2013 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2013 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Leinster GAA.

It was won by Dublin who defeated Meath in the final.^[1]^[2] This was Dublin's 52nd Leinster title.^[3] Their defeat of Kildare in the semi-final was their biggest Championship win over the team since 1897.^[4]

The winning Dublin team received the Delaney Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They progressed to the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Meath entered the All-Ireland qualifiers, and were defeated by Tyrone in their next game.^[5]

Bracket

Preliminary Round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Leinster final

Laois	1-06
Louth	1-16	Wexford	2-13
		Louth	1-15
				Wexford	0-13
Wicklow	1-15			Meath	0-18
Longford	0-16	Meath	1-17
		Wicklow	1-12
						Meath	0-14
Westmeath	3-15					Dublin	2-15
Carlow	1-10	Dublin	1-22
		Westmeath	0-09
				Dublin	4-16
				Kildare	1-09
		Offaly	1-12
		Kildare	0-19

Westmeath v Carlow

19 May 2013
Preliminary Round

Westmeath	3-15 - 1-10	Carlow
K. Martin 2-00, J. Heslin 0-05, D. Dolan 0-05, J. Dolan 1-01, P. Sharry, K. Maguire, G. Egan, D. Glennon 0-01 each	Report	Brendan Murphy 0-05, S. Gannon 1-00, Brian Murphy, D. Foley 0-02 each, E. Ruth 0-01

Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: Ciaran Brannagan (Down)

Wicklow v Longford

26 May 2013
Preliminary Round

Wicklow	1-15 - 0-16	Longford
S. Furlong 1-05, D. Healy, J. Stafford, J. Kelly, J. McGrath 0-02 each, A. McLoughlin, P. McWalter 0-01 each	Report	S. McCormack 0-06, P. Barden, F. McGee, D. McElligott 0-02 each, B.McElvaney, R. Smyth, J. J. Matthews, J. Keegan 0-01 each

O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

Laois v Louth

26 May 2013
Preliminary Round

Laois	1-6 - 1-16	Louth
G. Walsh 0-03, P. McMahon 1-00, D. Kingston 0-02, D. Strong 0-01	Report	B. White 0-08, S. Lennon 1-03, K. Rodgers, J. Bingham, A. Reid, B. Donnelly, P. Kennan 0-01 each

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

Westmeath v Dublin

1 June 2013
Quarter Final

Westmeath	0-09 - 1-22	Dublin
J. Heslin 0-05, D. Glennon 0-02, K. Martin, D. Corroon 0-01 each	Report	B. Brogan 0-07, P. Andrews 1-03, D. Connolly, P. Flynn 0-03 each, D. Rock 0-02, J. McCaffrey, C. O'Sullivan, C. Kilkenny, P. Mannion 0-01 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

Offaly v Kildare

1 June 2013
Quarter-Final

Offaly	1-12 - 0-19	Kildare
N. McNamee 0-05, K. Casey 0-03, D. Hanlon 1-00, A. Mulhall, A. McNamee, G. Guilfoyle, N. Darby 0-01 each	Report	J. Doyle 0-06, P. Cribbin, N. Kelly, E. O'Flaherty 0-04 each, S. Johnston 0-01

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare)

Louth v Wexford

9 June 2013
Quarter-Final

Louth	1-15 - 2-13	Wexford
S. Lennon 1-05, B. White 0-06, P. Keenan 0-02, A. McDonnell, D. Maguire 0-01 each	Report	C. Lyng 1-03, B. Brosnan 0-05, P.J Banville 1-00, R. Barry, A. Flynn, J. Holmes, A. Doyle, P. Byrne 0-01 each

Drogheda Park, Drogheda
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

Wicklow v Meath

15 June 2013
Quarter-Final

Wicklow	1-12 - 1-17	Meath
J. McGrath 0-04, A. McLoughlin 0-03, P. Earls 1-00, S. Furlong 0-02, R. Finn, D. Hayden, P. McWalter 0-01 each	Report	M. Newman 0-05, G. Reilly 0-04, E. Wallace 0-03, K. Reilly 1-00, B. Meade, B. Menton, P. Harnan, J. Sheridan, P. Gilsenan 0-01 each

O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

Meath v Wexford

30 June 2013
Semi-Final

Meath	0-18 - 0-13	Wexford
M. Newman 0-09, G. Reilly 0-04, P. Byrne, S. Bray 0-02 each, E. Wallace 0-01 each	Report	C. Lyng 0-05, B. Brosnan 0-03, B. Malone 0-02, A. Flynn, R. Barry, P. J. Banville 0-01 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Dublin v Kildare

30 June 2013
Semi-Final

Dublin	4-16 - 1-09	Kildare
E. O'Gara 1-02, B. Brogan, P. Mannion 1-01 each, C. Kilkenny, S. Cluxton 0-04 each, D. Connolly 1-00, D. Rock 0-02, G. Brennan, P. Andrew 0-01 each	Report	P. Brophy 1-01, E. O'Flaherty 0-03, J. Doyle, P. Cribbin 0-02 each, S. Hurley 0-01

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Dublin v Meath

14 July 2013
1400
Final

Dublin	2-15 - 0-14	Meath
P Mannion 1-4 (0-2f), P Flynn 1-1, S Cluxton (0-2f, 0-1 ’45′), C Kilkenny 0-3 each, D Rock 0-2 (0-1f), D Connolly, B Brogan (0-1f) 0-1 each.	Report	M Newman 0-8 (0-35f), S Bray, E Wallace 0-2 each, B Meade, J Sheridan 0-1 each.

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 54,485
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

References

↑ "Dublin claim their eighth Leinster crown in nine years". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
↑ Brennan, Eoin (14 July 2013). "Dublin reign in Leinster again". Newstalk (Communicorp). Retrieved 14 July 2013.
↑ Cummiskey, Gavin (14 July 2013). "Dublin overpower Meath in Leinster final". The Irish Times (Irish Times Trust). Retrieved 14 July 2013.
↑ "Dublin have 16 points to spare over Kildare in Leinster semi-final: Dublin registered their biggest championship win over Kildare since 1897". The Score. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
↑ "Meath 2-09 Tyrone 0-17". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 27 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

External links

Leinster GAA website

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Carlow • Dublin • Kildare • Laois • Longford • Louth • Meath • Offaly • Westmeath • Wexford • Wicklow

Seasons	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Finals	2004 2009 2010 2011 2014

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