# 2016 O'Byrne Cup

The 2016 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.
Meath were the winners.

## Format

16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of Leinster except Kilkenny) and 5 third-level teams: DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU and Maynooth University.
The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners progress to the semi-finals.

## Group A

| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Dublin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 5 |
| DCU | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 4 |
| Wexford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 38 | 9 | 3 |
| IT Carlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 91 | -50 | 0 |
| 3 January 2016 | Wexford | 2-6 - 0-12 | Dublin | Enniscorthy Referee: J Hickey |
| 3 January 2016 | A Flynn (1-1), B Brosnan (1-1), R Vallejo, K Rowe, K O'Grady, PJ Banville (0-1) each | | D Rock (0-6), C Reddin, J Whelan, S Carthy, C Costello, P Andrews, C O'Callaghan (0-1) each | Enniscorthy Referee: J Hickey |
| 3 January 2016 | IT Carlow | 2-6 - 3-20 | DCU | Fenagh Referee: F Barry |
| 3 January 2016 | S McGraynor (2-3), D Aston (0-3) | | C McGraynor (1-7), C McHugh (1-2), D Mannix (0-5), E Smith (1-1), C McNally (0-3), S Carey (0-1), S Attride (0-1) | Fenagh Referee: F Barry |
| 6 January 2016 | Dublin | 3-24 - 2-8 | IT Carlow | Blanchardstown |
| 6 January 2016 | C Costello (2-6), P Andrews (1-3), M Deegan (0-5), T Brady (0-2), J Whelan (0-2), S Carthy (0-2), C McGuire (0-2), N Scully (0-1), P McMahon (0-1) | | C Healy (1-3), M Sherry (1-0), C Conroy (0-2), K Ryan (0-2), N Kane (0-1) | Blanchardstown |
| 6 January 2016 | Wexford | 1-3 - 1-8 | DCU | Enniscorthy |
| 6 January 2016 | J Carthy (1-0), K O'Grady (0-3) | | C McGraynor (1-1), C McHugh (0-2), M Plunkett (0-2), S Carthy (0-1), C Breheny (0-1), D Mannix (0-1) | Enniscorthy |
| 10 January 2016 | Wexford | 3-20 - 1-12 | IT Carlow | Bunclody |
| 10 January 2016 | T Rossiter (0-6), D Shanley (0-5), K Rowe (1-2), K O'Grady (0-3), S Ryan (1-0), B Brosnan (0-2), P Curtis (1-0), K Butler (0-1), C Kehoe (0-1) | | B McHugh (0-8), C Healy (1-4) | Bunclody |
| 10 January 2016 | Dublin | 1-16 - 1-12 | DCU | Parnell Park |
| 10 January 2016 | D Rock (0-6), C O'Callaghan (1-2), C Costello (0-3), S Carthy (0-2), P Andrews (0-2), J Whelan (0-1) | | S Carey (0-7), E Smith (1-3), M Quinn (0-1), D Byrne (0-1) | Parnell Park |

## Group B

| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Louth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 33 | 24 | 4 |
| Kildare | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 4 |
| Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 2 |
| DIT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 62 | -23 | 2 |
* Louth are placed ahead of Kildare because they won the head-to-head game between the teams.
| 3 January 2016 | Kildare | 0-24 - 1-7 | DIT | Newbridge Referee: S Johnson |
| 3 January 2016 | A Tyrrell (0-9), E O'Flaherty (0-6), D Flynn (0-3), C McNally (0-2), R Houlihan, F Dowling, S Hanafin, R Cahill (0-1) each | | B McMahon (0-5), C Madden (1-1), K O'Gara (0-1) | Newbridge Referee: S Johnson |
| 3 January 2016 | Louth | 1-9 - 0-13 | Offaly | Darver Centre of Excellence Referee: B Cawley |
| 3 January 2016 | J McEneaney (1-5), C Judge (0-2), G McSorley (0-1), R Holcroft (0-1) | | B Allen (0-4), J Maher (0-3), S Doyle (0-3), C McNamee (0-1), C Donoghue (0-1), M Brazil (0-1) | Darver Centre of Excellence Referee: B Cawley |
| 6 January 2016 | Kildare | 0-8 - 2-11 | Louth | Hawkfield Referee: S Culhair |
| 6 January 2016 | R Cahill (0-4), M Conway (0-1), E Heavey (0-1), E Callaghan (0-1), C McNally (0-1) | | J Califf (1-8), B Flannagan (1-0), R Holcroft (0-2), J McEneaney (0-1) | Hawkfield Referee: S Culhair |
| 6 January 2016 | DIT | 2-11 - 0-10 | Offaly | Haggardstown Referee: N McKenna |
| 6 January 2016 | K O'Gara (1-3), B McMahon (0-4), R Connelly (1-0), L Irwin (0-2), G Guilfoyle (0-1), C Madden (0-1) | | N Dunne (0-5), A Sullivan (0-2), W Mulhall (0-1), S Dooley (0-1), J Gethings (0-1) | Haggardstown Referee: N McKenna |
| 10 January 2016 | Offaly | 0-11 - 0-13 | Kildare | Tullamore |
| 10 January 2016 | J Evans (0-3), J Maher (0-3), S Moriarty (0-1), S Nally (0-1), S Dooley (0-1), R McNamee (0-1), S Doyle (0-1) | | R Cahill (0-5), E O'Connor (0-3), C McNally (0-2), M Byrne (0-1), A Tyrrell (0-1), S Hannafin (0-1) | Tullamore |
| 10 January 2016 | Louth | 3-19 - 1-9 | DIT | Darver Centre of Excellence |
| 10 January 2016 | J McEneaney (1-6), T Durnin (1-1), B Flannagan (1-1), D Byrne (0-3), R Holcroft (0-3), C McKeever (0-3), A Reid (0-1), M Rafferty (0-1) | | K O'Gara (0-6), C Madden (0-3), E O Conghaile (1-0) | Darver Centre of Excellence |

## Group C

| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Meath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 35 | 19 | 4 |
| UCD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 4 |
| Laois | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 4 |
| Carlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 59 | -30 | 0 |
| 3 January 2016 | Carlow | 1-4 - 1-18 | Meath | Carlow Referee: C Dwyer |
| 3 January 2016 | C Blake (0-4), B Kavanagh (1-0) | | M Newman (0-7), M Battersby (1-2), G Reilly (0-3), D McDonagh (0-3), H Rooney (0-1), S Tobin (0-1), P Geraghty (0-1) | Carlow Referee: C Dwyer |
| 3 January 2016 | Laois | 1-10 - 1-9 | UCD | Ratheniska Referee: P Maguire |
| 3 January 2016 | D Kingston (0-4), J Farrell (1-0), K Meaney (0-2), A Farrell (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1), N Murphy (0-1), R O'Connor (0-1) | | J Heslin (0-4), L Kelly (1-0), C McCarthy (0-3), F Andrews (0-1), R Carr (0-1) | Ratheniska Referee: P Maguire |
| 6 January 2016 | Laois | 1-16 - 1-9 | Carlow | Portlaoise |
| 6 January 2016 | G Walsh (0-5), D Kingston (0-4), P Cahillane (1-1), J O'Loughlin (0-2), E Costello (0-1), A Farrell (0-1), K Meaney (0-1), R O'Connor (0-1) | | J Murphy (1-0), G Kelly (0-2), D O'Brien (0-2), D Lunney (0-2), B Murphy (0-1), E Finnegan (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1) | Portlaoise |
| 6 January 2016 | Meath | 0-11 - 2-8 | UCD | Simonstown |
| 6 January 2016 | S Tobin (0-3), M Newman (0-2), D Lenihan (0-2), B O'Brien (0-1), C O'Sullivan (0-1), E Wallace (0-1), B Tormay (0-1) | | T Hayes (1-1), C Basquel (1-0), J Heslin (0-2), J McEntee (0-2), C McCarthy (0-1), L Casey (0-1), E Lowry (0-1) | Simonstown |
| 10 January 2016 | Meath | 2-16 - 0-14 | Laois | Navan |
| 10 January 2016 | G Reilly (1-4), S Tobin (0-5), M Newman (1-0), C O'Sullivan (0-2), D Lenihan (0-2), D Keogan (0-1), A Douglas (0-1), H Rooney (0-1) | | D Kingston (0-8), P Cahillane (0-2), G Dillon (0-1), N Murphy (0-1), E Costello (0-1), G Walsh (0-1) | Navan |
| 10 January 2016 | Carlow | 1-7 - 2-13 | UCD | Carlow |
| 10 January 2016 | D Foley (1-5), C Blake (0-1), P Broderick (0-1) | | R Carr (1-4), E Lowry (1-4), P Mannion (0-1), L Kelly (0-1), P Kingston (0-1), N O'Reilly (0-1), E O'Byrne (0-1) | Carlow |

## Group D

| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Longford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 34 | 9 | 4 |
| Maynooth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| Westmeath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| Wicklow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 0 |
| 3 January 2016 | Wicklow | 0-13 - 1-14 | Westmeath | Bray Referee: B Tiernan |
| 3 January 2016 | R Finn (0-5), A McLoughlin (0-2), P Byrne (0-2), D Healy (0-1), C Murphy (0-1), D Hayden (0-1), C Fitzgerald (0-1) | | J Connellan (1-6), S Dempsey (0-4), P Sharry (0-2), G Egan (0-1), C McCormack (0-1) | Bray Referee: B Tiernan |
| 3 January 2016 | Longford | 0-18 - 1-9 | Maynooth | Longford Referee: D Gough |
| 3 January 2016 | J McGivney (0-5), R Smyth (0-5), B Kavanagh (0-4), B Farrell (0-2), B McKeon (0-1), A Dalton (0-1) | | N Flynn (0-5), E O'Carroll (1-0), J Wallace (0-2), B Duggan (0-1) | Longford Referee: D Gough |
| 6 January 2016 | Westmeath | 0-14 - 1-10 | Longford | Mullingar |
| 6 January 2016 | K Martin (0-4), G Egan (0-4), C McCormack (0-2), D Daly (0-1), R Foley (0-1), D Corroon (0-1), L Dolan (0-1) | | B Kavanagh (0-4), M Brady (1-0), B McKeon (0-2), A Dalton (0-2), C Smyth (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1) | Mullingar |
| 6 January 2016 | Wicklow | 0-9 - 1-15 | Maynooth | Rathdrum |
| 6 January 2016 | M O'Connor (0-3), N Gaffney (0-2), P Cunningham (0-2), G Allen (0-1), E Murtagh (0-1) | | N Flynn (0-7), R Kennedy (1-3), R McManus (0-4), F Conway (0-1) | Rathdrum |
| 10 January 2016 | Longford | 1-9 - 1-5 | Wicklow | Longford |
| 10 January 2016 | J McGivney (1-0), D McElligott (0-2), F McGee (0-2), D Masterson (0-1), C Smyth (0-1), R Smyth (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1), P McKeon (0-1) | | P Byrne (1-2), C Murphy (0-1), R Finn (0-1), C Fitzgerald (0-1) | Longford |
| 10 January 2016 | Westmeath | 0-9 - 0-10 | Maynooth | Attendance: Moate |
| 10 January 2016 | G Egan (0-4), R Sharry (0-2), D Corroon (0-1), L Dolan (0-1), K Martin (0-1) | | R Kennedy (0-6), E O'Carroll (0-2), B Duggan (0-1), R McManus (0-1) | Attendance: Moate |

## Semi-finals

| 17 January 2016 Semi-final | Meath | 0-11 – 0-10 | Louth | Drogheda Park |
| 17 January 2016 Semi-final | Dublin | 0-9 – 1-12 | Longford | Pearse Park, Longford Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Hickey (Carlow) |
| 17 January 2016 Semi-final | | Report | | Pearse Park, Longford Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Hickey (Carlow) |

## Final

| 24 January 2016 2:40 p.m. Final | Meath | 1-17 – 1-11 | Longford | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Referee: B Cawley (Kildare) |
| 24 January 2016 2:40 p.m. Final | G Reilly 0-6; M Newman 0-4 (4f); C O’Sullivan 1-1; D Lenihan, S Tobin 0-2 each; D Smyth, R Ó Coilleann 0-1 each | Report | F McGee 0-6 (3f, 1 '45'); R Smyth 1-2; B McKeon, L Connerton, M Brady 0-1 each | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Referee: B Cawley (Kildare) |