2019 Kehoe Cup and Shield

The 2019 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county hurling competition based mainly in the province of Leinster in which Antrim from Ulster also took part.

The Kehoe Cup is ranked below the Walsh Cup (tier 1). Five county teams competed – Antrim, Kildare, Meath, Westmeath and Wicklow.^[1] It took place in December 2018 and January 2019.^[2][3] Westmeath were the winners.^[4]

The Kehoe Shield was revived in 2019. Three teams competed – Louth, Longford and DCU St. Patrick's Campus.^[5] Louth were the winners.^[6]

The competition begins with a double-elimination format. The semi-finals and final are knockout. Drawn games go to extra time. If the score is still level after extra time a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winners.

The structure of the competition is explained in each of the rounds below.

One team is given a bye to the playoff round. The remaining four teams meet in two matches – the two winners progress to the semi-finals and the two losers enter the playoff round.

Westmeath v Wicklow

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) Game 1	Westmeath	2-22 (28) – (10) 1-07	Wicklow	Mullingar
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Cusack Park

Kildare v Meath

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) Game 2	Kildare	1-15 (18) – (18) 1-15 (a.e.t.) (0–2 pen)	Meath	Newbridge
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: St. Conleth's Park
	Gls: S Kelly 1 Pts: B Byrne 7 (5f, 2 '65'), R Casey 2, K Whelan 1, C Dowling 1, B Deay 1, C Bonus 1, D Cahill 1, P Divilly 1	Report	Gls: C Smith 1 Pts: P O'Hanrahan 6 (4f), S Quigley 4, M Mullen 1, F Ferguson 1, S Geraghty 1, A Douglas 1, M O'Grady 1	Referee: Sean Stack (Dublin)
		Penalty shootout
	N N N N		Y Shane Quigley N N Alan Douglas N Y Damian Healy

In the first playoff match the team given a bye in the first round plays one of the two teams that lost in the first round. The winners progress to the semi-finals.

In the second playoff match the team that lost the first playoff match play the remaining team that lost in the first round. The winners progress to the semi-finals and the losers are eliminated.

Antrim v Wicklow

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) Game 3	Antrim	0-21 (21) – (13) 0-13	Wicklow	Abbotstown
				Venue: National Games Development Centre
		Report

Kildare v Wicklow

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) Game 4	Kildare	3-20 (29) – (10) 0-10	Wicklow	Newbridge
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: St. Conleth's Park

The two winning teams from the first round play each other and the two winning teams from the playoff round play each other.

Westmeath v Meath

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) Semi-Final	Westmeath	1-25 (28) – (16) 1-13	Meath	Kinnegad
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Coralstown/Kinnegad GAA Ground
	Gls: Niall Mitchell 1	Report	Gls: Barry Slevin 1

Antrim v Kildare

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) Semi-Final	Antrim	4-20 (32) – (22) 1-19	Kildare	Abbotstown
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)		(HT: 3-10 – 0-08)		Venue: National Games Development Centre
		Report

Westmeath v Antrim

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) Final	Westmeath	2-20 (26) – (26) 1-23 (3–0 pen)	Antrim	Abbotstown
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: National Games Development Centre
		Report
		Penalty shootout
	Niall Mitchell Y Allan Devine Y Killian Doyle Y		N James McNaughton N Nickey McKeague N Keelan Molloy

Each team plays the other teams once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams compete in the final.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Louth	2	2	0	0	2-38 (44)	0-31 (31)	+13	4
2	DCU St. Patrick's Campus	2	1	0	1	2-31 (37)	3-33 (42)	–5	2
3	Longford	2	0	0	2	1-27 (30)	2-32 (38)	–8	0

13 January 2019

14:00 GMT (UTC±0)

Final

Louth	1-18 – 0-14	DCU St. Patrick's Campus
	Report

Darver GAA Centre of Excellence, Readypenny

Referee: Barry Nea (Westmeath)