2008 Kehoe Cup

The 2008 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster and Connacht and selected university teams. The winners were Meath who defeated Carlow 1-20 to 0-17 in the final.

2008 Kehoe Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2008
TrophyKehoe Cup
Winners
ChampionsMeath (5th win)

Kehoe Cup

First Round
9/13/19/20 January 2008
Quarter Finals
20/28 January 2008
Semi Finals
3 February 2008
Final
15 June 2008
Kildare 9-12  
D.C.U. 2-07     Kildare 1-16  
D.I.T. 5-17     D.I.T. 1-21  
Mayo 0-14       D.I.T. 0-10  
Fingal 3-12       Carlow 1-14  
Tallaght I.T. 1-11     Fingal 1-10  
Longford 0-05     Carlow 1-13  
Carlow 3-15       Carlow 0-17
Louth 1-17       Meath 1-20
Trinity College 3-16     Trinity College 1-05  
Meath 1-16     Meath 2-27  
Athlone I.T. 0-03       Meath 0-18  
      Wicklow 0-12  
    Wicklow 3-20      
Wicklow 1-16     Roscommon 3-13      
Carlow I.T. 2-09  

First round

All of the first round matches were originally due to take place in the week ending 13 January 2008. However, due to poor weather and waterlogged pitches, three matches were postponed until the weekend of 20 January 2008.[1]

Kildare9-12 - 2-07D.C.U.
Report
D.I.T.5-17 - 0-14Mayo
Report
Fingal3-12 - 1-11Tallaght I.T.
G De Loughrey 2-3, C Henry 0-3 (0-1f), R Lenihan 1-0, C O’Mahony, JM Sheridan 0-2 each, D Byrne, C O’Hare 0-1 each. Report S Durkin 1-2, M Ryan 0-5 (0-3f), S Lambert 0-3 (0-2 ‘65’), S Larkin 0-1.
Longford3-15 0-05Carlow
Report
Louth1-17 - 3-16Trinity College
Collins Connolly; 1 - 10 ( 9F); Shane Kerrigan 0-3; Shane Callan 0-2 Diarmuid Murphy 0-1 and Gerard Smith 0-1. Report Mike Hyland 0-6 (3F); Harry Goff 1 - 2; Fergal Shalvey 0-4,John O'Kelly 1-0; Paddy Coyle 1-0; Ciaran Murphy 0-2 and Brian Fitzgerald 0-2 (2F).
Meath1-16 - 0-03Athlone I.T.
N. Hackett 0-10, D. Raleigh 0-03, J. Keena 1-00, S. Clynch 0-02, A. Ennis 0-01 Report K. Fagan 0-02, G. Murray 0-01
Wicklow1-16 - 2-09Carlow I.T.
J O'Neill 0-07, E Mason 1-02, F Donnelly, G Bermingham 0-02 each, A O'Brien, S McGrath, E Maher 0-01 each. N Kilcoyne 2-01, R Dunbar 0-04, M Egan 0-03, M Bergin 0-01.

Quarter finals

The quarter finals saw Meath, Carlow, Wicklow and D.I.T progress to the semi finals.[2]

Meath2-27 - 1-05Trinity College
N Hackett 0-09, S Clynch 1-04, N Smith 0-04, K Dowd 1-01, G O'Neill, D Raleigh 0-03 each, M Horan, D Crimmins, M Dunne 0-01 each. M Hyland 0-03, H Goff 1-00, K Murphy, Fl Chambers 0-01 each.
Fingal1-10 - 1-13Carlow

Semi finals

D.I.T.0-10 - 1-14Carlow
Meath0-18 - 0-12Wicklow

Final

Carlow0-17 - 1-20Meath

References

  1. "Weather hits GAA - Sunday's results". RTÉ Sport. 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. "Review of Kehoe Cup action". RTÉ Sport. 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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