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[The 2018 O'Byrne Cup draw has been made with holders Dublin being grouped alongside Offaly and Wexford.Dublin will have a bye in the opening round of the upcoming pre-season competition which will take place on Saturday, 30th December]

The 2018 O'Byrne Cup draw has been made with holders Dublin being grouped alongside Offaly and Wexford.
Dublin will have a bye in the opening round of the upcoming pre-season competition which will take place on Saturday, 30th December.


2018 O'Byrne Cup draw:

Group 1
Dublin
Offaly
Wexford

Group 2
Kildare
Louth
Longford

Group 3
Meath
Carlow
Wicklow

Group 4
Westmeath
Laois

Dates:
Dec 30, Jan 3, Jan 7.

Semi-finals
Jan 13/14.

Final
Jan 20/21.

Opening Fixtures:
Offaly v Wexford
Louth v Longford
Wicklow v Carlow
Westmeath v Laois

Format:
Round robin with first placed team advancing to semi-finals. Westmeath and Laois play each other home and away with aggregate score deciding who tops Group 4.

Seeing as this is the very last under 21 championship to ever be played in Laois I thought it would be fitting to start a thread covering the games.
I was looking for fixtures for the weekend and came across this on the Laois Official Website.
They have Graiguecullen down to play twice tomorrow afternoon, surely this is a mistake unless they have two teams in the competition.. ??

Laois will be operating out of Division 4 in 2018 and here are all the fixtures.

http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/10/13/laois-face-face-trip-london-2018-national-football-league/

Things are starting to happen, now is the time to have your say..

http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/08/15/laois-gaa-strategic-review-group-meet-every-club-county-part-planning-process/

[Here are the draws for the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship for 2017]

Here are the draws for the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship for 2017




Draws for all other grades are on this link:
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/07/20/draws-made-leinster-club-championships/

[Laois team named for first ever Leinster U-17 championship opener]

We seem to have a good chance of doing well in this new competition this year.

Laois team named for first ever Leinster U-17 championship opener
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/27/laois-team-named-first-ever-leinster-u-17-championship-opener/

This is the full panel:

LAOIS U-17 (* denotes U-16)
Andrew Swayne (Portlaoise)
Cathal Duggan (Portlaoise)
Eoin O'Connor (Portlaoise)
Gary Saunders (Portlaoise)
Michael Dowling (Portlaoise)
Cian Doyle (Courtwood)
Matthew Byron (Courtwood)
Niall Dunne (Courtwood)
Seán O'Flynn (Courtwood)
Seth Burns (Courtwood)*
Alex Mohane (Portarlington)
Ronan Coffey (Portarlington)
Colin Slevin (Portarlington) (Captain)
Seán Michael Corcoran (Portarlington)*
Jack Owens (Emo)
Ned Ryan (Emo)*
Niall Gorman (Emo)
Oisin Keogh (Emo)*
Ciarán Byrne (Ballyroan-Abbey)*
Enda McWey (Ballyroan-Abbey)*
John Rogers (Ballyroan-Abbey)
Bernard Wheatley (St Joseph's)
Dean Brophy (St Joseph's)
Josh Lacey (St Joseph's)*
Damien McCaul (Annanough)
Killian Horgan (Annanough)
Mark O'Connell (Timahoe)*
Mark Barry (O'Dempsey's)
PJ Daly (The Heath)
Paddy Walsh (Killeshin)
Seán O'Neill (The Rock)*
Tom Wright (Ballylinan)*
Brian Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska)*
Callum Hennessy (Graiguecullen)

There are a lot of video's out there of all things Laois. This is a place where you can post them.

I'll get the ball rolling with this tribute in song to the great Tommy Murphy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGpxBUPQais

[Kelly Cup 2017]

Kelly Cup 2017

Group A: Emo, Crettyard Gaels, St Joseph's, Arles-Kilcruise
Group B: Graiguecullen, Ballyfin Gaels, Killeshin, Arles-Killeen
Group C: Stradbally, Ballylinan, Timahoe

Winner A v Winner B; Winner C v Runner Up A


Rd 1: Sunday, 5th February
Rd 2: Saturday, 11th February
Rd 3: Sunday, 19th February

Semi-Final: Sunday, 26th February
Final: Friday, 3rd March

[Peter McNulty Under-21 Inter-County Football Tournament]

Peter McNulty Under-21 Inter-County Football Tournament 


Roinn 1 - Friday 6th. January (or that weekend by agreement)

Group A
Laois  v  Carlow @ 19:45
Galway v Tipperary @ 19:45
Group B
Wexford v Kildare @ 19:45
Clare v Limerick @ 19:45


Roinn 2 - Sat 14th. January (or that weekend by agreement)

Group A
Laois v Tipperary @ 14:00
Carlow v Galway @ 14:00
Group B
Kildare v Clare @ 14:00
Limerick v Wexford @ 14:00


Roinn 3 - Sat 21st. January (or that weekend by agreement)

Group A
Tipperary v Carlow @ 14:00
Galway v Laois @ 14:00
Group B
Wexford v Clare @ 14:00
Kildare v Limerick @ 14:00

Cup and Shield Semi-Finals - Wed. 25th. January
Cup and Shield Finals - Sun. 29th. January

[Fixtures Released For 2017 Bord Na Móna O'Byrne Cup]

Fixtures Released For 2017 Bord Na Móna O'Byrne Cup
23 Nov 2016


ANDY McEntee's first game in charge of Meath football will be a home clash with Wicklow in the Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup on January 8. The dates and pairings for the 2017 Bord na Móna Leinster GAA Series were agreed last night with all eyes on the new managers who will take up the reins across Leinster GAA in the New Year.

Defending O'Byrne Cup champions Meath are in a tough group with Wicklow, Laois and students DIT as McEntee embarks on a new era following the departure of Mick O'Dowd at the end of last season. Laois, of course, also have a new manager for 2017 with Peter Creedon at the helm.

Meanwhile, All-Ireland and Leinster champions Dublin have been pitted against DCU, Wexford and UCD with Jim Gavin expected to feature an experimental selection as he again loses a large chunk of players to Third Level teams.

Dublin's clash away against Wexford on January 15 will see them renew rivalry with Seamus 'Banty' McEnaney who was last in action against the Dubs while he was manager of Meath in 2011 and 2012. It is also a potential forerunner of events later next summer with Dublin drawn to play either Carlow or Wexford in a Leinster SFC quarter final in Portlaoise or Wexford next June.

Longford were the only team to inflict a competitive defeat on Dublin in 2016, toppling them in the Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup semi-finals, and they are grouped with Kildare, Offaly and IT Carlow in another testing selection. Westmeath, Louth, Carlow and Maynooth University make up the fourth competitive group.

The competition begins on Sunday, January 8, 2017 with another round played under lights on Wednesday night with the final round the following Sunday.
It will represent the first time in 2017 that inter county players get to grips with the introduction of the Mark in Gaelic football while it has also been decided that there will be no limit on the number of substitutions allowed.

Leinster GAA is delighted to announce an agreement with Bord na Móna to extend their sponsorship of the Leinster GAA Series for a further three years up until after the 2019 competition.



Fixtures for Laois



Full Fixture list here....
http://www.leinstergaa.ie/news/fixtures-released-for-2017-bord-na-m%C3%B3na-obyrne-cup.8327.html

[Should Carlow triumph, the game will take place at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise because the capacity of Netwatch Cullen Park would be insufficient.]

O' Moore Park must have got bigger since last year as it was said it wouldn't be big enough to accommodate all the Dublin supporters. This year it is deemed big enough because if Carlow beat Wexford they will play Dublin in O'Moore Park.....   
 
REIGNING Leinster senior football champions Dublin will open the defence of the Delaney Cup at a provincial venue in 2017.
Either O'Moore Park or Innovate Wexford Park will be the setting when the Dubs begin a quest to win a record breaking seventh Leinster title in a row.
Wexford and Carlow meet in a first round tie at Netwatch Cullen Park on Sunday May 21 for the right to face Dublin in a quarter final, which will take place on Saturday or Sunday, 3rd or 4th June.
If Wexford win, they will have the added incentive of entertaining the Dubs at home in Wexford Park. Should Carlow triumph, the game will take place at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise because the capacity of Netwatch Cullen Park would be insufficient.
Last June the Dubs played a Leinster SFC tie outside of Croke Park for the first time in 10 years when they took on Laois in Kilkenny's Nowlan Park.
A meeting of Comhairle Laighean last night agreed to keep Jim Gavin's Dubs 'on the road' for their opening fixture of the 2017 campaign.
The potential for concerts taking place at Croke Park has been another factor in deliberating on where matches will be played next summer.
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship games will commence on Sunday, 23rd April with the first series of matches in the round robin section, which next year involves Laois, Westmeath, Meath and Kerry.
Kilkenny will begin the defence of the Bob O'Keeffe Cup in a semi-final tie versus Wexford or one of the qualifiers from the round-robin group.
The Leinster senior hurling final has been confirmed for Sunday, July 2 and the senior football decider has been fixed for Sunday, July 16 at Croke Park.
 


LEINSTER GAA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017

23rd April (Sunday)
Leinster SHC Round Robin  -  Round One
Meath v Kerry  - Pairc Tailteann, Navan
Laois v Westmeath – O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
 
30th April (Sunday)
Leinster SHC Round Robin  -  Round Two
Westmeath v Kerry – TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar
Meath v Laois – Pairc Tailteann, Navan
 
14th May (Sunday)
Leinster SHC Round Robin  -  Round Three
Westmeath v Meath – TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar
Kerry v Laois – Austin Stack Park, Tralee
 
21st May (Sunday)
Leinster SFC  -  Round One
Louth v Wicklow - Parnell Park, Dublin
Laois v Longford – O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Carlow  v  Wexford – Netwatch Cullen Park
 
27th May (Saturday) /28th May (Sunday)
Leinster SHC Quarter Finals
Round Robin Team  v  Offaly
Round Robin Team  v  Wexford
Both Q-Finals are home games for round-robin teams except for Kerry - that Q-Final be played at a Leinster venue.
 
28th  May (Sunday)
Leinster SHC Quarter Final 
Galway  v  Dublin – O'Connor Park, Tullamore
 
3rd June (Saturday)
Leinster SFC Quarter Final
Kildare  v  Laois/Longford – O'Connor Pk, Tullamore
IF Meath v Louth – Parnell Park, Dublin
 
3rd June (Saturday) or 4th June (Sunday)
Leinster SFC Quarter Final
Carlow/Wexford v Dublin – O'Moore Pk, Portlaoise/Innovate Wexford Park
 
4th June (Sunday)
Leinster SFC Quarter Final
IF Meath v Wicklow – Aughrim
 
10th June (Saturday) / 11th June (Sunday)
Leinster SHC Semi Final   
Kilkenny   v   RR Team/Wexford -     /Wexford
Leinster SFC Quarter Final   
Offaly  v  Westmeath – O'Connor Park, Tullamore
 
17th June (Sat)/18th June (Sun)
Leinster SHC Semi Final 
Galway/Dublin  v  RR Team/Offaly – TBC
 
25th June (Sunday)
Leinster SFC Semi Finals (investigating the feasibility of moving
the Louth/Wicklow/Meath v Longford/Laois/Kildare S-Final to previous weekend)
 
2nd July (Sunday)
Leinster SHC & MHC Final
 
16th July (Sunday)
Leinster SFC & MFC Final

[Winners of games 2-6 go into the quarter-finals Losers of games 1-6 go into the qualifiers]

                                  Winners of games 2-6 go into the quarter-finals
                                    Losers of games 1-6  go into the qualifiers

[Allianz FL Division 3 Fixtures]

Allianz FL Division 3 Fixtures

Round 1
Saturday 4 February - Laois v Louth
Sunday 5 February - Longford v Offaly, Sligo v Armagh, Tipperary v Antrim

Round 2
Saturday 11 February - Armagh v Laois
Sunday 12 February - Louth v Longford, Offaly v Antrim, Tipperary v Sligo

Round 3
Saturday 25 February - Laois v Tipperary
Sunday 26 February - Antrim v Sligo, Longford v Armagh, Offaly v Louth

Round 4
Sunday 5 March - Armagh v Offaly, Louth v Antrim, Sligo v Laois, Tipperary v Longford

Round 5
Sunday 19 March - Longford v Sligo, Louth v Armagh, Offaly v Tipperary, Antrim v Laois

Round 6
Saturday 25 March - Armagh v Antrim, Laois v Longford
Sunday 26 March - Sligo v Offaly, Tipperary v Louth

Round 7
Sunday 2 April - Armagh v Tipperary, Louth v Sligo, Offaly v Laois, Antrim v Longford

[Leinster Minor Football League 2016]

Leinster Minor Football League 2016

The 'mark' will be one of three experimental rules to be trialled in the Leinster minor football league, which gets underway next month.

A maximum of three consecutive hand-passes will be permitted while there will be no back-passing to goalkeepers allowed. The competition is used by minor managers in the province to finalise their squads and to prepare for the championship.

The rules are being trialled to encourage high-fielding and to curb hand-passing.


Group 1
Wexford, Kildare, Dublin, Cork

Group 2
Offaly, Meath, Longford, Limerick

Group 3
Carlow, Cill Dara, Westmeath, Clare   (Kildare has entered two teams, Kildare and Cill Dara)

Group 4
Louth, Wicklow, Laois, Tipperary

Round 1: Laois v Tipperary     Sat 13th February
Round 2: Wicklow v Laois       Sat 20th February
Round 3: Laois v Louth          Sat 27th February

Semi Final:  Sat 12th March

Winner Group 1  V  Winner Group 2
Winner Group 3  V  Winner Group 4

Final:   Sat 19th March

[The Bord Na Mona O'Byrne Cup S.F. 2016]

The Bord Na Mona O'Byrne Cup S.F. 2016


THE BORD NA MONA O'BYRNE CUP  - GROUPINGS 2016
Group A:  Dublin, Wexford, Wexford, D.C.U,  I.T.Carlow
Group B:  Kildare, Offaly, Louth, D.I.T.
Group C:  Meath, Laois, Carlow, UCD
Group D:  Westmeath,  Wicklow, Longford, Maynooth University
 
GROUP A
1. Wexford v Dublin    3.1.2016 @Wexford   
2. I.T. Carlow v D.C.U.    3.1.2016 @Carlow IT   
3. Dublin v Carlow I.T.    6.1.2016 @Dublin   
4. Wexford v D.C.U.    6.1.2016 @Wexford   
5. Wexford v I.T. Carlow    10.1.2016 @Wexford   
6. Dublin v D.C.U.    10.1.2016 @Dublin

GROUP B
1. Louth v Offaly    3.1.2016 @Louth   
2. Kildare v D.I.T.    3.1.2016 @Kildare   
3. Kildare v Louth    6.1.2016 @Kildare   
4. Offaly  v D.I.T.    6.1.2016 @Offaly   
5. Offaly v Kildare    10.1.2016 @Offaly   
6. Louth v D.I.T.    10.1.2016 @Louth

GROUP C
1. Carlow v Meath    3.1.2016 @Carlow   
2. Laois v U.C.D.    3.1.2016 @Laois 
3. Laois v Carlow    6.1.2016 @Laois   
4. Meath v U.C.U.    6.1.2016 @Meath   
5. Meath v Laois    10.1.2016 @Meath   
6. Carlow v U.C.D.    10.1.2016 @Carlow   

GROUP D
1. Wicklow v Westmeath    3.1.2016 @Wicklow   
2. Longford v Maynooth University    3.1.2016 @Longford   
3. Westmeath v Longford    6.1.2016 @Westmeath   
4. Wicklow v Maynooth University    6.1.2016 @Wicklow   
5. Longford v Wicklow    10.1.2016 @Longford   
6. Westmeath v Maynooth Unviersty    10.1.2015 @Westmeath   

Semi-Finals  -  17.1.2016
A:     Winner D v Winner A 
B:     Winner B v Winner C 

Final   - Winner A  v  Winner B.  -  24.1.2016
   

[First Round]

GAA Football Leinster Championship 2016 Draw


First Round

Laois v Wicklow

Louth v Carlow

Longford v Offaly


Quarter-Finals

Dublin v Laois/Wicklow

Louth/Carlow v Meath

Longford/Offaly v Westmeath

Wexford v Kildare


Semi-Finals

Laois/Wicklow/Dublin v Louth/Carlow/Meath

Longford/Offaly/Westmeath v Wexford/Kildare

[Electric Ireland Leinster Minor Football Championship 2016]

Electric Ireland Leinster Minor Football Championship 2016


Kilkenny v Wexford

Dublin v Offaly

Kildare v Wicklow

Meath v Laois

Carlow v Louth

Westmeath v Longford

Subsequent rounds to be decided by Leinster GAA CCC at a later date