2000 O'Byrne Cup

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2000 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2000
Trophy O'Byrne Cup
Winners
Champions Longford (2nd win)
ManagerMichael McCormack
CaptainEnda Barden
Runners-up
Runners-up Westmeath
Manager Brendan Lowry
Captain Martin Flanagan
  1999
2001  

The 2000 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the county teams of Leinster GAA.

Contents

The tournament was a straight knockout, with 12 teams.

Longford were the winners, defeating Westmeath in the final in Cusack Park, Mullingar. [1] [2] In the final, the Westmeath manager, Brendan Lowry, intruded onto the pitch and clashed with a Longford player and the referee; he received a six-month suspension. [3] [4] The suspension was later lifted. [5]

Results

First round
9 January 2000
Quarter-finals
16 January 2000
Semi-finals
23 January 2000
Final
6 February 2000
Longford 3-12
Kildare 0-13 Longford 0-20
Dublin 1-16
Longford 0-14
Wicklow 2-7 Offaly 0-12
Carlow 2-13 Carlow 1-12
Offaly 3-7
Longford 2-6
Wexford 2-15 Westmeath 0-7
Kilkenny 1-8 Laois 1-16
Wexford 1-9
Laois 1-8
Westmeath 2-19 Westmeath 1-10
Louth 3-10 Meath 3-7
Westmeath 2-12

References

  1. "Longford's crowning day of glory". Independent.ie. 7 February 2000.
  2. "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  3. Moran, Sean. "O'Byrne Cup fits well into Longford's long-term plan". The Irish Times.
  4. O'Riordan, Ian. "Lowry waits before deciding on appeal". The Irish Times.
  5. O'Riordan, Tom (4 March 2000). "Westmeath joy as Lowry ban lifted". Irish Independent.