# 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2015_Nicky_Rackard_Cup > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2015_Nicky_Rackard_Cup.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Nicky_Rackard_Cup > Source revision: 1292295163 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup Dates 2 May – 6 June 2015 Teams 8 Champions Roscommon Runners-up Armagh Tournament statistics Matches played 14 ← 2014 (Previous) (Next) 2016 → The **2015 Nicky Rackard Cup** (tier 3) was the eleventh staging of the [Nicky Rackard Cup](/source/Nicky_Rackard_Cup) hurling championship since its establishment by the [Gaelic Athletic Association](/source/Gaelic_Athletic_Association) in 2005. The cup competition began on 2 May 2015 and culminated on 13 June 2015. The bottom two teams will play off with the loser playing the winner of the [2015 Lory Meagher Cup](/source/2015_Lory_Meagher_Cup) (tier 4). [Tyrone](/source/Tyrone_GAA) were the [defending champions](/source/2014_Nicky_Rackard_Cup) and they participated in the competition again after opting not to face Down in the [2014 Christy Ring Cup](/source/2014_Christy_Ring_Cup) relegation promotion playoff. Longford entered the 2015 competition after defeating Sligo in [2014 Nicky Rackard Cup](/source/2014_Nicky_Rackard_Cup) Promotion/relegation playoff. [Roscommon](/source/Roscommon_GAA) won the title after defeating [Armagh](/source/Armagh_GAA) by 2–12 to 1–14 in the final. ## Format - Eight teams play in Round 1. - The Round 1 winners advance to Round 2A. The Round 1 losers go into Round 2B. - The Round 2A winners advance to the semi-finals. The Round 2A losers go into the quarter-finals. - The Round 2B winners advance to the quarter-finals. The Round 2B losers go into the relegation playoff. - The quarter-final winners advance to the semi-final. - The semi-final winners advance to the final. - The final winners receive the [Nicky Rackard Cup](/source/Nicky_Rackard_Cup) (tier 3) and play the losers of the [Christy Ring Cup](/source/Christy_Ring_Cup) (tier 2) relegation playoff for the right to play in the 2016 Christy Ring Cup. - The Round 2B losers play a relegation playoff. The losing team plays the winner of the Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4) with the winner playing in the 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup and the losing team playing in the 2016 [Lory Meagher Cup](/source/Lory_Meagher_Cup). ## Teams ### General Information County Cup Titles Last Cup Title Position in 2014 Championship Armagh 2 2012 Lost relegation playoff (Christy Ring Cup) Donegal 1 2013 Semi-finals Fingal 0 - Runners-up Longford 0 - Champions (Lory Meagher Cup) Louth 0 - Qualifier round 2 Monaghan 0 - Qualifier round 1 Roscommon 1 2007 Semi-finals Tyrone 1 2014 Champions ## Round 1 [Donegal](/source/Donegal_GAA) v [Tyrone](/source/Tyrone_GAA) 2 May 2015 Round 1 Donegal 0-11 - 1-12 Tyrone Letterkenny 13:00 L Henderson (0-6), C Matthewson (0-2), J Boyle (0-1), S McVeigh (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1) Report D Casey (1-7), C Grogan (0-2), J Kelly (0-2), S Grogan (0-1) Referee: O Elliott [Monaghan](/source/Monaghan_GAA) v [Longford](/source/Longford_GAA) 2 May 2015 Round 1 Monaghan 4-10 - 0-10 Longford Clones 17:00 P Dowdall (3-1), S Lambe (1-2), R Meegan (0-3), M Murphy (0-1), E MacSuibhne (0-1), N Garland (0-1), M Treanor (0-1) Report J O'Brien (0-7), L Kelly (0-2), C Kavanagh (0-1) Referee: G McGrath [Fingal](/source/Fingal_GAA) v [Roscommon](/source/Roscommon_GAA) 2 May 2015 Round 1 Fingal 0-09 - 3-12 Roscommon Swords 17:00 J M Sheridan (0-6), D Butterly (0-1), N Ring (0-1), C O'Flynn (0-1) Report J Fallon (1-6), R O'Meara (1-1), C Kenny (1-0), T Seale (0-1), C Dolan (0-1), C Egan (0-1), A Murphy (0-1), J Coyne (0-1) Referee: P Murphy (Carlow) [Armagh](/source/Armagh_GAA) v [Louth](/source/Louth_GAA) 2 May 2015 Round 1 Armagh 2-16 - 2-11 Louth Athletic Grounds 17:00 R Gaffney (1-6), E McGuinness (1-0), D Coulter (0-3), C Gorman (0-2), C Devlin (0-1), S Renaghan (0-1),C Carvill (0-1), M Moan (0-1), D Carville (0-1) Report L Dawn (0-8), S Connelly (1-1), R Maher (1-1), G Smyth (0-1) Referee: C Cunning Winners progress to Round 2A. Losers go to Round 2B. ## Round 2 ### Round 2A [Roscommon](/source/Roscommon_GAA) v [Monaghan](/source/Monaghan_GAA) 9 May 2015 Round 2A Roscommon 1-24 - 0-17 Monaghan Athleague 14:00 Gerry Fallon (0-7), C Egan (1-3), J Moran (0-3), J Coyne (0-3), C Dolan (0-2), M Kelly (0-1), T Seale (0-1), Gary Fallon (0-1), A Murphy (0-1), C Kenny (0-1), R O'Meara (0-1) Report R Meegan (0-8), S Lambe (0-3), N Garland (0-2), M Treanor (0-2), D Crowe (0-1), H Byrne (0-1) Referee: J Clarke [Tyrone](/source/Tyrone_GAA) v [Armagh](/source/Armagh_GAA) 9 May 2015 Round 2A Tyrone 0-20 - 3-17 Armagh Carrickmore 17:00 D Casey (0-9), C Grogan (0-3), M Winters (0-2), S Og Grogan (0-1), P McHugh (0-1), T Morgan(0-1), J Kelly (0-1), M Mulgrew (0-1), G Gilmore (0-1) Report C Carvill (2-1), R Gaffney (0-6), M Moan (0-3), E McGuinness (1-0), C Corvan (0-3), D Coulter (0-2), K McKernan (0-1), S Gaffney (0-1) Referee: E Hassan Winners progress to the semi-finals. Losers go into the quarter-finals. ### Round 2B [Donegal](/source/Donegal_GAA) v [Longford](/source/Longford_GAA) 9 May 2015 Round 2B Donegal 4-21 - 1-9 Longford Pearse Park 15:00 C Matthewson (1-16), R McDermott (2-2), S McVeigh (1-1), B Lafferty (0-2) Report E Donnellan (0-6), J O'Brien (1-0), M Coyle (0-2), J Casey (0-1) Referee: Justin Heffernan [Louth](/source/Louth_GAA) v [Fingal](/source/Fingal_GAA) 9 May 2015 Round 2B Louth 2-08 - 1-21 Fingal Dowdallshill 17:00 L Dwan (1-5), A Mackin (1-0), G Smyth (0-1), S Conneally (0-1), S Callan (0-1) Report J M Sheridan (0-11), P McAllister (1-1), R McGarry (0-2), E O'Connor (0-2), C O'Flynn (0-2), D Hattie (0-1), S O'Brien (0-1), D Butterly (0-1), Referee: Sean Cleere Winners go into the quarter-finals. Losers go into the Relegation Playoff ## Quarter-finals [Monaghan](/source/Monaghan_GAA) v [Donegal](/source/Donegal_GAA) 16 May 2015 Quarter-Finals Monaghan 2-13 - 6-12 Donegal Clones 15:00 R Meegan (0-6), N Garland (2-0), S Lambe (0-3), C McKenna (0-1), D Crowe (0-1), E MacSuibhne (0-1), F Rafter (0-1) Report R McDermott (4-0), C Mathewson (1-4), S McVeigh (1-2), K Campbell (0-4), J Boyle (0-1), B Lafferty (0-1) Referee: Alan Nash [Fingal](/source/Fingal_GAA) v [Tyrone](/source/Tyrone_GAA) 16 May 2015 Quarter-Finals Fingal 0-20 - 1-21 AET Tyrone Swords 16:00 J M Sheridan (0-8), P McAllister (0-3), E O'Connor (0-3), S O'Brien (0-2), C O'Flynn (0-2), D Hattie (0-1), B McCarthy (0-1) Report D Casey (0-10), M Mulgrew (1-5), C Grogan (0-3), G Gilmore (0-2), A Kelly (0-1) Referee: Patrick Murphy ## Semi-finals [Tyrone](/source/Tyrone_GAA) v [Roscommon](/source/Roscommon_GAA) 23 May 2015 Semi-Finals Tyrone 0-14 - 1-16 Roscommon Carrickmore 15:00 [1] Referee: Liam Mc Auley [Armagh](/source/Armagh_GAA) v [Donegal](/source/Donegal_GAA) 23 May 2015 Semi-Finals Armagh 1-19 - 1-12 Donegal Athletic Grounds 16:00 [2] Referee: Colum Cunning ## Final [Armagh](/source/Armagh_GAA) v [Roscommon](/source/Roscommon_GAA) 6 June 2015 Armagh 1-14 - 2-12 Roscommon Croke Park 13:30 BST R Gaffney (0-8, eight frees), C Carvill (1-0), D Coulter (0-2), N Curry (one 65), D Carvill, C Corvan and E McGuinness 0-1 each Report A Murphy (1-1), J Fallon (0-4, four frees), M Kelly (1-0, one free), J Moran (0-3), J Coyne (0-2), K Kilkenny and C Egan (0-1 each) Referee: John O Brien ## Relegation play-off [Longford](/source/Longford_GAA) v [Louth](/source/Louth_GAA) 23 May 2015 Relegation play-off Longford 2-20 - 2-16 AET Louth Mullingar 15:00 [3] Referee: John O Brien ## External links GAA Fixtures 2015 [\[4\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20150505042139/http://www.gaa.ie/fixtures-and-results/national-fixtures/christy-ring-nicky-rackard-lory-meagher/nicky-rackard) v t e Nicky Rackard Cup 2026 participants Armagh Fermanagh Louth Mayo Sligo Tyrone Seasons 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Finals 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Liam MacCarthy Cup (Tier 1) Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2) Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3) Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4) Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2015 Nicky Rackard Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Nicky_Rackard_Cup) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Nicky_Rackard_Cup?action=history)). 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