O'Byrne Cup 2009

O'Byrne Cup 2009
O'Byrne Cup Champions Louth (4th win)
Winning Captain Shane Lennon
Winning Manager Eamonn McEneaney
2008
2010

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].

Contents

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.

4 January 2009
Louth 2-14 - 1-02 U.C.D. Drogheda
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.
4 January 2009
Longford 2-12 - 1-07 A.I.T. Ballymahon
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.
4 January 2009
Dublin 0-15 - 1-07 Offaly Tullamore
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.
4 January 2009
Wicklow 2-10 - 1-08 Carlow Blessington
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.
4 January 2009
Kildare 1-12 - 0-09 Wexford Newbridge
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.
4 January 2009
Meath 1-17 - 0-07 Westmeath Navan
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.
4 January 2009
D.C.U. 1-14 - 1-13 Laois Portarlington
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.
4 January 2009
D.I.T. 0-18 - 2-06 Kilkenny Freshford
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.

Quarter finals

11 January 2009
Louth 4-12 - 0-05 Longford
11 January 2009
Wicklow 0-09 - 0-06 Dublin Parnell Park
Report
11 January 2009
Kildare 1-10 - 1-08 Meath
11 January 2009
D.C.U. 0-11 - 0-05 D.I.T.

Semi finals

18 January 2009
Louth 2-19 - 1-10 Wicklow
18 January 2009
D.C.U. 2-08 - 0-11 Kildare

Final

25 January 2009
Louth 1-17 - 1-10 D.C.U. Gaelic Grounds
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  

References