The 2024 O'Byrne Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dioralyte O'Byrne Cup, was a Gaelic football tournament played by eleven county teams of Leinster GAA in January 2024; Kilkenny did not take part. Longford retained the trophy after beating Dublin in the final.[1][2][3]

Teams defeated in their first match played in a shield tournament, which was won by Louth.[4]

Competition format

The eleven teams are drawn to play in a knockout system, with six teams playing in a preliminary round and the other five receiving a bye to the quarter-finals.[5]

The three losers in the preliminary round and two of the quarter-final losers are transferred to the O'Byrne Shield, which is also a straight knockout. This structure means that every team, except for Dublin, is guaranteed at least two games.[6]

O'Byrne Cup

Round 1

2 January 2024 (2024-1-2)
Match 1
Wexford 4-15 (27) – (18) 2-12 Wicklow
HaloTile Centre of Excellence, Wexford
3 January 2024 (2024-1-3)
Match 2
Carlow 0-10 (10) – (23) 2-17 Kildare
3 January 2024 (2024-1-3)
Match 3
Laois 0-12 (12) – (14) 1-11 Offaly

Quarter-finals

6 January 2024 (2024-1-6)
13:30 IWT (UTC±0)
Match 4
Wexford 3-09 (18) – (14) 0-14 Kildare
6 January 2024 (2024-1-6)
13:30 IWT (UTC±0)
Match 5
Offaly 0-10 (10) – (11) 0-11 Dublin

Pts: C Farrell 4 (3f), D Hyland 3 (1f), N Dunne 1f, R McNamee 1, K McDermott 1
Pts: B O’Leary 4 (2f), C Dunne 2 (1f), K McGinnis 2 (1f), B Millist 1, E Dunne 1, S O’Leary 1
Gracefield GAA
Referee: Enda Kelly (Westmeath)
Attendance: 1,250
6 January 2024 (2024-1-6)
13:30 IWT (UTC±0)
Match 6
Longford 0-09 (9) – (7) 0-07 Westmeath
(HT: 0-05 – 0-04)
Glennon Bros Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Kevin Williamson (Offaly)
Attendance: 400
6 January 2024 (2024-1-6)
19:00 IWT (UTC±0)
Match 7
Meath 2-13 (19) – (10) 1-07 Louth
(HT: 1-05 – 1-04)

Semi-finals

12 January 2024 (2024-1-12)
19:30 IWT (UTC±0)
Match 8
Meath 1-14 (17) – (20) 2-14 Longford
(HT: 0-08 – 2-06)
Donaghmore Ashbourne GAA, Ashbourne
Referee: Colm McCullough (Louth)
13 January 2024 (2024-1-13)
13:30 IWT (UTC±0)
Match 9
Dublin 5-17 (32) – (14) 1-11 Wexford
Gls: S Lowry 3; L Breathnach 1, N Scully 1
Pts: D O’Hanlon 4 (3 45s, 1 f), L Breathnach 4, B O’Leary 2 (1f), K McGinnis 2, N Scully 1, B Millist 1, K Lahiff 1, P Duffy 1, C Dunne 1		 Gls: C Walsh 1
Pts: B Brosnan 9 (7fs), T Byrne 1, C Hughes 1
Parnell Park, Donnycarney
Referee: Eamon O'Connor (Offaly)

Final

20 January 2024 (2024-1-20)
15:00 IWT (UTC±0)
Match 10
Longford 1-12 (15) – (9) 0-09 Dublin
(HT: 0-08 – 0-03)
Gls: K McGann 1
Pts: D Gallagher 4f, C McCabe 3 (1m), J Hagen 2, D Reynolds 1, M Hughes 1, D Duggan 1
Pts: K McGinnis 3 (2f), L Breathnach 2, N Scully 1, B O’Leary 1f, L Swan 1, C Basquel 1f
Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: James Foley (Carlow)

O'Byrne Shield

Round 1

6 January 2024 (2024-1-6)
13:30 IWT (UTC±0)
Match A
Wicklow 1-12 (15) – (13) 0-13 Carlow

Semi-finals

13 January 2024 (2024-1-13)
12:00 IWT (UTC±0)
Match B
Wicklow 1-20 (23) – (15) 1-12 Laois
13 January 2024 (2024-1-13)
13:00 IWT (UTC±0)
Match C
Westmeath 0-12 (12) – (18) 2-12 Louth
Coralstown/Kinnegad GAA, Kinnegad

Shield Final

10 February 2024 (2024-2-10)[7][8]
12:00 IWT (UTC±0)
Louth 1-18 (21) – (16) 2-10 Wicklow
(HT: 0-8 – 1-4)
Gls: S. Marry 1-0
Pts: D. McKeown 0-4 (1f), P. McStravick (2f), K. McElroy (1f) 0-3 each, J. Hughes (1f), J. Commins 0-2 each, T. Gray, B. Collier, C. McKeever, S. Marry 0-1 each		 Gls: E. D'Arcy (pen), P. O'Toole 1-0 each
Pts: E. D'Arcy 0-3 (2f), O. McGraynor (1f), L. O'Neill 0-2 each, C. Fee, F. O'Shea, G. Murphy 0-1 each
St Brigid's Park, Dundalk
Referee: Ian Howley (Dublin)
GK 1 Martin McEneaney (St Patrick's)
RCB 2 Oisín McGuinness (St Joseph's)
FB 3 Chris O'Neill (Seán O'Mahony's)
LCB 4 Cameron Maher (St Kevin's)
RHB 5 Leonard Grey (St Patrick's)
CHB 6 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)
LHB 7 Conal McKeever (Clan na Gael) (c)
MF 8 Conal McCaul (St Joseph's)
MF 9 Wayne Campbell (Naomh Máirtín)
RHF 10 Peter McStravick (Dundalk Young Irelands)
CHF 11 Seán Marry (St Bride's)
LHF 12 Jonathan Commins (St Mary's)
RCF 13 Kyle McElroy (O'Raghallaighs)
FF 14 Dylan McKeown (Dundalk Gaels)
LCF 15 Jay Hughes (Dreadnots)
Substitutes:
16 Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtín) for McEneaney
17 Tom Gray (Naomh Máirtín) for McElroy
18 Donal McKenny (St Mary's) for McGuinness
19 Ciarán Murphy (St Patrick's) for Sharkey
20 Ben Collier (St Joseph's) for McCaul
21 Tom Jackson (St Mary's) for Grey
22 Liam Flynn (Mattock Rangers) for McKeever
23 Seán Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells) for Hughes
GK 1 Cathal Fitzgerald (Kiltegan)
RCB 2 Jack Treacy (Bray Emmets)
FB 3 Liam O'Neill (Coolkenno)
LCB 4 Fintan O'Shea (Éire Óg Greystones)
RHB 5 Karl Furlong (Baltinglass)
CHB 6 Eoin Murtagh (Dunlavin)
LHB 7 Zach Cullen (Avondale)
MF 8 Jack Kirwan (Baltinglass)
MF 9 Declan Doyle (Newtown)
RHF 10 Gavin Fogarty (An Tóchar)
CHF 11 Conor Fee (An Tóchar)
LHF 12 Cillian McDonald (Tinahely)
RCF 13 Eoin D'Arcy (Tinahely)
FF 14 Oisín McGraynor (Avondale)
LCF 15 Darragh Fee (An Tóchar)
Substitutes:
16 Malachy Stone (Barndarrig) for Furlong
17 Gearóid Murphy (Annacurra) for C. Fee
18 Adam Arslan (Avoca) for D. Fee
19 Martin Cullen (Barndarrig) for Z. Cullen
20 Pádraig O'Toole (Kiltegan) for Doyle
21 Dan Cooney (Blessington) for D'Arcy

References

  1. ^ "2024 O'Byrne Cup and Walsh Cup fixtures announced - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
  2. ^ "Wicklow footballers and hurlers to face Wexford and Kildare in opening jousts of 2024". Independent.ie. November 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Longford win back-to-back O'Byrne Cups after deserved win over Dublin". Independent.ie. January 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Positives to be taken from Wicklow's O'Byrne Shield final defeat to Louth". Independent.ie. February 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "Leinster champions first up for Carlow in 2024". Carlow Nationalist. November 9, 2023.
  6. ^ Commins, Richard (10 November 2023). "O'Byrne Cup 2024". Twitter.
  7. ^ "Louth finish strongly to see off Wicklow and win O'Byrne Shield final". Drogheda Independent. 10 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Wicklow fall short". Wicklow People. 14 February 2024.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_O%27Byrne_Cup
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