The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 46th annual

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club championship since its establishment in the 1970–71 season. The defending champion was Corofin; however, the club was knocked out by Castlebar Mitchels in the Connacht Club SFC final. Ballyboden St Enda's defeated Castlebar Mitchels by 2–14 to 0–7 in the

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on 17 March 2016. It was the club's first title. The winning team received the Andy Merrigan Cup.

Connacht

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Daragh Nelson was the winning

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, while Bob Dwan claimed the

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award.

Finalists

Andy McEntee managed the winning team, with Paul Waters as coach. #

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# Bob Dwan # Stephen Hiney # Shane Clayton # Stephen O'Connor # Darragh Nelson # Shane Durkin # M. D. MacAuley # Aran Waters # Darren O'Reilly # Colm Basquel # Robbie McDaid # Ryan Basquel # Conal Keaney # Andrew Kerin Subs used : Simon Lambert for M. D. MacAuley : Sam Molony for R. Basquel : Daniel Davey for D. O'Reilly : Donogh McCabe for A. Waters :

Seán Gibbons Séan Francis Gibbons (31 May 1883 – 19 April 1952) was an Irish politician who sat as Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) in the 1920s and as a Fianna Fáil TD in the 1930s. He later became a Senator, and was Cathaoirleach (chairperson) of ...

for R. McDaid

Statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

Miscellaneous

* On Monday 9 November 2015, Killarney Legion were chosen to represent Kerry in the Munster Championship even though they had not won the county championship at that time. This ruling by the Kerry County Board appears to be in breach of Rule 6.24(a) of the GAA official guide. The Kerry S.F.C. final ended in a draw the day before, meaning that the replay would have to be held on Saturday 14 November, in time for the Munster Semi-Final on Sunday 15th. Because of this, the Kerry County Board decided that Killarney Legion would represent Kerry regardless of whether they beat South Kerry or not in the replay, which was put back to Sunday 22 November (South Kerry can't represent Kerry in the provincial championship as they are a divisional side). This meant that Dingle, the Kerry club champions, were not permitted to represent Kerry in the Munster championship as they normally would if Killarney Legion had lost the county final.

References

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All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship