2009 O'Byrne Cup

The 2009 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The winners of the 2009 O'Byrne Cup were Louth.[1]

2009 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2009
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
Winners
ChampionsLouth (4th win)
ManagerEamonn McEneaney
CaptainShane Lennon

O'Byrne Cup
First Round
4 January 2009 		Quarter Finals
11 January 2009 		Semi Finals
18 January 2009 		Final
25 January 2009
Louth 2-14
U.C.D. 1-02 Louth 4-12
Longford 2-12 Longford 0-05
A.I.T. 1-07 Louth 2-19
Dublin 0-15 Wicklow 1-10
Offaly 1-07 Dublin 0-06
Wicklow 2-10 Wicklow 0-09
Carlow 1-08 Louth 1-17
Kildare 1-12   D.C.U. 1-10
Wexford 0-09 Kildare 1-10
Meath 1-17 Meath 0-08
Westmeath 0-07 Kildare 0-11
D.C.U. 1-14   D.C.U. 2-08
Laois 1-13   D.C.U. 0-11
D.I.T 0-18   D.I.T. 0-05
Kilkenny 2-06

First Round

The eight winning teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup go on to qualify for the quarter finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round go on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals.

Louth2-14 - 1-02U.C.D.
P Smith 2-02, D Clarke 0-04, A Reid 0-03, D Crilly 0-02, R Carroll, S Lennon, D Maguire 0-01 each. M Ronaldson 1-01, J Fitzpatrick 0-01.
Drogheda
Longford2-12 - 1-07A.I.T.
D Morgan 1-03, P Shanley 1-01, C Mimnagh, W Skelly 0-02 each, C Flynn, E Murtagh, S Doyle, K Mulligan 0-01 each. B Smith 0-05,M Lundy 1-00, R Galligan 0-02.
Ballymahon
Dublin0-15 - 1-07Offaly
J O'Brien, D Byrne 0-05 each, A Reilihan 0-03, D Lally, G Smith 0-01 each. Report T Deehan 1-01, R Guinan 0-03, N Smith, C Carroll, N Coughlan 0-01 each.
Tullamore
Wicklow2-10 - 1-08Carlow
J McGrath 1-01, D Odlum 1-00, S Furlong 0-03, T Hannon 0-02, P McWalter, D Hayden, L Glynn, P Earls 0-01 each. B Murphy 0-06, JJ Smith 1-00, M Carpenter, J Kavanagh 0-01 each.
Blessington
Kildare1-12 - 0-09Wexford
J Kavanagh 1-02, M Conway, M O'Sullivan 0-03, R Sweeney 0-02, M Scanlon, M Hartnett 0-01 each. J Murphy 0-05, B Brosnan, P Naughter, C Deely, S Cullen 0-01 each.
Newbridge
Meath1-17 - 0-07Westmeath
C Ward 1-05, G Reilly 0-03, S Bray, E Reilly, J Queeney, J Sheridan 0-02 each, D Bray 0-01. Report P Tormey 0-02, D McGuinness, P Bannon, E Leonard, D Bannon, P Kelly 0-01 each.
Navan
D.C.U.1-14 - 1-13Laois
C Mortimer 0-07, C Cregg 1-02, B Waters, B Sheridan, R Cullivan, M McElihinney, R Maguire 0-01 each. D Brennan 1-02, MJ Tierney 0-04, B Sheehan 0-03, Z Tuohy 0-02, R Munnelly, P O'Leary 0-01 each.
Portarlington
D.I.T.0-18 - 2-06Kilkenny
M Vaughan 0-08, E Gaffney 0-03, P Brogan, M Reilly 0-02 each, P O'Neill, B O'Loughlin, D Sheridan 0-01 each. R Shore, M Nolan 1-00 each, C Roche 0-03, L Brennan 0-02, M Grace 0-01.
Freshford

Quarter finals
Louth4-12 - 0-05Longford
Wicklow0-09 - 0-06Dublin
Report
Kildare1-10 - 1-08Meath
D.C.U.0-11 - 0-05D.I.T.

Semi finals
Louth2-19 - 1-10Wicklow
D.C.U.2-08 - 0-11Kildare

Final
Louth1-17 - 1-10D.C.U.
Gerard Hoey(0-1), Ronan Carroll(0-1), Brian White(0-7, 1F, 2'45s), David Reid(0-1), Darren Clarke(0-5, 2F), Paraic Smith(0-1), Derek Maguire(0-1). Report Paddy Andrews(1-0, OG), Ray Cullivan(0-1), Brian Sheridan(0-4, 4F), Sean Johnston(0-5, 3F), Conor Rafferty(1-0).

O'Byrne Shield

The teams included in the quarter finals of the O'Byrne Shield were Offaly, Carlow, Wexford, Laois, Kilkenny, UCD, Athlone IT and Westmeath. Laois were the eventual winners in the final against Carlow.

Quarter Finals
11 January 2009 		Semi Finals
18 January 2009 		Final
25 January 2009
Laois 4-18
Kilkenny 1-04 Laois 2-14
Westmeath 2-13 Westmeath 1-09
Wexford 2-11 Laois 1-13
Carlow 2-11 Carlow 1-06
Offaly 0-13 Carlow 1-17
U.C.D. 0-12   U.C.D. 0-13
A.I.T. 0-08

See also

References
  1. "Leinster GAA results archive". GAA. Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
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