2022 O'Byrne Cup

Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2022
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
Date8–22 January 2022
Teams11
Defending championsLongford
Winners
ChampionsDublin (10th win)
ManagerDessie Farrell
CaptainCiarán Kilkenny
Runners-up
Runners-upLaois
ManagerBilly Sheehan
CaptainKieran Lillis
Other
Matches played15
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The 2022 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football tournament played by eleven county teams of Leinster GAA in January 2022;[1] Kilkenny did not take part.[2] Longford were the holders.[3][4]

A new rule limits the number of substitutions a team can make; players taken off cannot return, capping the number of changes at 11.[citation needed]

Dublin were the winners.[5]

The opening round game between Meath and Wicklow was called off, with Wicklow infected by COVID-19.[6]

Also Carlow vs Westmeath game was cancelled for the same reason.

  1. ^ "O'Byrne Cup 2022 groups revealed". LMFM.
  2. ^ Nolan, Pat (25 November 2021). "Fixtures revealed for 2022 O'Byrne Cup". Irish Mirror.
  3. ^ "Longford lift O'Byrne Cup for first time in 20 years". 18 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  5. ^ Keane, Paul (22 January 2022). "14-man Dublin beat Laois to lift O'Byrne Cup" – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "O'Byrne Cup clash between Wicklow and Meath called off". Hogan Stand. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.