| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Province | Leinster |
| Year | 2023 |
| Trophy | O'Byrne Cup |
| Date | 4–21 January 2023 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Defending champions | Dublin |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Longford (4th win) |
| Manager | Paddy Christie |
| Captain | Barry O'Farrell |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Louth |
| Manager | Mickey Harte |
| Captain | Sam Mulroy |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| ← 20222024 → | |
The 2023 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football tournament played by eleven county teams of Leinster GAA in January 2023; Kilkenny did not take part. Dublin were the holders.
The tournament was won by Longford, with Dessie Reynolds scoring 3-3 in the final against Louth. The competition was marred by a series of cancelled games, as four teams gave walkovers in the later rounds, saying that they did not have enough players available, with the Sigerson Cup and other competitions going on. Leinster GAA stated that "the integrity of the competition has now been diminished. In future, counties will have to give serious consideration to their fixture schedule before committing to participating."
Competition format
The eleven teams are drawn to play in two groups of four teams and one group of three teams.
Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
The three group winners advance to the knockout stage, with one of the winners of a four-team group playing the winners of the three-team group in the semi-final, and the other four-team group winners advancing directly to the final.
Group stage
Games took place 4–11 January 2023.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Louth
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 |  Westmeath
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Kildare
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Wexford
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 2 |
Notes:
- ^ Wexford received a walkover from Louth.
- ^ Louth are ranked ahead of Westmeath as they won the head-to-head game between the teams
- ^ Westmeath received a walkover from Kildare.
- ^ Kildare are ranked ahead of Wexford as they won the head-to-head game between the teams
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Longford
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 5 | Advance to final |
| 2 |  Meath
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Carlow
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Laois
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 1 |
Notes:
- ^ Carlow received a walkover from Laois.
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Offaly
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 |  Dublin
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 2 | |
| 3 | Wicklow
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Louth v Offaly
| 15 January 2023 (2023-01-15) 14:00 IWT (UTC±0) Semi-Final |
| Report |
| Louth
|
w/o – scr. | Offaly
|
|---|
| Páirc Naomh Bríd, Dundalk |
v Louth
| TG4 |
| 21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 14:00 IWT (UTC±0) Final |
| Report |
| Longford
|
3-13 (22) – (12) 0-12 | Louth
|
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-07 – 0-07) | ||
| Pearse Park, Longford Referee: Keith O'Brien (Westmeath) |
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- Reporter, Leader. "Longford away to Laois in the opening round of the 2023 O'Byrne Cup". www.longfordleader.ie.
- McMahon, James (November 16, 2022). "Gannon confirms Pat Gilroy will be joining Dubs set-up" – via www.rte.ie.
- Bannon, Dan (January 21, 2023). "Reynolds on fire as Longford claim O'Byrne Cup" – via www.rte.ie.
- "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- "Outgoing Leinster GAA chairman hopes O'Byrne Cup walkovers don't 'adversely affect' future broadcast deals". independent.
- McGuire, Ken (13 January 2023). ""The integrity of the competition has now been diminished" as O'Byrne Cup semi-final is scrapped". Scoreline.ie.
- "O'Byrne Cup Statement". Leinster GAA. January 13, 2023.
- "2023 O'Byrne Cup Fixtures – Longford GAA".
- "'Disrespectful' attitude of Louth disappoints John Hegarty as footballers get walkover". independent.
- "Westmeath's clash with Kildare called off". Westmeath Examiner.
- "Carlow pull out of Laois game as Offaly express anger". January 12, 2023 – via www.rte.ie.
External links
| O'Byrne Cup | |
|---|---|
|
| 2023 GAA season | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « 2022 2024 » | |||||||||||||||||||
| Football |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Hurling |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Football All Stars • Hurling All Stars | |||||||||||||||||||