# 2022 Lory Meagher Cup

The 2022 Lory Meagher Cup is the fourteenth edition of the Lory Meagher Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2009 and is the fifth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by six GAA county teams ranked 30–35 in the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The competition ran from 10 April to 21 May 2022.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Relegated from the Nicky Rackard Cup
* Leitrim
Re entered Championship
* Lancashire

### From Championship

Promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup
* Fermanagh

## Teams
### General Information

| County | Cup Titles | Last Cup Title | Position in 2021 Championship |
| Cavan | 0 | — | Runners-up |
| Lancashire | 0 | — | — |
| Leitrim | 1 | 2019 | Quarter-finals (Nicky Rackard Cup) |
| Longford | 2 | 2014 | Semi-finals |
| Louth | 2 | 2020 | Semi-finals |
| Monaghan | 0 | — | Quarter-finals |

### Personnel and kits

* County
* Cavan
* Lancashire
* Leitrim
* Longford
* Louth
* Monaghan

## Format
### Cup format

The 6 teams will play each other once in the Group Stage. The top 2 teams in the group will advance to the final.

### Promotion

The winner of the final will be promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup.

## Group stage
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Longford | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3-95 | 9-66 | +11 | 8 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Louth | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7-86 | 5-50 | +42 | 6 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Leitrim | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13-77 | 6-74 | +24 | 6 | |
| 4 | Monaghan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3-51 | 3-47 | +4 | 4* | |
| 5 | Lancashire | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3-63 | 5-94 | -37 | 2 | |
| 6 | Cavan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5-45 | 6-86 | -44 | 0 | |
Monaghan were deducted 4 points for fielding an ineligible player. Games v Louth and Cavan were forfeited without award to opposition. From a scoring difference perspective only, it is treated as if the game never took place (i.e. no score for or against either team involved)
Louth are ranked ahead of Leitrim on head to head record.

### Group stage results
#### Round 1

Monaghan forfeited game vs. Cavan due to fielding an ineligible player.

#### Round 2

Monaghan forfeited game vs. Louth due to fielding an ineligible player.

#### Round 5
## Knockout stage
### Final

| GK | 1 | Conor Gallagher (Longford Slashers) |
| RCB | 2 | Niall Moran (Ringtown, Westmeath) |
| FB | 3 | Enda Naughton (St Brendan's, Galway) |
| LCB | 4 | Karl Murray (Longford Slashers) |
| RHB | 5 | Adam Quinn (Wolfe Tones) |
| CHB | 6 | David Buckley (Clonguish Gaels) |
| LHB | 7 | Aidan Sheridan (Cashel King Cormacs, Tipperary) |
| MF | 8 | Emmet Corrigan (Ringtown, Westmeath) |
| MF | 9 | Paddy Lynam (St Oliver Plunkett's, Westmeath) |
| RHF | 10 | Evan Tully (Wolfe Tones) |
| CHF | 11 | Cian Kavanagh (Longford Slashers) |
| LHF | 12 | Reuben Murray (Longford Slashers) |
| RCF | 13 | Joe O'Brien (Clonguish Gaels) |
| FF | 14 | Cathal Mullane (Wolfe Tones) (c) |
| LCF | 15 | John Mulhern (Wolfe Tones) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Micheál Mulcahy (Longford Slashers) for Mulhern |
| | 17 | Pearse McNally (Wolfe Tones) for Sheridan |
| | 18 | Dáire Regan (Longford Slashers) for Tully |
| | 19 | Paul Barden (Clonguish Gaels) for Kavanagh |
| | 20 | Ciarán Farrell (Longford Slashers) for R. Murray |
| Manager: ||
| Adrian Moran ||
| GK | 1 | Ruairí Morrissey (St Fechin's) |
| RCB | 2 | Danny Morgan (St Fechin's) |
| FB | 3 | Donal Ryan (St Fechin's) |
| LCB | 4 | Adam Plunkett (Knockbridge) |
| RHB | 5 | Matthew Fee (Naomh Moninne) |
| CHB | 6 | Conor Quigley (Knockbridge) |
| LHB | 7 | Jamie McDonnell (St Fechin's) |
| MF | 8 | Seánie Crosbie (St Kevin's) |
| MF | 9 | Liam Molloy (Knockbridge) |
| RHF | 10 | Peter Fortune (St Fechin's) |
| CHF | 11 | Feidhelm Joyce (Naomh Moninne) (c) |
| LHF | 12 | Seaghan Conneely (St Fechin's) |
| RCF | 13 | Darren Geoghegan (Naomh Moninne) |
| FF | 14 | Paul Matthews (St Fechin's) |
| LCF | 15 | Seán Kerrisk (St Fechin's) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Niall Keenan (Tremane, Roscommon) for Fortune |
| | 17 | Mark Gahan (Naomh Moninne) for Kerrisk |
| | 18 | Pádraig Fallon (Naomh Moninne) for Crosbie |
| | 19 | Andrew Smyth (Knockbridge) for Plunkett |
| | 20 | Andrew Mackin (Naomh Moninne) for Conneely |
| Manager: ||
| Paul McCormack ||

## Statistics
### Top scorers
#### In a single game
### Scoring events

* Widest winning margin: points
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* Most goals in a match: 8
** Louth vs Monaghan (Darver)
* Most points in a match: 41
** Cavan vs Longford (Breffni Park)
*** Louth vs Longford (Croke Park)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5
** Monaghan vs Louth (Darver)
* Most points by one team in a match: 27
** Louth vs Lancashire (Sports Campus Ireland)
*** Longford vs Cavan (Breffni Park)
**** Louth vs Longford (Croke Park)
* Highest aggregate score: 00 points
** 000 vs 000 (000)
* Lowest aggregate score: 00 points
** 000 vs 000 (000)

## Miscellaneous

* Louth won their 1st championship in 2 years, last winning the 2020 Lory Meagher Cup
* They are also first team to win the Lory Meagher Cup on three occasions.