O'Byrne Cup

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O'Byrne Cup
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Current event clock.svg 2024 O'Byrne Cup
Irish Corn Uí Bhroin
Code Gaelic football
Founded1954
Region Leinster (GAA)
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
No. of teams11
Title holders Longford (5th title)
Most titles Kildare (11 titles)
SponsorsDioralyte
Official website https://leinstergaa.ie/competitions/obyrne-cup-s-f-2023/
Donal Keogan (Meath) lifts the O'Byrne Cup in 2016 Meath donal.jpg
Donal Keogan (Meath) lifts the O'Byrne Cup in 2016

The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954. The competition has been sponsored by Dioralyte since 2024.

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The competition is named after Matt Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of a quirk in translation, the Corn Uí Bhroin became known as the O'Byrne cup even though Matt had never used an 'O' in his surname. Byrne was born on February 14, 1870, was a native of Baltinglass and taught at the local national school on Chapel Hill. Deeply involved in GAA activities at any levels throughout his life, he was regarded as a good footballer in his youth as well as an excellent handballer. He was the first secretary of the Maurice Davins' club in Baltinglass and served as a member of the Wicklow County Board for over 50 years, mostly as county registrar. He was also his county's representative on Leinster and Central Councils and served as President of the Irish Handball Council from 1941-1944. He died on September 21, 1947. The competition participants are the eleven Leinster county teams (excluding Kilkenny). 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 a Leinster GAA Series which takes place each January.

The current O'Byrne Cup champions are Longford, who beat Dublin in the 2024 final. [1]

The O'Byrne Shield was introduced for teams knocked out of the first stage of the Cup but was later abandoned in 2013 due to the introduction of group stages in the competition. It was re-introduced in 2024 when the O'Byrne Cup reverted to straight knockout format. [2] [3]

Top winners

TeamWinsYears won
1 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 111962, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1989, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2014
2 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 101956, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2022
Colours of Meath GAA.svg Meath 101967, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2016, 2018
4 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 61954, 1961, 1981, 1993, 1997, 1998
5 Colours of Laois.svg Laois 51978, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2005
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 51965, 2000, 2020, 2023, 2024
7 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 41959, 1964, 1988, 2019
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 41963, 1980, 1990, 2009
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 41955, 1957, 1986, 1996
10 Colours of Kilkenny.svg DCU 2 2010, 2012
11 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 1 2002
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 11995

The competition was not played in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1984, 1985 or 2021.

Previous finals

Longford 1-15–1-09 Dublin
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Longford 3-13 – 0-12 Louth
Pearse Park, Longford
Dublin 1-13 – 0-11 Laois
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)
Longford 1-12 – 0-11 Offaly
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Westmeath 1-12 – 0-10 Dublin
Parnell Park
Referee: David Hickey (Carlow)
Meath 4-13 – 1-13 Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Dublin 2-16 – 1-10 Louth
Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
Meath 1-17 – 1-11 Longford
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Dublin 0-24 – 0-19 Kildare
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Kildare 1-10 – 0-09 Meath
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Dublin 0-17 – 1-16 Kildare
Parnell Park, Dublin
DCU 3-07 – 1-12 Kildare
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Kildare 3-09 – 2-09 Louth
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
DCU 1-15 – 0-17 Louth
Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
Louth 1-17 – 1-10 DCU
Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
Dublin 2-12 – 1-14 Longford
Parnell Park
Referee: Maurice Deegan
Dublin 1-18 – 2-13 Laois
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: Derek Fahy
Meath 3-14 – 0-14 Offaly
Pairc Tailteann, Navan
Laois 0-17 – 0-12 Westmeath
Cusack Park (Mullingar)
Meath 2-06 – 0-11 Westmeath
Cusack Park (Mullingar)
Kildare 0-12 – 1-06 Longford
Pearse Park, Longford
Carlow 2-10 – 0-08 Wicklow
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Meath 1-11 – 0-11 Westmeath
Cusack Park (Mullingar)
Longford 2-06 – 0-07 Westmeath
Cusack Park (Mullingar)
Dublin 1-16 – 1-10 Louth
Parnell Park
Offaly 4-07 – 2-07 Louth
Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
Offaly 4-13 – 0-05 Wexford
O'Connor Park, Tullarmore
Wicklow 0-12 – 1-07 Wexford
Aughrim County Ground
Wexford 0-09 – 1-06* Westmeath
Wexford Park
*Wexford awarded title as Westmeath refused to play extra time
Laois 3-09 – 1-11 Meath
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Offaly 1-10 – 0-07 Meath
Pairc Tailteann, Navan
Meath 1-11 – 0-07 Wexford
Gorey
Laois 0-13 – 0-10 Wicklow
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Louth 2-04 – 1-06 Kildare
Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
Kildare 2-08 – 0-09 Meath
Westmeath 0-13 – 2-05 Laois
Westmeath 0-09 – 2-03 Laois
Laois 1-08 – 0-09 Meath
Wicklow 1-07 – 0-06 Westmeath
Competition not playedv
Competition not playedv
Meath 1-11 – 1-09 Longford
Kildare 2-08 – 1-05 Wicklow
Offaly 1-12 – 0-11 Dublin
Louth 0-08 – 1-04 Dublin
St Brigid's Park, Drogheda
Laois 3-07 – 1-08 Carlow
Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
Meath 2-09 – 0-09 Offaly
Kildare 1-09 – 0-09 Wexford
Meath 1-09 – 2-05 Dublin
Kildare 3-11 – 1-04 Dublin
Kildare 2-08 – 0-08 Louth
Kildare 2-07 – 1-06 Westmeath
Meath 0-10 – 1-05 Dublin
Dublin 1-05 – 0-06 Offaly
Longford 1-09 – 1-06 Kildare
Westmeath 1-09 – 1-05 Carlow
Louth 1-10 – 0-10 Longford
Kildare 2-06 – 1-07 Louth
Offaly 1-09 – 0-06 Longford
Dublin 1-11 – 0-07 Louth
Dublin 2-06 – 1-09 Louth
Westmeath 1-05 – 1-04 Kildare
Dublin 2-09 – 2-08 Meath
Dublin 1-06 – 1-06 Meath
Wicklow 1-09 – 0-10 Kildare
Dublin 1-10 – 1-03 Kildare
Wicklow 1-06 – 0-07 Westmeath
Offaly 0-10 – 1-05 Louth

The O'Byrne Shield

The O'Byrne Shield was an inter county competition between the losers of the first round of the O'Byrne Cup. The competition began in 2006 with Longford winning in the final. The 2007 final was contested by Longford and Athlone IT and Longford won the game on a scoreline of 2–10 to 1–7, while the 2008 title was awarded to Laois after the competition was never completed. The O'Byrne Shield ended as a competition prior to the 2013 season when the O'Byrne Cup changed to a round-robin format which gave each team a minimum of 3 matches. The Shield competition was re-introduced in 2024 when the O'Byrne Cup reverted to straight knockout format, and is limited to teams which lose their first match, except for Dublin. [2]

Top winners

TeamWinsYears won
1 Colours of Laois.svg Laois 32008, 2009, 2012
2 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 2 2006, 2007
3 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 12010
3 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 12011

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References

  1. ↑ "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  2. 1 2 The Bord Na Mona O'Byrne Cup S.F. 2013 Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Friday night lights on cards for Leinster championship showdowns - Independent.ie
  4. ↑ "O'Byrne Cup final: SENIOR FOOTBALLERS PROVE TO BE EXTRA SPECIAL". Hogan Stand . 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "O'Byrne Cup final: Kildare retain crown". Hogan Stand . 26 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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