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Revision as of 19:18, 27 June 2007
| O'Byrne Cup | |
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| Irish | Corn Uí Bhroin |
| Founded | Offaly (1954) |
| Title holders | Dublin (6th title) |
| Most titles | Meath Kildare (8 titles) |
| Sponsors | ? |
The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition between teams from Leinster. The competition is named after Matt O'Byrne, a former Club Officer in Wicklow. The participants in the O'Byrne Cup are the twelve counties of Leinster and recently four further education Colleges from Leinster. The current champions are Dublin, who beat Laois in the final by a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 after extra time.
Recently an O'Byrne Shield has been introduced for teams knocked out of the first stage of the Cup also.
Top Winners
| Team | Winner | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meath | 8 | 1967, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2006 |
| Kildare | 8 | 1962, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1989, 2003. | |
| 3 | Offaly | 6 | 1954, 1961, 1981, 1993, 1997, 1998 |
| Dublin | 6 | 1956, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1999, 2007 | |
| 5 | Laois | 5 | 1978, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2005. |
| 6 | Wicklow | 4 | 1955, 1957, 1986, 1996 |
| 7 | Louth | 3 | 1963, 1980, 1990 |
| Westmeath | 3 | 1959, 1964, 1988 | |
| 9 | Longford | 2 | 1965, 2000 |
| 10 | Carlow | 1 | 2002. |
| Wexford | 1 | 1995 |
- No Competition in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1984, 1985.
Previous Finals
2007 Participants
For this years competitions see O'Byrne Cup 2007
Finalists
Semi Finalists
Quarter Finalists
O'Byrne Shield
Dropped Out
- Dundalk IT
- Kilkenny
The O'Byrne Shield
The O'Byrne Shield is an inter county competition between the losers of the first round of the O'Byrne Cup. The competition began in 2006 with Longford winning in the final. The 2007 final was contested by Longford and Athlone IT and Longford won the game on a scoreline of 2-10 to 1-7.
Top Winners
| Team | Winner | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longford | 2 | 2006, 2007 |