1980 O'Byrne Cup

1980 O'Byrne Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	1980
Trophy	O'Byrne Cup
Date	9 March — 4 May
Teams	12
Winners
Champions	Louth (2nd win)
Manager	Frank Lynch
Captain	Michael McCabe
Runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Manager	Kevin Heffernan

The 1980 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition contested by the county teams of Leinster GAA. It was the 22nd staging of the competition that was first held in 1954, with the aim of starting a fund for injured footballers. It was reintroduced to the GAA calendar in 1980 after not being held since 1978.

Louth won the competition after defeating Dublin in the final, played at St Brigid's Park in Dundalk.

Format

The 12 participating counties were split into three groups, with the best four performing teams qualifying for the semi-final stage.

Matches

Group A

Louth v Westmeath

9 March

Louth

1-11 - 0-05

Westmeath

Meath v Longford

9 March

Meath

6-09 - 1-09

Longford

Louth v Longford

23 March

Louth

1-04 - 0-06

Longford

Meath v Westmeath

23 March

Meath

3-08 - 3-08

Westmeath

Louth v Meath

30 March

Louth

2-06 - 1-08

Meath

Longford v Westmeath

6 April

Longford

1-11 - 2-05

Westmeath

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Louth	3	3	0	0	6	Advance to semi-finals
Meath	3	1	1	0	3	Eliminated
Longford	3	1	0	2	2	Eliminated
Westmeath	3	0	1	2	1	Eliminated

Group B

Laois v Carlow

9 March

Laois

1-17 - 0-05

Carlow

Offaly v Kilkenny

9 March

Offaly

4-11 - 1-05

Kilkenny

Laois v Kilkenny

30 March

Laois

5-13 - 1-02

Kilkenny

Offaly v Carlow

30 March

Offaly

4-14 - 2-08

Carlow

Carlow v Kilkenny

6 April

Carlow

7-06 - 0-04

Kilkenny

Offaly v Laois

6 April

Offaly

1-10 - 1-06

Laois

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Offaly	3	3	0	0	6	Advance to semi-finals
Laois	3	2	0	1	4	Eliminated
Carlow	3	1	0	2	2	Eliminated
Kilkenny	3	0	0	3	0	Eliminated

Group C

Wexford v Kildare

9 March

Wexford

3-08 - 1-05

Kildare

Dublin v Wicklow

9 March

Dublin

2-08 - 1-04

Wicklow

Kildare v Wicklow

23 March

Kildare

4-06 - 1-07

Wicklow

Wicklow v Wexford

6 April

Wicklow

0-16 - 0-05

Wexford

Kildare v Dublin

6 April

Kildare

2-06 - 2-04

Dublin

Wexford v Dublin

Wexford

scr. - w/o

Dublin

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Dublin	3	2	0	1	4	Advance to semi-finals
Kildare	3	2	0	1	4	Advance to semi-finals
Wicklow	3	1	0	2	2	Eliminated
Wexford	3	1	0	2	2	Eliminated

Semi-Finals

Dublin v Kildare

19 April

Dublin

1-13 - 0-08

Kildare

Parnell Park

Louth v Offaly

20 April

Louth

0-14 - 0-11

Offaly

O'Connor Park

Final

4 May

Louth	0-08 - 1-04	Dublin
Lennon 0-3, Dawe 0-2, McDermott 0-1, Jimmy McDonnell 0-1, O'Kane 0-1		Ronayne 1-0, Quinn 0-2, Davis 0-1, Doyle 0-1

St Brigid's Park, Dundalk

Referee: J. Gunning (Offaly)

GK 1 Gerry Farrell (Cooley Kickhams) RCB 2 Séamus Haughey (Dundalk Young Irelands) FB 3 Michael White (Dundalk Gaels) LCB 4 Frank Taaffe (Oliver Plunketts) RHB 5 Michael McCabe (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c) CHB 6 Aidan Wiseman (Clan na Gael) LHB 7 Gary O'Callaghan (Clan na Gael) MF 8 Matt McDermott (St Fechin's) MF 9 Jim Lynch (Kilkerley Emmets) RHF 10 Jimmy McDonnell (Geraldines) CHF 11 Denis Kelleher (Dreadnots) LHF 12 Eugene Judge (Newtown Blues) RCF 13 Pat Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets) FF 14 J.P. O'Kane (Kilkerley Emmets) LCF 15 Kevin Dawe (O'Raghallaighs) Substitutes: 16 Johnny McDonnell (St Fechin's) for Dawe

GK 1 John Fitzgerald RCB 2 Colm Murphy FB 3 Tommy Drumm LCB 4 Dave Foran RHB 5 Mick Kennedy CHB 6 Gerry Collins LHB 7 Fran Ryder MF 8 Rupert Davis MF 9 Bernard Brogan RHF 10 Pat Canavan CHF 11 Anton O'Toole LHF 12 Jim Ronayne RCF 13 Johnny Quinn FF 14 Tony Hanahoe LCF 15 Bobby Doyle Substitutes: 16 Barney Rock for Murphy 17 Pádraig Heffernan for Collins