2015 Galway Senior Football Championship

June 2020 June 2020 Galway S.F.C. 2015 Corofin (17th Title) Kilkerrin-Clonberne Connacht SCFC Castlebar Mitchels All Ireland SCFC Ballyboden St Enda's Winning Captain Michael Farragher Man of the Match Ronan Steede Winning Manager Stephen Rochford 2014 2016 The 2015 Galway Senior Football Championship is the 120th edition of the Galway GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Galway, Ireland. The tournament consists of 21 teams (N.U.I.G. only enter at the Preliminary Quarter-Final Stage), with the winner going on to represent Galway in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship. All-Ireland champions Corofin were the defending champions after they defeated St Michael's in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title and also claimed a three-in-a-row of titles when beating Mountbellew-Moylough in the final at Tuam Stadium on 11 October 2015 by 3-13 to 0-12. This was Killanin's first year back in the senior grade and they made it all the way to a Quarter-Final, losing narrowly to Salthill-Knocknacarra. Kilkerrin-Clonberne were relegated to the Intermediate grade after 18 years in the top flight. Team changes http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document Connacht Tribune Archives 16 January 2018 Irishnewsarchive.com 16 January 2018 17 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200517081432/https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/#panel=document dead The following teams have changed division since the 2014 championship season. To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Killanin – (Intermediate Champions) From S.F.C. Relegated to I.F.C. Menlough Round 1 All 20 teams enter the competition in this round. The 10 winners progress to Round 2A while the 10 losers progress to Round 2B. 23 May 2015 3.00pm Round 1 Corofin 0-15 – 2-6 Salthill-Knocknacarra Kenny Park Martin Flaherty 23 May 2015 5.30pm Round 1 Caherlistrane GAC 0-13 – 1-8 Milltown Tuam Stadium Noel Dempsey 23 May 2015 7.00pm Round 1 Kilkerrin-Clonberne 1-15 – 1-13 Caltra Duggan Park Gearoid O Conamha 23 May 2015 7.15pm Round 1 Cárna-Caiseal 1-15 – 1-13 Annaghdown Pearse Stadium Brendan Kinneavy 23 May 2015 7.15pm Round 1 Mountbellew-Moylough GAA 1-6 – 0-8 St James' Tuam Stadium Tommy Faherty 24 May 2015 1.45pm Round 1 Killanin 1-10 – 1-8 Barna Moycullen Noel Dempsey 24 May 2015 3.45pm Round 1 Cortoon Shamrocks 1-13 – 0-12 St Michael's Tuam Stadium Muiris Mac Gearailt 24 May 2015 4.00pm Round 1 Míchael Breathnach 1-15 – 1-13 Carraroe Pearse Stadium Gerry Guinan 24 May 2015 5.30pm Round 1 Tuam Stars 0-16 – 1-10 Kilconly Tuam Stadium Ger Chaill 24 May 2015 5.45pm Round 1 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir 0-15 – 0-14 Killererin Pearse Stadium Frank Kinneen Round 2 Round 2A The 10 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will enter the draw for the Preliminary Quarter Finals while the 5 losers will play in Round 3. 20 June 2015 5.30pm Round 2A Mountbellew-Moylough GAA 1-12 – 1-9 Killanin Pearse Stadium ??? 20 June 2015 7.00pm Round 2A Tuam Stars 1-12 – 0-8 Cárna-Caiseal Moycullen Kieran Quinn 20 June 2015 7.15pm Round 2A Cortoon Shamrocks 1-12 – 0-10 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir Pearse Stadium Noel Dempsey 20 June 2015 7.00pm Round 2A Caherlistrane 0-15 – 0-11 Kilkerrin-Clonberne Tuam Stadium Frank Kinneen 21 June 2015 4.35pm Round 2A Corofin 2-8 – 1-9 Míchael Breathnach Pearse Stadium James Molloy Round 2B The 10 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will go into the Round 3 while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs. 20 June 2015 5.30pm Round 2B Annaghdown 0-14 – 0-6 Barna Moycullen Gerry Daly 21 June 2015 3.00pm Round 2B Carraroe 4-14 – 1-3 St Michael's Pearse Stadium Martin Flaherty 21 June 2015 5.15pm Round 2B Salthill-Knocknacarra 3-10 – 1-13 Milltown Tuam Stadium Frank Kinneen 21 June 2015 6.30pm Round 2B Caltra 0-9 – 1-5 Kilconly Annaghdown Tommy Faherty 21 June 2015 7.00pm Round 2B Killererin 3-12 – 2-14 St James' Tuam Stadium Gearoid O Conamha Round 3 The 5 losers from Round 2A enter this round and they play the 5 winners from Round 2B. The 5 winners will go into the draw for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs. 12 July 2015 1.45pm Round 3 Carraroe 3-9 – 0-9 Cárna-Caiseal Pearse Stadium James Molloy 8 August 2015 7.00pm Round 3 Annaghdown 0-11 – 0-7 Míchael Breathnach Pearse Stadium Frank Kinneen 9 August 2015 3.45pm Round 3 Killanin 7-9 – 2-10 Killererin Pearse Stadium Gearoid O Conamha 9 August 2015 5.45pm Round 3 Salthill-Knocknacarra 1-11 – 0-9 Kilkerrin-Clonberne Tuam Stadium Shane Hehir 23 August 2015 6.00pm Round 3 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir 1-12 – 0-13 Caltra Pearse Stadium Shane Hehir Preliminary Quarter-Finals The 5 Round 2A winners, the 5 Round 3 winners and N.U.I.G. enter the competition at this stage. A draw was conducted to choose 6 of these teams to play in this round. The 3 winners (along with the 5 teams who receive byes) will proceed to the quarter-finals. 22 August 2015 6.45pm Preliminary Quarter-Final Tuam Stars 4-11 – 1-6 Caherlistrane Pearse Stadium James Molloy 23 August 2015 5.30pm Preliminary Quarter-Final Carraroe w/o – scr N.U.I.G. Moycullen Brendan Kinneavy 30 August 2015 4.30pm Preliminary Quarter-Final Killanin 3-9 – 2-10 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir Pearse Stadium Martin Flaherty Quarter-finals The 3 winners from the Preliminary Quarter-Finals (along with the 5 teams who received byes) enter the quarter-finals. 29 August 2015 4.45pm Quarter-Final Corofin 0-11 – 1-8 Tuam Stars Tuam Stadium James Molloy 30 August 2015 6.00pm Quarter-Final Mountbellew-Moylough GAA 2-16 – 2-6 Annaghdown Tuam Stadium Tommy Faherty 30 August 2015 6.15pm Quarter-Final Cortoon Shamrocks 4-14 – 2-8 Carraroe Pearse Stadium Frank Kinneen 12 August 2015 6.00pm Quarter-Final Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-12 – 1-6 Killanin Pearse Stadium Martin Flaherty 13 September 2015 2.00pm Quarter-Final Replay Corofin 2-9 – 0-11 Tuam Stars Tuam Stadium Frank Kinneen Semi-finals 27 September 2015 2.30pm Semi-Final Corofin 2-11 – 0-7 Cortoon Shamrocks Tuam Stadium Martin Flaherty 27 September 2015 4.15pm Semi-Final Mountbellew-Moylough 1-12 – 1-7 Salthill-Knocknacarra Tuam Stadium Tommy Faherty Final 11 October 2015 3.00 pm Final Corofin 3-13 – 0-12 Mountbellew-Moylough Ronan Steede Tuam Stadium Shane Hehir Report Preliminary Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final Tuam Stars 4-11 Caherlistrane 1-6 Carraroe w/o N.U.I.G. scr Killanin 3-9 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir 2-10 Corofin 2-9 R Tuam Stars 0-11 Cortoon Shamrocks 4-14 Carraroe 2-8 Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-12 Killanin 1-6 Mountbellew-Moylough 2-16 Annaghdown 2-6 Corofin 2-11 Cortoon Shamrocks 0-7 Salthill-Knocknacarra 1-7 Mountbellew-Moylough 1-12 Corofin 3-13 Mountbellew-Moylough 0-12 Relegation Playoff The 5 Round 2B losers and 5 Round 3 losers enter the Relegation Playoff. Relegation preliminary round A draw was conducted and 4 teams were chosen to play in the Relegation Preliminary Round. The 2 winners earn their place in the S.F.C. for 2016 while the losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Final along with the 6 clubs who received byes. 22 August 2015 5.00pm Relegation preliminary round Míchael Breathnach 3-17 – 4-10 yes Killererin The Prairie Frank Kinneen 22 August 2015 5.00pm Relegation preliminary round Cárna-Caiseal 2-10 – 1-8 Kilkerrin-Clonberne Clonbur Kieran Quinn Relegation Quarter-Final The 2 Relegation Preliminary Round losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Final along with the 6 clubs who received byes. The 4 winners will earn their place in the 2016 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Semi-Finals. 29 August 2015 6.30pm Relegation Quarter-Final St James' 2-15 – 1-8 Kilconly Tuam Stadium Noel Dempsey 12 September 2015 3.00pm Relegation Quarter-Final Killererin 2-10 – 1-12 Kilkerrin-Clonberne Tuam Stadium Gearoid O Conamha 12 September 2015 5.15pm Relegation Quarter-Final Milltown 1-6 – 0-7 St Michael's Tuam Stadium Richard McNicholas 3 October 2015 5.00pm Relegation Quarter-Final Caltra 0-15 – 1-10 Barna Pearse Stadium Frank Kinneen Relegation Semi-Final The 4 Relegation Quarter-Final losers play against each other in this round. The 2 winners will earn their place in the 2016 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Final. 9 October 2015 9.00pm Relegation Semi-Final St Michael's 2-8 – 0-8 Kilconly Corofin Martin Flaherty 10 October 2015 5.00pm Relegation Semi-Final Barna 3-12 – 2-6 Kilkerrin-Clonberne Annaghdown Gearoid O Conamha Relegation Final The winner will earn their place in the 2016 S.F.C. while the loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade. 31 October 2015 3.00pm Relegation Final Kilconly 2-13 – 2-11 Kilkerrin-Clonberne Tuam Stadium Frank Kinneen References Galway Senior Football Championship Category:Galway Senior Football Championship