2014–15 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship

The 2014–15 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship was the 12th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The championship ran from 5 October 2014 to 15 February 2015.

2014–15 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
Championship Details
Dates5 October 2014 – 15 February 2015
Teams28
All Ireland Champions
WinnersBennettsbridge (1st win)
CaptainRob Lennon
ManagerChristy Walsh
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upFullen Gaels
CaptainConall Maskey
ManagerStan Maurray-Hession
Provincial Champions
MunsterModeligo
LeinsterBennettsbridge
UlsterCastleblayney
ConnachtAnnaghdown
Championship Statistics
Matches Played27
Total Goals87 (3.22 per game)
Total Points651 (24.11 per game)
Top ScorerBorder Nicky Cleere (1-37)

The All-Ireland final was played on 15 February 2015 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Bennettsbridge from Kilkenny and Fullen Gaels from Warwickshire, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.[1] Bennettsbridge won the match by 3-19 to 1-08 to claim their first ever All-Ireland title.[2][3][4]

Bennettsbridge's Nicky Cleere was the championship's top scorer with 1-37.

Connacht semi-final

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27 October 2014 Semi-final Carrick Hurling Club 0-08 - 1-09 Calry/St Joseph's Páirc Sheáin Uí Eslin
C Cunniffe (0-4), C Moreton (0-2), J Glancy (0-1), P McWeeney (0-1). Report K Raymond (0-7), D Cox (1-0), F Keown (0-1), D Collery (0-1).

Connacht final

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8 November 2014 Final Annaghdown 2-11 - 0-06 Calry/St Joseph's Connacht COE
D Comer (2-1), J Comer (0-7, 5f), C Gaffney (0-2); M Coleman (0-1). Report K Raymond (0-3, 2f), R Cox (0-2), C Griffin (0-1),

Leinster first round

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26 October 2014 First round Shamrocks 3-06 - 0-06 Clontarf O'Connor Park
B Tyrrell 2-0, T Darcy 0-6, N Dunne 1-0. R McDyer 0-4, N O'Gorman 0-1, J Gleeson 0-1.
26 October 2014 First round St. Brigid's 1-24 - 1-03 Barndarig Fr. O'Brien Park
D Faulkner 0-10, B Gavin 1-2, P Sheridan 0-3, J Gonoud 0-3, B Slevin 0-3, N Cully 0-1, M Geraghty 0-1, A O'Brien 0-1. G Doyle 1-1, E Dempsey 0-1, J Waldron 0-1.
26 October 2014 First round Crossabeg-Ballymurn 2-15 - 1-05 Park–Ratheniska St Patrick's Park
B Murphy 2-1, N Murphy 0-6, S Carroll 0-2, O Foley 0-2, C Devereux 0-1, M Campbell 0-1, E McDonald 0-1, D Foley 0-1. M Carroll 1-0, J Holohan 0-3, B Fingleton 0-1, D Cahill 0-1.

Leinster quarter-finals

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8 November 2014 Quarter-final Crossabeg-Ballymurn 4-18 - 1-09 Moorefield St Patrick's Park
O Foley 2-3, D Kehoe 1-3, P Foley 0-6, C Shovlin 1-0, S Carroll 0-2, C Devereux 0-2, E McDonald 0-1, C O'Rourke 0-1. D Carroll 1-6, J Finnegan 0-1, I McDonald 0-1, M Doyle 0-1.
9 November 2014 Quarter-final St. Brigid's 2-20 - 1-20
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Knocbridge Fr. O'Brien Park
D Quinn 1-4, J Gonaud 1-4, D Faulkner 0-4, N Cully 0-3, M Geraghty 0-2, T Geraghty 0-1, C Slevin 0-1, A O'Brien 0-1. S Byrne 0-11, C Deane 1-1, S Fennell 0-2, J Costello 0-2, D Kettle 0-2, S Kerrigan 0-1, D Dunne 0-1.
15 November 2014 Quarter-final Shamrocks 2-19 - 1-10 Carlow Town Ballinamere Grounds
T Darcy 0-10, G Mooney 1-3, N Dunne 1-1, J O'Toole 0-2, A Kidney 0-2, B Kelly 0-1. C Clancy 0-7, K English 1-1, C Lawlor 0-1, R O'Sullivan 0-1.
16 November 2014 Quarter-final Dunderry 0-04 - 4-25 Bennettsbridge St Loman's Park
D Gilkeson 0-3, J Martin 0-1. N Cleere 0-9, K Blanchfield 2-2, B Lennon 1-1, W Murphy 1-1, S Morrissey 0-4, D Wafer 0-3, M Shiel 0-2, J Cleere 0-2, A Cleere 0-1.

Leinster semi-finals

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23 November 2014 Semi-final Crossabeg-Ballymurn 0-11 - 1-19 Bennettsbridge St Patrick's Park
B Murphy 0-4, P Foley 0-3, E McDonald 0-2, M Campbell 0-1, C Shovlin 0-1. N Cleere 1-6, S Morrissey 0-5, B Lennon 0-2, L Blanchfield 0-2, A Cleere 0-2, CWeafer 0-2.
23 November 2014 Semi-final Shamrocks 1-17 - 0-11 St. Brigid's Ballinamere Grounds
T Darcy 0-9, N Dunne 0-5, B Tyrrell 1-0, J O'Toole 0-2, G Mooney 0-1. D Faulkner 0-5, D Quinn 0-2, C Slevin 0-2, K Geraghty 0-1, M Geraghty 0-1.

Leinster final

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6 December 2014 Final Shamrocks 0-03 - 1-20 Bennettsbridge O'Connor Park
T Darcy 0-3 (2f). Report N Cleere 0-7 (5f), B Lannon 1-2 (1f), H O’Neill & W Murphy (2f) 0-3 each, D Wafer, S Morrissey, C Wafer, A Cleere & M Shiel 0-1 each. Referee: D Harrington (Dublin)

Munster quarter-finals

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2 November 2014 Quarter-final Kenmare 0-10 - 1-16 Castlemartyr Austin Stack Park
J Duncan 0-9, J Spillane 0-1. Report Barry Lawton 0-6, J Stack 1-1, Brian Lawton 0-4, M O'Neill 0-2, A Bowens 0-1, B Ó Tuama 0-1, L Martin 0-1.
2 November 2014 Quarter-final Skeheenarinky 0-10 - 0-17 Feoghnagh-Castlemahon The Park
C Sweeney 0-6, F O'Sullivan 0-2, N Vaughan 0-1, J O'Callaghan 0-1. A Roche 0-9, Séamus Flanagan 0-4, J Reidy 0-2, P Lomasney 0-1, S Flanagan 0-1.

Munster semi-final

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16 November 2014 Semi-final Feoghnagh-Castlemahon 2-12 - 2-17 Modeligo Quaid Park
J Butler 2-2, JF Reidy 0-3, A Roche 0-3, Séamus Flanagan 0-2, M Fitzgibbon 0-2. Troy 0-8, P O'Donovan 1-4, T Devine 1-3, T Walsh 0-1, M Troy 0-1. Referee: J Larkin (Cork)
  • Castlemartyr received a bye in this round as there were no Clare representatives.

Munster final

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7 December 2014 Final Modeligo 5-12 - 0-14 Castlemartyr Mallow GAA Complex
J Troy 1-6 (0-4 fs); M Troy, T Devine 2-0 each; K McCarthy 0-3; N O’Donovan 0-2; P O’Donovan 0-1. Report Barry Lawton 0-10 (0-8 fs, 0-1 65); Brian Lawton, B O Tuama, C Bowens and E Clifford 0-1 each. Referee: J Murphy (Limerick)

Ulster quarter-finals

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5 October 2014 Quarter-final Con Magee's 0-12 - 1-08 Carryduff Fr. Healy Park
5 October 2014 Quarter-final Cootehill Celtic 1-04 - 4-20 Castleblayney Hugh O'Reilly Park
R Rodger 1-0, F Hughes 0-2, L McKenna 0-1, J Crowe 0-1. D Crowe 2-3, F Rafter 2-2, T Forde 1-3, N Garland 0-5, P Collins 1-0, S Forde 0-3, M Treanor 0-2, C McBride 0-1.
5 October 2014 Quarter-final Killeavy 0-12 - 3-08 Strabane Shamrocks Keady Grounds
5 October 2014 Quarter-final Na Magha 7-21 - 0-05 Seán MacCumhaills Celtic Park

Ulster semi-finals

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12 October 2014 Semi-final Con Magee's 4-07 - 4-10 Castleblayney O'Neill Park
N Donnelly 1-4, D Traynor 1-0, B McCann 1-0, S Kerr 1-0, N McCann 0-2, B O'Neill 0-1. F Rafter 2-1, S Forde 2-0, H Byrne 0-5, B McGuigan 0-2, D Crowe 0-1, M Treanor 0-1.
12 October 2014 Semi-final Strabane Shamrocks 3-11 - 5-10 Na Magha O'Donnell Park

Ulster final

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7 December 2014 Final Castleblayney 4-13 - 1-07 Na Magha O'Neill Park
H Byrne 0-7 (3fs, 2 '65s'), T Forde 2-1, F Rafter 1-3, N Garland 1-0, D Crowe, B McGuigan 0-1 each. Report B Douban 1-1, D Connolly 0-3, D Foley 0-2, A Grant 0-1.

All-Ireland quarter-final

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11 January 2015 Quarter-final Fullen Gaels 2–06 – 0–10 Modeligo Páirc na hÉireann
R McEntee 0–1, C O'Callaghan 0–4 (3f), P Duggan 0–1, V Morrissey 2–0. Report P Fitzgerald 0–1, P O' Donovan, 0–2 (1f), K McCarthy 0–4 (1f), T Devine 0–3(2f). Referee: G McGrath (Wexford)

All-Ireland semi-finals

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25 January 2015 Semi-final Castleblayney 1–07 – 2–18 Fullen Gaels Coolock
H Byrne 0–4 (0-3f, 0–1 ‘65), S Forde 1–0, N Garland 0–2 (0–1, 0–1 ‘65). Report V Morrissey 1–5 (0-3f, 0–1 '65), C O’Callaghan 0–7 (0-5f), P Duggan 1–1, S Garry 0–3 (0–2 65s), V Feherty 0–1, G Jacob 0–1. Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)
25 January 2015 Semi-final Bennettsbridge 2–19 – 0–09 Annaghdown MacDonagh Park
N Cleere (0–6, 5f, 65); S Morrissey, B Lannon (0–4 each); C Wafer (1–1); L Blanchfield (1–0); A Cleere (0–2); D Wafer, H O’Neill (0–1 each). Report J Comer (0–4, frees); D. Comer (0–2, 1f 1pen) ; F. O’Doherty, A Murphy, C. Gaffney (0–1 each). Referee: J O'Brien (Tipperary)

All-Ireland final

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15 February 2015 Final Bennettsbridge 3–19 – 1–08 Fullen Gaels Croke Park
N Cleere 0–9 (6fs), S Morrissey 0–3, L Blanchfield, H O'Neill 1–1 each, B Lannon 1–0, C Wafer 0–2, A Cleere, K Blanchfield, M Shiel 0–1 each. Report V Morrissey 0–4 (2fs), C O'Callaghan 0–3 (1pen, 2fs), T Corcoran 1–0, S Garry 0–1 (1f). Referee: J Keane (Galway)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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References

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  1. ^ "All roads lead to Croke Park Sunday 15th February 2015". Fullen Gaels GAA website. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Nicky Cleere's haul points the way for Bennettsbridge". Irish Examiner. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ Kelly, John (16 February 2015). "Blow-out as brilliant 'Bridge take Gaels apart". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  4. ^ Kelly, John (15 February 2015). "All-Ireland Club JHC final: 'Bridge stroll to title". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 26 February 2023.