2012 O'Byrne Cup

2012 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2012
Trophy	O'Byrne Cup
Winners
Champions	DCU
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The 2012 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 2011 O'Byrne Cup were Kildare. The O'Byrne Cup began on 8 January 2012. Prior to the start of the competition, Kilkenny announced that they would not be participating in the competition this year.^[1]

O'Byrne Cup edit

First round
8 January 2012

Quarter-finals
15 January 2012

Semi-finals
22 January 2012

Final
29 January 2012

Meath

1-13

Wexford

1-10

Meath

0-11

Louth

0-05

Meath

0-06

Wicklow

1-14

D.C.U.

2-08

D.C.U.

0-18

D.C.U.

2-11

Longford

0-13

Longford

0-12

Athlone I.T.

1-09

D.C.U.

3-07

Kildare

2-11

Kildare

1-12

D.I.T.

0-09

Kildare

0-17

Offaly

3-06

Offaly

0-04

Westmeath

0-07

Kildare

1-11

Carlow

0-10

Dublin

0-08

Dublin

0-17

Dublin

4-14

Laois

0-11

U.C.D.

0-12

U.C.D.

0-15

First round edit

The first round winners Meath, DCU, Longford, Kildare, Offaly, Dublin and UCD 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 took place on 8 January 2012.^[2]

8 January 2012

Meath	1-13 - 1-10	Wexford

Pairc Tailteann, Navan

8 January 2012

Wicklow	1-14 - 0-18	D.C.U.

Baltinglass

8 January 2012

Longford	0-13 - 1-09	Athlone I.T.

Leo Casey Park, Ballymahon

8 January 2012

Kildare	2-11 - 0-09	D.I.T.

St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

8 January 2012

Offaly	3-06 - 0-07	Westmeath

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

8 January 2012

Carlow	0-10 - 0-17	Dublin

Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

8 January 2012

Laois	0-11 - 0-15	U.C.D.

Crettyard

Quarter-finals edit

15 January 2012

Meath	0-11 - 0-05	Louth

Pairc Tailteann, Navan

15 January 2012

D.C.U.	2-11 - 0-12	Longford

Ballymahon

15 January 2012

Kildare	0-17 - 0-4	Offaly

St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

15 January 2012

Dublin	4-14 - 0-12	U.C.D.

Parnell Park, Dublin

Semi-finals edit

22 January 2012

Meath	0-06 - 2-08	D.C.U.

Navan

22 January 2012

Kildare	1-11 - 0-08	Dublin

St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Referee: Eddie Kinsella

Final edit

The final of the O'Byrne Cup was originally supposed to take place on 29 January 2012. However, due to the venue (St Conleth's Park) being waterlogged, it was postponed. The new date was Friday 17 February in Portlaoise.^[3]

17 February 2012

D.C.U.	3-07 - 1-12	Kildare
D. Rock (2-3), P. McMahon (1-0), R. Hennelly, P. Flynn, C. Cregg, A. McFadden (0-1 each)	Report	E. Callaghan (1-1), C. McDonnell (0-3), D. Lawlor, S. Hanafin (0-2 each), S. Bergin, H. McGrillen, A. Smith, K. Donnelly (0-1 each)

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise