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
Year	2015
Trophy	Fitzgibbon Cup
Sponsor	independent.ie
Winners
Champions	University of Limerick (5th win)
Manager	Brian Lohan
Captain	David McInerney
Runners-up
Runners-up	WIT
Manager	Colm Bonnar
Captain	Jake Dillon
Other
Player of the Year	Tony Kelly
← 2014 2016 →

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	3	3	0	0	2-50	3-30	17	6
2	UCD	3	2	0	1	4-49	3-34	18	4
3	DCU	3	1	0	2	3-40	2-44	-1	2
4	St. Pat's, Drumcondra	3	0	0	3	2-31	3-62	-34	0

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.

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	UL	3	2	1	0	3-59	2-34	28	5
2	NUI Galway	3	2	0	1	0-47	2-55	-14	4
3	UCC	3	1	1	1	4-52	1-43	18	3
4	GMIT	3	0	0	3	1-31	3-57	-32	0

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).

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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

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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)

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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);

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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 )

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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)

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	WIT	3	2	0	1	9-58	2-32	47	4
2	IT Carlow	3	2	0	1	9-33	4-16	32	4
3	Mary I Limerick	3	2	0	1	6-37	1-16	36	4
4	Maynooth University	3	0	0	3	2-13	19-77	-115	0

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.

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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)

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• Maynooth University v Mary I Limerick was initially scheduled for 29 January 2014 but postponed due to snow

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)

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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)

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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]

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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)

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• 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	2	2	0	0	2-35	1-24	14	4
2	DIT	2	1	0	1	2-35	1-38	-4	2
3	UUJ	2	0	0	2	0-31	2-39	-10	0

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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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References

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3. "McInerney and Kelly drive UL to Fitzigbbon victory". Irish Examiner. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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External links

• 2015 Fitzgibbon Cup Fixtures
• GAA Higher Education Official Website