2015 Fitzgibbon Cup

The 2015 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 99th staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals were hosted by Limerick IT on 27 February 2015 with the final played the following day at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick.

2015 Fitzgibbon Cup
Tournament details
Year2015
TrophyFitzgibbon Cup
Sponsorindependent.ie
Winners
ChampionsUniversity of Limerick (5th win)
ManagerBrian Lohan
CaptainDavid McInerney
Runners-up
Runners-upWIT
ManagerColm Bonnar
CaptainJake Dillon
Other
Player of the YearTony Kelly

University of Limerick won the cup, defeating WIT in a replayed final on 11 March.[1][2][3]

Carlow IT Controversy

Carlow IT were disqualified on 16 February 2015 for fielding a part-time student James Gannon.[4][5] Carlow IT appealed the decision on 18 February 2015,[6][7] the appeal was upheld and the decision to disqualify Carlow IT was overturned.[8] On 24 February 2015 Mary I's request for an interlocutory injunction was refused by the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA).[9] This meant that the remaining quarter-finals could go ahead on that same day.

Fixtures and results

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts
1 CIT 33002-503-30176
2 UCD 32014-493-34184
3 DCU 31023-402-44-12
4 St. Pat's, Drumcondra 30032-313-62-340
29 January 2015
14:00
Round 1
CIT 0-17 - 1-6 DCU DCU Sportsgrounds
Referee: Brian Gavin
J O'Dwyer 0-8 (7f), C Hammersly 0-3, J Herlihy, D Lordan, J Cronin, B Cooper, M Ellis, J Cashman 0-1 each. Report K O'Flynn 1-1, D Breathnach 0-3 (2f), P Breheny, D Staunton 0-1 each.

29 January 2015
15:30
Round 1
UCD 1-23 - 1-6 St. Pat's, Drumcondra Belfield, UCD
Referee: John Keane
Matthew O'Hanlon (0-1), Pat Purcell (0-3), Colm O'Croinin (0-4), Conor Devitt (0-2), Jack O'Connor (0-2), Conor McDonagh (0-1), Ross King (0-6, 4 frees), Caolán Conway (1-4) Report Eoin Price (0-2), Peter Sutton (1-2, 0-1 free), Colm Morris (0-1), Jack McGrath (0-1)

5 February 2015
14:00
Round 2
UCD 2-16 - 1-14 DCU Belfield, UCD
Referee: Patrick Murphy
O Ó'Ruairc (1-6, 0-4 frees); R King (0-5, 0-3 frees); C O'Croinin (1-1); C Devitt (0-2); C Buckley, C Conway (0-1) Report D Breathnach (0-10, 0-6 frees); K O'Flynn (1-0); C Boland (0-2); M Daly, P Breheny (0-1)

5 February 2015
14:00
Round 2
CIT 1-19 - 1-14 St. Pat's, Drumcondra St. Pat's
Referee: Owen Elliot
A Walsh (1-3); P Ralph (0-5, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65, 0-1 penalty); J Cronin (0-4); N McNamara (0-2); D Lordan, J Cashman, C Hammersley, S O'Mahoney, C Buckley (0-1) Report E Price (1-1); P Sutton (0-4, 0-1 free); J McGrath, E McIntyre (0-2); C Joyce (0-2, 0-1 sideline); C Breathnach, W Murphy, C Morris (0-1)

10 February 2015
19:00
Round 3
CIT 1-14 - 1-10 UCD CIT
Referee: Gavin Quilty
John O'Dwyer (0-4 frees); Noel McNamara (1-1); Aidan Walsh (0-3); Bill Cooper, John Cronin (0-2); Jack Herlihy, Conor Hammersley (0-1) Report Ross King (0-8, 0-6 frees); Oisin Ó'Ruairc (1-1), Colm Cronin (0-1)

10 February 2015
18:30
Round 3
DCU 1-20 - 0-11 St. Pat's, Drumcondra DCU Sportsgrounds
Referee: James McGrah
D Breathnach (0-12, 0-7 frees, 0-3 65's); P Brehony (0-4); G Bailey (1-0); C Boland, T French, P Burke, N O'Connor (0-1) Report P Sutton (0-6, 0-5 frees); C Morris (0-2); C Breathnach, C Joyce, W Murphy (0-1)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts
1 UL 32103-592-34285
2 NUI Galway 32010-472-55-144
3 UCC 31114-521-43183
4 GMIT 30031-313-57-320
29 January 2015
14:00
Round 1
UCC 3-19 - 0-8 GMIT Mardyke, UCC
Referee: John O'Brien
B Lawton (0-7, 0-4 frees); C Lehane, S O'Donnell, A Cadogan (1-2 each); J Barron (0-2); R O’Shea, D Roche, T Devine, A Spillane (0-1 each). Report C O'Donnell (0-4, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65); T Haran (0-2, 0-1 sideline cut); S Lawless, J Flynn (0-1 each).

29 January 2015
14:00
Round 1
UL 2-24 - 0-9 NUI Galway Dangan, NUIG
Referee: Fergal Horgan
J Forde 0-10 (0-4f); K O'Brien 2-1; T Kelly 0-4; B Stapleton 0-3; J McGrath 0-2; S O’Gorman, C Martin, M Carmody, PJ Scully 0-1 each. Report B Duggan 0-4 (0-2f, 1'65); N O'Brien 0-2; S Hynes, E Brannigan, G Hennelly 0-1 each

5 February 2015
14:00
Round 2
NUI Galway 0-21 - 0-19 UCC Dangan, NUIG
Referee: Paud O'Dwyer
B Duggan (0-12, 0-7 frees); N O'Brien (0-4); E Brannigan, K Ryan, G Hennelly, C Mannion, B O'Connor (0-1) Report C Lehane (0-9, 0-5 frees, 0-1 sideline, 0-1 '65); J Power (0-4); B Lawton (0-3 frees); S O'Donnell, A Cadogan, A Spillane (0-1)

5 February 2015
13:00
Round 2
UL 0-21 - 1-11 GMIT UL
Referee: Brian Gavin
T Kelly (0-7, 0-3 frees); K O'Brien (0-5, 0-1 free); J Forde (0-4, 0-2 frees); PJ Scully (1-1); T Heffernan (0-3); J McGrath (0-2); D McInerney, D Quinn (0-1) Report T Haran (0-7, 0-6 frees, 0-1 sideline); J Flynn (1-3); D Burke (0-1);

10 February 2015
14:00
Round 3
NUI Galway 0-17 - 0-12 GMIT Carnmore, Galway
Referee: David Hughes
B Duggan (0-8, 0-7 frees); C Mannion (0-4); N O'Brien (0-2); S Ward, S Cooney, C Cleary (0-1) Report T Haran (0-9 frees); C O'Donnell, D Conroy, G Brennan (0-1 )

10 February 2015
14:00
Round 3
UCC 1-14 - 1-14 UL Mardyke, UCC
Referee: Fergal Horgan
B Lawton (1-3, 0-2 frees); A Cadogan (0-4); C Lehane (0-2); C Murphy, A Spillane, P Prendergast, S O'Keeffe, J Power (0-1) Report C Martin (1-3, 0-3 frees); T Kelly (0-5); B Stapleton, J McGrath, T Heffernan, K O'Brien, PJ Scully (0-1); J Forde (0-1 free)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts
1 WIT 32019-582-32474
2 IT Carlow 32019-334-16324
3 Mary I Limerick 32016-371-16364
4 Maynooth University 30032-1319-77-1150
29 January 2015
19:00
Round 1
WIT 3-13 - 0-9 IT Carlow IT Carlow
Referee: James Owens
P Mahony 0-8 (0-5f, 0-2 65s), L McGrath 1-2, A Glesson, C O’Brien 1-0 each, G O’Brien, H Kehoe, J Dillon 0-1 each. Report S Maher 0-7 (0-6f, 0-1 65), C Bolger, J Fagan 0-1 each.

7 February 2015
14:00
Round 1
Mary I Limerick 4-18 - 1-6 Maynooth University Maynooth University
Referee: James Owens
S Cahill (2-1); D Reidy (0-7 frees); D Corry, D Hannon (1-0), T Gallagher, S Curran (0-2); D O'Donovan (0-2, 0-1 sideline, 0-1 free); J Meaghar, R English, S Linnane, J Hannon (0-1) Report A Gleeson (0-5, 0-4 free); S Farrelly (1-0); J White (0-1)

5 February 2015
19:00
Round 2
IT Carlow 9-24 - 1-3 Maynooth University Maynooth University North Campus
Referee: Alan Kelly
C Bolger (3-1); J Fagan (1-6); I Byrne (2-1, 1-1 frees); S Maher (1-4, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65); K Kelly (1-3); A Fogarty (0-4, 0-1 free, 0-1 '65); M Kavanagh (1-0); J Doyle (0-3); C Doughan (0-2, 0-1f) Report C Fenlon (1-0); J Maher (0-2, 0-1 free); C Chan (0-1 free)

5 February 2015
14:30
Round 2
Mary I Limerick 2-19 - 0-10 WIT MICL Grounds
Referee: Cathal Mc Allister
D Reidy (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); D Corry, D O'Donovan (1-1); S Kennedy (0-4); D Hannon (0-2); S Cahill, T Gallagher, N O'Meara (0-1) Report P Mahony (0-7, 0-5 frees); M O'Neill (0-2, 0-1 free); G O'Brien (0-1)

10 February 2015
19:00
Round 3
WIT 6-35 - 0-4 Maynooth University WIT
Referee: Diarmuid Kirwin
Pauric Mahony (2-18, 0-12 frees); Austin Gleeson (2-3); Jack Langton (1-3); Liam McGrath (1-2); Martin O'Neill (0-3); Gavin O'Brien, Jake Dillon (0-2); Joe O'Dwyer, Stephen Roche (0-1)[10]

10 February 2015
19:00
Round 3
IT Carlow 4-17 - 1-17 Mary I Limerick IT Carlow
Referee: Johnny Ryan
Stephen Maher (1-10, 0-4 frees); Chris Bolger (2-0); Jack Fagan (1-2); Conor Doughan (0-2 frees); Aidan Fogarty, Kevin Kelly, James Doyle (0-1) Report David Reidy (0-5 frees); Declan Hannon (1-2); Ronan Maher, Daragh Corry, Stephen Cahill (0-2); Seamus Kennedy, Daragh O'Donovan (0-1)

  • Having won the original fixture by 4-17 to 1-17, IT Carlow were later found guilty of playing an illegal player. James Gannon was deemed to be a part-time student and therefore ineligible. The fixture was retrospectively awarded to Mary I Limerick.[4] This meant that Carlow IT finished third in Group C.[11] IT Carlow then won an appeal against this decision and were re-awarded the fixture despite another late Mary I Limerick request for an interlocutory injunction to the DRA.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts
1 Limerick IT 22002-351-24144
2 DIT 21012-351-38-42
3 UUJ 20020-312-39-100
29 January 2015
15:00
Round 1
Limerick IT 1-17 - 0-11 UUJ LIT
Referee: Alan Kelly
S O'Halloran (0-2), P Flaherty (0-1), S O'Brien (0-4), D Reidy (0-10f), P Killeen (1-1), M Fitzgerald (0-1), P Fitzgerald (0-1), M Gennery (0-1) Report M Bradley (0-1), M Duddley (0-1), C Johnson (0-1f), D Toner (0-1), C Clarke (0-8, 6f)

5 February 2015
14:00
Round 2
Limerick IT 1-18 - 1-13 DIT Parnells GAA, Coolock
Referee: Fergal Horgan
D Reidy (0-8 frees); P Killeen (1-2); S O'Brien, A Dempsey (0-2), A Murphy (0-1 free); W Ryan, P Flaherty, M Fitzgerald, P Fitzgerald (0-1) Report J Guiney (0-9, 0-7 frees); M Lee (1-0); J McManus (0-2); D McNicholas, C Sheehan (0-1)

10 February 2015
14:00
Round 3
DIT 1-22 - 0-20 UUJ Jordanstown
Referee: Eamon Hassan
D McNicholas (1-4); J Guiney (0-7, 0-2 frees); M Lee (0-4); C Sheehan (0-2); J Cahill, J Sweeney, G Whelan, W McGrath, D Roberts (0-1) Report C Clarke (0-5, 0-3 frees); D Casey (0-4); D Toner (0-3); C Johnson (0-3, 0-1 free); D McKernan (0-2); S McAfee, M Bradley, E McCloskey (0-1)

Quarter-finals

Group winners had home advantage for the quarter-finals.

18 February 2015
14:00
Quarter-final
CIT 0-19 - 0-10 NUI Galway CIT
Referee: Brian Gavin
J O'Dwyer (0-8, 0-4 frees); C Hammersley, J Cronin, K Kavanagh, D Lordan (0-2); N McNamara, P White (0-1) Report B Duggan (0-5, 0-1 free, 0-1 '65), C Mannion (0-2, 0-1 free); N O'Brien, G Hennelly, S Ward (0-1)

18 February 2015
15:00
Quarter-final
UL 0-18 - 0-15 UCD UL
Referee: Barry Kelly
John McGrath (0-7, 0-5 frees); Conor Martin (0-4, 0-1 frees); Tommy Heffernan (0-2); Jason Forde (0-2, 0-1 free, 0-1 '65); Brian Stapleton, Dan Morrissey, Stephen Bennett (0-1) Report Ross King (0-6 frees); Conor Devitt, Pat Purcell (0-2), Conor O'Shea (0-1 free); Jack O'Connor, Colm Cronin, Garrett Sinnott, Dillon Mulligan (0-1)

24 February 2015
19:00
Quarter-final
WIT 1-18 - 1-7 DIT Carriganore
Referee: Johnny Ryan
Pauric Mahony (0-8, 0-6 frees); Stephen Roche (1-1); Austin Gleeson (0-3); Gavin O'Brien, Liam McGrath (0-2); Jack Dillon, Johnny Hayes (0-1) Report Jack Guiney (1-6, 0-5 frees); Conor Sheehan (0-1)

24 February 2015
14:00
Quarter-final
Limerick IT 1-15 - 0-14 IT Carlow LIT
Referee: Alan Kelly
David Reidy (1-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65, 0-1 penalty); Paul Flaherty (0-3); Barry O'Connell, Alan Dempsey, Seanie O'Brien, Joe Campion (0-1) Report Kevin Kelly (0-8 frees); Conor Doughan (0-3, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65); Jack Fagan, Chris Bolger, Garry Keegan (0-1)

Semi-finals

27 February 2015
13:00
Semi-final
WIT 1-20 - 0-19
AET
CIT LIT
Referee: Fergal Horgan
J O'Dwyer (0-5, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65); C Buckley (0-3); A Walsh, J Cronin, B Cooper, N McNamara (0-2); D Lordan (0-2, 0-1 free); K Kavanagh (0-1) Report A Gleeson (1-6, 0-1 sideline); P Mahony (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); G O'Brien (0-4); J Dillon, J Hayes (0-1)

27 February 2015
15:00
Semi-final
UL 2-18 - 1-14 Limerick IT LIT
Referee: James McGrath
Jason Forde (1-3, 0-1 sideline); John McGrath (0-4 frees), Stephen Bennett (1-0); David McInerney, Cathal McInerney (0-3); Kevin O'Brien (0-2); Tommy Heffernan, Conor Martin, Dan Morrissey (0-1) Report David Reidy (0-8, 0-7 frees); Willie Ryan (1-0); Paul Killeen, Martin Fitzgerald (0-2); Paul Flaherty, Seanie O'Brien (0-1)

Final

28 February 2015
19:30
Final
WIT 0-21 - 3-12
AET
UL Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: Brian Gavin
Pauric Mahony (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); Johnny Hayes (0-3); Tom Fox, Martin O'Neill, Jake Dillon (0-2); Austin Gleeson (0-2, 0-1 sideline); Harry Kehoe, Tomas Hamill (0-1) Report John McGrath (0-5, 0-3 frees); Tommy Heffernan (1-1); Jason Forde (1-1, 0-1 free); Stephen Bennett (1-0); Tony Kelly (0-2, 0-1 free); Kevin O'Brien, Cathal McInerney, PJ Scully (0-1)

11 March 2015
19:30
Final Replay
UL 2-18 - 1-14 WIT Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
Referee: Barry Kelly
Tony Kelly (0-6, 0-2 frees); John McGrath (0-6, 0-4 frees); Tommy Heffernan (1-1); Daire Quinn (1-0); Kevin O'Brien (0-2); Conor Martin, Cathal McInerney (0-1); Jason Forde (0-1 sideline) Report Pauric Mahony (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); Gavin O'Brien (1-2); Tom Fox, Harry Kehoe, Jake Dillon, Johnny Hayes (0-1)

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