Kildare overcome Meath in O'Byrne Cup Final Sun 26 Jan 2014

Kildare overcome Meath in O'Byrne Cup Final Sun 26 Jan 2014

Kildare claimed back-to-back Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup titles with a 1-10 to 0-09 win over Meath at St Conleth's Park in Newbridge Sun 26 Jan 2014.

Kildare had a 1-04 to 0-06 interval lead.
Meath lost midfielder Andrew Tormey on a black card nine minutes from the end.

Meath: C McHugh; D Keogan, M Burke, C Young; D Dalton, E Harrington, P Gilsenan; C Gillespie, A Tormey; P McKeever, D McDonagh, D Larkin (0-01); E Wallace (0-02), S Bray (0-02), M Newman (0-04, 3f 1 45).
Subs used: K Reilly for Gillespie (19); G Reilly for McKeever (45); D Bray for Wallace (45); D Carroll for McDonagh (45); S O'Rourke for Carroll (Blood (50-52); S O'Rourke for Young (53); K O'Sullivan for Tormey (61-Black).
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)


Meath were too strong for DCU in O’Byrne Cup semi-final Sun 19 Jan 2014

Score: Meath 4-18  DCU 3-6
DCU worked hard but Meath held out for a 15-point win.
It also secures Meath against Kildare next weekend in Newbridge
O’Sullivan scored a second goal for a 3-8 to 1-3 lead at the break.


MEATH: Paddy O’Rourke; Donal Keogan, Mickey Burke, Davy Dalton; Donncha Tobin, Eoghan Harrington, Paddy Gilsenan; Shane O’Rourke, Andrew Tormey; Cillian O’Sullivan, Dalton McDonagh, Graham Reilly; Damien Carroll, David Bray, Donal Lenihan.
Subs: Michael Newman for Reilly h/t, Bryan McMahon for Lenihan 51, Padraig McKeever for McDonagh 53, Conor Sheridan for Tormey 58, Caolan Young for Tobin 58, David Larkin for O’Rourke 66.
Referee: N Ward (Westmeath)

Meath for a semi-final place in O'Byrne Cup

O'Byrne Cup Round Two Wed 8 Jan 2014
Laois 2-18 Offaly 1-15 FT
Wexford 2-3 UCD 2-10 FT
Longford 0-6 Kildare 3-20 FT
Carlow 0-13 Athlone IT 1-15 FT
Wicklow 1-21 DIT 3-13 FT
Meath 0-18 IT Carlow 0-12 FT
Dublin 2-6 Louth 0-8 FT
Westmeath 2-9 DCU 2-15 FT

 Meath  for a semi-final place in O'Byrne Cup against Wicklow in Baltinglass on Sunday 12 Jan 2014.

Mick O'Dowd named  Meath team to face Carlow IT in O'Byrne Cup clash in Pairc Tailteann Wed 8 Jan 2014.

Meath (O'Byrne Cup v Carlow IT) - Conor McHugh; Caolan Young, Sean Curran, David McQuillan; Seamus Kenny, Brian Power, Paddy Gilsenan; Conor Sheridan, Shane O'Rourke; Cillian O'Sullivan, Dalton McDonagh, Padraig McKeever; David Bray, Stephen Bray, Donal Lenihan. Subs: Paddy O'Rourke, Conor Gillespie, Mickey Burke, Graham Reilly, Eoghan Harrington, David Larkin, Davy Dalton, Donncha Tobin

O'Byrne Cup win for Meath against DIT in Park Tailteann on Sun 5 Jan 2014 

Meath ...... 4-11
DIT ...........1-14

Four  goals  were central to Meath's win over DIT in this Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Group C opener at sunny and windy Pairc Tailteann on Sunday 5 Jan 2014.

Meath - P O'Rourke; C Young, S Curran, M Burke; D Dalton, E Harrington, D McQuillan; C Gillespie, S O'Rourke; D Larkin, D McDonagh, G Reilly; E Wallace, S Bray, M Newman. Subs - C O'Sullivan for Wallace 22, S Kenny for McQuillan ht, C Sheridan for Newman ht; D Bray for S O'Rourke 57.

Scorers: Meath: D McDonagh 2-0; M Newman 1-3 (0-3fs); D Larkin 1-2; G Reilly 0-5; S O'Rourke 0-1.

Referee - F Barry (Kildare)

Meath play Westmeath in the Fitzsimons Cup:

Meath play Westmeath in the Fitzsimons Cup:

Meath and Westmeath will play this Sun 8 Dec 2013 in the first  round of the Fitzsimons Cup. Gaeil Colmcille (Kells) club. organise the tournament for inter county.

THE DEADLY BLACK CARD RULE WILL BE IN OPERATION FOR THE TOURNAMENT !!!

All-Ireland SFC Meath 2-9 Tyrone 0-17

Meath lost to Tyrone in the All-Ireland SFC at Croke Park on Sat 27 July 2013
Meath  2-9  Tyrone 0-17
Meath came close  with  Tyrone finishing with 14 men after the dismissal of Stephen O'Neill for a second yellow card.
Meath 1-4 to Tyrone 0-11 at half time

Match on RTE Player
http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10168638/

Match stats from dontfoul
http://dontfoul.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/meath-v-tyrone-2013/

Meath: P O'Rourke; D Keogan, K Reilly, B Menton; P Harnan, M Burke, S Kenny; B Meade, C Gillespie; E Wallace, D Carroll, G Reilly; S Bray, J Sheridan; M Newman. Subs: B Farrell for J Sheridan (42), P Byrne for D Carroll (50), A Tormey for B Meade (54), C Lenehan for S Kenny (65)
Referee: M Deegan (Laois)

Dublin easy winners over Meath in Leinster Football Final Sun 14 July 2013

Dublin easy winners over Meath in Leinster Football Final Sun 14 July 2013
Dublin 2-15 Meath 0-14

Dublin retained the Leinster SFC title with a 2-15 to 0-14 victory over Meath who were leading the first-half  by 0-9 to 1-4 at the interval.
Meath scoring five points in the second-half was never going to be good enough to win a Leinster title.
Dublin outscored their Meath by 1-11 to 0-5 in the second half

Meath - P O'Rourke; D Keogan, K Reilly, B Menton; P Harnan, M Burke, S Kenny; B Meade (0-1), C Gillespie; P Byrne, D Carroll, G Reilly; E Wallace (0-2), S Bray (0-2), M Newman (0-8). Subs - P Gilsenan for Byrne 42 mins, C Lenehan for Kenny 50m, J Sheridan (0-1) for Carroll 52m, A Tormey for Meade, 60m, D McDonagh for Wallace 65m.

Referee - E Kinsella.

See match youtube video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s33kXlY8bzU