2015 Fitzgibbon Cup

Irish collegiate hurling tournament April 2022 2015 Fitzgibbon Cup Fitzgibbon Cup 2015 Brian Lohan Tony Kelly David McInerney University of Limerick 5 WIT Jake Dillon Colm Bonnar independent.ie 2014 2016 The 2015 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 99th staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals were hosted by Limerick IT on 27 February 2015 with the final played the following day at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. University of Limerick won the cup, defeating WIT in a replayed final on 11 March. http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/kelly-shines-as-ul-claim-fitzgibbon-31060261.html Kelly shines as UL claim Fitzgibbon 11 March 2015 Irish Independent 12 March 2015http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2015/0311/686425-ul-ease-to-fifth-fitzgibbon-cup-crown/ UL ease to fifth Fitzgibbon Cup crown 11 March 2015 RTE Sport 12 March 2015http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/mcinerney-and-kelly-drive-ul-to-fitzigbbon-victory-317948.html McInerney and Kelly drive UL to Fitzigbbon victory 12 March 2015 Irish Examiner 12 March 2015 Carlow IT Controversy Carlow IT were disqualified on 16 February 2015 for fielding a part-time student James Gannon.IT Carlow thrown out of Fitzgibbon Cup http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/it-carlow-thrown-out-of-the-independentie-fitzgibbon-cup-for-fielding-illegal-player-30996571.html 18 February 2015 irishexaminer.com 16 February 2015Duffy Cóilín IT Carlow thrown out of the Independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup for fielding illegal player http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/it-carlow-thrown-out-of-the-independentie-fitzgibbon-cup-for-fielding-illegal-player-30996571.html 16 February 2015 independent.ie 16 February 2015 Carlow IT appealed the decision on 18 February 2015,Cahill Jackie IT Carlow to appeal expulsion from Fitzgibbon Cup http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/it-carlow-to-appeal-expulsion-from-fitzgibbon-cup-30997752.html 18 February 2015 irishexaminer.com 17 February 2015DJ Carey’s IT Carlow to submit appeal against Fitzgibbon Cup expulsion today http://www.the42.ie/it-carlow-fitzgibbon-cup-dj-carey-1945423-Feb2015/ 18 February 2015 the42.ie 18 February 2015 the appeal was upheld and the decision to disqualify Carlow IT was overturned.Today’s Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals cancelled after IT Carlow appeal upheld http://www.the42.ie/fitzgibbon-cup-quarter-finals-postponed-it-carlow-1947079-Feb2015/ 19 February 2015 the42.ie 19 February 2015 On 24 February 2015, Mary I's request for an interlocutory injunction was refused by the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA).Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals to go ahead after Mary I’s appeal fails http://www.the42.ie/fitzgibbon-cup-quarter-finals-to-go-ahead-1956680-Feb2015/ 24 February 2015 the42.ie 24 February 2015 This meant that the remaining quarter-finals could go ahead on that same day. Fixtures and results Group A PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPts1 CIT 33002-503-301762 UCD 32014-493-341843 DCU 31023-402-44-124 St. Pat's, Drumcondra 30032-313-62-340 29 January 2015 14:00 Round 1 CIT 0-17 - 1-6 Report DCU J O'Dwyer 0-8 (7f), C Hammersly 0-3, J Herlihy, D Lordan, J Cronin, B Cooper, M Ellis, J Cashman 0-1 each. K O'Flynn 1-1, D Breathnach 0-3 (2f), P Breheny, D Staunton 0-1 each. DCU Sportsgrounds Brian Gavin 29 January 2015 15:30 Round 1 UCD 1-23 - 1-6 Report St. Pat's, Drumcondra Matthew O'Hanlon (0-1), Pat Purcell (0-3), Colm O'Croinin (0-4), Conor Devitt (0-2), Jack O'Connor (0-2), Conor McDonagh (0-1), Ross King (0-6, 4 frees), Caolán Conway (1-4) Eoin Price (0-2), Peter Sutton (1-2, 0-1 free), Colm Morris (0-1), Jack McGrath (0-1) Belfield, UCD John Keane 5 February 2015 14:00 Round 2 UCD 2-16 - 1-14 Report DCU O Ó'Ruairc (1-6, 0-4 frees); R King (0-5, 0-3 frees); C O'Croinin (1-1); C Devitt (0-2); C Buckley, C Conway (0-1) D Breathnach (0-10, 0-6 frees); K O'Flynn (1-0); C Boland (0-2); M Daly, P Breheny (0-1) Belfield, UCD Patrick Murphy 5 February 2015 14:00 Round 2 CIT 1-19 - 1-14 Report St. Pat's, Drumcondra A Walsh (1-3); P Ralph (0-5, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65, 0-1 penalty); J Cronin (0-4); N McNamara (0-2); D Lordan, J Cashman, C Hammersley, S O'Mahoney, C Buckley (0-1) E Price (1-1); P Sutton (0-4, 0-1 free); J McGrath, E McIntyre (0-2); C Joyce (0-2, 0-1 sideline); C Breathnach, W Murphy, C Morris (0-1) St. Pat's Owen Elliot 10 February 2015 19:00 Round 3 CIT 1-14 - 1-10 Report UCD John O'Dwyer (0-4 frees); Noel McNamara (1-1); Aidan Walsh (0-3); Bill Cooper, John Cronin (0-2); Jack Herlihy, Conor Hammersley (0-1) Ross King (0-8, 0-6 frees); Oisin Ó'Ruairc (1-1), Colm Cronin (0-1) CIT Gavin Quilty 10 February 2015 18:30 Round 3 DCU 1-20 - 0-11 Report St. Pat's, Drumcondra D Breathnach (0-12, 0-7 frees, 0-3 65's); P Brehony (0-4); G Bailey (1-0); C Boland, T French, P Burke, N O'Connor (0-1) P Sutton (0-6, 0-5 frees); C Morris (0-2); C Breathnach, C Joyce, W Murphy (0-1) DCU Sportsgrounds James McGrah Group B PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPts1 UL 32103-592-342852 NUI Galway 32010-472-55-1443 UCC 31114-521-431834 GMIT 30031-313-57-320 29 January 2015 14:00 Round 1 UCC 3-19 - 0-8 Report GMIT B Lawton (0-7, 0-4 frees); C Lehane, S O'Donnell, A Cadogan (1-2 each); J Barron (0-2); R O’Shea, D Roche, T Devine, A Spillane (0-1 each). C O'Donnell (0-4, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65); T Haran (0-2, 0-1 sideline cut); S Lawless, J Flynn (0-1 each). Mardyke, UCC John O'Brien 29 January 2015 14:00 Round 1 UL 2-24 - 0-9 Report NUI Galway J Forde 0-10 (0-4f); K O'Brien 2-1; T Kelly 0-4; B Stapleton 0-3; J McGrath 0-2; S O’Gorman, C Martin, M Carmody, PJ Scully 0-1 each. B Duggan 0-4 (0-2f, 1'65); N O'Brien 0-2; S Hynes, E Brannigan, G Hennelly 0-1 each Dangan, NUIG Fergal Horgan 5 February 2015 14:00 Round 2 NUI Galway 0-21 - 0-19 Report UCC B Duggan (0-12, 0-7 frees); N O'Brien (0-4); E Brannigan, K Ryan, G Hennelly, C Mannion, B O'Connor (0-1) C Lehane (0-9, 0-5 frees, 0-1 sideline, 0-1 '65); J Power (0-4); B Lawton (0-3 frees); S O'Donnell, A Cadogan, A Spillane (0-1) Dangan, NUIG Paud O'Dwyer 5 February 2015 13:00 Round 2 UL 0-21 - 1-11 Report GMIT T Kelly (0-7, 0-3 frees); K O'Brien (0-5, 0-1 free); J Forde (0-4, 0-2 frees); PJ Scully (1-1); T Heffernan (0-3); J McGrath (0-2); D McInerney, D Quinn (0-1) T Haran (0-7, 0-6 frees, 0-1 sideline); J Flynn (1-3); D Burke (0-1); UL Brian Gavin 10 February 2015 14:00 Round 3 NUI Galway 0-17 - 0-12 Report GMIT B Duggan (0-8, 0-7 frees); C Mannion (0-4); N O'Brien (0-2); S Ward, S Cooney, C Cleary (0-1) T Haran (0-9 frees); C O'Donnell, D Conroy, G Brennan (0-1 ) Carnmore, Galway David Hughes 10 February 2015 14:00 Round 3 UCC 1-14 - 1-14 Report UL B Lawton (1-3, 0-2 frees); A Cadogan (0-4); C Lehane (0-2); C Murphy, A Spillane, P Prendergast, S O'Keeffe, J Power (0-1) C Martin (1-3, 0-3 frees); T Kelly (0-5); B Stapleton, J McGrath, T Heffernan, K O'Brien, PJ Scully (0-1); J Forde (0-1 free) Mardyke, UCC Fergal Horgan Group C PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPts1 WIT 32019-582-324742 IT Carlow 32019-334-163243 Mary I Limerick 32016-371-163644 Maynooth University 30032-1319-77-1150 29 January 2015 19:00 Round 1 WIT 3-13 - 0-9 Report IT Carlow P Mahony 0-8 (0-5f, 0-2 65s), L McGrath 1-2, A Glesson, C O’Brien 1-0 each, G O’Brien, H Kehoe, J Dillon 0-1 each. S Maher 0-7 (0-6f, 0-1 65), C Bolger, J Fagan 0-1 each. IT Carlow James Owens 7 February 2015 14:00 Round 1 Mary I Limerick 4-18 - 1-6 Report Maynooth University S Cahill (2-1); D Reidy (0-7 frees); D Corry, D Hannon (1-0), T Gallagher, S Curran (0-2); D O'Donovan (0-2, 0-1 sideline, 0-1 free); J Meaghar, R English, S Linnane, J Hannon (0-1) A Gleeson (0-5, 0-4 free); S Farrelly (1-0); J White (0-1) Maynooth University James Owens Maynooth University v Mary I Limerick was initially scheduled for 29 January 2014 but postponed due to snow 5 February 2015 19:00 Round 2 IT Carlow 9-24 - 1-3 Report Maynooth University C Bolger (3-1); J Fagan (1-6); I Byrne (2-1, 1-1 frees); S Maher (1-4, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65); K Kelly (1-3); A Fogarty (0-4, 0-1 free, 0-1 '65); M Kavanagh (1-0); J Doyle (0-3); C Doughan (0-2, 0-1f) C Fenlon (1-0); J Maher (0-2, 0-1 free); C Chan (0-1 free) Maynooth University North Campus Alan Kelly 5 February 2015 14:30 Round 2 Mary I Limerick 2-19 - 0-10 Report WIT D Reidy (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); D Corry, D O'Donovan (1-1); S Kennedy (0-4); D Hannon (0-2); S Cahill, T Gallagher, N O'Meara (0-1) P Mahony (0-7, 0-5 frees); M O'Neill (0-2, 0-1 free); G O'Brien (0-1) MICL Grounds Cathal Mc Allister 10 February 2015 19:00 Round 3 WIT 6-35 - 0-4 Maynooth University Pauric Mahony (2-18, 0-12 frees); Austin Gleeson (2-3); Jack Langton (1-3); Liam McGrath (1-2); Martin O'Neill (0-3); Gavin O'Brien, Jake Dillon (0-2); Joe O'Dwyer, Stephen Roche (0-1)https://twitter.com/WITGAA/status/565268015122743296 www.twitter.com @WITGAA 11 February 2015 WIT scorers WIT Diarmuid Kirwin 10 February 2015 19:00 Round 3 IT Carlow 4-17 - 1-17 Report Mary I Limerick Stephen Maher (1-10, 0-4 frees); Chris Bolger (2-0); Jack Fagan (1-2); Conor Doughan (0-2 frees); Aidan Fogarty, Kevin Kelly, James Doyle (0-1) David Reidy (0-5 frees); Declan Hannon (1-2); Ronan Maher, Daragh Corry, Stephen Cahill (0-2); Seamus Kennedy, Daragh O'Donovan (0-1) IT Carlow Johnny Ryan Having won the original fixture by 4-17 to 1-17, IT Carlow were later found guilty of playing an illegal player. James Gannon was deemed to be a part-time student and therefore ineligible. The fixture was retrospectively awarded to Mary I Limerick. This meant that Carlow IT finished third in Group C.Sullivan Arthur Previews: Fitzgibbon Cup Quarter-Finals http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/10/1702151408-previews-fitzgibbon-cup-quarter-finals/ gaa.ie GAA 18 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150218141933/http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/10/1702151408-previews-fitzgibbon-cup-quarter-finals/ 18 February 2015 IT Carlow then won an appeal against this decision and were re-awarded the fixture despite another late Mary I Limerick request for an interlocutory injunction to the DRA. Group D PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPts1 Limerick IT 22002-351-241442 DIT 21012-351-38-423 UUJ 20020-312-39-100 29 January 2015 15:00 Round 1 Limerick IT 1-17 - 0-11 Report UUJ S O'Halloran (0-2), P Flaherty (0-1), S O'Brien (0-4), D Reidy (0-10f), P Killeen (1-1), M Fitzgerald (0-1), P Fitzgerald (0-1), M Gennery (0-1) M Bradley (0-1), M Duddley (0-1), C Johnson (0-1f), D Toner (0-1), C Clarke (0-8, 6f) LIT Alan Kelly 5 February 2015 14:00 Round 2 Limerick IT 1-18 - 1-13 Report DIT D Reidy (0-8 frees); P Killeen (1-2); S O'Brien, A Dempsey (0-2), A Murphy (0-1 free); W Ryan, P Flaherty, M Fitzgerald, P Fitzgerald (0-1) J Guiney (0-9, 0-7 frees); M Lee (1-0); J McManus (0-2); D McNicholas, C Sheehan (0-1) Parnells GAA, Coolock Fergal Horgan 10 February 2015 14:00 Round 3 DIT 1-22 - 0-20 Report UUJ D McNicholas (1-4); J Guiney (0-7, 0-2 frees); M Lee (0-4); C Sheehan (0-2); J Cahill, J Sweeney, G Whelan, W McGrath, D Roberts (0-1) C Clarke (0-5, 0-3 frees); D Casey (0-4); D Toner (0-3); C Johnson (0-3, 0-1 free); D McKernan (0-2); S McAfee, M Bradley, E McCloskey (0-1) Jordanstown Eamon Hassan Quarter-finals Group winners had home advantage for the quarter-finals. 18 February 2015 14:00 Quarter-final CIT 0-19 - 0-10 Report NUI Galway J O'Dwyer (0-8, 0-4 frees); C Hammersley, J Cronin, K Kavanagh, D Lordan (0-2); N McNamara, P White (0-1) B Duggan (0-5, 0-1 free, 0-1 '65), C Mannion (0-2, 0-1 free); N O'Brien, G Hennelly, S Ward (0-1) CIT Brian Gavin 18 February 2015 15:00 Quarter-final UL 0-18 - 0-15 Report UCD John McGrath (0-7, 0-5 frees); Conor Martin (0-4, 0-1 frees); Tommy Heffernan (0-2); Jason Forde (0-2, 0-1 free, 0-1 '65); Brian Stapleton, Dan Morrissey, Stephen Bennett (0-1) Ross King (0-6 frees); Conor Devitt, Pat Purcell (0-2), Conor O'Shea (0-1 free); Jack O'Connor, Colm Cronin, Garrett Sinnott, Dillon Mulligan (0-1) UL Barry Kelly 24 February 2015 19:00 Quarter-final WIT 1-18 - 1-7 Report DIT Pauric Mahony (0-8, 0-6 frees); Stephen Roche (1-1); Austin Gleeson (0-3); Gavin O'Brien, Liam McGrath (0-2); Jack Dillon, Johnny Hayes (0-1) Jack Guiney (1-6, 0-5 frees); Conor Sheehan (0-1) Carriganore Johnny Ryan 24 February 2015 14:00 Quarter-final Limerick IT 1-15 - 0-14 Report IT Carlow David Reidy (1-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65, 0-1 penalty); Paul Flaherty (0-3); Barry O'Connell, Alan Dempsey, Seanie O'Brien, Joe Campion (0-1) Kevin Kelly (0-8 frees); Conor Doughan (0-3, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65); Jack Fagan, Chris Bolger, Garry Keegan (0-1) LIT Alan Kelly Semi-finals 27 February 2015 13:00 Semi-final WIT 1-20 - 0-19AET Report CIT J O'Dwyer (0-5, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65); C Buckley (0-3); A Walsh, J Cronin, B Cooper, N McNamara (0-2); D Lordan (0-2, 0-1 free); K Kavanagh (0-1) A Gleeson (1-6, 0-1 sideline); P Mahony (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); G O'Brien (0-4); J Dillon, J Hayes (0-1) LIT Fergal Horgan 27 February 2015 15:00 Semi-final UL 2-18 - 1-14 Report Limerick IT Jason Forde (1-3, 0-1 sideline); John McGrath (0-4 frees), Stephen Bennett (1-0); David McInerney, Cathal McInerney (0-3); Kevin O'Brien (0-2); Tommy Heffernan, Conor Martin, Dan Morrissey (0-1) David Reidy (0-8, 0-7 frees); Willie Ryan (1-0); Paul Killeen, Martin Fitzgerald (0-2); Paul Flaherty, Seanie O'Brien (0-1) LIT James McGrath Final 28 February 2015 19:30 Final WIT 0-21 - 3-12AET Report UL Pauric Mahony (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); Johnny Hayes (0-3); Tom Fox, Martin O'Neill, Jake Dillon (0-2); Austin Gleeson (0-2, 0-1 sideline); Harry Kehoe, Tomas Hamill (0-1) John McGrath (0-5, 0-3 frees); Tommy Heffernan (1-1); Jason Forde (1-1, 0-1 free); Stephen Bennett (1-0); Tony Kelly (0-2, 0-1 free); Kevin O'Brien, Cathal McInerney, PJ Scully (0-1) Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Brian Gavin 11 March 2015 19:30 Final Replay UL 2-18 - 1-14 Report WIT Tony Kelly (0-6, 0-2 frees); John McGrath (0-6, 0-4 frees); Tommy Heffernan (1-1); Daire Quinn (1-0); Kevin O'Brien (0-2); Conor Martin, Cathal McInerney (0-1); Jason Forde (0-1 sideline) Pauric Mahony (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); Gavin O'Brien (1-2); Tom Fox, Harry Kehoe, Jake Dillon, Johnny Hayes (0-1) Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Barry Kelly References External links 2015 Fitzgibbon Cup Fixtures GAA Higher Education Official Website Fitzgibbon Category:Fitzgibbon Cup Category:Hurling controversies Category:2015 in Irish sport Category:February 2015 sports events in Ireland