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O'Byrne Cup
Annual Gaelic football competition
Annual Gaelic football competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | O'Byrne Cup |
| irish | Corn Uí Bhroin |
| code | Gaelic football |
| founded | |
| region | Leinster |
| trophy | O'Byrne Cup |
| teams | 11 |
| title holders | |
| currentlyrunning | 2026 O'Byrne Cup |
| currentordinal | 5 |
| most titles | |
| mostordinal | 11 |
| sponsors | Dioralyte |
| tv | TG4 |
| website | https://leinstergaa.ie/competitions/obyrne-cup-s-f-2023/ |
The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organized by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954.[[File:Meath donal.jpg|thumb|[[Donal Keogan]] (Meath) lifts the O'Byrne Cup in [[2016 O'Byrne Cup|2016]]]]
History
The competition is named in honour of Matt Byrne (14 February 1870 – 21 September 1947), 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 a native of Baltinglass and taught at the local national school. Deeply involved in GAA activities at all levels throughout his life, he was regarded as a good footballer in his youth and 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 registrar. He represented Wicklow on Leinster and Central Councils and served as President of the Irish Handball Council in 1941–44. Byrne died in 1947.
The competition is contested by the eleven Leinster county teams (excluding Kilkenny), although Third-level College teams have taken part occasionally. The competition is, together with the Walsh Cup and Kehoe Cup, part of a Leinster GAA Series which takes place each January. The most recent O'Byrne Cup winners were Longford, who beat Dublin in the 2024 final.
The O'Byrne Shield was introduced in 2006 for teams knocked out at the first-round stage of the competition. It was later abandoned in 2013 due to the introduction of group stages in the competition, but re-introduced in 2024 when the O'Byrne Cup reverted to straight knockout format.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/leinster-gaa-set-to-reformat-obyrne-cup-as-knockout-competition-for-2024/a954655098.html|title=Leinster GAA set to reformat O'Byrne Cup as knockout competition for 2024
Recent developments
In September 2024, GAA delegates voted to remove the O'Byrne Cup from the 2025 fixtures calendar on a one-year trial basis. It will return for 2026.
Top winners
| Team | Wins | Years won | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[File:Colours of Kildare.svg | 20px | border]] Kildare | 11 |
| 2 | [[File:Colours of Dublin.svg | 20px | border]] Dublin | 10 |
| [[File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg | 20px | border]] Meath | 10 | 1967, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2016, 2018 |
| 4 | [[File:Colours of Offaly.svg | 20px | border]] Offaly | 6 |
| 5 | [[File:Colours of Laois.svg | 20px | border]] Laois | 5 |
| [[File:Colours of Longford.svg | 20px | border]] Longford | 5 | 1965, 2000, 2020, 2023, 2024 |
| [[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg | 20px | border]] Westmeath | 5 | 1959, 1964, 1988, 2019, 2026 |
| 8 | [[File:Colours of Louth.svg | 20px | border]] Louth | 4 |
| [[File:Colours of Wicklow.svg | 20px | border]] Wicklow | 4 | 1955, 1957, 1986, 1996 |
| 10 | [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg | 20px | border]] DCU | 2 |
| 11 | [[File:Colours of Carlow.svg | 20px | border]] Carlow | 1 |
| [[File:Colours of Wexford.svg | 20px | border]] Wexford | 1 | 1995 |
List of finals
| Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Score | Venue | No competition | No Competition due to COVID-19 | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1-18 | 1-16 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Longford | 1-15 | Dublin | 0-09 | O'Moore Park | |||||||||
| 2023 | Longford | 3-13 | Louth | 0-12 | Pearse Park | |||||||||
| 2022 | Dublin | 1-13 | Laois | 0-11 | Dr. Cullen Park | |||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Longford | 1-12 | Offaly | 0-11 | O'Connor Park | |||||||||
| 2019 | Westmeath | 1-12 | Dublin | 0-10 | Parnell Park | |||||||||
| 2018 | Meath | 4-13 | Westmeath | 1-13 | Cusack Park | |||||||||
| 2017 | Dublin | 2-16 | Louth | 1-10 | Gaelic Grounds | |||||||||
| 2016 | Meath | 1-17 | Longford | 1-11 | Páirc Tailteann | |||||||||
| 2015 | Dublin | 0-24 | Kildare | 0-19 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||
| 2014 | Kildare | 1-10 | Meath | 0-09 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||
| 2013 | Kildare | 1-16 | Dublin | 0-17 | Parnell Park | |||||||||
| 2012 | DCU | 3-07 | Kildare | 1-12 | O'Moore Park | |||||||||
| 2011 | Kildare | 3-09 | Louth | 2-09 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||
| 2010 | DCU | 1-15 | Louth | 0-17 | Gaelic Grounds | |||||||||
| 2009 | Louth | 1-17 | DCU | 1-10 | Gaelic Grounds | |||||||||
| 2008 | Dublin | 2-12 | Longford | 1-14 | Parnell Park | |||||||||
| 2007 | Dublin | 1-18 | Laois | 2-13 | O'Moore Park | |||||||||
| 2006 | Meath | 3-14 | Offaly | 0-14 | Páirc Tailteann | |||||||||
| 2005 | Laois | 0-17 | Westmeath | 0-12 | Cusack Park | |||||||||
| 2004 | Meath | 2-06 | Westmeath | 0-11 | Cusack Park | |||||||||
| 2003 | Kildare | 0-12 | Longford | 1-06 | Pearse Park | |||||||||
| 2002 | Carlow | 2-10 | Wicklow | 0-08 | Dr. Cullen Park | |||||||||
| 2001 | Meath | 1-11 | Westmeath | 0-11 | Cusack Park | |||||||||
| 2000 | Longford | 2-06 | Westmeath | 0-07 | Cusack Park | |||||||||
| 1999 | Dublin | 1-16 | Louth | 1-10 | Parnell Park | |||||||||
| 1998 | Offaly | 4-07 | Louth | 2-07 | Gaelic Grounds | |||||||||
| 1997 | Offaly | 4-13 | Wexford | 0-05 | O'Connor Park | |||||||||
| 1996 | Wicklow | 0-12 | Wexford | 1-07 | Aughrim | |||||||||
| 1995 | Wexford | 0-09 | Westmeath | 1-06 | Wexford Park | |||||||||
| 1994 | Laois | 3-09 | Meath | 1-11 | O'Moore Park | |||||||||
| 1993 | Offaly | 1-10 | Meath | 0-07 | Páirc Tailteann | |||||||||
| 1992 | Meath | 1-11 | Wexford | 0-07 | Páirc Uí Shíocháin, Gorey | |||||||||
| 1991 | Laois | 0-13 | Wicklow | 0-10 | O'Moore Park | |||||||||
| 1990 | Louth | 2-04 | Kildare | 1-06 | Gaelic Grounds | |||||||||
| 1989 | Kildare | 2-08 | Meath | 0-09 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||
| 1988 | Westmeath | 0-09, 0-13 (R) | Laois | 2-03, 2-05 (R) | O'Moore Park | |||||||||
| 1987 | Laois | 1-08 | Wexford | 0-09 | Bellefield, Enniscorthy | |||||||||
| 1986 | Wicklow | 1-07 | Westmeath | 0-06 | Cusack Park | |||||||||
| 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Meath | 1-11 | Longford | 1-09 | Pearse Park | |||||||||
| 1982 | Kildare | 2-08 | Wicklow | 1-05 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||
| 1981 | Offaly | 1-12 | Dublin | 0-11 | Parnell Park | |||||||||
| 1980 | Louth | 0-08 | Dublin | 1-04 | St Brigid's Park | |||||||||
| 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Laois | 3-07 | Carlow | 1-08 | Dr. Cullen Park | |||||||||
| 1977 | Meath | 2-09 | Offaly | 0-09 | Páirc Tailteann | |||||||||
| 1976 | Kildare | 1-09 | Wexford | 0-09 | Wexford Park | |||||||||
| 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Meath | 1-09 | Dublin | 2-05 | Páirc Tailteann | |||||||||
| 1973 | Kildare | 3-11 | Dublin | 1-04 | Fr. Brennan Park, Naas | |||||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Kildare | 2-08 | Louth | 0-08 | Gaelic Grounds | |||||||||
| 1969 | ||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Kildare | 2-07 | Westmeath | 1-06 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||
| 1967 | Meath | 0-10 | Dublin | 1-05 | Páirc Tailteann | |||||||||
| 1966 | Dublin | 1-05 | Offaly | 0-06 | St Brendan's Park, Birr | |||||||||
| 1965 | Longford | 1-09 | Kildare | 1-06 | Pearse Park | |||||||||
| 1964 | Westmeath | 1-09 | Carlow | 1-05 | O'Connor Park | |||||||||
| 1963 | Louth | 1-10 | Longford | 0-10 | Gaelic Grounds | |||||||||
| 1962 | Kildare | 2-06 | Louth | 1-07 | Croke Park | |||||||||
| 1961 | Offaly | 1-09 | Longford | 0-06 | O'Connor Park | |||||||||
| 1960 | Dublin | 2-06, 1-11 (R) | Louth | 1-09, 0-07 (R) | Croke Park | |||||||||
| 1959 | Westmeath | 1-05 | Kildare | 1-04 | Cusack Park | |||||||||
| 1958 | Dublin | 1-06, 2-09 (R) | Meath | 1-06, 2-08 (R) | Páirc Tailteann | |||||||||
| 1957 | Wicklow | 2-09 | Kildare | 0-10 | Blessington | |||||||||
| 1956 | Dublin | 1-10 | Kildare | 1-03 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||
| 1955 | Wicklow | 1-06 | Westmeath | 0-07 | St Conleth's Park | |||||||||
| 1954 | Offaly | 0-10 | Louth | 1-05 | Croke Park |
Wexford awarded title as Westmeath refused to play extra time.
O'Byrne Shield
| Team | Wins | Years won | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Colours of Laois.svg | 20px | border]] Laois | 3 | 2008, 2009, 2012 |
| [[File:Colours of Longford.svg | 20px | border]] Longford | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| [[File:Colours of Carlow.svg | 20px | border]] Carlow | 2 | 2010, 2026 |
| [[File:Colours of Dublin.svg | 20px | border]] Dublin | 1 | 2011 |
| [[File:Colours of Louth.svg | 20px | border]] Louth | 1 | 2024 |
References
References
- "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History".
- (20 July 2012). "Friday night lights on cards for Leinster championship showdowns". [[Irish Independent]].
- (7 September 2024). "All-Ireland Football Championship revamp on the way but not until 2026 as pre-season competitions will be scrapped for 2025". [[Irish Independent]].
- https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/338417
- (25 January 2015). "O'Byrne Cup final: SENIOR FOOTBALLERS PROVE TO BE EXTRA SPECIAL". [[Hogan Stand]].
- (26 January 2014). "O'Byrne Cup final: Kildare retain crown". [[Hogan Stand]].
- (14 March 1995). "Westmeath kicked out of O'Byrne Cup". [[Irish Press]].
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