1998 O'Byrne Cup

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1998 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year1998
Trophy O'Byrne Cup
Date4 January — 22 March
Teams12
Winners
Champions Offaly (6th win)
Manager Tommy Lyons
Captain Finbarr Cullen
Runners-up
Runners-up Louth
ManagerPaddy Clarke
Other
Matches played12
  1997
1999  

The 1998 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the county teams of Leinster GAA.

The tournament was a straight knockout, with 12 teams. New rules were tested:

Offaly were the winners, scoring two late goals to defeat Louth in the final at Drogheda Park. [2]

Results

First round
4/10/11 January 1998 [3] [4] [5] [6]
Quarter-finals
18/25 January 1998 [7] [8]
Semi-finals
31 Jan / 8 Feb 1998 [9] [10] [11]
Final
22 March 1998
Wicklow (replayed)0-9
3-4
Meath 0-9
0-12
Carlow 1-7
Wicklow 2-11
Wicklow 1-5
Westmeath 1-21 Offaly 0-13
Kilkenny 0-4 Offaly 0-9
Westmeath 0-6
Offaly 4-7
Kildare 1-8 Louth 2-7
Louth 1-11 Wexford 0-11
Louth 2-6
Louth (AET)0-17
Dublin 0-11 Dublin 0-14
Longford 0-6 Laois 0-6
Dublin 1-17

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