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.

2016 O'Byrne Cup
Donal Keogan lifts the O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2016
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
Winners
ChampionsMeath (9th win)
ManagerMick O'Dowd
CaptainDonal Keogan
Runners-up
Runners-upLongford
ManagerDenis Connerton
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2017 →

Meath were the winners.

Format

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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

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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
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

3 January 2016 IT Carlow 2-6 - 3-20 DCU Fenagh
Referee: F Barry
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)

6 January 2016 Dublin 3-24 - 2-8 IT Carlow Blanchardstown
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)

6 January 2016 Wexford 1-3 - 1-8 DCU Enniscorthy
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)

10 January 2016 Wexford 3-20 - 1-12 IT Carlow Bunclody
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)

10 January 2016 Dublin 1-16 - 1-12 DCU Parnell Park
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)

Group B

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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
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)

3 January 2016 Louth 1-9 - 0-13 Offaly Darver Centre of Excellence
Referee: B Cawley
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)

6 January 2016 Kildare 0-8 - 2-11 Louth Hawkfield
Referee: S Culhair
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)

6 January 2016 DIT 2-11 - 0-10 Offaly Haggardstown
Referee: N McKenna
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)

10 January 2016 Offaly 0-11 - 0-13 Kildare Tullamore
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)

10 January 2016 Louth 3-19 - 1-9 DIT Darver Centre of Excellence
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)

Group C

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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
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)

3 January 2016 Laois 1-10 - 1-9 UCD Ratheniska
Referee: P Maguire
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)

6 January 2016 Laois 1-16 - 1-9 Carlow Portlaoise
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)

6 January 2016 Meath 0-11 - 2-8 UCD Simonstown
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)

10 January 2016 Meath 2-16 - 0-14 Laois Navan
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)

10 January 2016 Carlow 1-7 - 2-13 UCD Carlow
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)

Group D

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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
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)

3 January 2016 Longford 0-18 - 1-9 Maynooth Longford
Referee: D Gough
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)

6 January 2016 Westmeath 0-14 - 1-10 Longford Mullingar
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)

6 January 2016 Wicklow 0-9 - 1-15 Maynooth Rathdrum
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)

10 January 2016 Longford 1-9 - 1-5 Wicklow Longford
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)

10 January 2016 Westmeath 0-9 - 0-10 Maynooth
Attendance: Moate
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)

Semi-finals

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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)
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Final

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24 January 2016
2:40 p.m.
Final
Meath 1-17 – 1-11 Longford Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Referee: B Cawley (Kildare)
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

References

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