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2015 Ulster Club Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
Province Ulster
Year2015
TrophySeamus McFerran Cup
SponsorAllied Irish Banks
Date18 October - 29 November 2015
Teams9 (one from each of the 9 counties)
Defending champions Slaughtneil
Winners
Champions Crossmaglen Rangers (11th win)
ManagerOisín McConville
John McEntee
CaptainPaul Hearty
Qualify forAll-Ireland Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up Scotstown
ManagerMattie McGleenan
CaptainDonal Morgan
Other
Matches played8
Total scored22-180
Top Scorer Darren Hughes (Scotstown) (4-6)
WebsiteUlster GAA
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The 2015 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 48th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Slaughtneil from Derry entered the championship as defending champions.[1] Monaghan champions Scotstown ended their reign at the quarter-final stage.[2]

Armagh kingpins Crossmaglen Rangers secured their 11th Ulster club title after beating Scotstown in the final.[3]

Teams[edit]

The Ulster championship is contested by the winners of the nine county championships in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland, as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

County Team Last win
Antrim Erin's Own, Cargin[4]
Armagh Crossmaglen Rangers[5] 2012
Cavan Kingscourt Stars[6]
Derry Slaughtneil[7] 2014
Donegal Naomh Conaill[8]
Down Kilcoo[9]
Fermanagh Derrygonnelly Harps[10]
Monaghan Scotstown[11] 1989
Tyrone Trillick St Macartan's[12]

2015 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship[edit]

Preliminary round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 2-15
Erin's Own, Cargin (Antrim) 0-13
Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 0-12
Kilcoo (Down) 0-8
Kingscourt Stars (Cavan) 0-5
Kilcoo (Down) 3-15
Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 2-17 (aet)
Scotstown (Monaghan) 2-12 (aet)
Naomh Conaill (Donegal) 1-11
Trillick (Tyrone) 2-9
Trillick (Tyrone) 2-7
Scotstown (Monaghan) 2-9
Scotstown (Monaghan) 1-15
Slaughtneil (Derry) 4-13 Slaughtneil (Derry) 0-15
Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh) 1-4

Preliminary round[edit]

Preliminary round
Slaughtneil
(Derry)		4-13 – 1-4 Derrygonnelly Harps
(Fermanagh)
Christopher Bradley 2-3 (0-1f), Cormac O'Doherty 1-2, Paul Bradley 0-3 (0-2f), Karl McKaigue 1-0, Chrissy McKaigue 0-1, Barry McGuigan 0-1, Patsy Bradley 0-1, Padraig Kelly 0-1, Sé McGuigan 0-1 Report Paul Ward 1-1, Leigh Jones 0-2 (0-2f), Declan Cassidy 0-1
Owenbeg, Dungiven
Referee: Martin McNally

Quarter-finals[edit]

Quarter-final
Crossmaglen Rangers
(Armagh)		2-15 – 0-13 Erin's Own, Cargin
(Antrim)
Tony Kernan 0-4 (0-2f, 0-1 45), Johnny Hanratty 1-1, Aaron Kernan 0-3 (0-2f), Oisín O'Neill 0-3, Johnny Murtagh 1-0, Mickey McNamee 0-2, Stephen Kernan 0-2 Report Michael Magill 0-5 (0-2 45), Kieran Close 0-3 (0-1f), Tomas McCann 0-2 (0-1f), Michael McCann 0-2, Tony Scullion 0-1
Referee: Joe McQuillan
Quarter-final
Kingscourt Stars
(Cavan)		0-5 – 3-15 Kilcoo
(Down)
Barry Reilly 0-3 (0-1f), Cian McArdle 0-2 (0-2f) Report Paul Devlin 2-2, Jerome Johnston 1-2, Darragh O'Hanlon 0-5 (0-2f), Conor Laverty 0-5, Donal Kane 0-1
Referee: Barry Cassidy
Quarter-final
Naomh Conaill
(Donegal)		1-11 – 2-9 Trillick
(Tyrone)
Daragh Gallagher 0-5 (0-4f), Ciarán Thompson 1-0, Johnny McLoone 0-2, Dermot Molloy 0-1 (0-1f), Brendan McDyer 0-1 (0-1f), John O'Malley 0-1 (0-1f), Leon Thompson 0-1 Report Niall Gormley 1-2, Lee Brennan 0-4 (0-2f), Dáire Gallagher 1-0, Richie Donnelly 0-2, Mattie Donnelly 0-1
Referee: Noel Mooney
Quarter-final
Scotstown
(Monaghan)		1-15 – 0-15 Slaughtneil
(Derry)
Darren Hughes 1-4, Conor McCarthy 0-5 (0-3f), Rory Beggan 0-2 (0-1f, 0-1 45), Shane Carey 0-2 (0-2f), Orin Heaphey 0-2 Report Paul Bradley 0-7 (0-6f), Christopher Bradley 0-4 (0-1f), Shane McGuigan 0-2, Ronan Bradley 0-1, Sé McGuigan 0-1
Referee: Ciaran Branagan

Semi-finals[edit]

Semi-final
Crossmaglen Rangers
(Armagh)		0-12 – 0-8 Kilcoo
(Down)
Tony Kernan 0-3 (0-3f), Aaron Kernan 0-3 (0-2f), Kyle Carragher 0-3, Oisín O'Neill 0-1, Paul Hughes 0-1, Rico Kelly 0-1 Report Darragh O'Hanlon 0-5 (0-4f), Jerome Johnston 0-1 (0-1f), Ryan Johnston 0-1, Martin Devlin 0-1
Referee: Noel Mooney
Semi-final
Trillick
(Tyrone)		2-7 – 2-9 Scotstown
(Monaghan)
Niall Gormley 1-1, Daniel McDonnell 1-0, Eoin Gormley 0-2, Lee Brennan 0-1 (0-1f), Dáire Gallagher 0-1, Richie Donnelly 0-1, Niall Donnelly 0-1 Report Darren Hughes 2-2, Shane Carey 0-2 (0-2f), Rory Beggan 0-2 (0-2f), Orin Heaphey 0-2, Conor McCarthy 0-1
Referee: Ciaran Branagan

Final[edit]

Final
Crossmaglen Rangers
(Armagh)		2-17 – 2-12 (a.e.t.) Scotstown
(Monaghan)
Tony Kernan 1-6 (0-5f), Kyle Carragher 1-2, Johnny Murtagh 0-3, Aaron Kernan 0-1 (0-1f), Stephen Kernan 0-1, Mickey McNamee 0-1, David McKenna 0-1, Callum Cumiskey 0-1, Padraig Stuttard 0-1 Report Shane Carey 0-6 (0-5f), Darren Hughes 1-0, Brian McGinnity 1-0, Conor McCarthy 0-2, Rory Beggan 0-1 (0-1 45), Emmet Caulfield 0-1, Donal Morgan 0-1, Orin Heaphey 0-1,
Attendance: 8,694
Referee: Barry Cassidy

Championship statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Darren Hughes Scotstown 4-6 18 3 6.00
2 Tony Kernan Crossmaglen Rangers 1-13 16 3 5.33
3 Christopher Bradley Slaughtneil 2-7 13 2 6.50
4 Shane Carey Scotstown 0-10 10 3 3.33
Darragh O'Hanlon Kilcoo 0-10 10 2 5.00
Paul Bradley Slaughtneil 0-10 10 2 5.00
7 Niall Gormley Trillick 2-3 9 2 4.50
8 Paul Devlin Kilcoo 2-2 8 2 4.00
Kyle Carragher Crossmaglen Rangers 1-5 8 3 2.67
Conor McCarthy Scotstown 0-8 8 3 2.67
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Christopher Bradley Slaughtneil 2-3 9 Derrygonnelly Harps
Tony Kernan Crossmaglen Rangers 1-6 9 Scotstown
3 Paul Devlin Kilcoo 2-2 8 Kingscourt Stars
4 Darren Hughes Scotstown 1-4 7 Slaughtneil
Paul Bradley Slaughtneil 0-7 7 Scotstown
6 Shane Carey Scotstown 0-6 6 Crossmaglen Rangers
7 Kyle Carragher Crossmaglen Rangers 1-2 5 Scotstown
Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-2 5 Derrygonnelly Harps
Jerome Johnston Kilcoo 1-2 5 Kingscourt Stars
Niall Gormley Trillick 1-2 5 Naomh Conaill
Michael Magill Erin's Own, Cargin 0-5 5 Crossmaglen Rangers
Darragh O'Hanlon Kilcoo 0-5 5 Kingscourt Stars
Darragh O'Hanlon Kilcoo 0-5 5 Crossmaglen Rangers
Conor Laverty Kilcoo 0-5 5 Kingscourt Stars
Dermot Gallagher Naomh Conaill 0-5 5 Trillick
Conor McCarthy Scotstown 0-5 5 Slaughtneil

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Christopher Bradley secures Slaughtneil's first Ulster title". RTÉ. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Ulster Club SFC: Scotstown defeat holders Slaughtneil at Clones". BBC Northern Ireland. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Crossmaglen come out on top after epic Scotstown battle". RTÉ. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Cargin on cloud nine after McCann double seals glory over Lamh Dhearg". Belfast Telegraph. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Crossmaglen Rangers march to 19th title in 20 seasons". Irish Examiner. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Kingscourt come from behind to win Cavan senior title in thrilling encounter". The Irish Times. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Derry SFC final: Slaughtneil seal historic double-double success". The Irish News. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Leo McLoone stars as 14-man Naomh Conaill dethrone the Donegal champions". The42.ie. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Classy Kilcoo stay kings of the Mourne". Irish Independent. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Emotional title win for Derrygonnelly against Roslea". The Irish News. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Scotstown top of the pile in Monaghan after seeing off Harps". The Irish News. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Trillick complete dream return with final win". RTÉ. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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