2011 O'Byrne Cup

2011 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2011
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
Winners
ChampionsKildare (9th win)
ManagerKieran McGeeney
CaptainÉamonn Callaghan
Runners-up
Runners-upLouth
ManagerPeter Fitzpatrick
CaptainPaddy 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.

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 Kildare 0-16 - 0-08 Longford St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
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 Kildare 3-09 - 2-09 Louth 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 each D. Maguire 2-1, S. Lennon 0-7 (6f), P. Keenan 0-1 Referee: G. McCormack (Dublin)
GK 1 Shane Connolly (St Laurence's)
RCB 2 Hugh McGrillen (Celbridge)
FB 3 Michael Foley (Athy)
LCB 4 Ciarán Fitzpatrick (Kilcock)
RHB 5 Emmet Bolton (Eadestown)
CHB 6 Mark Scanlon (Round Towers)
LHB 7 David Whyte (Moorefield)
MF 8 Hugh Lynch (Confey)
MF 9 Pádraig O'Neill (St Laurence's)
RHF 10 Tommy Moolick (Leixlip)
CHF 11 Éamonn Callaghan (Naas)
LHF 12 Eoghan O'Flaherty (Carbury)
RCF 13 Karl Ennis (Maynooth)
FF 14 Willie Heffernan (Nurney)
LCF 15 Alan Smith (Sarsfields)
Substitutes:
16 Fionn Dowling (Suncroft) for Heffernan
17 Ronan Sweeney (Moorefield) for Moolick
18 Keith Cribbin (Johnstownbridge) for Ennis
19 Brian Flanagan (Johnstownbridge) for Bolton
GK 1 Seán Connor (St Patrick's)
RCB 2 Éamonn McAuley (Na Piarsaigh)
FB 3 Aaron Hoey (St Bride's)
LCB 4 Gerard Hoey (Geraldines)
RHB 5 Ray Finnegan (St Patrick's)
CHB 6 Dessie Finnegan (St Patrick's)
LHB 7 Stephen Fitzpatrick (Clan na Gael)
MF 8 Paddy Keenan (St Patrick's) (c)
MF 9 Ronan Carroll (St Mary's)
RHF 10 Derek Crilly (Dundalk Gaels
CHF 11 Mark Brennan (Mattock Rangers)
LHF 12 Brian Donnelly (Cooley Kickhams)
RCF 13 Derek Maguire (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 Shane Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets)
LCF 15 Adrian Reid (Mattock Rangers)
Substitutes:
16 Andy McDonnell (Newtown Blues) for Donnelly
17 Ronan Greene (Naomh Malachi) for McAuley
18 Páraic 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.