title: 2019 Carlow Senior Football Championship
text: # 2019 Carlow Senior Football Championship
  
  The 2019 Carlow Senior Football Championship is the 119th edition of the Carlow GAA's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Carlow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 8 teams, with the winner going on to represent Carlow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.
  
  Éire Óg were the defending champions after they defeated Rathvilly in the previous years final.
  
  This was Ballinabranna's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2018 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship title, thus ending a 3-year exodus since being relegated in 2016.
  
  ## Team changes
  
  The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.
  
  ## Group stage
  
  There are two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group compete in the semi-finals. The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation Final.
  
  ## Knock-out stages
  
  ### Finals
  
  The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
  
  | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Palatine | Palatine | 1-8 | | | | | | |
  | Tinryland | Tinryland | 1-7 | Palatine | Palatine | 0-11 | | | |
  | | | | Rathvilly | Rathvilly | 0-9 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Palatine | Palatine | 0-5 |
  | | | | | | | Éire Óg | Éire Óg | 1-15 |
  | | | | Éire Óg | Éire Óg | 1-30 | | | |
  | Bagenalstown Gaels | Bagenalstown Gaels | 3-11 | Bagenalstown Gaels | Bagenalstown Gaels | 0-5 | | | |
  | Old Leighlin | Old Leighlin | 1-11 | | | | | | |
  
  ### Quarter-finals
  
  | 13 September 2019 20:00 | Palatine | 1-8 - 1-7 | Tinryland | Dr Cullen Park |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 September 2019 20:00 | Shane O'Neill 0-6 (0-5 f), Jamie Kenny 1-0, Craig Kearney 0-1 (0-1 f), Andrew Kehoe 0-1 | | Paul Broderick 0-4 (0-1 f), Shane Redmond 1-0, Diarmuid Walshe 0-1 (0-1 f), Niall Lowry 0-1, Mark Lawlor 0-1 | Dr Cullen Park |
  | 15 September 2019 19:00 | Bagenalstown Gaels | 3-11 - 1-11 (AET) | Old Leighlin | Dr Cullen Park |
  | 15 September 2019 19:00 | Robbie Kane 1-2 (0-1 f), Andrew Beaton 1-2, Darren Crooks 1-0, Jamie Clarke 0-3 (0-2 f), Cian Doyle 0-2, Ciaran Cunningham 0-1 (0-1 f), Liam Galway 0-1 | | Cathal Coughlan 1-4 (1 pen, 0-1 f), Seamus Kinsella 0-4 (0-3 f), Sean Bambrick 0-1, Mikey Bambrick 0-1, Patrick Hickey 0-1 | Dr Cullen Park |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  | 21 September 2019 19:00 | Palatine | 0-11 - 0-9 | Rathvilly | Dr Cullen Park |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 21 September 2019 19:00 | Stephen Reilly 0-2, Jason Kane 0-2, Shane O Neill 0-2, Conor Crowley 0-2, Andrew Kehoe 0-2, Jack Brennan 0-1 | | Brendan Murphy 0-4, Gary Dempsey 0-3, Darragh Murphy 0-1, JJ Smith 0-1 | Dr Cullen Park |
  | 2 October 2019 19:30 | Éire Óg | 1-30 - 0-5 | Bagenalstown Gaels | Dr Cullen Park |
  | 2 October 2019 19:30 | Cormac Mullins 1-4, Jordan Morrissey 0-4, Chris Blake 0-4, (0-1 f), Darragh O’Brien 0-3, Ross Dunphy 0-3, Sean Gannon 0-2, Colm Hulton 0-2, Rickie Keating 0-2, (45, f), Niall Quinlan 0-1, Richie Mahon 0-1, Mark Furey 0-1, Benny Kavanagh 0-1, Eoghan Ruth 0-1, Derek Hayden 0-1 | | Robbie Kane 0-4 (0-3 f), Ciaran Cunningham 0-1 (45) | Dr Cullen Park |
  
  ### Final
  
  | 6 October 2019 3:45pm | Éire Óg | 1-16 - 0-5 | Palatine | Dr Cullen Park |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 October 2019 3:45pm | Chris Blake 0-06 (4 f), Recce Denieffe 1-01, Niall Quinlan 0-04 (3 f), Cormac Mullins 0-02, Jordan Morrissey 0-02, Rickie Keating 0-1 (1 f), | Report | Andrew Kehoe 0-02 (1 f), David Reid 0-01, Jack Brennan 0-01, Conor Crowley 0-01 | Dr Cullen Park |
  
  ## Relegation play off
  
  | 24 September 2019 19:00 | Mt. Leinster Rangers | 3-11 - 2-10 | Ballinabranna | Dr Cullen Park |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  