2012 O'Byrne Cup

April 2022 2012 O'Byrne Cup O'Byrne Cup Leinster 2012 DCU 2011 2013 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.http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/gaa/72337/ Kilkenny withdraw from O'Byrne Cup SportsNews Ireland 2012-01-05 2012-01-09 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233747/http://sportsnewsireland.com/gaa/72337/ dead O'Byrne Cup First round8 January 2012 Quarter-finals15 January 2012 Semi-finals22 January 2012 Final29 January 2012 100px Meath 1-13 Wexford 1-10 Wicklow 1-14 D.C.U. 0-18 Longford 0-13 Athlone I.T. 1-09 Kildare 2-11 D.I.T. 0-09 Offaly 3-06 Westmeath 0-07 Carlow 0-10 Dublin 0-17 Laois 0-11 U.C.D. 0-15 Meath 0-11 Louth 0-05 D.C.U. 2-11 Longford 0-12 Kildare 0-17 Offaly 0-04 Dublin 4-14 U.C.D. 0-12 Meath 0-06 D.C.U. 2-08 Kildare 1-11 Dublin 0-08 D.C.U. 3-07 Kildare 1-12 First round 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.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2012/0108/obyrnecup.html O'Byrne Cup round-up RTÉ Sport 2012-01-08 2012-02-02 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 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 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 Eddie Kinsella Final 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.https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30537735.html Waterlogged pitch hits O'Byrne Cup final 2012-01-29 2012-02-02 Irish Examiner 17 February 2012 D.C.U. D. Rock (2-3), P. McMahon (1-0), R. Hennelly, P. Flynn, C. Cregg, A. McFadden (0-1 each) 3-07 - 1-12 Kildare 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 Report O'Byrne Shield The O'Byrne Shield consists of the 7 losing teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup. Quarter-finals15 January 2012 Semi-finals22 January 2012 Final29 January 2012 100px Wicklow 1-12 Athlone I.T. 1-09 D.I.T. 0-16 Westmeath 0-13 Carlow 1-07 Laois 1-14 Wexford 1-15 Wicklow 0-17 D.I.T. 0-07 Laois 0-15 Wexford 1-06 Laois 1-15 Quarter-finals 15 January 2012 Wicklow 1-12 - 1-09 Athlone I.T. Baltinglass 15 January 2012 D.I.T. 0-16 - 0-13 Westmeath Kinnegad 15 January 2012 Carlow 1-14 - 1-07 Laois Carlow Semi-finals 22 January 2012 Wexford 1-15 - 0-17 Wicklow Enniscorthy 22 January 2012 D.I.T. 0-07 - 0-15 Laois Portarlington Final 29 January 2012 Wexford 1-06 - 1-15 Laois Clongeen Report See also 2012 Dr McKenna Cup References 2012 Category:2012 in Gaelic football Category:January 2012 sports events in Europe