2008 Kehoe Cup

The 2008 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster and Connacht and selected university teams. The winners were Meath who defeated Carlow 1–20 to 0–17 in the final.

2008 Kehoe Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2008
Trophy	Kehoe Cup
Winners
Champions	Meath (5th win)

Kehoe Cup

	First round 9/13/19/20 January 2008					Quarter-finals 20/28 January 2008					Semi-finals 3 February 2008					Final 15 June 2008
	Kildare		9-12
	D.C.U.		2-07			Kildare		1-16
	D.I.T.		5-17			D.I.T.		1-21
	Mayo		0-14								D.I.T.		0-10
	Fingal		3-12								Carlow		1-14
	Tallaght I.T.		1-11			Fingal		1-10
	Longford		0-05			Carlow		1-13
	Carlow		3-15													Carlow		0-17
	Louth		1-17													Meath		1-20
	Trinity College		3-16			Trinity College		1-05
	Meath		1-16			Meath		2-27
	Athlone I.T.		0-03								Meath		0-18
											Wicklow		0-12
						Wicklow		3-20
	Wicklow		1-16			Roscommon		3-13
	Carlow I.T.		2-09

First round

All of the first round matches were originally due to take place in the week ending 13 January 2008. However, due to poor weather and waterlogged pitches, three matches were postponed until the weekend of 20 January 2008.

20 January 2008

Kildare	9-12 - 2-07	D.C.U.
	Report

Newbridge

13 January 2008

D.I.T.	5-17 - 0-14	Mayo
	Report

Ballymun

13 January 2008

Fingal	3-12 - 1-11	Tallaght I.T.
G De Loughrey 2-3, C Henry 0-3 (0-1f), R Lenihan 1-0, C O’Mahony, JM Sheridan 0-2 each, D Byrne, C O’Hare 0-1 each.	Report	S Durkin 1-2, M Ryan 0-5 (0-3f), S Lambert 0-3 (0-2 ‘65’), S Larkin 0-1.

Swords

20 January 2008

Longford	3-15 0-05	Carlow
	Report

Longford

9 January 2008

Louth	1-17 - 3-16	Trinity College
Collins Connolly; 1 - 10 ( 9F); Shane Kerrigan 0-3; Shane Callan 0-2 Diarmuid Murphy 0-1 and Gerard Smith 0-1.	Report	Mike Hyland 0-6 (3F); Harry Goff 1 - 2; Fergal Shalvey 0-4,John O'Kelly 1-0; Paddy Coyle 1-0; Ciaran Murphy 0-2 and Brian Fitzgerald 0-2 (2F).

Dundalk

13 January 2008

Meath	1-16 - 0-03	Athlone I.T.
N. Hackett 0-10, D. Raleigh 0-03, J. Keena 1-00, S. Clynch 0-02, A. Ennis 0-01	Report	K. Fagan 0-02, G. Murray 0-01

Páirc Tailteann

20 January 2008

Wicklow	1-16 - 2-09	Carlow I.T.
J O'Neill 0-07, E Mason 1-02, F Donnelly, G Bermingham 0-02 each, A O'Brien, S McGrath, E Maher 0-01 each.		N Kilcoyne 2-01, R Dunbar 0-04, M Egan 0-03, M Bergin 0-01.

Arklow

Quarter-finals

The quarter finals saw Meath, Carlow, Wicklow and D.I.T progress to the semi-finals.

20 January 2008

Meath	2-27 - 1-05	Trinity College
N Hackett 0-09, S Clynch 1-04, N Smith 0-04, K Dowd 1-01, G O'Neill, D Raleigh 0-03 each, M Horan, D Crimmins, M Dunne 0-01 each.		M Hyland 0-03, H Goff 1-00, K Murphy, Fl Chambers 0-01 each.

Páirc Tailteann

Kildare	1-16 - 1-21	D.I.T.

Newbridge

Fingal	1-10 - 1-13	Carlow

Swords

Wicklow	3-20 - 3-13	Roscommon

Bray

Semi-finals

3 February 2008

D.I.T.	0-10 - 1-14	Carlow

3 February 2008

Meath	0-18 - 0-12	Wicklow

Final

15 June 2008

Carlow	0-17 - 1-20	Meath