2015–16 Harty Cup

2015–16 inter-schools hurling competition in Munster, Ireland

2015–16 Dr Harty Cup

Dates

13 October 2015 – 20 February 2016

Teams

Champions

Ardscoil Rís (4th title)
Peter Casey (captain)
Nathan Fox (captain)
Niall Moran (manager)

Runners-up

Our Lady's Secondary School
Anthony Ryan (captain)
Tom Byrnes (manager)

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

103 (2.64 per match)

Points scored

1010 (25.9 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Stephen Condon (2-35)

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The 2015–16 Dr Harty Cup was the 96th staging of the Harty Cup since its establishment by the Munster Council of Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918.^[1] The group stage placings were released on 19 May 2015.^[2] The competition ran from 13 October 2015 to 20 February 2016.

Thurles CBS were the defending champions, however, they failed to make it to the knockout stage.^[3]^[4]

The Harty Cup final was played on 20 February 2016 at MacDonagh Park in Nenagh, between Ardscoil Rís and Our Lady's Secondary School, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Ardscoil Rís won the match by 0–11 to 0–08 to claim their fourth Harty Cup title overall and a first title in two years.^[5]

St Colman's College's Stephen Condon was the top scorer with 2-35.

Group A

Group A table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ardscoi Rís	4	4	0	0	87	44	43	8
De La Salle College	4	2	1	1	68	59	9	5
Midleton CBS	4	1	2	1	60	47	13	4
Blackwater CS	4	1	1	2	53	63	-10	3
Hamilton High School	4	0	0	4	34	89	-55	0

Group A results

Ardscoil Rís v Hamilton High School

14 October 2015 Round 1	Ardscoil Rís	4-22 - 0-09	Hamilton High School	Mallow GAA Complex
	C Moriarty 2-3, P O'Loughlin 1-3, P Casey 0-6, J Flynn 1-2, B Ryan 0-4, C Boylan 0-2, I Considine 0-2.	Report	C Dinneen 0-3, C Maguire 0-3, E Buckley 0-2, A Lyons 0-1.

De La Salle College Waterford v Blackwater Community School

14 October 2015 Round 1	De La Salle College Waterford	1-20 - 1-13	Blackwater Community School	Fraher Field
		Report

Ardscoil Rís v Midleton CBS

4 November 2015 Round 2	Ardscoil Rís	1-09 - 0-10	Midleton CBS	Cahir Grounds
	P O’Loughlin 0-6 4F, C Moriarty 1-1, P Casey 0-2.	Report	J Beausang 0-9 (8F), J Looney 0-1.

De La Salle College Waterford v Hamilton High School

4 November 2015 Round 2	De La Salle College Waterford	1-17 - 0-08	Hamilton High School	Clashmore Grounds
	T Douglas 1-7 (2fs, 1 65’); D Power 0-3; E Daly, E Meaney, M Mahony 0-2 each; H Ruddle 0-1.	Report	C Dineen 0-5 (4fs, 1 65’); A Lyons, E Buckley, C Butler 0-1 each.

Midleton CBS v Hamilton High School

18 November 2015 Round 3	Midleton CBS	3-15 - 1-06	Hamilton High School	Ballincollig Grounds
	J Beausang (1-6, 3 frees), J Looney (1-1), S O’Leary Hayes (0-4), J McDonald (1-0), L Gosnell (0-2), G Manley (free) and L O’Shea (0-1 each).	Report	C Dinneen (1-1, 1-0 pen, one free), S O’Regan (0-3 frees), T Kearney and C Butler (0-1 each).

Ardscoil Rís v Blackwater Community School

18 November 2015 Round 3	Ardscoil Rís	1-15 - 2-06	Blackwater Community School	Seán Treacy Park
	P O'Loughlin 1-3, C Moriarty 0-5, C Boylan 0-4, P Casey 0-2.	Report

Blackwater Community School v Midleton CBS

2 December 2015 Round 4	Blackwater Community School	2-08 - 0-14	Midleton CBS	Carriganore Complex
	A Casey 1-0, B O'Brien 1-0, R Grey 0-3, J Pender 0-3, E Murray 0-1, I Daly 0-1.		J Beausang 0-6, S O'Leary-Hayes 0-3, C Ruddy 0-2, L Gosnell 0-1, L O'Shea 0-1, J Looney 0-1.

Ardscoil Rís v De La Salle College Waterford

3 December 2015 Round 4	Ardscoil Rís	4-11 - 1-10	De La Salle College Waterford	Boherlahan Grounds
	C Boylan 2-3, J McInerny 2-0, P O’Loughlin 0-4 (3F), P Casey 0-2, D Fitzgerald 0-1, B Ryan 0-1.	Report	T Douglas 1-4 (1-3F), D Power 0-2.

Hamilton High School v Blackwater Community School

9 December 2015 Round 5	Hamilton High School	1-05 - 1-08	Blackwater Community School	Killeagh Grounds
		Report

De La Salle College Waterford v Midleton CBS

16 December 2015 Round 5	De La Salle College Waterford	0-12 - 0-12	Midleton CBS	Carriganore Complex
	H Ruddle 0-5 (4fs); T Douglas 0-3 (3fs); E Daly, D Coady, M Costigan, M Mahony 0-1 each.	Report	J Beausang (2fs), K Moynihan 0-3 each; J Looney 0-2; L O’Shea, L Gosnell, C Ruddy, B McCarthy 0-1 each.

Group B

Group B table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Our Lady's SS	4	4	0	0	116	56	60	8
St Francis College	4	3	0	1	102	69	33	6
Charleville CBS	4	1	0	3	64	70	-6	2
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	4	1	0	3	63	96	-33	2
Pobalscoil na Tríonóide	4	1	0	3	51	105	-54	2

Group B results

St Francis College v Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG

14 October 2015 Round 1	St Francis College	3-23 - 1-14	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	Mayfield Grounds
	E O'Brien 1-5, D O'Flaherty 1-3, B Turnbull 0-6, D Andrews 1-0, S Cormack 0-4, K O'Donovan 0-2, S Powter 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-1.		É Ó Síocháin 1-5, D Ó Conaing 0-4, C Ó hAinfin 0-4, D Braham 0-1.

Our Lady's Secondary School v Charleville CBS

14 October 2015 Round 1	Our Lady's Secondary School	0-20 - 1-15	Charleville CBS	Childers Road
	J Bergin 0-10f. S Nolan 0-3 P Bergin 0-2, A O’Meara 0-2, B McGrath 0-1f, J Kelly 0-1, R Natkaniec 0-1.	Report	P O’Loughlan 0-7 (0-5f. 0-1 ’65) J Barry 1-3 (0-1f) P J Herr 0 -2, A Fitzgerald 0-1, J Geary 0-1, S Griffin 0-1f.

St Francis College v Pobalscoil na Tríonóide

4 November 2015 Round 2	St Francis College	4-21 - 2-08	Pobalscoil na Tríonóide	Páirc Séamus de Barra
	S Powter 2-2, E O'Brien 1-2, C Cormack 0-5, J Holland 0-5, J O'Sullivan 0-4, S Hilliard 1-0, B Turnbull 0-2, D O'Flaherty 0-1.	Report	P Prendergast 1-2, D O'Connell 0-4, K Kelly-Budds 1-0, J O'Rourke 0-1, K Murphy 0-1.

Charleville CBS v Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG

11 November 2015 Round 2	Charleville CBS	1-15 - 0-15	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	S Griffin (1-5, one free), J Barry (0-7, one free), P O’Loughlin (0-2 frees), PJ Herr (0-1).	Report	C Ó hAinfin (0-7, three frees, one 65m), E Ó Neill and E Ó Siocháin (0-3 each), D Bratham and B Ó Murchú (0-1 each).

Our Lady's Secondary School v St Francis College

18 November 2015 Round 3	Our Lady's Secondary School	2-14 - 2-08	St Francis College	Boherlahan Grounds
		Report

Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG v Pobalscoil na Tríonóide

25 November 2015 Round 3	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	2-13 - 2-07	Pobalscoil na Tríonóide	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	C O’hAinifin 0-5(0-3f) B O’Murchu 1-2, S Busteed 1-0, D Braham 0-2 (0-1f) E O’Siochan 0-2, D Gunning 0-1f. C O’hEalaithe 0-1.	Report	D O’Connell 0-6 (0-4f) D Dalton 1-1 (0-1f) J Ó Ruairc 1-0.

St Francis College v Charleville CBS

2 December 2015 Round 4	St Francis College	0-23 - 2-12	Charleville CBS	Mourneabbey Grounds
	B Turnbull (0-10, eight frees), J O’Sullivan (0-5), C Cormack (0-3, one free, one 65m), S Kingston and R Crowley (0-2 each), D O’Flaherty (0-1).	Report	J Barry (1-4, one free), L Barrett (1-0), P O’Loughlin (frees) and T Cronnolly (two frees) (0-3 each), T Hanley and S Griffin (0-1 each).

Our Lady's Secondary School v Pobalscoil na Tríonóide

2 December 2015 Round 4	Our Lady's Secondary School	4-31 - 1-09	Pobalscoil na Tríonóide	Leahy Park
	J Kelly 1-6.	Report

Charleville CBS v Pobalscoil na Tríonóide

10 December 2015 Round 5

Charleville CBS

0-10 - 0-12

Pobalscoil na Tríonóide

Mallow GAA Complex

Our Lady's Secondary School v Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG

14 December 2015 Round 5	Our Lady's Secondary School	3-24 - 1-09	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	Ballyagran Grounds
		Report

Group C

Group C table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Nenagh CBS	3	2	0	1	69	48	21	4
St Colman's College	3	2	0	1	68	52	16	4
Thurles CBS	3	2	0	1	63	59	4	4
Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa	3	0	0	3	38	79	-41	0

Group C results

Thurles CBS v St Colman's College

14 October 2015 Round 1	Thurles CBS	1-22 - 2-16	St Colman's College	Clonmel GAA Ground
	D Quirke 0-9, C Stakelum 1-1, M Connors 0-3, R Purcell 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, E Barry 0-2, J Butler 0-1, B Kelly 0-1, D Woods 0-1.	Report	S Condon 0-9, J O'Leary 1-2, K Cronin 1-1, C Donnellan 0-2, K O'Leary 0-2.

Nenagh CBS v Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa

14 October 2015 Round 1	Nenagh CBS	3-20 - 1-11	Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa	Lacken Park
		Report

St Colman's College v Nenagh CBS

18 November 2015 Round 2	St Colman's College	2-14 - 0-10	Nenagh CBS	Canon Hayes Park
	S Condon (1-8, 0-6 frees); D Linehan (1-0); N O’Leary (0-1 free), C Donnellan, K O’Leary (0-2 each).	Report	R Mulrooney (0-1 free), A O’Flaherty (0-3 each); C Morgan (0-2, 0-1 free); R Maher, R Quirke (0-1 each).

Thurles CBS v Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa

18 November 2015 Round 2	Thurles CBS	2-18 - 0-07	Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa	St Michael's Park
	D Woods 1-11.	Report

St Colman's College v Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa

2 December 2015 Round 3	St Colman's College	2-20 - 2-11	Scoil Na Tríonóide Naofa	Gaelic Grounds
	S Condon 0-7 (four frees), K Cronin 2-0, K O’Leary 0-6, C Donnellan 0-3, N O’Leary 0-2 (frees), D Lenihan, S McCarthy 0-1 each.	Report	D O’Connor 1-4 (two frees), M Coleman 1-3 (1-0 penalty, one free), K McMahon, M Feehan, J Ryan, C Berkery 0-1 each.

Nenagh CBS v Thurles CBS

2 December 2015 Round 3	Nenagh CBS	4-18 - 0-14	Thurles CBS	Páirc Shíleáin
	J Morris 1-4; M Daniels 0-6 (2f, 2 65s); D O’Meara 2-0; R Quirke 0-3; R Byrne 1-0; R Mulrooney, B McLoughney 0-2 each; A Loughnane 0-1.	Report	D Woods 0-6 (5f); M Ryan 0-4; M Connors, D Quirke (1 free) 0-2 each.

Group D

Group D table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Christian Brothers College	3	2	0	0	48	28	20	6
Castletroy College	3	2	0	1	42	39	3	4
CBS High School Clonmel	3	0	1	2	41	52	-11	0
St Flannan's College	3	0	1	2	46	58	-12	1

Group D results

Castletroy College v St Flannan's College

13 October 2015 Round 1	Castletroy College	1-18 - 1-08	St Flannan's College	O'Garney Park
	A Kennedy 0-8 (3frees, 1 ‘65), C Carroll 1-3, M O’Dwyer 0-4 (2frees), B Garry, F Hourigan and A Nicholas 0-1 each.	Report	A Cassidey 1-1, S Kennedy (2frees), J Murphy (1free) 0-2 each, R Hayes (free), A Kennedy, D Mescall 0-1 each.

Christian Brothers College, Cork v CBS High School Clonmel

14 October 2015 Round 1	Christian Brothers College, Cork	0-16 - 0-08	CBS High School Clonmel	Clashmore Grounds
	J Corkery 0-9 (seven frees, one 65), B Keohane 0-3, R O’Flynn 0-2, S Finn, P Blake 0-1 each.	Report	M Kehoe, D Ryan (two frees) 0-2 each, Matt Barlow, C O’Sullivan, S O’Meara, M Gibbs 0-1 each.

Castletroy College v CBS High School Clonmel

18 November 2015 Round 2	Castletroy College	0-12 - 0-09	CBS High School Clonmel	Golden Grounds
	A Kennedy 0-8.	Report

Christian Brothers College, Cork v St Flannan's College

18 November 2015 Round 2	Christian Brothers College, Cork	2-07 - 0-11	St Flannan's College	FiitzGerald Park
	R O’Flynn 2-1, J Corkery 0-4 (three frees, one 65), R Downey, B Kehoe 0-1 each.	Report	R Hayes 0-5 (frees), S Kennedy 0-3 (frees), C Donnelly, J Cmurphy, A Kennedy 0-1 each.

Christian Brothers College, Cork v Castletroy College

2 December 2015 Round 3	Christian Brothers College, Cork	1-16 - 0-09	Castletroy College	Ballyagran Grounds
		Report

St Flannan's College v CBS High School Clonmel

2 December 2015 Round 3	St Flannan's College	4-12 - 3-15	CBS High School Clonmel	Doon Grounds
		Report

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Ardscoi Rís v St Francis College

13 January 2016 Quarter-final	Ardscoi Rís	2-11 - 1-07	St Francis College	Dr Mannix Sportsfield
	P O’Brien (0-5, 0-4 frees); P O’Loughlin (0-4, 0-2 frees); J Flynn, D Fitzgerald (1-0 each); P Casey, C Boylan (0-1 each).	Report	E O’Brien (1-1); B Turnbull (0-2, 0-1 free); J O’Sullivan, C Cormack, S Kingston, J Holland (0-1 each).

St Colman's College v Christian Brothers College, Cork

13 January 2016 Quarter-final	St Colman's College	2-12 - 0-11	Christian Brothers College, Cork	Mallow GAA Complex
	S Condon (1-6, 0-3 frees, 0-1 65m), K Cronin (1-1), B Murphy, C Donnellan, D Linehan, S O’Connor and O Hickey (0-1 each).	Report	J Corkery (0-6, five frees), B Hennessy, R Downey, E Monahan, S Dolan and R O’Flynn (0-1 each).

Our Lady's Secondary School v Castletroy College

13 January 2016 Quarter-final	Our Lady's Secondary School	1-17 - 3-05	Castletroy College	St Michael's Park
	L Fairbrother (1-6), J Bergin (0-4); G Kelly (0-2), A O Meara (0-1), A Ryan (0-1), P Cadell (0-1), B McGrath (0-1), P Bergin (0-1).	Report	M O Dwyer (3-4), A Kennedy (0-1).

De La Salle College Waterford v Nenagh CBS

13 January 2016 Quarter-final	De La Salle College Waterford	0-13 - 0-10	Nenagh CBS	FitzGerald Park
	H Ruddle 0-5 (frees), E Daly, T Douglas 0-2 each, P Hennebry, M Costigan, M Mahony, C McCann 0-1 each.	Report	M Daniels 0-6 (four frees, one 65), J Morris 0-2, K Nealon, B McLoughney 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

Ardscoi Rís v St Colman's College

30 January 2016 Semi-final	Ardscoi Rís	0-13 - 1-09	St Colman's College	FitzGerald Park
	P O’Brien (0-7 frees)(0-8); D Carroll (0-1 sideline)(0-2); J Flynn, P O’Loughlin, C Boylan (0-1 each).	Report	S Condon (0-5 frees, 0-1 65) 0-7; K Cronin (1-0); N O’Leary, J Sheehan (0-1 each).

Our Lady's Secondary School v De La Salle College Waterford

30 January 2016 Semi-final	Our Lady's Secondary School	2-15 - 2-13 (aet)	De La Salle College Waterford	Canon Hayes Park
	A Ryan 1-2, J Kelly 1-1, S Nolan & P Bergin 0-3 each, B McGrath (2f) & L Fairbrother 0-2 each, D O'Shea & J Bergin (sl) 0-1 each.	Report	H Ruddle 0-7 (6f, 1 sl), T Douglas 2-1, M Costigan 0-2 (1f), P Hennebry, M Mahony & C Quinn 0-1 each.

Final

Ardscoi Rís v Our Lady's Secondary School

20 February 2016 Final	Ardscoi Rís	0-11 - 0-08	Our Lady's Secondary School	MacDonagh Park
	P O’Brien 0-4 (three frees), B Ryan, P Casey, D Fitzgerald 0-2 each, D Carroll 0-1.		B McGrath, J Bergin 0-3 (frees) each, L Fairbrother, K Hassett 0-1 each.	Referee: N Wall (Cork)

Statistics

Miscellaneous

Christian Brothers College, Cork had their first Dr Harty Cup victory in 97 years when they defeated CBS High School Clonmel in a Group D first-round match.^[6]

References

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^ "Ardscoil Rís claim fourth Harty Cup in seven years". Irish Examiner. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
^ "The Christy O'Connor column: Christians are already a Harty Cup success story but underdog status might suit Midleton CBS". Echo Live. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2024.