2024 Lory Meagher Cup

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2024 Lory Meagher Cup
Dates13 April - 2 June 2024
Teams6
Champions Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh (3rd title)
Ryan Bogue (captain)
Joe Baldwin (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Longford.svg Longford
Johnny Casey (captain)
Adrian Moran (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored60 (3.75 per match)
Points scored610 (38.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Longford.svg Cian Darcy (3-67)
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The 2023 Lory Meagher Cup was the sixteenth edition of the Lory Meagher Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2009 [1] and is the fifth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by six GAA county teams ranked 30–35 in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The competition ran from 13 April to 2 June 2024. [2]

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The Lory Meagher Cup final was played on 2 June 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Fermanagh and Longford, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 10 years. Fermanagh won the match by 3–22 to 2–20 to claim their third cup title overall and a first title in three years. [3] [4]

Longford's Cian Darcy was the top scorer with 3-67.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Nicky Rackard Cup

From Championship

Promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Teams

General Information

County Last Cup TitleLast Provincial TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2023 ChampionshipAppearance
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan ———3rd10th
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 2021 ——6th (Nicky Rackard Cup)13th
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire ———Runners-up8th
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 2019 ——5th13th
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 2014 ——4th10th
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 2017 ——6th11th

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsor
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim
Colours of Longford.svg Longford
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire

Group Stage

Table

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 532013594+418Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Colours of Longford.svg Longford [lower-alpha 1] 5311130104+267
3 Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan [lower-alpha 1] 5311145111+347
4 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 5203111126-154
5 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 5203100144-444
6 Colours of Tipperary.svg Lancashire 5005104146-420
  1. 1 2 Longford are ranked ahead of Cavan because they won the head-to-head game between the teams.

Round 1

13 April 2024Round 1 Longford 2-22 - 0-10 Lancashire Glennon Brothers Pearse Park
C Darcy 1-11, D Buckley 1-2, C Mullane 0-4, S Lancaster 0-2, M O'Donohoe 0-1, R Murray 0-1, M Mulcahy 0-1. Report D Lynch 0-5, E Clifford 0-2, C Convery 0-1, E Costello 0-1, J McFayden 0-1.
13 April 2024Round 1 Leitrim 1-09 - 0-19 Fermanagh Avant Money Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada
J Murray (2f) & G O’Hagan (2f) 0-4 each; S Goldrick 1-0; C Hackett 0-1 Report D Teague (f) & B Teehan 0-3 each; C Duffy, S Corrigan & JP McGarry 0-2 each; A Flanagan, R Bogue (f), L McCusker, J Duffy (f), T Keenan, O Johnston & D McKeogh 0-1 each
13 April 2024Round 1 Cavan 1-22 - 2-13 Warwickshire Kingspan Breffni Park
N Kenny (1-11, 7f, two 65s), S Keating (0-5), M Moffett (0-2); L O'Brien (0-1, f), T Leonard (0-1), J Barry (0-1), M Moffett (0-1). Report J Grealish (1-3), L Hands (1-1), D Devine (0-2); J Conway (0-2, 1f), I Dwyer (0-2); K McKernan (0-2), K Magee (0-1).

Round 2

20 April 2024Round 2 Fermanagh 5-12 - 3-18 Cavan Brewster Park
D McKeogh (1-5, 4f); J Duffy (2-0); S Corrigan (0-4), A McShea (1-0), Caolan Duffy (1-0), R Bogue (0-1), JP McGarry (0-1), J Tormey (0-1). Report N Kenny (0-8, 6f), M Moffett (1-2); S Keating (1-2), J Barry (1-1), C Sheanon (0-3); D Mulligan (0-1), L O’Brien (0-1, 1f).
20 April 2024Round 2 Lancashire 1-20 - 2-25 Leitrim Glenavy Grounds
C Levingstone 1–2; P Boylan 0–4; E Kelly 0–3; C Convery, D Lynch 65, E Clifford f, & A Gallagher 0–2 each; S Nugent, A Morgan & A McKinley 0–1 each. Report G O'Hagan 1–9 pen 5f; J Murray 1–4; M Feeney 0–5; S Markham 0- 3 65 f; S Goldrick 0–2; P Burgess & C Hackett 0–1 each.
21 April 2024Round 2 Warwickshire 2-21 - 2-16 Longford Páirc na hÉireann
Conway (0-11, 4 frees), J Grealish (1-1), L Hands (1-1), McKernan (0-4, 3 frees), Dwyer (0-1); Lowry (0-1), P Hands (0-1), Devine (0-1). Report C Darcy (0-8, 5 frees, 1 ’65), C Mullane (1-1), O Gately (1-1), P Lynam (0-3), D Buckley (0-3).

Round 3

27 April 2024Round 3 Lancashire 0-21 - 2-25 Cavan Glenavy Grounds
E Clifford 0-6 (3f); D Lynch 0-4 (2f, ‘65); P Boylan 0-3; C Levingstone, A Gallagher 0-2 each; E Kelly, E Kearns, C Convery, C Kenny 0-1 each. Report N Kenny 0-10 (5f); L O’ Brien 0-5 (3f); S Keating 0-4; D Mulligan, C Maher 1-0 each; J Barry 0-2; T Leonard, M Moffett, L Óg Cooke, B Fitzgerald 0-1 each.
27 April 2024Round 3 Longford 2-22 - 3-09 Leitrim Glennon Brothers Pearse Park
C Darcy 1-09 (2fs), J Rabbitt 1-01, D Buckley 0-3, E Tully, C Mullane, O Gately 0-02 each, A Quinn, P Lynam, R Murray 0-1 each. Repor J McNabola 2-00, G O’Hagan 0-04 (4fs), S Goldrick 1-00, J Murray 0-02 (1f), C Cunniffe (f), G O’Brien, P Burgess 0-01 each.
28 April 2024Round 3 Warwickshire 0-08 - 3-27 Fermanagh Páirc na hÉireann
J Conway 0-5, J Grealish 02-, D Devine 0-1. Report D McKeogh 1-9, S Corrigan 1-7, B Teehan 1-3, L McCusker 0-2, T Keenan 0-2, J Tormey 0-1, J Duffy 0-1, R Bogue 0-1, T Duane 0-1.

Round 4

11 May 2024Round 4 Leitrim 2-25 - 0-16 Warwickshire Shane McGettigan Memorial Park
J Murray 1-13 (6f); B Delaney 1-0; G O’Hagan 0-2; P Poniard, S Markham 0-1 each. Report J Collins 1-2 (1f); Oisín Coffey 1-1; L Hands (3f); P Crehan 0-3 each; E McWilliams 0-2; K Murphy, N Eames, D King, A Hands 0-1 each.
11 May 2024Round 4 Fermanagh 1-23 - 0-20 Lancashire Brewster Park
S Corrigan 0-9, D McKeogh 0-9 (5f, 1’65), B Teehan 1-2, L McCusker 0-2, J Duffy 0-1. Lancashire: Report E Clifford 0-9 (3f), C Convery 0-3, D Lynch 0-2, P Boylan 0-2, S Parsons 0-1, J Patton 0-1, S Nugent 0-1, F Henry 0-1
11 May 2024Round 4 Cavan 1-19 - 0-25 Longford Kingspan Breffni Park
L O’Brien (0-6, 4f, ’65); N Kenny (0-4); C Sheanon (1-0); S Keating (0-3); C Maher (0-2); T Leonard, J Barry , D Mulligan, B Fitzgerald, (0-1) each. Report C Darcy (0-16, 15f); R Murray (0-3); D Buckley (0-2); K Murray, O Gately, P Lynham, J Rabbitt (0-1) each

Round 5

18 May 2024Round 5 Longford 3-18 - 2-21 Fermanagh Glennon Brothers Pearse Park
C Darcy (1-10, 4 frees, 1 ‘65’), D Buckley (1-2), R Courtney (1-0), Oisin Gately (0-2), J Rabbitt (0-1); R Murray (0-1), C Mullane (0-1); P Lynam (0-1). Report S Corrigan (0-5), D McKeogh (0-5, 1 free, 1 ‘65), C McManus (1-0), T Keenan (1-0), C Duffy (0-3), D Teague (0-2), B Teehan (0-2), L McCusker (0-2), J Tormey (0-1); JP McGarry (0-1).
18 May 2024Round 5 Leitrim 0-18 - 7-19 Cavan Shane McGettigan Memorial Park
J Murray 0-8, 4f; G O’Hagan 0-5, 4f; C Beirne, S Markham, P Lenehan, G O’Brien & D McGovern 0-1 each Report L O’Brien 0-8, 5f; N Kenny 2-2; C Maher 1-3; B Fitzgerald 2-0; S Keating 1-2; C Sheanon 1-1; T Leonard 0-2; D Carney 0-1

Knockout stage

Final

2 June 2024Final Fermanagh 3-17 - 0-22 Longford Croke Park
B Teehan 2-2; D McKeogh 1-4.2f; S Corrigan 0-4; L McCusker 0-31f; T Keenan 0-3; J Duffy 0-2; C Duffy, C Duffy, JP McGarry and A Flanagan 0-1, each; Report C Darcy 0-13,12f; J Rabbitt 1-1; D Buckley 1-1; E Tully 0-2; C Mullane 0-2; P Lynam 0-1;Referee: J Judge (Mayo)

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Cian Darcy Longford 3-6776612.66
2Nicholas Kenny Cavan 3-354458.80
3Danann McKeogh Fermanagh 3-334267.00
4Seán Corrigan Fermanagh 1-313465.66
5Gavin O'Hagan Leitrim 1-242755.40

Miscellaneous

See also

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