| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Province | Leinster |
| Year | 2000 |
| Trophy | O'Byrne Cup |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Longford (2nd win) |
| Manager | Michael McCormack |
| Captain | Enda Barden |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Westmeath |
| Manager | Brendan Lowry |
| Captain | Martin Flanagan |
The 2000 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the county teams of Leinster GAA.
The tournament was a straight knockout, with 12 teams.
Longford were the winners, defeating Westmeath in the final in Cusack Park, Mullingar. In the final, the Westmeath manager, Brendan Lowry, intruded onto the pitch and clashed with a Longford player and the referee; he received a six-month suspension. The suspension was later lifted.
Results
| First round 9 January 2000 | Quarter-finals 16 January 2000 | Semi-finals 23 January 2000 | Final 6 February 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Longford | 3-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kildare | 0-13 | Longford | 0-20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dublin | 1-16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Longford | 0-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wicklow | 2-7 | Offaly | 0-12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Carlow | 2-13 | Carlow | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Offaly | 3-7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Longford | 2-6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wexford | 2-15 | Westmeath | 0-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kilkenny | 1-8 | Laois | 1-16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wexford | 1-9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laois | 1-8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmeath | 2-19 | Westmeath | 1-10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Louth | 3-10 | Meath | 3-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Westmeath | 2-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Longford's crowning day of glory". Independent.ie.
- ^ "Longford - O'Byrne Cup History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ Moran, Sean. "O'Byrne Cup fits well into Longford's long-term plan". The Irish Times.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian. "Lowry waits before deciding on appeal". The Irish Times.
- ^ O'Riordan, Tom (4 March 2000). "Westmeath joy as Lowry ban lifted". Irish Independent.