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{{Infobox GAA championship
| name            = 2016 O'Byrne Cup
| image           = Meath donal.jpg
| caption         = [[Donal Keogan]] lifts the O'Byrne Cup
| province        = Leinster
| year            = 2016
| trophy          = [[O'Byrne Cup]]
| manager         = [[Mick O'Dowd]]
| captain         = [[Donal Keogan]]
| winners         = [[Meath GAA|Meath]]
| ordinal         = 9
| runnersup       = [[Longford GAA|Longford]]
| runnerupcaptain = 
| runnerupmanager = [[Denis Connerton]]
| previous        = [[2015 O'Byrne Cup|2015]] 
| next            = [[2017 O'Byrne Cup|2017]]
}}

The '''2016 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.

[[Meath GAA|Meath]] were the winners.

==Format==
16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of [[Leinster]] except [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]) and 5 third-level teams: DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU and Maynooth University.

The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners progress to the semi-finals.

==Group A==

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! Table
! P
! W
! D
! L
! F
! A
! +/-
! Pts
|-  style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"
| [[File:Colours of Dublin.svg|20px|border]] [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 64
| 41
| 23
| 5
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
| [[File:Colours of Roscommon.svg|20px|border]] [[DCU GAA|DCU]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 55
| 37
| 18
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
| [[File:Colours of Wexford.svg|20px|border]] [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 47
| 38
| 9
| 3
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
| [[File:Colours of Sligo.svg|20px|border]] [[Institute of Technology, Carlow|IT Carlow]]
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 41
| 91
| -50
| 0
|}

{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 = [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|score = 2-6 - 0-12
|report =
|team2 = [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|goals1 = A Flynn (1-1), B Brosnan (1-1), R Vallejo, K Rowe, K O'Grady, PJ Banville (0-1) each
|goals2 = D Rock (0-6), C Reddin, J Whelan, S Carthy, C Costello, P Andrews, C O'Callaghan (0-1) each
|stadium =Enniscorthy
|attendance =
|referee =J Hickey
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Institute of Technology, Carlow|IT Carlow]]
|score =2-6 - 3-20
|report =
|team2 =[[DCU GAA|DCU]]
|goals1 = S McGraynor (2-3), D Aston (0-3)
|goals2 = C McGraynor (1-7), C McHugh (1-2), D Mannix (0-5), E Smith (1-1), C McNally (0-3), S Carey (0-1), S Attride (0-1) 
|stadium =Fenagh
|attendance =
|referee =F Barry
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 6 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|score =3-24 - 2-8
|report = 
|team2 =[[Institute of Technology, Carlow|IT Carlow]]
|goals1 = C Costello (2-6), P Andrews (1-3), M Deegan (0-5), T Brady (0-2), J Whelan (0-2), S Carthy (0-2), C McGuire (0-2), N Scully (0-1), P McMahon (0-1)
|goals2 = C Healy (1-3), M Sherry (1-0), C Conroy (0-2), K Ryan (0-2), N Kane (0-1)
|stadium =Blanchardstown
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date =6 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|score =1-3 - 1-8
|report =
|team2 =[[DCU GAA|DCU]]
|goals1 = J Carthy (1-0), K O'Grady (0-3)
|goals2 = C McGraynor (1-1), C McHugh (0-2), M Plunkett (0-2), S Carthy (0-1), C Breheny (0-1), D Mannix (0-1)
|stadium =Enniscorthy
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|score = 3-20 - 1-12
|report =
|team2 =[[Institute of Technology, Carlow|IT Carlow]]
|goals1 = T Rossiter (0-6), D Shanley (0-5), K Rowe (1-2), K O'Grady (0-3), S Ryan (1-0), B Brosnan (0-2), P Curtis (1-0), K Butler (0-1), C Kehoe (0-1)
|goals2 = B McHugh (0-8), C Healy (1-4)
|stadium = Bunclody
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|score = 1-16 - 1-12
|report =
|team2 =[[DCU GAA|DCU]]
|goals1 = D Rock (0-6), C O'Callaghan (1-2), C Costello (0-3), S Carthy (0-2), P Andrews (0-2), J Whelan (0-1)
|goals2 = S Carey (0-7), E Smith (1-3), M Quinn (0-1), D Byrne (0-1)
|stadium = Parnell Park
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}

==Group B==

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! Table
! P
! W
! D
! L
! F
! A
! +/-
! Pts
|-  style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"
| [[File:Colours of Louth.svg|20px|border]] [[Louth GAA|Louth]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 57
| 33
| 24
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
| [[File:Colours of Kildare.svg|20px|border]] [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 45
| 38
| 7
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
|[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg|20px|border]] [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 34
| 42
| -8
| 2
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
|[[File:Colours of Laois.svg|20px|border]] [[DIT GAA|DIT]]
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 39
| 62
| -23
| 2
|}
*Louth are placed ahead of Kildare because they won the head-to-head game between the teams.
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|score = 0-24 - 1-7
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|goals1 = A Tyrrell (0-9), E O'Flaherty (0-6), D Flynn (0-3), C McNally (0-2), R Houlihan, F Dowling, S Hanafin, R Cahill (0-1) each
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|team1 =[[Louth GAA|Louth]]
|score = 1-9 - 0-13
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|team2 =[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|goals1 = J McEneaney (1-5), C Judge (0-2), G McSorley (0-1), R Holcroft (0-1)
|goals2 = B Allen (0-4), J Maher (0-3), S Doyle (0-3), C McNamee (0-1), C Donoghue (0-1), M Brazil (0-1)
|stadium = Darver Centre of Excellence
|attendance =
|referee =B Cawley
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{{GAA match
|date = 6 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Kildare GAA|Kildare]]
|score = 0-8 - 2-11
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|team2 =[[Louth GAA|Louth]]
|goals1 = R Cahill (0-4), M Conway (0-1), E Heavey (0-1), E Callaghan (0-1), C McNally (0-1)
|goals2 = J Califf (1-8), B Flannagan (1-0), R Holcroft (0-2), J McEneaney (0-1)
|stadium = Hawkfield
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{{GAA match
|date =6 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[DIT GAA|DIT]]
|score =2-11 - 0-10
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|team2 =[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|goals1 = K O'Gara (1-3), B McMahon (0-4), R Connelly (1-0), L Irwin (0-2), G Guilfoyle (0-1), C Madden (0-1)
|goals2 = N Dunne (0-5), A Sullivan (0-2), W Mulhall (0-1), S Dooley (0-1), J Gethings (0-1)
|stadium =Haggardstown
|attendance =
|referee = N McKenna
|motm =
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{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|score = 0-11 - 0-13
|report = 
|team2 =[[Kildare GAA|Kildare]]
|goals1 = J Evans (0-3), J Maher (0-3), S Moriarty (0-1), S Nally (0-1), S Dooley (0-1), R McNamee (0-1), S Doyle (0-1)
|goals2 = R Cahill (0-5), E O'Connor (0-3), C McNally (0-2), M Byrne (0-1), A Tyrrell (0-1), S Hannafin (0-1)
|stadium = Tullamore
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Louth GAA|Louth]]
|score = 3-19 - 1-9
|report =
|team2 =[[DIT GAA|DIT]]
|goals1 = J McEneaney (1-6), T Durnin (1-1), B Flannagan (1-1), D Byrne (0-3), R Holcroft (0-3), C McKeever (0-3), A Reid (0-1), M Rafferty (0-1)
|goals2 = K O'Gara (0-6), C Madden (0-3), E O Conghaile (1-0)
|stadium = Darver Centre of Excellence
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}

==Group C==

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! Table
! P
! W
! D
! L
! F
! A
! +/-
! Pts
|-  style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"
|[[File:Colours of Meath.svg|20px|border]] [[Meath GAA|Meath]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 54
| 35
| 19
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
|[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg|20px|border]] [[UCD GAA|UCD]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 45
| 34
| 11
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
|[[File:Colours of Laois.svg|20px|border]] [[Laois GAA|Laois]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 46
| 46
| 0
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
|[[File:Colours of Carlow.svg|20px|border]] [[Carlow GAA|Carlow]]
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 29
| 59
| -30
| 0
|}
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{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 = [[Carlow GAA|Carlow]]
|score = 1-4 - 1-18
|report =
|team2 = [[Meath GAA|Meath]]
|goals1 = C Blake (0-4), B Kavanagh (1-0)
|goals2 = M Newman (0-7), M Battersby (1-2), G Reilly (0-3), D McDonagh (0-3), H Rooney (0-1), S Tobin (0-1), P Geraghty (0-1)
|stadium = Carlow
|attendance =
|referee = C Dwyer
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|score = 1-10 - 1-9
|report =
|team2 =[[UCD GAA|UCD]]
|goals1 = D Kingston (0-4), J Farrell (1-0), K Meaney (0-2), A Farrell (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1), N Murphy (0-1), R O'Connor (0-1)
|goals2 = J Heslin (0-4), L Kelly (1-0), C McCarthy (0-3), F Andrews (0-1), R Carr (0-1)
|stadium = Ratheniska
|attendance =
|referee = P Maguire
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 6 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|score =1-16 - 1-9
|report = 
|team2 =[[Carlow GAA|Carlow]]
|goals1 = G Walsh (0-5), D Kingston (0-4), P Cahillane (1-1), J O'Loughlin (0-2), E Costello (0-1), A Farrell (0-1), K Meaney (0-1), R O'Connor (0-1) 
|goals2 = J Murphy (1-0), G Kelly (0-2), D O'Brien (0-2), D Lunney (0-2), B Murphy (0-1), E Finnegan (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1)
|stadium = Portlaoise
|attendance =
|referee = 
|motm =
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{{GAA match
|date =6 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Meath GAA|Meath]]
|score = 0-11 - 2-8
|report =
|team2 =[[UCD GAA|UCD]]
|goals1 = S Tobin (0-3), M Newman (0-2), D Lenihan (0-2), B O'Brien (0-1), C O'Sullivan (0-1), E Wallace (0-1), B Tormay (0-1)
|goals2 = T Hayes (1-1), C Basquel (1-0), J Heslin (0-2), J McEntee (0-2), C McCarthy (0-1), L Casey (0-1), E Lowry (0-1)
|stadium =Simonstown
|attendance =
|referee = 
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Meath GAA|Meath]]
|score = 2-16 - 0-14
|report = 
|team2 =[[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|goals1 = G Reilly (1-4), S Tobin (0-5), M Newman (1-0), C O'Sullivan (0-2), D Lenihan (0-2), D Keogan (0-1), A Douglas (0-1), H Rooney (0-1)
|goals2 = D Kingston (0-8), P Cahillane (0-2), G Dillon (0-1), N Murphy (0-1), E Costello (0-1), G Walsh (0-1)
|stadium = Navan
|attendance =
|referee = 
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Carlow GAA|Carlow]]
|score = 1-7 - 2-13
|report =
|team2 =[[UCD GAA|UCD]]
|goals1 = D Foley (1-5), C Blake (0-1), P Broderick (0-1)
|goals2 = R Carr (1-4), E Lowry (1-4), P Mannion (0-1), L Kelly (0-1), P Kingston (0-1), N O'Reilly (0-1), E O'Byrne (0-1)
|stadium = Carlow
|attendance =
|referee = 
|motm =
}}

==Group D==

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! P
! W
! D
! L
! F
! A
! +/-
! Pts
|-  style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"
|[[File:Colours of Longford.svg|20px|border]] [[Longford GAA|Longford]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 43
| 34
| 9
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
|[[File:Colours of Maynooth.png|20px|border]] [[Maynooth GAA|Maynooth]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 40
| 36
| 4
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
|[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg|20px|border]] [[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]]
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 40
| 36
| 4
| 4
|-  style="text-align:Center; 
|[[File:Colours of Wicklow.svg|20px|border]] [[Wicklow GAA|Wicklow]]
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 30
| 47
| -17
| 0
|}
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{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time = 
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|team1 = [[Wicklow GAA|Wicklow]]
|score = 0-13 - 1-14
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|team2 = [[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]]
|goals1 = R Finn (0-5), A McLoughlin (0-2), P Byrne (0-2), D Healy (0-1), C Murphy (0-1), D Hayden (0-1), C Fitzgerald (0-1)
|goals2 = J Connellan (1-6), S Dempsey (0-4), P Sharry (0-2), G Egan (0-1), C McCormack (0-1)
|stadium = Bray
|attendance =
|referee = B Tiernan
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{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =[[Longford GAA|Longford]]
|score = 0-18 - 1-9
|report = 
|team2 =[[Maynooth GAA|Maynooth]]
|goals1 = J McGivney (0-5), R Smyth (0-5), B Kavanagh (0-4), B Farrell (0-2), B McKeon (0-1), A Dalton (0-1)
|goals2 = N Flynn (0-5), E O'Carroll (1-0), J Wallace (0-2), B Duggan (0-1)
|stadium = Longford
|attendance =
|referee = D Gough
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 6 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]]
|score = 0-14 - 1-10
|report = 
|team2 =[[Longford GAA|Longford]]
|goals1 = K Martin (0-4), G Egan (0-4), C McCormack (0-2), D Daly (0-1), R Foley (0-1), D Corroon (0-1), L Dolan (0-1)
|goals2 = B Kavanagh (0-4), M Brady (1-0), B McKeon (0-2), A Dalton (0-2), C Smyth (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1)
|stadium = Mullingar
|attendance =
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|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date =6 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Wicklow GAA|Wicklow]]
|score = 0-9 - 1-15
|report = 
|team2 =[[Maynooth GAA|Maynooth]]
|goals1 = M O'Connor (0-3), N Gaffney (0-2), P Cunningham (0-2), G Allen (0-1), E Murtagh (0-1)
|goals2 = N Flynn (0-7), R Kennedy (1-3), R McManus (0-4), F Conway (0-1)
|stadium =Rathdrum
|attendance =
|referee = 
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Longford GAA|Longford]]
|score = 1-9 - 1-5
|report =
|team2 =[[Wicklow GAA|Wicklow]]
|goals1 = J McGivney (1-0), D McElligott (0-2), F McGee (0-2), D Masterson (0-1), C Smyth (0-1), R Smyth (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1), P McKeon (0-1)
|goals2 = P Byrne (1-2), C Murphy (0-1), R Finn (0-1), C Fitzgerald (0-1)
|stadium = Longford
|attendance =
|referee = 
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time = 
|round =
|team1 =[[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]]
|score = 0-9 - 0-10
|report = 
|team2 =[[Maynooth GAA|Maynooth]]
|goals1 = G Egan (0-4), R Sharry (0-2), D Corroon (0-1), L Dolan (0-1), K Martin (0-1)
|goals2 = R Kennedy (0-6), E O'Carroll (0-2), B Duggan (0-1), R McManus (0-1)
|stadium =
|attendance = Moate
|referee = 
|motm =
}}

==Semi-finals==
{{GAA match
|date = 17 January 2016
|time = 
|round =Semi-final
|team1 =[[Meath GAA|Meath]]
|score = 0-11 – 0-10
|report =
|team2 =[[Louth GAA|Louth]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Drogheda Park]]
|attendance =
|referee = 
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 17 January 2016
|time =
|round =Semi-final
|team1 = [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|score = 0-9 – 1-12
|report =[http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0117/760845-longford-v-dublin/ Report]
|team2 = [[Longford GAA|Longford]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Pearse Park (Longford)|Pearse Park]], Longford
|attendance = 2,000
|referee = J Hickey (Carlow)
|motm =
}}

==Final==
{{GAA match
|date = 24 January 2016
|time = 2:40 p.m.
|round =Final
|team1 ={{GG|Meath|football}}
|score =  1-17 – 1-11
|report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0124/762592-meath-beat-longford-to-obyrne-cup-title/ Report]
|team2 ={{GG|Longford|football}}
|goals1 = G Reilly 0-6; M Newman 0-4 (4f); C O’Sullivan 1-1; D Lenihan, S Tobin 0-2 each; D Smyth, R Ó Coilleann 0-1 each
|goals2 = F McGee 0-6 (3f, 1 '45'); R Smyth 1-2; B McKeon, L Connerton, M Brady 0-1 each
|stadium = [[Páirc Tailteann]], Navan
|attendance =
|referee =B Cawley (Kildare)
|motm =
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{O'Byrne Cup}}
{{Leinster Council}}
{{GAA 2016}}

[[Category:2016 in Gaelic football|O'Byrne Cup]]
[[Category:O'Byrne Cup]]