2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 123rd[1] installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. It was won by Donegal who defeated Derry in the final. It was their first Ulster title since 1992.[2] The winning Donegal team received the Anglo-Celt Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Championship venues
Celtic Park in the City of Derry
Healy Park in Omagh
St Tiernach's Park in Clones
Brewster Park in Enniskillen
and others elsewhere...

Donegal's semi-final defeat of Tyrone and Derry's semi-final defeat of Armagh brought about the end of a long period of dominance by these two counties.[3] Armagh and Tyrone had shared the previous eleven Ulster senior titles between them in a run stretching back to 1999. It also brought a first major trophy for Jim McGuinness's famed Donegal team, who would go on to consign the decade-long dominance of those two counties to history.[4][5]

Bracket
Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Derry 1-18
Fermanagh 1-10
Derry 3-14
Armagh 1-11
Armagh 1-15
Down 1-10
Derry 0-08
Donegal 1-11
Tyrone 1-13
Monaghan 1-11
Tyrone 0-9
Donegal 2-6
Cavan 1-8
Donegal 1-10 Donegal 2-14
Antrim 0-7

Preliminary round
Preliminary Round
Donegal1-10 - 0-7Antrim
M McHugh 1-1, M Murphy 0-3 (3f), R Bradley, C McFadden (1f) 0-2 each, D Molloy, A Hanlon 0-1 each Report T McCann, P Cunningham (1f), K Niblock (2f) 0-2 each, M Dougan 0-1
Attendance: 7,385

Quarter-finals
Quarter Final
Derry1-18 - 1-10Fermanagh
E Bradley 1-4, C Gilligan 0-3, E. Muldoon, J Diver, M Bateson, G O'Kane 0-2 each, M Lynch, SL McGoldrick, C Kielt 0-1 each Report D Kille 0-5 (3f, 1 '45), J Woods 1-0, R Jones 0-2, T Flanagan, C O'Brien , B Mulrone 0-1 each.
Attendance: 5,646
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Quarter Final
Armagh1-15 - 1-10Down
J Clarke 1-2, A Kernan 0-5 (3f), BJ Padden 0-3, M Mackin 0-2, K Dyas, T Kernan S McDonnell (f) 0-1 each Report M Clarke 0-5 (4f), M Poland 1-1, P McComiskey 0-2, D Rooney, D Hughes 0-1 each.
Attendance: 13,107
Referee: C Reilly (Meath)
Quarter Final
Tyrone1-13 - 1-11Monaghan
B McGuigan 1-1, S Cavanagh 0-4 (0-2f), S O'Neill 0-3, M Penrose (2f), P Harte (1f, 1 '45) 0-2 each, O Mulligan 0-1 Report C McManus 0-6 (5f), D Hughes 1-1 (1-0 pen), P Finlay 0-4 (3f).
Attendance: 10,937
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Quarter Final
Donegal2-14 - 1-8Cavan
P McBrearty 1-3 (1f), C McFadden 0-5 (2f), R Kavanagh 1-0, D Molloy 0-2, K Cassidy, K Rafferty, L McLoone and M Murphy 0-1(f) each Report M Brennan 1-1, N McDermott 0-4 (3f), G McKiernan, F Flanagan and S Johnston 0-1 (f) each.
Attendance: 9,325
Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

Semi-finals
Semi Final
Derry3-14 - 1-11Armagh
E Bradley (0-2f), C Gilligan (0-5f) 1-5 each, M Lynch 1-2, SL McGoldrick, C Kielt 0-1 each Report S McDonnell (3f, 1 '45) 0-6, M O'Rourke 1-1, J Clarke, P Duffy, A Kernan, C Vernon 0-1 each
Attendance: 14,941
Semi Final
Tyrone0-9 - 2-6Donegal
S O'Neill 0-2, S Cavanagh 0-2 (1f), P Jordan, B Dooher, O Mulligan, M Penrose and P Harte (f) 0-1 each Report C McFadden 1-1 (1f), D Molloy 1-0, M Murphy 0-2 (1f), K Cassidy, K Rafferty and P McBrearty 0-1 each
Attendance: 18,536
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Final
Final
Derry0-08 - 1-11Donegal
J Kielt 0-04 (2f), C Kielt 0-02, C Gilligan (f), M Donaghy 0-01 each Report M Murphy 1-02 (1-00 pen), C McFadden 0-04 (2f), M Hegarty, A Thompson 0-02 each, R Bradley 0-01
Attendance: 28,364

References
  1. "Summer begins with the Ulster GAA Championships". 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. 2013 marks the 125th Anniversary of the Ulster Football Championship and the Ulster Museum in Botanic Gardens was transformed into an exhibition of Ulster's finest memories over those 125 years.
  2. "Donegal end 19-year wait for Ulster title". Irish Independent. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. "Ulster the hardest province to win - Harte". The Irish Times. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  4. Breheny, Martin (20 July 2011). "Donegal the shut-out kings". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  5. Duggan, Keith (29 September 2012). "Fearless Donegal ready to shift axis of power". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
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