The 2008

Kehoe Cup The Kehoe Cup ( ; ga, Corn Mhic Eochaidh) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) since 1977 for second- and third-tier inter-county teams in the province of Leinster in Irel ...

was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of

Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of ...

. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from

and

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and selected university teams. The winners were Meath who defeated Carlow 1–20 to 0–17 in the final.

Kehoe Cup

First round

All of the first round matches were originally due to take place in the week ending 13 January 2008. However, due to poor weather and waterlogged pitches, three matches were postponed until the weekend of 20 January 2008.

Quarter-finals

The quarter finals saw Meath, Carlow, Wicklow and D.I.T progress to the semi-finals.

Kehoe Cup

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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