2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship

2015 Ulster SFCTournament details

Year| 2015
Winners
Champions| Monaghan (16th win)
Manager| Malachy O'Rourke
Captain| Conor McManus
Runners-up
Runners-up| Donegal
Manager| Rory Gallagher
Captain| Michael Murphy

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The 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship is the 127th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Donegal were the reigning champions following the 2014 Championship but lost to Monaghan in the final on 19 July by a point.[1] [2][3]

## Teams

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The Ulster championship is contested by the nine county teams in the province of Ulster.

Team  | Colours  | Sponsor  | Manager  | Captain  | Most recent success

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All-Ireland  | Provincial
Antrim |  Saffron and white  | Creagh Concrete  | Liam Bradley | Aodhán Gallagher  |  |

1951

Armagh |  Orange and white  | Rainbow Communications  | Kieran McGeeney | Ciarán McKeever |

2002

2008

Cavan |  Royal blue and white  | Kingspan Group | Terry Hyland  | Alan Clarke  |

1952

1997

Derry |  Red and white  | Specialist Joinery Group  | Brian McIver | Mark Lynch |

1993

1998

Donegal |  Gold and green  | Donegal Creameries | Rory Gallagher | Michael Murphy |

2012

2014

Down |  Red and black  | Canal Court Hotel  | Jim McCorry | Mark Poland  |

1994

1994

Fermanagh |  Green and white  | Tracey Concrete  | Pete McGrath | Eoin Donnelly  |  |
Monaghan |  White and blue  | Investec | Malachy O'Rourke | Conor McManus |  |

2013

Tyrone |  White and Red  | McAleer & Rushe  | Mickey Harte | Seán Cavanagh |

2008

2010

## 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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| Preliminary round | | | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| | | |  Cavan | 0-15 | | |
| | | |  Monaghan | 0-16 |
| | | | | | |  Monaghan | 1-20 |
| | | | | |  Fermanagh | 0-13 |
| | | |  Fermanagh | 1-13 | | | |
| | | |  Antrim | 0-08 |
| | | | |  Monaghan | 0-11 |
| | | | | | |  Donegal | 0-10 |
| | | |  Derry | 0-12 | | | |
| | | |  Down | 0-11 |
| | | | | | |  Derry | 0-10 |
| | | | | |  Donegal | 1-09 |
| | | |  Armagh | 0-08 | |
|  Donegal | 1-13 | | |  Donegal | 2-11 |
|  Tyrone | 1-10 | |

## Fixtures

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### Preliminary round

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17 May 2015

16:00

Preliminary round

Donegal | 1–13 – 1–10|  Tyrone

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M McElhinney (1–2); M Murphy (0–3, 2 frees, 1 45); C Toye, C McFadden, P McBrearty (0–2 each); F McGlynn, K Lacey (0–1 each). | Report | S Cavanagh (0–4, 3 frees); D McCurry (1–0); C McAliskey (0–3); Justin McMahon, M Donnelly, R McNamee (0–1 each).

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Attendance: 17,435

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

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### Quarter-finals

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24 May 2015

14:00

Quarter-Final

Cavan | 0–15 – 0–16|  Monaghan

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C Mackey (0–3, 2 frees); N McDermott (0–3 frees); G McKiernan and M Argue (both 0–2); M Dunne (0–2, 1 free); C Gilsenan (0–1 free); N Murray and R Flanagan (both 0–1). | Report | C McManus (0–7, 5 frees); P Finlay (0–3 frees); K Hughes (0–1 free); K O’Connell, D Hughes, D Clerkin, C Walshe and D Mone (all 0–1).

Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 18,541

Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

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31 May 2015

16:00

Quarter-Final

Fermanagh | 1–13 – 0–08|  Antrim

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S Quigley 1–4 (4f, 1pen), R Jones 0–3, B Mulrone 0–2, C Flaherty, T Corrigan, P McCusker, D Kille 0–1 each | Report | CJ McGourty 0–6 (6f), K McGourty 0–1, R Murray 0–1

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Attendance: 7,726

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

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7 June 2015

14:00

Quarter-Final

Derry | 0–12 – 0–11|  Down

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M Lynch 0–5 (2f), E Bradley 0–5 (3f), E Lynn 0–1, C O'Boyle 0–1 | Report | P Devlin 0–6 (6f), C Laverty, K McKernan 0–2 each, D O'Hare 0–1 (f)

Celtic Park, Derry

Attendance: 10,541

Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

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14 June 2015

14:00

Quarter-Final

Armagh | 0–08 – 2–11|  Donegal

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T Kernan 0–3 (1f), J Morgan, C McKeever, E Rafferty (f), A Findon, C Rafferty all 0–1 each. | Report | M Murphy 0–5 (5fs), P McBrearty 1–1, M O'Reilly 1–0, O MacNiallais 0–2, N Gallagher, M McElhinney, N Gallagher 0–1 each.

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 18,186

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

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### Semi-finals

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21 June 2015

16:00

Semi-Final

Monaghan | 1–20 – 0–13|  Fermanagh

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C McManus 1–6 (5f), K Hughes 0–3 (1f), O Duffy 0–3, K Duffy, D Hughes, C McGuinness, S Gollogly, N McAdam, D Mone, K O’Connell 0–1 each, R Beggan 0–1 (1 ’45). | Report | S Quigley 0–5 (4f), T Corrigan, R Jones, D McCusker 0–2 each, E Donnelly, A Breen 0–1 each.

Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 16,572

Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry)

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27 June 2015

19:00

Semi-Final

Derry | 0–10 – 1–09|  Donegal

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M Lynch 0-02, 1f, E Bradley 0-02, 2f, C O’Boyle 0-02, C McKaigue 0-01, C McFaul 0-01; N Holly 0-01, B Heron 0-01. | Report | M O’Reilly 1-00 P McBrearty, 0-02, 1f, M Murphy 0-02, C McFadden 0-02, M McElhinney 0-01; C Toye 0-01, O MacNiallais 0-01.

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 19,237

Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare)

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### Final

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19 July 2015

14:00

Final

Monaghan | 0–11 – 0–10|  Donegal

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C McManus 0–6 (4f), K O'Connell, O Duffy, K Duffy, D Mone, O Lennon 0–1 each. | Report | P McBrearty 0–6 (4f), M Murphy 0–2 (2f), K Lacey, F McGlynn 0–1 each

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 31,997

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

## See also

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* Fixtures and results
* 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
* 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship
* 2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship
* 2015 Munster Senior Football Championship

## References

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1. ^ "MONAGHAN 0–11 DONEGAL 0–10". GAA.ie. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
2. ^ "Monaghan hold on to dethrone Donegal in Ulster". Irish Examiner. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. ^ "Ulster Final: As it happened". The 42. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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