The 2009
O'Byrne Cup
The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organized by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954.
History
The competition is named in honour of Matt Byrne (b. 14 February 1870), a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of ...
was a
Gaelic football
Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
competition played by the teams of
Leinster GAA
The Leinster Council is a Province (Gaelic games)#Provincial councils, provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and Gaelic handball, handball in the province of Leinster. The L ...
. The competition differs from the
Leinster Senior Football Championship
The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...
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 2009 O'Byrne Cup were
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.
O'Byrne Cup
First round
The eight winning teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup go on to qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round go on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
O'Byrne Shield
The teams included in the quarter-finals of the O'Byrne Shield were Offaly, Carlow, Wexford, Laois, Kilkenny, UCD, Athlone IT and Westmeath. Laois were the eventual winners in the final against Carlow.
See also
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2009 Dr McKenna Cup
The 2009 Dr McKenna Cup was a Gaelic football competition played under the auspices of Ulster GAA. The tournament was won by Donegal, their first McKenna title since 1991. They defeated Queen's in the final, after extra-time, with goals from D ...
References
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2009
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2009 in Gaelic football
January 2009 sports events in Europe