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The 2015 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under 18's. 31 teams take part.

The defending champions were Kerry who defeated Donegal in the 2014 final.

Kerry retained their title with a comprehensive 4-14 to 0-06 win over Munster rivals Tipperary.

Teams

A total of 31 teams will contest the championship. Kilkenny, New York and London do not participate in the competition.

Format

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships on a knock-out basis. The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland Quarter-finals.

Fixtures and results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Munster Final
	Leitrim		0-12
	Sligo		4-09			Sligo		1-14
						Roscommon		3-5
											Sligo (R)		1-04 1-08
											Galway (R)		0-07 4-12
						Mayo		1-3
						Galway		3-14

Sligo	1-04 - 0-07	Galway
Patrick O’Connor 1-0, Liam Gaughan 0-3 (0-2f); Darragh Cummins 0-1.	Report	Finian O Laoi 0-3; Colm O’Braonain 0-2; Eric Lee 0-1, Cillian McDaid 0-1.

Sligo	1-08 - 4-12	Galway
C Herron 1-0, L Gaughan 0-3 (2f), F Cawley 0-2 (1f), N Rooney 0-1 (1f), K Cawley 0-1, A McLoughlin 0-1.	Report	P McCormack 1-2 (1f), S Kelly 1-1, C McDaid 0-3 (2f), F Ó Laoi 1-0, D Connelly 1-0, J Daly 0-2 (1f), E Lee 0-1 (1 ’45), C Marsden 0-1 (1f), C Ryan 0-1, C Brady 0-1.

Leinster Minor Football Championship

	Preliminary round					Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Leinster Final
						Carlow		1-09
	Wicklow		1-08			Longford		1-14
	Longford		1-14								Longford		1-09
	Laois		2-08								Meath		0-08
	Meath		1-17			Meath		0-12
	Kildare		2-11			Louth		0-11
	Louth		2-14													Longford		1-09
	Wexford		2-14													Kildare		2-15
	Westmeath		2-14			Wexford		0-11
	Dublin		2-11			Dublin		3-08
	Offaly		1-09								Dublin		3-13
											Kildare		3-16
						Kildare*		1-10
						Laois*		1-09

LOSERS ROUND - The five losers from the preliminary round play-off and two teams advance to the Leinster Quarter-final

	Losers Round One					Losers Round Two					Leinster Quarter-final**
	Offaly		2-13
	Westmeath		1-10			Offaly		0-13
						Kildare		0-14
											Kildare		1-10
											Laois		1-09
						Laois		5-13
						Wicklow		1-13

Longford	1-09 - 2-15	Kildare
Conor Berry 1-2, Jayson Matthews 0-2 (1f), Darragh Doherty, Rory Hawkins, Neil Devlin, Cian Finnan, Peter Lynn 0-1 each.	Report	Jimmy Hyland 0-8 (1f), Conor Hartley, Ciaran Kelly (1f) 1-1 each, Brian McLoughlin 0-2, Ethan O’Donohue, Matthew Kelly (1f), Aaron Murphy (1 45) 0-1 each.

Munster Minor Football Championship

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Munster Final
	Clare		0-03
	Kerry		0-14			Kerry		0-16
	Cork		2-15			Cork		1-12
	Limerick		2-07								Kerry		2-14
											Tipperary		1-11
						Clare*		2-09
	Waterford		1-07			Tipperary		0-16
	Tipperary		2-16

Playoff Round

Clare were the winners of a playoff round between the quarter-final losers*

	Playoff 1					Playoff 2
	Limerick		2-14
	Waterford		3-10			Limerick		0-05
						Clare		2-11

Kerry	2-14 - 1-11	Tipperary
C Geaney 1-5 (1f), C Linnane 1-1 (1f), Michael Foley 0-2, Sean O’Shea 0-2 (1f), Jack Morgan 0-1, Gavin White 0-1, Bryan Sweeney 0-1, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-1	Report	Aidan Buckley 1-2, Alan Tynan 0-3 (2f), Jack Kennedy 0-2 (1f), Brendan Martin 0-2, Danny Owens 0-1, Mark Kehoe 0-1

Ulster Minor Football Championship

	Preliminary round					Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Ulster Final
						Cavan		2-17
						Monaghan		1-08
											Cavan		1-19
											Antrim		1-11
						Fermanagh		2-09
						Antrim		2-11
																Cavan		0-11
																Derry		1-11
						Derry		2-11
						Down		1-07
											Derry		0-11
											Donegal		0-10
						Armagh		0-07
	Donegal		1-11			Donegal		2-14
	Tyrone		0-08

Cavan	0-11 - 1-11	Derry
D Raythrorne (0-3), D Brady (0-2), D Gannon (0-3), T Donohoe (0-1), C Smith (0-2)	Report	P Kearney (0-3), S Downey (0-1), C Glass (0-1); T Flanagan (1-0), B Grant (0-1), S McGuigan (0-5)

All-Ireland Knockout

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 August 2015 – Brewster Park
	Derry	0-12
					23 August 2015 – Croke Park
	Longford	2-04
					Derry	1-06
	3 August 2015– O'Connor Park
					Kerry	1-11
	Kerry	2-12
									20 September 2015– Croke Park
	Sligo	1-06
									Kerry	4-14
	1 August 2015– Páirc Tailteann
									Tipperary	0-06
	Kildare	2-14
					30 August 2015 – Croke Park
	Cavan	2-12
					Kildare	0-09
	3 August 2015 – O'Connor Park
					Tipperary	0-11
	Galway	0-06
	Tipperary	1-10

Quarter-finals

The four provincial champions play the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.

Derry	0-12 - 2-04	Longford
Shane McGuigan 0-7 (0-2f), Conor Glass (0-1f), Jack Doherty 0-2 each, Brian Cassidy 0-1.	Report	Conor Berry 1-3 (0-2f), Darragh Doherty 1-0, Ruairi Harkins 0-1

Kildare	2-14 - 2-12	Cavan
Ciaran Kelly (1-7, 5f), Jimmy Hyland (1-4, 1f), Rory Feely (0-1), Matthew Kelly (0-1), Ethan O’Donohue (0-1)	Report	Thomas Edward Donohoe (1-2), David Brady (0-3, 1f, 1 45), James Brady (1-0), Robbie Fitzpatrick (0-3, 2f), Darragh Gannon (0-2), Dillon Raythorne (0-2)

Kerry	2-12 - 1-06	Sligo
C Geaney 1-4 (0-1f), B Ó’Seanacháin 1-0, S O’Shea (1f), G White and D O’Brien 0-2 each, JM Foley and R Buckley 0-1 each	Report	K Cawley 1-0, F Cawley (0-1f) & R Kennedy (0-1f) 0-2 each, L Gaughan & C Lally 0-1 each

Galway	0-06 - 1-10	Tipperary
Conor Marsden (0-2f), John Daly (0-1f) 0-2 each, Paudie McCormack and Eric Lee 0-1 each	Report	Alan Tynan 1-5 (0-2f, 0-1 ’45), Brendan Martin 0-2, Colin English, Jack Kennedy and Jamie Bergin 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals. If a provincial winner loses their quarter final, then the provincial runner-up who beat them takes their place in the semi-final.

Derry	1-06 - 1-11	Kerry
Conor Maunsell 1-0, Shane McGuigan 0-2, Francis Kearney 0-2, Conor Glass 0-1, Niall McAtamney 0-1	Report	Michael Foley 1-3, John Mark Foley 0-3, Conor Geaney 0-5

Kildare	0-09 - 0-11	Tipperary
C Kelly 0-4 (4f), C Hartley 0-2, J Hyland 0-2 (2f), M Kelly 0-1	Report	J Kennedy 0-4 (1f, 1 '45'), A Tynan 0-3 (2f), B McGrath 0-1, B Martin 0-1, A Buckley 0-1, S Quirke 0-1

Final

Kerry	4-14 - 0-6	Tipperary
C Geaney 2-4 (2-0 pen, 1f); B Sweeney 1-1, Michael Foley 1-0, S O’Shea 0-2, J Duggan 0-2 (1f), M O’Connor 0-1, JM Foley 0-1, B Barrett 0-1, B Ó Seanacháin 0-1, S O’Sullivan 0-1.	Report	A Tynan 0-2, T Nolan 0-2, B McGrath 0-1, J Kennedy 0-1 (1 ’45’)

See also

• 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
• 2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

References

1. "O'Connor's troops run riot". Irish Independent. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
2. "Conor Geaney grabs hat-trick as Kerry on fire". Irish Examiner. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
3. "Dominant Kerry storm past Tipperary to retain All-Ireland minor football crown". The 42. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
4. "All-Ireland MFC final: classy Kingdom cruise past Tipp". Hogan Stand. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

• 2015 in Gaelic football
• All-Ireland Senior Football Championships