# 2009 O'Byrne Cup

The 2009 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship 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 Louth.

## O'Byrne Cup

| First round 4 January 2009 | First round 4 January 2009 | Quarter-finals 11 January 2009 | Quarter-finals 11 January 2009 | Semi-finals 18 January 2009 | Semi-finals 18 January 2009 | Final 25 January 2009 | Final 25 January 2009 |
| Louth | 2-14 | | | | | | |
| U.C.D. | 1-02 | Louth | 4-12 | | | | |
| Longford | 2-12 | Longford | 0-05 | | | | |
| A.I.T. | 1-07 | | | Louth | 2-19 | | |
| Dublin | 0-15 | | | Wicklow | 1-10 | | |
| Offaly | 1-07 | Dublin | 0-06 | | | | |
| Wicklow | 2-10 | Wicklow | 0-09 | | | | |
| Carlow | 1-08 | | | | | Louth | 1-17 |
| Kildare | 1-12 | | | | | D.C.U. | 1-10 |
| Wexford | 0-09 | Kildare | 1-10 | | | | |
| Meath | 1-17 | Meath | 0-08 | | | | |
| Westmeath | 0-07 | | | Kildare | 0-11 | | |
| D.C.U. | 1-14 | | | D.C.U. | 2-08 | | |
| Laois | 1-13 | D.C.U. | 0-11 | | | | |
| D.I.T | 0-18 | D.I.T. | 0-05 | | | | |
| Kilkenny | 2-06 | | | | | | |

### 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.

### Final

| GK | 1 | Stuart Reynolds (O'Connells) |
| RCB | 2 | John O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| FB | 3 | Dessie Finnegan (St Patrick's) |
| LCB | 4 | Benny McArdle (St Patrick's Dromintee, Armagh) |
| RHB | 5 | Pádraig Rath (Dreadnots) |
| CHB | 6 | Mick Fanning (Naomh Máirtín) |
| LHB | 7 | Gerard Hoey (Geraldines) |
| MF | 8 | Ronan Carroll (St Mary's) |
| MF | 9 | Brian White (Cooley Kickhams) |
| RHF | 10 | Adrian Reid (Mattock Rangers) |
| CHF | 11 | Shane Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets) (c) |
| LHF | 12 | David Reid (Mattock Rangers) |
| RCF | 13 | JP Rooney (Naomh Máirtín) |
| FF | 14 | Derek Crilly (Dundalk Gaels) |
| LCF | 15 | Darren Clarke (St Mary's) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Páraic Smith (Dreadnots) for Adrian Reid |
| | 17 | Aaron Hoey (St Bride's) for Carroll |
| | 18 | Derek Maguire (Dundalk Young Irelands) for Rooney |
| | 19 | Kevin Rogers (Naomh Malachi) for Clarke |
| GK | 1 | Michael Boyle (Donegal) |
| RCB | 2 | Barry Watters (Cavan) |
| FB | 3 | Kieran Gavin (Westmeath) |
| LCB | 4 | Paddy Andrews (Dublin) |
| RHB | 5 | Dermot Sheridan (Cavan) |
| CHB | 6 | Ciarán Hughes (Monaghan) |
| LHB | 7 | Ronan Flanagan (Cavan) |
| MF | 8 | Ray Cullivan (Cavan) |
| MF | 9 | Kevin Reilly (Meath) |
| RHF | 10 | Cathal Cregg (Roscommon) |
| CHF | 11 | Brian Sheridan (Meath) |
| LHF | 12 | David Keenan (Roscommon) |
| RCF | 13 | Rory Maguire (Meath) |
| FF | 14 | Luke Sweetman (Dublin) |
| LCF | 15 | Martin McElroy (Monaghan) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Kevin Leahy (Dublin) for Flanagan |
| | 17 | Pauric Howard (Meath) for Brian Sheridan |
| | 18 | Seánie Johnston (Cavan) for Maguire |
| | 19 | Shane O'Rourke (Meath) for Sweetman |
| | 20 | David Kelly (Sligo) for Keenan |
| | 21 | Conor Rafferty (Louth) for Cregg |

## 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.
| Quarter-finals 11 January 2009 | Quarter-finals 11 January 2009 | Quarter-finals 11 January 2009 | Semi-finals 18 January 2009 | Semi-finals 18 January 2009 | Semi-finals 18 January 2009 | Final 25 January 2009 | Final 25 January 2009 | Final 25 January 2009 |
| Laois | Laois | 4-18 | | | | | | |
| Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 1-04 | Laois | Laois | 2-14 | | | |
| Westmeath | Westmeath | 2-13 | Westmeath | Westmeath | 1-09 | | | |
| Wexford | Wexford | 2-11 | | | | Laois | Laois | 1-13 |
| Carlow | Carlow | 2-11 | | | | Carlow | Carlow | 1-06 |
| Offaly | Offaly | 0-13 | Carlow | Carlow | 1-17 | | | |
| U.C.D. | U.C.D. | 0-12 | U.C.D. | U.C.D. | 0-13 | | | |
| A.I.T. | A.I.T. | 0-08 | | | | | | |