2008 Walsh Cup

The 2008 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA and two teams from Ulster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship as it also features further education colleges and it also featured two teams from Ulster. The first four losers of the competition entered the Walsh Shield.

2008 Walsh Cup

Tournament details
Trophy	Walsh Cup
Winners
Champions	Antrim (1st win)
Manager	Terence McNaughton & Dominic McKinley
Captain	Seán Delargy
Runners-up
Runners-up	Offaly
Manager	Joe Dooley
Captain	Kevin Brady

Antrim won their first and (so far) only Walsh Cup, while Laois won the Walsh Shield.

Walsh Cup

	Preliminary round 13 January 2008					Quarter-finals 20 January 2008					Semi-finals 27 January 2008					Final 3 February 2008
	Westmeath		0-14
	U.C.D.		2-15			U.C.D.		2-15
						Dublin		0-13
												U.C.D.	1-16
												Antrim	3-14
						Antrim		2-15
						Kilkenny		1-17
																	Antrim	3-12
																	Offaly	2-7
						Offaly		4-13
						Down		2-12
											Offaly		1-12
											Wexford		0-11
						Wexford		1-15
						Laois		0-15

Preliminary round

13 January 2008

Westmeath	0-14 - 2-15	U.C.D.
	Report

Mullingar

Quarter-finals

20 January 2008

Dublin	0-13 - 2-15	U.C.D.
D O’Callaghan 0-5, P O’Boyle 0-3, D Curtin (0-2f) 0-2, P O’Driscoll, J McCaffrey, K Flynn 0-1 each.	Report	M Nolan 1-5 (0-4f), T Fitzgerald 1-1, S Nolan (0-1f), J Boland, E Power 0-2 each, B Murphy, PJ Nolan, C McBride 0-1 each.

Thomas Davis

20 January 2008

Kilkenny	1-17 - 2-15	Antrim
R Power 0-09, E McCormack 1-00, E Brennan, A Fogarty 0-02, PJ Delaney, J Ryall, R Mullally, R Hogan 0-01 each.	Report	L Watson 1-08, K McKeegan 1-01, R McGarry, K Elliot, N McManus, S McCrory, P McGill, K Stewart 0-01 each.

Freshford

20 January 2008

Offaly	4-13 - 2-12	Down
F Kerrigan 2-02, D Currams 1-01, S Dooley 0-4, J Brady 1-00, G Oakley, B Teehan 0-2 each, D Molloy, J Bergin 0-01 each.	Report	S Clarke 0-5, B Ennis 1-01, P Coulter 1-00, K McGarry 0-02, J Coyle, P Braniff, C Coulter 0-01 each.

Darver

20 January 2008

Wexford	1-15 - 0-15	Laois
R Jacob 0-10, D Redmond 1-00, W Doran 0-02, E Quigley, M Jacob, M Doyle 0-01 each.		J Young 0-08, Z Keenan 0-04, J Rowney 0-02, J Brophy 0-01.

Monamolin (Buffers Alley)

Semi-final

27 January 2008

Offaly	1-12 - 0-11	Wexford

Tullamore

January 2008

Antrim	3-14 - 1-16	U.C.D.

Belfield

Final

3 February 2008

Antrim	3-12 - 2-7	Offaly
	Report

Casement Park

Walsh Shield

Kilkenny and Dublin declined to compete.

Semi-final

3 February 2008

Laois	2-18 - 0-16	Down

Final

2 March 2008

Laois	2-14 - 2-11	Westmeath