2011 O'Byrne Cup

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2011 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2011
Trophy O'Byrne Cup
Winners
Champions Kildare (9th win)
Manager Kieran McGeeney
Captain Éamonn Callaghan
Runners-up
Runners-up Louth
Manager Peter Fitzpatrick
Captain Paddy Keenan
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The 2011 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The holders of the O'Byrne Cup were DCU. This edition of the O'Byrne Cup began on 9 January 2011.

Contents

O'Byrne Cup

First round
9/12/13 January 2011
Quarter-finals
16 January 2011
Semi-finals
23 January 2011
Final
30 January 2011
Westmeath 0-12
Dublin 1-08 Westmeath 1-09
Wexford 0-04 D.I.T. 0-08
D.I.T. 2-18 Westmeath 0-08
Kildare 0-16 Kildare 0-12
Longford 0-08 Kildare 1-11
Offaly 0-08 D.C.U. 0-09
D.C.U. 0-17 Kildare 3-09
Meath 0-10 Louth 2-09
U.C.D. 1-09 U.C.D. 0-13
Carlow 5-13 Carlow 0-10
Kilkenny 0-08 U.C.D. 0-16
Louth 2-15 Louth 2-11
Athlone I.T. 0-04 Louth 2-13
Laois 1-09 Wicklow 1-12
Wicklow 1-10

First round

The eight winning teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup went on to qualify for the quarter finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round went on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals. All the first round matches were originally scheduled to take place on 9 January 2011, however several were postponed due to frozen pitched at the scheduled venues. [1]

9 January 2011 Carlow 5-13 - 0-08 Kilkenny Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
9 January 2011 Laois 1-09 - 1-10 Wicklow O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
9 January 2011 Louth 2-15 - 0-04 Athlone I.T. Drogheda
12 January 2011 Meath 0-10 - 1-09 U.C.D. Pairc Tailteann, Navan
13 January 2011 Offaly 0-08 - 0-17 D.C.U. Rhode
12 January 2011 Westmeath 0-12 - 1-08 Dublin Cusack Park, Mullingar
9 January 2011 Wexford 0-04 - 2-18 D.I.T. Wexford Park, Wexford

Quarter-finals

16 January 2011 Westmeath 1-09 - 0-08 D.I.T Athlone
16 January 2011 Kildare 1-11 - 0-09 D.C.U. St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
16 January 2011 U.C.D. 0-13 - 0-10 Carlow Tullow
16 January 2011 Louth 2-13 - 1-12 Wicklow Drogheda

Semi-finals

23 January 2011 Westmeath 0-08 - 0-12 Kildare Cusack Park, Mullingar
23 January 2011 U.C.D. 0-16 - 2-11 Louth Drogheda

Final

30 January 2011 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 3-09 - 2-09 Colours of Louth.svg Louth St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
R. Sweeney (pen), K. Cribbin, P. O'Neill 1-0 each, E. O'Flaherty (2f), K. Ennis (2f), A. Smith 0-2 each, D. Whyte ('45), E. Bolton, H. McGrillen 0-1 eachD. Maguire 2-1, S. Lennon 0-7 (6f), P. Keenan 0-1Referee: G. McCormack (Dublin)
GK1 Shane Connolly (St Laurence's)
RCB2Hugh McGrillen (Celbridge)
FB3 Michael Foley (Athy)
LCB4Ciarán Fitzpatrick (Kilcock)
RHB5 Emmet Bolton (Eadestown)
CHB6Mark Scanlon (Round Towers)
LHB7David Whyte (Moorefield)
MF8Hugh Lynch (Confey)
MF9 Pádraig O'Neill (St Laurence's)
RHF10Tommy Moolick (Leixlip)
CHF11 Éamonn Callaghan (Naas)
LHF12 Eoghan O'Flaherty (Carbury)
RCF13Karl Ennis (Maynooth)
FF14Willie Heffernan (Nurney)
LCF15Alan Smith (Sarsfields)
Substitutes:
16Fionn Dowling (Suncroft) for Heffernan
17 Ronan Sweeney (Moorefield) for Moolick
18Keith Cribbin (Johnstownbridge) for Ennis
19Brian Flanagan (Johnstownbridge) for Bolton
GK1Seán Connor (St Patrick's)
RCB2Éamonn McAuley (Na Piarsaigh)
FB3 Aaron Hoey (St Bride's)
LCB4 Gerard Hoey (Geraldines)
RHB5 Ray Finnegan (St Patrick's)
CHB6 Dessie Finnegan (St Patrick's)
LHB7Stephen Fitzpatrick (Clan na Gael)
MF8 Paddy Keenan (St Patrick's) (c)
MF9 Ronan Carroll (St Mary's)
RHF10Derek Crilly (Dundalk Gaels
CHF11Mark Brennan (Mattock Rangers)
LHF12Brian Donnelly (Cooley Kickhams)
RCF13Derek Maguire (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14 Shane Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets)
LCF15Adrian Reid (Mattock Rangers)
Substitutes:
16Andy McDonnell (Newtown Blues) for Donnelly
17Ronan Greene (Naomh Malachi) for McAuley
18Páraic Smith (Dreadnots) for Reid
19 JP Rooney (Naomh Máirtín) for Maguire

O'Byrne Shield

The O'Byrne Shield consists of the 8 losing teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup.

Quarter-finals
16 January 2011
Semi-finals
22 January 2011
Final
30 January 2011
Dublin 6-10
Wexford 1-08 Dublin 3-13
Longford 1-08 Offaly 0-07
Offaly 1-09 Dublin 2-16
Meath 0-13 Meath 2-14
Kilkenny 1-03 Meath 0-11
Athlone I.T. 0-12 Laois 0-08
Laois 1-11

Quarter-finals

16 January 2011 Dublin 6-10 - 1-08 Wexford Parnell Park, Dublin
16 January 2011 Meath 0-13 - 1-03 Kilkenny Pairc Tailteann, Navan
16 January 2011 Longford 1-08 - 1-09 Offaly Longford
16 January 2011 Athlone I.T. 0-12 - 1-11 Laois Portarlington

Semi-finals

22 January 2011 Dublin 3-13 - 0-07 Offaly Parnell Park, Dublin
25 January 2011 Meath 0-11 - 0-08 Laois Pairc Tailteann, Navan

Final

29 January 2011 Dublin 2-16 - 2-14
(A.E.T.)
Meath Parnell Park, Dublin

See also

References

  1. "Kildare, Wicklow and Louth progress in O'Byrne Cup". Irish Examiner. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.