The 2011 Lory Meagher Cup was the 3rd annual fourth-tier
hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
competition organised by the
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...
. The teams competing were:
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Longford
Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...
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Donegal Donegal may refer to:
County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
* Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...
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Tyrone
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South Down
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Leitrim
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Fermanagh
Historically, Fermanagh ( ga, Fir Manach), as opposed to the modern County Fermanagh, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Fermanagh. ''Fir Manach'' originally referred to a distinct kin group of al ...
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Cavan
Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...
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Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
The winners of the 2011 Lory Meagher Cup were promoted to the
2012 Nicky Rackard Cup.
Structure
The tournament had a
double elimination
A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimina ...
format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out.
*The eight teams played four Round 1 matches.
**The winners in Round 1 advanced to Round 2A.
**The losers in Round 1 went into Round 2B.
*There were two Round 2A matches.
**The winners in Round 2A advanced to the semifinals.
**The losers in Round 2A went into the quarter-finals.
*There were two Round 2B matches.
**The winners in Round 2B advanced to the quarter-finals.
**The losers in Round 2B were eliminated.
*There were two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.
**The winners of the quarter-finals advanced to the semifinals.
**The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated.
*There were two semifinal matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners.
**The winners of the semifinals advanced to the final.
**The losers of the semifinals were eliminated.
*The winners of the final won the Lory Meagher Cup for 2011.
Fixtures
Round 1
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Round 2A
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Round 2B
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Quarter-finals
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Semifinals
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Final
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Statistics
Top scorers
;Overall
;Single game
Scoring
*Widest winning margin: 29 points
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South Down 4-25 - 0-08
Leitrim (Round 1)
*Most goals in a match: 6
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Longford
Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...
2-12 - 4-17
Tyrone (Round 1)
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Leitrim 2-11 - 4-11
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
(Round 2B)
*Most points in a match: 33
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South Down 4-25 - 0-08
Leitrim (Round 1)
*Most goals by one team in a match: 4
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South Down 4-25 - 0-08
Leitrim (Round 1)
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Tyrone 4-17 - 2-12
Longford
Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...
(Round 1)
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Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
4-11 - 2-11
Leitrim (Round 2B)
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Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
4-08 - 1-10
Fermanagh
Historically, Fermanagh ( ga, Fir Manach), as opposed to the modern County Fermanagh, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Fermanagh. ''Fir Manach'' originally referred to a distinct kin group of al ...
(Quarter-final)
*Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
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Longford
Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...
2-12 - 4-17
Tyrone (Round 1)
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Leitrim 2-11 - 4-11
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
(Round 2B)
**
Fermanagh
Historically, Fermanagh ( ga, Fir Manach), as opposed to the modern County Fermanagh, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Fermanagh. ''Fir Manach'' originally referred to a distinct kin group of al ...
2-08 - 3-18
Donegal Donegal may refer to:
County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
* Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...
(Round 2A)
*Most points scored by a losing team: 14
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Longford
Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...
1-14 - 2-14
South Down (Quarter-final)
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Lory Meagher Cup
The Lory Meagher Cup (; often referred to as the Meagher Cup) is the fifth-highest inter-county senior championship in hurling. Each year, the champion team in the Lory Meagher Cup is promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup.
The Lory Meagher Cup, wh ...
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