Tournament details | |
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Province | Leinster |
Year | 1990 |
Trophy | O'Byrne Cup |
Date | 7 April — 23 May |
Teams | 11 |
Winners | |
Champions | Louth (3rd win) |
Manager | Frank Lynch |
Captain | Gerry Farrell |
Runners-up | |
Runners-up | Kildare |
Manager | Pat Fitzgerald |
Captain | Paddy O'Donoghue |
The 1990 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition contested by the county teams of Leinster GAA.
The tournament format was straight knockout, with 11 participating teams. Dublin did not enter the competition. First-round byes were awarded to Laois, Louth, Meath, Longford and Kildare.
Louth won the competition after defeating Kildare in the final, held at the Drogheda Gaelic Grounds.
First round 7 - 14 April | Quarter-finals 14 - 18 April | Semi-finals 21 - 25 April | Final 23 May | ||||||||||||||||
Wexford | 3-09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wicklow | 0-04 | Wexford | 0-12 | ||||||||||||||||
Laois | 2-05 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wexford | 1-04 | ||||||||||||||||||
Carlow | 2-13 | Kildare | 2-11 | ||||||||||||||||
Kilkenny | 1-06 | Carlow | 1-09 | ||||||||||||||||
Kildare | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kildare | 1-06 | ||||||||||||||||||
Westmeath | 0-11 | Louth | 2-04 | ||||||||||||||||
Offaly | 0-11 | Louth | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||
Meath | 2-06 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louth | 2-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Westmeath | 1-08 | Longford | 1-13 | ||||||||||||||||
Offaly | 1-07 | Westmeath | 1-09 | ||||||||||||||||
Longford | 2-08 |
23 May 1990 [1] [2] | Louth | 2-04 - 1-06 | Kildare | Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda |
C. Kelly 2-1, G. Curran, S. O'Hanlon, S. White 0-1 each | B. Donovan 1-0, D. Kerrigan 0-2, C. Barry, M. Lynch, S. McGovern, P. O'Donoghue 0-1 each | Referee: D. Guerin (Dublin) |
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