2009 O'Byrne Cup

2009 O'Byrne Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2009
Trophy	O'Byrne Cup
Winners
Champions	Louth (4th win)
Manager	Eamonn McEneaney
Captain	Shane Lennon

The 2009 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 winners of the 2009 O'Byrne Cup were Louth.

O'Byrne Cup

	First Round 4 January 2009					Quarter Finals 11 January 2009					Semi Finals 18 January 2009					Final 25 January 2009
	Louth		2-14
	U.C.D.		1-02			Louth		4-12
	Longford		2-12			Longford		0-05
	A.I.T.		1-07								Louth		2-19
	Dublin		0-15								Wicklow		1-10
	Offaly		1-07			Dublin		0-06
	Wicklow		2-10			Wicklow		0-09
	Carlow		1-08														Louth	1-17
	Kildare		1-12														D.C.U.	1-10
	Wexford		0-09			Kildare		1-10
	Meath		1-17			Meath		0-08
	Westmeath		0-07									Kildare	0-11
	D.C.U.		1-14									D.C.U.	2-08
	Laois		1-13				D.C.U.	0-11
	D.I.T		0-18				D.I.T.	0-05
	Kilkenny		2-06

First Round

The eight winning teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup go on to qualify for the quarter finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round go on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals.

4 January 2009

Louth	2-14 - 1-02	U.C.D.
P Smith 2-02, D Clarke 0-04, A Reid 0-03, D Crilly 0-02, R Carroll, S Lennon, D Maguire 0-01 each.		M Ronaldson 1-01, J Fitzpatrick 0-01.

Drogheda

4 January 2009

Longford	2-12 - 1-07	A.I.T.
D Morgan 1-03, P Shanley 1-01, C Mimnagh, W Skelly 0-02 each, C Flynn, E Murtagh, S Doyle, K Mulligan 0-01 each.		B Smith 0-05,M Lundy 1-00, R Galligan 0-02.

Ballymahon

4 January 2009

Dublin	0-15 - 1-07	Offaly
J O'Brien, D Byrne 0-05 each, A Reilihan 0-03, D Lally, G Smith 0-01 each.	Report	T Deehan 1-01, R Guinan 0-03, N Smith, C Carroll, N Coughlan 0-01 each.

Tullamore

4 January 2009

Wicklow	2-10 - 1-08	Carlow
J McGrath 1-01, D Odlum 1-00, S Furlong 0-03, T Hannon 0-02, P McWalter, D Hayden, L Glynn, P Earls 0-01 each.		B Murphy 0-06, JJ Smith 1-00, M Carpenter, J Kavanagh 0-01 each.

Blessington

4 January 2009

Kildare	1-12 - 0-09	Wexford
J Kavanagh 1-02, M Conway, M O'Sullivan 0-03, R Sweeney 0-02, M Scanlon, M Hartnett 0-01 each.		J Murphy 0-05, B Brosnan, P Naughter, C Deely, S Cullen 0-01 each.

Newbridge

4 January 2009

Meath	1-17 - 0-07	Westmeath
C Ward 1-05, G Reilly 0-03, S Bray, E Reilly, J Queeney, J Sheridan 0-02 each, D Bray 0-01.	Report	P Tormey 0-02, D McGuinness, P Bannon, E Leonard, D Bannon, P Kelly 0-01 each.

Navan

4 January 2009

D.C.U.	1-14 - 1-13	Laois
C Mortimer 0-07, C Cregg 1-02, B Waters, B Sheridan, R Cullivan, M McElihinney, R Maguire 0-01 each.		D Brennan 1-02, MJ Tierney 0-04, B Sheehan 0-03, Z Tuohy 0-02, R Munnelly, P O'Leary 0-01 each.

Portarlington

4 January 2009

D.I.T.	0-18 - 2-06	Kilkenny
M Vaughan 0-08, E Gaffney 0-03, P Brogan, M Reilly 0-02 each, P O'Neill, B O'Loughlin, D Sheridan 0-01 each.		R Shore, M Nolan 1-00 each, C Roche 0-03, L Brennan 0-02, M Grace 0-01.

Freshford

Quarter finals

11 January 2009

Louth	4-12 - 0-05	Longford

11 January 2009

Wicklow	0-09 - 0-06	Dublin
	Report

Parnell Park

11 January 2009

Kildare	1-10 - 1-08	Meath

11 January 2009

D.C.U.	0-11 - 0-05	D.I.T.

Semi finals

18 January 2009

Louth	2-19 - 1-10	Wicklow

18 January 2009

D.C.U.	2-08 - 0-11	Kildare

Final

25 January 2009

Louth	1-17 - 1-10	D.C.U.
Gerard Hoey(0-1), Ronan Carroll(0-1), Brian White(0-7, 1F, 2'45s), David Reid(0-1), Darren Clarke(0-5, 2F), Paraic Smith(0-1), Derek Maguire(0-1).	Report	Paddy Andrews(1-0, OG), Ray Cullivan(0-1), Brian Sheridan(0-4, 4F), Sean Johnston(0-5, 3F), Conor Rafferty(1-0).

Gaelic Grounds

O'Byrne Shield

The teams included in the quarter finals of the O'Byrne Shield were Offaly, Carlow, Wexford, Laois, Kilkenny, UCD, Athlone IT and Westmeath. Laois were the eventual winners in the final against Carlow.

	Quarter Finals 11 January 2009					Semi Finals 18 January 2009					Final 25 January 2009
	Laois		4-18
	Kilkenny		1-04			Laois		2-14
	Westmeath		2-13			Westmeath		1-09
	Wexford		2-11								Laois		1-13
	Carlow		2-11								Carlow		1-06
	Offaly		0-13			Carlow		1-17
	U.C.D.		0-12			U.C.D.		0-13
	A.I.T.		0-08

See also

• 2009 Dr McKenna Cup