2018 Kehoe Cup

Format

Group stage

Final

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2018 Kehoe Cup
Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2018
Sponsor	Bord na Móna
Winners
Champions	Longford (1st win)
Manager	Colum O'Meara
Runners-up
Runners-up	Wicklow "B"
Manager	Séamus Murphy
Other
Matches played	7
	← 2017 2019 →

Last updated March 05, 2019

The 2018 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and university hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and featured weaker teams from Leinster.^[1]

The Kehoe Cup is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 1977 for second- and third-tier inter-county teams in the province of Leinster in Ireland. Nowadays, teams from the provinces of Ulster and Connacht are eligible to compete, as well as teams from third-level institutions within the three provinces. Contested by 16 teams, it operates on a straight knock-out system. The competition runs from January to February, with most games played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, the others during weekday evenings. Sponsored by Bord na Móna, it is therefore officially known as the Bord na Móna Kehoe Cup.

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin. It is administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, and has been played for 4,000 years. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie. It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty, which is played predominantly in Scotland.

Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled both, thereby forming the present-day province of Leinster. The ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes. In later centuries, local government legislation has seen further sub-division of the historic counties.

Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams play in the final.

County teams

Longford
Louth
Wicklow B (second team; players who appeared in the Walsh Cup could not play in the Kehoe Cup team)

Longford GAA the Gaelic games body for County Longford

The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Longford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Longford. The county board is also responsible for the Longford inter-county teams.

The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Louth. The county board is also responsible for the Louth inter-county championship.

The Wicklow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Wicklow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wicklow. The county board is also responsible for the Wicklow inter-county teams.

Third level team

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11 February 20182 p.m.

Wicklow B	0-10 – 0-11	Longford
C Moorehouse (0-3, 2f), G O’Brien (0-2), J Cranley (0-2), J Connors (‘65’), E McCormack and L Evans 0-1 each	Report	Joe O’Brien (0-4), Cathal Mullane (0-4,2f), Daire Duggan, Johnny Casey, Patrick Walsh 0-1 each

Pearse Park, Longford

Referee: J Kennedy (Kilkenny)

The Leinster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council has been partnered with the European County Board to help develop Gaelic Games in Europe. Leinster Council's main contribution to this goal is the provision of referees.

The Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA. The competition is named after Matt O'Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club officer. The participants are the eleven county teams. Formerly third-level teams competed, but from 2018 onward only county teams play. The competition is, together with the Walsh Cup and Kehoe Cup, part of the Bord na Móna Leinster GAA Series which takes place each January.

The Walsh Cup is an annual hurling competition staged in Ireland by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 1954. Contested by the top county teams from the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connacht, the tournament consists of a round-robin group stage, followed by a knockout stage. Sponsored by Bord na Móna, it is therefore officially known as the Bord na Móna Walsh Cup. Prior to 2018, third-level colleges also competed.

The 2008 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster and Connacht and selected university teams. The winners were Meath who defeated Carlow 1-20 to 0-17 in the final.

The 2012 Kehoe Cup is an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster, Ulster, Connacht and selected university teams.

The 2016 Kehoe Cup is an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster. Kildare were the winners.

The 2015 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition was ranked below the Walsh Cup and featured second and third tier counties from Leinster.

The 2014 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition was ranked below the Walsh Cup and featured second and third tier counties and colleges from Leinster, Ulster and Connacht.

The 2013 Kehoe Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bord na Móna Kehoe Cup, was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in Ireland. The competition was ranked below the Walsh Cup and featured second- and third-tier counties and colleges from Leinster, Ulster and Connacht.

The 2007 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster and Ulster. 9 teams competed: 6 Leinster counties, 2 Ulster counties and one third-level college. Lower-level teams competed in the 2007 Kehoe Cup.

The 2006 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster and Ulster. 9 teams competed: 6 Leinster counties, 2 Ulster counties and one third-level college. Lower-level teams competed in the 2006 Kehoe Cup.

The 2005 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster and Ulster. 8 teams competed: 5 Leinster counties, 2 Ulster counties and one third-level college. Lower-level teams competed in the 2005 Kehoe Cup.

The 2017 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and university hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster. Maynooth University were the winners.

The 2018 Walsh Cup was an inter-county hurling competition based mainly in the Irish province of Leinster. It took place in December 2017 and January 2018.

The 2018 O'Byrne Cup was played by county teams of Leinster GAA. It began in December 2017 and ended in May 2018.

The 2019 O'Byrne Cup was played by county teams of Leinster GAA in December 2018 and January 2019.

The 2019 Walsh Cup is an early-season inter-county hurling competition based primarily in the Irish province of Leinster.

The 2019 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county hurling competition based mainly in the province of Leinster in which Antrim from Ulster also took part.

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[1] "Bord na Mona Kehoe Cup S.H.C. 2018 - Leinster GAA".

[2] "Triumphant Longford senior hurlers capture the Kehoe Cup".