# 2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

The 2016 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an inter county football competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland (Kilkenny did not participate). Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals.
The competition was sponsored for the second time by EirGrid.

## 2016 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship
### Quarter-final

* Roscommon 1-16 Galway 2-10 Kiltoom

### Semi-finals

* Roscommon 1-18 Sligo 0-8 Markievicz Park
* Mayo 4-12 Leitrim 0-15 Carrick-on-Shannon

### Final

| 2 April 2016 19:30 Final | Mayo | 1-11 - 1-10 | Rocommon | Markievicz Park Referee: James Molloy (Galway) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Murtagh |
| 2 April 2016 19:30 Final | Liam Irwin 1-3 (0-2f, 1 '45), Conor Loftus 0-3f, Fionan Duffy 0-2, Fergal Boland, Brian Reape, Michael Plunkett 0-1 each | Report | Diarmuid Murtagh 1-4 (0-2f), Ronan Daly 0-3, Brian Stack, Henry Walsh, Ultan Harney 0-1 each | Markievicz Park Referee: James Molloy (Galway) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Murtagh |

## 2016 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship
### Preliminary round

* Wicklow 5-12 Carlow 3-13 IT Carlow
* Laois 3-15 Louth 1-14 Haggardstown
* Wexford 0-14 Longford 2-5 Enniscorthy

### Quarter-finals

* Dublin 1-12 Meath 0-9 Parnell Park
* Kildare 2-14 Offaly 1-6 Hawkfield
* Wexford 0-7 Westmeath 1-5 Enniscorthy
* Laois 0-20 Wicklow 3-9 O'Moore Park

### Semi-finals

| 16 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final | Kildare | 1-16 - 1-3 | Westmeath | O'Moore Park Referee: Stephen Murphy (Louth) |
| 16 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final | Neil Flynn 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-4f), Ben McCormack 0-4, Con Kavanagh and Chris Healy 0-3 each, Cian McMonagle 0-1 | Report | Jack Quinn 1-0, Robert Hickey (0-1f), Paddy Fagan, Darren Giles 0-1 each | O'Moore Park Referee: Stephen Murphy (Louth) |
| 19 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final | Dublin | 2-17 - 2-5 | Laois | Parnell Park Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly) |
| 19 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final | Colm Basquel 1-3, Con O'Callaghan 0-5 (0-2f), Chris Sallier 1-1, Glenn O’Reilly 0-3, Martin Cahilan 0-2, Lorcan Molloy (1 '45), Sean McMahon, Michael Deegan 0-1 each | Report | Evan O’Carroll 1-2 (0-1f), Tom Shiel 1-1, Nigel Murphy and Michael Keogh 0-1 each. | Parnell Park Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly) |

### Final

| 2 April 2016 19:30 Final | Dublin | 2-14 - 0-17 AET | Kildare | Páirc Tailteann Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala) |
| 2 April 2016 19:30 Final | Con O’Callaghan 1-7 (0-4f), Cillian O’Shea 1-0, Glenn O’Reilly 0-2, Martin Cahilan, Andrew Foley (0-1f), Brian Howard, Chris Sallier, Colm Basquel 0-1 each | Report | Neil Flynn 0-10 (0-5f, 0-1 ’45), Ben McCormack 0-5, Paschal Connell, Chris Healy 0-1 each | Páirc Tailteann Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala) |

## 2016 Munster Under-21 Football Championship
### Quarter-finals

* Cork 0-23 Clare 0-8 Cooraclare
* Kerry 0-11 Tipperary 1-7 Austin Stack Park, Tralee

### Semi-finals

| 16 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final | Cork | 3-18 - 0-2 | Waterford | Fraher Field Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry) |
| 16 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final | Brian Coakley 1-4 (0-2f), Michael Hurley 1-3, Don O’Driscoll 1-2, Stephen Sherlock 0-3 (0-1f), Sean O’Donoghue 0-2, Mick Dineen, Cian Dorgan, Peter Kelleher, Ryan Harkin 0-1 each | Report | Jason Curry 0-2 (0-1f) | Fraher Field Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry) |
| 19 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final | Kerry | 1-14 - 2-8 | Limerick | Austin Stack Park Referee: Alan Kissane (Waterford) |
| 19 March 2016 7:00 pm Semi-final | Jack Savage (0-3f) and Killian Spillane 0-5 each, Tony Brosnan 1-1, Jordan Kiely 0-2, Barry O’Sullivan 0-1 | Report | Hugh Bourke 0-6 (0-5f), Brian Fanning 1-1, Killian Ryan 1-0, Brian Donovan 0-1 | Austin Stack Park Referee: Alan Kissane (Waterford) |

### Final

| 7 April 2016 19:30 Final | Cork | 3-9 - 1-14 | Kerry | Austin Stack Park Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Sean White |
| 7 April 2016 19:30 Final | Brian Coakley 1-2 (0-1f), Sean White and Sean Powter 1-0 each, Ryan Harkin 0-2, Michael Hurley, Sean O’Donoghue (0-1f), Peter Kelleher, Stephen Sherlock (0-1f), Cian Dorgan 0-1 each | Report | Jack Savage 0-7 (0-4f), Mark O’Connor 1-0, Dara Roche and Killian Spillane 0-2, Brian O Seanachain, Micheal Burns, Eanna O Conchuir, Tony Brosnan 0-1 each | Austin Stack Park Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Sean White |

## 2016 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship
### Preliminary round

* Derry 0-16 Antrim 0-11 Celtic Park

### Quarter-finals

* Monaghan 1-15 Fermanagh 0-3 Iniskeen
* Down 0-9 Armagh 5-16 Pairc Esler
* Cavan 0-10 Tyrone 2-10 Breffni Park
* Donegal 0-14 Derry 2-7 Ballybofey

### Semi-finals

* Monaghan 2-16 Armagh 0-9 Pairc Esler
* Tyrone 1-15 Donegal 2-8 Celtic Park

### Final

| 6 April 2016 19:30 Final | Monaghan | 0-13 - 0-11 | Tyrone | Athletic Grounds Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Barry McGinn |
| 6 April 2016 19:30 Final | Barry McGinn 0-6 (0-5f), Conor McCarthy 0-3 (0-1f), Fearghal McMahon, Aaron Lynch, Barry Kerr, Adam Treanor 0-1 each | Report | Lee Brennan 0-5 (0-2f, 1 sl), Cathal McShane 0-2 (0-1f), Shea Hamill, Cillian McCann, Mark Kavanagh, David Mulgrew 0-1 each. | Athletic Grounds Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Barry McGinn |

## All-Ireland
### Semi-finals

| 15 April 2016 2:30 pm Semi-final | Mayo | 1-15 - 1-14 | Dublin | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Diarmuid O’Connor |
| 15 April 2016 2:30 pm Semi-final | Diarmuid O’Connor 1-1, Liam Irwin (0-3f) and Conor Loftus (0-4f) 0-4 each, Fergal Boland 0-2, Shairoze Akram, Matthew Ruane, Stephen Coen & Fionán Duffy 0-1 each | Report | Con O’Callaghan 1-5 (0-3f), Colm Basquel and Michael Deegan 0-3 each, Eoin Murchan, Glenn O’Reilly and Paddy Small (0-1f) 0-1 each | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Diarmuid O’Connor |
| 15 April 2016 4:30 pm Semi-final | Cork | 2-15 - 1-16 | Monaghan | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Michael Hurley |
| 15 April 2016 4:30 pm Semi-final | Ryan Harkin 1-1, Seán O’Donoghue 0-4, Peter Kelleher 1-0, Seán Powter and Michael Hurley 0-3 each, Brian Coakley 0-2, Ronan O’Toole and Stephen Sherlock 0-1 each | Report | Barry McGinn 1-6 (0-2f), Feargal McMahon and Conor McCarthy (0-1f) 0-3 each, Conor Forde (0-1f), Dessie Ward, Ryan McAnespie & Donal Meegan 0-1 each | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Michael Hurley |

### Final

| 30 April 2016 5:00 pm Final | Mayo | 5-7 - 1-14 | Cork | Cusack Park, Ennis Attendance: 7,467 Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh) Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane |
| 30 April 2016 5:00 pm Final | Liam Irwin 2-2 (0-1f, 1'45), Conor Loftus 2-2 (0-2f), Diarmuid O’Connor 1-0, Michael Plunkett 0-2, Matthew Ruane 0-1. | Report | Brian Coakley 0-5 (0-3f), Seán O’Donoghue 0-4 (0-3f, 1'45), Peter Kelleher 1-0, Ryan Harkin 0-2, Seán Powter, Ronan O’Toole, Michael Hurley 0-1 each | Cusack Park, Ennis Attendance: 7,467 Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh) Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane |