2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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2021 Connacnt SFC
Tournament details
Year2021
TrophyJ. J. Nestor Cup
Winners
ChampionsMayo (48th win)
ManagerJames Horan
CaptainAidan O'Shea
Runners-up
Runners-upGalway
ManagerJack O'Connor
CaptainShane Walsh
Other
Matches played4
← 2020
 →

The 2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2021 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA.

Teams[]

The 2021 Connacht championship was contested by the 5 counties in the Irish province of Connacht. London and New York were withdrawn from the 2020 and 2021 Connacht championships due to international travel restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a full open draw for the first time in over 40 years. It took place on 19 April 2021.

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial
Galway Colours of Galway.svg Maroon and white Supermac's Pádraic Joyce Shane Walsh
2001
2018
Leitrim Colours of Leitrim.svg Green and gold J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York Terry Hyland Wayne McKeon
1994
London* Colours of London.svg Green and white Michael Maher
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg Green and red Intersport Elverys James Horan Aidan O'Shea
1951
2020
New York* Colors of New York.svg Red, white and blue
Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg Blue and yellow Ballymore Anthony Cunningham Enda Smith[1]
1944
2019
Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg Black and white AbbVie Tony McEntee Keelan Cawley[2]
2007
  • = Due to Covid-19 on December 11th 2020 decided to cancel Roscommon hosting New York, On 8th April 2021 Mayo cancelled hosting London there both back in 2022 campaign but if London beat Leitrim, Mayo beat Galway and New York beat Sligo in the 2022 Connacht Quarter finals those 2 fixtures will be rescheduled as unique Semi-Finals in 2022.

Bracket[]

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
         
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-11
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 5-20
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 3-23
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0-12
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2-14
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2-8 
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2-11
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 0-12

Quarter-Finals[]

2 counties were randomly drawn to face each other in the quarter-finals. The lowest ranked county to play in the quarter-finals was Sligo of Division 4.

26 June 2021
16:30
Quarter-final 		Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg (2) 3-23 - 0-12 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo (4) Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 200
Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)
Man of the Match: Aidan O'Shea (Breaffy)
Aidan O'Shea 2-2, Darren McHale 1-5, Ryan O'Donoghue 0-5 (0-4f), Eoghan McLaughlin, Conor Loftus, Tommy Conroy 0-2 each, Patrick Durcan, Jordan Flynn, Fergal Boland, Stephen Coen, James Carr 0-1 each Report Niall Murphy 0-6 (0-1f), Sean Carrabine 0-2, Paddy O'Connor, Liam Gaughan, Mikey Gordon, Keelan Cawley 0-1 each

Semi-Finals[]

3 counties were given a bye to this stage and will be joined by the quarter-finals winner. The lowest ranked county to play in the semi-finals was Leitrim of Division 4.

4 July 2021
13:15
Semi-final 		Galway Colours of Galway.svg (1) 2-11 - 0-12 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon (1) Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 1,049
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Man of the Match: Matthew Tierney (Oughterard)
Matthew Tierney 1-3 (0-2f, 1 '45), Paul Kelly 1-2, Robert Finnerty and Shane Walsh (0-2f) 0-2 each, Sean Kelly and Damien Comer 0-1 each Report Enda Smith 0-3, Conor Daly and Donie Smith (1 '45) 0-2 each, Brian Stack, Conor Hussey, Ciaran Murtagh (0-1f), Diarmuid Murtagh, Cathal Cregg 0-1 each
11 July 2021
14:00
Semi-final 		Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg (2) 5-20 - 0-11 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim (4) MacHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
Man of the Match: Ryan O'Donoghue (Belmullet)
Ryan O'Donoghue 1-6 (0-3f), Darren McHale 2-1, Darren Coen and Tommy Conroy 1-3 each, Matthew Ruane and Conor Loftus 0-2 each, Stephen Coen, Aidan O'Shea, James Carr 0-1 each Report Keith Beirne 0-5f, Conor Dolan and Riordan O'Rourke 0-2 each, Paddy Maguire and Evan Sweeney 0-1 each

Final[]

25 July 2021
13:30
Final 		Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 2-14 - 2-8 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane (Breaffy)
Ryan O'Donoghue 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Matthew Ruane 1-2, Conor Loftus and Tommy Conroy 0-2 each, Rob Hennelly (1 '45), Paddy Durcan, Darren McHale, Kevin McLoughlin, James Carr 0-1 each Report Shane Walsh 1-1, Matthew Tierney 0-4 (0-3f), Damien Comer 1-0, Paul Conroy 0-2, Cathal Sweeney 0-1

Mayo qualify to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Roscommon captain says players very disappointed at prospect of no GAA action until May". Shannonside Northern Sound. 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Cawley named as Sligo football captain". Hogan Stand. 13 May 2021.
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