2014 O'Byrne Cup, Walsh Cup, and other lesser Provincial Competitions Thread

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O’Byrne Cup Round One

Wexford 1-07 Laois 0-06
Offaly 0-08 UCD 0-04
Carlow 0-0 Longford 1-13
Kildare 2-14 Athlone IT 0-03
Meath 2-06 DIT 0-06
Wicklow 1-06 IT Carlow 0-06
Westmeath 0-05 Dublin 0-06

McGrath Cup quarter-finals
Kerry 0-06 IT Tralee 0-03
CIT 2-05 Mary I 1-03
Cork 1-09 LIT 0-0
UL 1-01 UCC 0-01

McKenna Cup Round One
Armagh 0-05 Queen’s 0-05
Donegal 0-03 Tyrone 0-03
Monaghan 1-05 Derry 2-04
Fermanagh v St Mary’s postponed
Antrim 0-0 Cavan 1-0
Down 0-06 UUJ 0-03

Connacht FBD FL Round One
Roscommon 1-06 Sligo IT 1-06
Galway 1-02 Sligo 0-04
Leitrim 1-08 GMIT 0-05

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why are the four “so called” weaker counties Limerick, Waterford, Tipp and Clare not competing in the McGrath Cup?

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In protest to the voting in favour of seeding in Munster Football C;ship.

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Former Kildare footballer James Kavanagh put in a great showing for Galway today. He was always a Galway man anyway many would have said.

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Perhaps but it would not be construed as being under the rules as they were only enacted, so to speak, on January 1st.

https://twitter.com/louthgaa/status/419569683491475456

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[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 882657, member: 348”]Perhaps but it would not be construed as being under the rules as they were only enacted, so to speak, on January 1st.

https://twitter.com/louthgaa/status/419569683491475456[/quote]
So what you’re saying is we’ll never truly know. Agreed.

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UCC and UL seems like a humdinger

Munster GAA McGrath Cup Quarter Final (2nd half,63 min) UCC 4-16 UL 5-14

#woof

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Sigh.

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Is there a shield in the o Byrne cup for the teams that don’t make semi finals? If so who qualifies for it? 2nd place teams in each group?

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he was a super player a few years back with Kildare. Form in more recent times was poor

could be a nice boost for the Galway forwards

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Not sure what to make of this. Only thing is he went to school here, is married to a galway bird, lives in galway permanently and works here so its not a johnston situation. And its not like he thinks leaving kildare for galway massively improves his chances at glory. People i talk to in football circles have no problem with it.

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Of course it’s not, and it’s never been suggested as much. It’s a perfectly normal thing to do.

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Nah its a clean fit, everything the Johnston thing wasnt. Can’t blame him, he’s a good player to boot so you kinda suspected he wasnt all Kildare anyway.

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Poetic justice for Kildare really.

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Very true. Oh how ‘Geezer’ and Charlie McCreevey must have guffawed at the whole Seanie controversy at the formers wedding in Kerry recently.

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The O’Bryne Cup, grass roots :clap:

http://c2.dmlimg.com/abeafefb1775bcdec36d9c59ed895122d6259e2ece4b2f8235666c9b09c1a0d1.jpg

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:clap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5zGYr0Cts8

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Tonight’s results:

O’Byrne Cup round 2
Laois 2-18 Offaly 1-15
Wexford 2-3 UCD 2-12
Longford 0-6 Kildare 3-20
Carlow 0-13 Athlone IT 1-15
Wicklow 1-21 DIT 3-13
Meath 0-18 IT Carlow 0-12
Dublin 2-6 Louth 0-8
Westmeath 2-9 DCU 2-15

McKenna Cup round 1
Fermanagh 1-10 St Mary’s 3-8

FYI information
dublin trained at 07-00 this morning

kildare seem to be peaking already, 4-24 last day vs AIT who beat wicklow tonight, form team right now

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[quote=“mickee321, post: 884210, member: 367”]
kildare seem to be peaking already, 4-24 last day vs AIT who beat wicklow tonight, form team right now[/quote]
Part of the big scores being put up is down to the huge panel Ryan is working off for the O’Byrne. 60+ lads, the vast majority of whom are bursting a lung just to get onto the league panel. The superior fitness levels would also be a big factor this early in the year I’d imagine.

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right, that would explain so why they played 2 games last sunday.
Why would their fitness by superior to other teams at this stage?, have they been back training since last september? it wouldnt suprise me,