-final	Kildare	2-15 - 0-13	Meath	O'Moore Park Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)
	Neil Flynn 1-6 (0-4f), Niall Kelly 0-4, Cein McMonagle 1-0, Chris Healy and Chris Fenner 0-2 each, David Fitzpatrick 0-1	Report	Ruairí Ó Coileáin 0-8 (6f), Eamon Wallace 0-3, Padraic Harnan and Paddy Kennelly 0-1 each	O'Moore Park Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)

2 April Final	Dublin	3-10 - 1-12	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath) Man of the Match: Neil Flynn
	Cormac Costello 2-2 (0-1f), Conor McHugh 0-5 (0-1 pen), Colm Basquel 1-0, Shane Carthy, Andrew Foley, Eric Lowndes 0-1 each.	Report	Neil Flynn 0-11 (0-6f, 2'45), Mark Sherry 1-0, Niall Kelly 0-1.

18 March 2015 7:00 pm Semi-final	Cork	1-12 - 1-9	Kerry	Páirc Uí Rinn Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary)
	Cathal Vaughan 0-4 (0-3f), Seán O’Donoghue 1-1 (0-1f), Peter Kelleher, Seán White, Conor Horgan 0-2 each, Brian O’Driscoll 0-1	Report	Conor Keane 1-7 (0-6f), Brian Crowley and Jack Savage (0-1f) 0-1 each	Páirc Uí Rinn Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary)

18 March 2015 7:00 pm Semi-final	Tipperary	0-15 - 0-7	Clare	Semple Stadium Referee: James Bermingham (Cork)
	Jason Lonergan 0-5, Liam Casey and Steven O’Brien 0-2 each, Colin O’Riordan, Bill Maher, Ian Fahey, Paul Maher, John McGrath and Josh Keane (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Keelan Sexton 0-4f, Jamie Malone 0-2, Paddy O’Malley 0-1f	Semple Stadium Referee: James Bermingham (Cork)

2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2015 Munster Under-21 Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2015 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

2015 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

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9 April Final	Tipperary	1-15 - 3-8	Cork	Semple Stadium Attendance: 2,137 Referee: Sean Joy (Kerry) Man of the Match: Ian Fahey
	Kevin O’Halloran 0-6 (0-5f), Ian Fahey 1-0, Jason Lonergan, Paul Maher, Josh Keane (0-1f), Colin O’Riordan 0-2 each, Steven O’Brien 0-1	Report	Peter Kelleher 2-0, Cian Dorgan 1-1, Cathal Vaughan 0-4 (2f), Brian O’Driscoll (f), Sean O’Donoghue & Darragh Murphy 0-1 each.

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Connacht Final

		Roscommon	6-18
		Sligo	0-12
				Roscommon	3-14
Mayo	4-07			Galway	3-11
Leitrim	0-08	Galway	2-8
		Mayo	0-11

4 April Final	Roscommon	3-14 - 3-11	Galway	St Jarlath's Park, Tuam Attendance: 4,796 Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
	Diarmuid Murtagh 1-7 (0-6f), Cathal Compton and Paul Kenny 1-0 each, Ultan Harney 0-3, Shane Killoran 0-2, Jack Earley and Kieran Kilcline 0-1 each	Report	Eamon Brannigan 1-3, Damien Comer 1-2 (0-1f), Enda Tierney 1-1, Colin Brady 0-3, Kieran Molloy, Johnny Heaney 0-1 each

8 April Final	Tyrone	1-11 - 0-13	Donegal	Celtic Park Attendance: 3,239 Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
	Lee Brennan 0-4 (0-2f), Daniel McNulty 0-4 (0-3f), Conor Meyler 1-0, Cathal McShane, Michael Cassidy, Ruairi McGlone 0-1 each	Report	Hugh McFadden 0-5 (0-4f), Eoin McHugh and Darach O'Connor 0-2 each, Ciarán Thompson (0-1f), Willie Gillespie, Eamon McGrath, Stephen McBrearty 0-1 each	Celtic Park Attendance: 3,239 Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

18 April 16:00 Semi-final	Dublin	0-12 - 0-14	Tipperary	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: J Henry (Mayo)
	C McHugh (1f), C Costello (3f) 0-4 each, S Carthy 0-2, D Campbell, C Basquel 0-1.	Report	K O'Halloran 0-4 (3f), J Keane 0-3 (3f), S O'Brien, C O'Riordan 0-2 each, R Mulcahy, J Lonergan, L Casey 0-1 each.	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: J Henry (Mayo)

18 April 18:00 Semi-final	Roscommon	0-12 - 0-17	Tyrone	Markievicz Park Referee: P O’Sullivan (Kerry)
	Diarmuid Murtagh 0-6 (4f), Cathal Compton 0-3, Ronan Daly (1f), Thomas Corcoran, Jack Earley 0-1 each.	Report	Lee Brennan 0-6 (1f), Daniel McNulty 0-4 (3f), Cathal McShane 0-3, Mark Kavanagh 0-2, Michael Cassidy, Francis Burns 0-1 each.	Markievicz Park Referee: P O’Sullivan (Kerry)

2 May 18:00 Final	Tipperary	0-13 - 1-11	Tyrone	Parnell Park Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
	K O'Halloran 0-6 (5f), J Keane 0-3 (1f), C O’Riordan 0-2 (1f), B Maher, I Fahey 0-1 each.	Report	C McShane 1-0, D McNulty 0-3 (2f), M Kavanagh, M Bradley, L Brennan (2f) 0-2 each, C Meyler, M Cassidy 0-1 each.	Parnell Park Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)