Tournament details | |
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Province | Leinster |
Year | 1963 |
Trophy | O'Byrne Cup |
Date | 24 March — 8 December |
Teams | 12 |
Winners | |
Champions | Louth (1st win) |
Captain | Jimmy Mulroy |
Runners-up | |
Runners-up | Longford |
The 1963 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football tournament contested by the county teams of Leinster GAA. It was the 10th staging of the competition that was first held in 1954, with the aim of starting a fund for injured footballers. [1]
Louth won the competition after defeating Longford in the final, played at the Gaelic Grounds in Drogheda. [2]
The tournament was contested on a knockout basis. First-round byes were awarded to Dublin, Louth, Meath and Westmeath.
24 March [4] | ![]() | 1-02 - 1-01 | ![]() | St Conleth's Park |
24 March [5] | ![]() | 0-09 - 1-02 | ![]() | Pearse Park |
21 April [6] | ![]() | 0-06 - 1-02 | ![]() | St Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy |
24 March [7] | ![]() | 3-08 - 0-02 | ![]() | Gaelic Grounds |
24 March [8] | ![]() | 1-05 - 0-07 | ![]() | Páirc Tailteann |
29 September [9] | ![]() | 2-07 - 2-07 | ![]() | St Conleth's Park |
13 October [10] | ![]() | 2-09 - 0-07 | ![]() | Baltinglass |
27 October (Replay) [11] | ![]() | 0-11 - 0-02 | ![]() | Bellefield |
11 August [12] | ![]() | 2-10 - 0-10 | ![]() | Páirc Tailteann |
1 December [13] | ![]() | 0-06 - 0-04 | ![]() | Pearse Park |
8 December [14] [15] | ![]() | 1-10 - 0-10 | ![]() | Gaelic Grounds |
Lennon 0-3, Dawe 0-2, McDermott 0-1, Jimmy McDonnell 0-1, O'Kane 0-1 | Referee: K. Kenworthy (Dublin) |
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