Captain Daragh Nelson | Manager Andy McEntee | |
Champions Ballyboden St. Endas (1st win) |
The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 46th annual gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970-71 season. The winners receive The Andy Merrigan Cup.
Contents
- Format
- Connacht County Finals
- Leinster County Finals
- Munster County Finals
- Ulster County Finals
- London County Final
- Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
- Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
- Munster Senior Club Football Championship
- Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
- References
Ballyboden St. Endas from Dublin won the title for the first time by defeating Castlebar Mitchels of Mayo 2-14 to 0-7 in the final at Croke Park on 17 March 2016. Daragh Nelson was the winning captain while Bob Dwan claimed the 'Man-of-the-Match' award.
The 2014–15 champions were Corofin from Galway who defeated Slaughtneil Robert Emmets from Derry on 17 March 2015 to win their 2nd title. They were knocked out by Castlebar Mitchels of Mayo in the Connacht final in 2015-16.
Format
County Championships
Ireland's 32 counties play their county championships between their senior Gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc. or a combination. For instance, Kerry organise two separate championships.
Provincial Championships
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. All matches are knock-out and two ten minute periods of extra time are played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.
All-Ireland
The winners of the London club championship play one of the four provincial champions in a single match in mid-December referred to as a quarter-final. Two semi-finals are then played in mid-February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March.
Initial Schedule
Connacht County Finals
Leitrim SFC Final & Final Replay
Galway SFC Final
Roscommon SFC Final
Sligo SFC Final
Mayo SFC Final
Leinster County Finals
Louth SFC Final
Longford SFC Final
Carlow SFC Final
Offaly SFC Final
Wicklow SFC Final
Westmeath SFC Final
Wexford SFC Final
Kildare SFC Final
Laois SFC Final and Final Replay:
Meath SFC Final
Dublin SFC Final
Munster County Finals
Clare SFC Final
Cork SFC Final & Final Replay
Limerick SFC Final
Tipperary SFC Final
Waterford SFC Final
Kerry SFC Final & Final Replay
Ulster County Finals
Derry SFC Final
Armagh SFC Final
Cavan SFC Final
Down SFC Final
Fermanagh SFC Final
Tyrone SFC Final
Antrim SFC Final
Donegal SFC Final
Monaghan SFC Final
London (County) Final
London SFC Final
Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
Preliminary Round
Semi-Finals
Final
Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
The Kilkenny Senior Football Champions compete in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.
Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
Munster Senior Club Football Championship
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
On Monday 9 November 2015, Killarney Legion were chosen to represent Kerry in the Munster Championship even though they had not won the county championship at that time. This ruling by the Kerry County Board appears to be in breach of Rule 6.24(a) of the GAA official guide. The Kerry S.F.C. final ended in a draw the day before, meaning that the replay would have to be held on Saturday 14 November, in time for the Munster Semi-Final on Sunday 15th.
Because of this, the Kerry County Board decided that Killarney Legion would represent Kerry regardless of whether they beat South Kerry or not in the replay, which was put back to Sunday 22 November (South Kerry can't represent Kerry in the provincial championship as they are a divisional side). This meant that Dingle, the Kerry club champions, were not permitted to represent Kerry in the Munster championship as they normally would if Killarney Legion had lost the county final.
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final