The 2011 Lory Meagher Cup is the third edition of the Lory Meagher Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2009 and is the fourth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by eight GAA county teams ranked 29–36 in the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

The winners of the 2011 Lory Meagher Cup, Donegal were promoted to the 2012 Nicky Rackard Cup.

Format

The tournament had a double elimination format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out.

  • The eight teams played four Round 1 matches. The winners in Round 1 advanced to Round 2A. The losers in Round 1 went into Round 2B.
  • There were two Round 2A matches. The winners in Round 2A advanced to the semifinals. The losers in Round 2A went into the quarter-finals.
  • There were two Round 2B matches. The winners in Round 2B advanced to the quarter-finals. The losers in Round 2B were eliminated.
  • There were two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners. The winners of the quarter-finals advanced to the semifinals. The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated.
  • There were two semifinal matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the final. The losers of the semifinals were eliminated.
  • The winners of the final won the Lory Meagher Cup for 2011.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Nicky Rackard Cup

From Championship

Promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup

  • None

Teams

CountyLast Cup TitleLast Provincial TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2010 ChampionshipAppearance
Cavan———Quarter-finals3rd
Donegal—1932—Runners-up3rd
Fermanagh———Semi-finals3rd
Leitrim———Semi-finals3rd
Longford2010——Champions3rd
South Down———Round 23rd
Tyrone2009——Round 2 (Nicky Rackard Cup)2nd
Warwickshire———Quarter-finals3rd

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2BRound 2A Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Donegal3-16
Warwickshire1-13Donegal3-18
Fermanaghw/oFermanagh2-8
Cavanscr.Donegal1-15
South Down1-12
Longford1-14
South Down2-14
Donegal2-12
Leitrim2-11Tyrone0-17
Warwickshire4-11Warwickshire4-8
Fermanagh1-10
Warwickshire2-10
Longford2-12Tyrone2-15
Tyrone4-17Tyrone2-14
South Down4-25South Down1-9
Leitrim0-8

Round 1

Warwickshire1-13 - 3-16Donegal
K Codd 1-7, J Bergin, D Kelly 0-2 each, S Carey, K Boxwell 0-1 eachE McDermott 2-3, N Campell 0-8, E Organ 1-2, J Donnelly, P Sheridan, S Boyle 0-1 each
Longford2-12 - 4-17Tyrone
E Donnellan 0-6 (4f), J Newman 1-2, J Minnock 1-0, Joe O'Brien 0-2, M Morrissey, J Casey 0-1 each.C Grogan 2-1, P O'Connor 2-0, A Kelly 0-5 (2f), C McErlean 0-5 (1f), R O'Neill 0-3, M O'Gorman, T Hughes, M Winters 0-1 each
South Down4-25 - 0-08Leitrim
M Magee 2-1, E McGuinness 1-4, P McAleenan 0-5, M Cunningham 1-3, L Morgan 0-4, E Trainor 0-3, J Brown, P O'Neill 0-2 each, K Fegan 0-1M Lane 0-6, G Hickey, S Guckian 0-1 each.
FermanaghFermanagh win in a walkoverCavan

Round 2

Round 2A

Donegal3-18 - 2-08Fermanagh
E McDermott 2-2, M McCann 1-5, N Campbell 0-7 (1f, 1 '65'), L Henderson 0-2, S Bole, S McVeigh 0-1 eachR Bogue 1-3 (1-0pen, 3f), S Corrigan 1-2, D McGarry 0-2, S Curran 0-1f.
Tyrone2-14 - 1-09South Down
C McErlean 1-3 (0-1f), C Grogan 1-1 (1-0 pen), A Kelly 0-4 (1f, 2 '65'), M O'Gorman, P O'Connor 0-2 each, Rory O'Neill, Ryan O'Neill 0-1 each.E McGuinness 1-0, L Morgan 0-5 (2f), P O'Neill 0-3 (1 '65'), J O'Kane 0-1.

Round 2B

Leitrim2-11 - 4-11Warwickshire
M Lane 2-9 (4f), S Moran, M Quinn 0-1 each.S O'Hanlon 1-2,J Bergin 1-1, R McEntee, M O'Hara 1-0 each, C Boxwell, J Dwyer, D Kelly (1f) 0-2 each, C Maskey, P McHugh 0-1 each

Quarter-finals

Longford1-14 - 2-14South Down
E Donnellan 0-8, P Cullen 1-0, S Hannon 0-3, R, Donnellan, J Minnock, K Murray 0-1 eachL Morgan 0-10 (7f), E McGuinness 2-0, M Mageer 0-3, E Donnelly 0-1
Fermanagh1-10 - 4-08Warwickshire
R Bogue 1-2 (1-0 pen, 1f), JP McGarry 0-2, A Breslin, S Curran, P Timoney, K Kehoe, S Corrigan, D McGarry 0-1 each.D Kelly 2-1 (1-0 pen), R McEntee 1-1, J O'Dwyer 1-0, S Carey 0-3, S O'Hanlon 0-2 (1f), M O'Hara 0-1

Semi-finals

Tyrone2-15 - 2-10Warwickshire
A Kelly 0-7 (5f), R O'Neill 2-0, C Grogan 0-4, G Fox, M Winters, J Kelly, M O'Gorman 0-1 eachD Kelly 0-6 (4f), K Codd 0-4 (1f), K Boxwell, C Maskey 1-0 each
Donegal1-15 - 1-12 A.E.T.South Down
N Campbell 0-11 (9f), E McDermott 1-1, S Boyle, L Henderson, R McDermott 0-1 eachL Morgan 0-6 (3f, 1 '65'), K Courtney 1-0, J O'Kane 0-3, P McAleenan, E Trainor, E McGuinness 0-1 each

Final

Tyrone0-17 – 2-12Donegal
Justin Kelly 0-5 (4f); Aidan Kelly (2f), Conor Grogan 0-3 each; Gary Fox, Rory O'Neill 0-2 each; Mike O’Gorman, Peter O'Connor 0-1Ciaran Matthewson 2-3; Niall Campbell 0-6 (4f, 1 '65'); Sean McVeigh, Paul Sheridan, Mickey McCann 0-1 each

Stadia and locations

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Niall CampbellDonegal0-323248.00
2Liam MorganSouth Down0-252546.25
3Enda McDermottDonegal5-62145.25
Michael LaneLeitrim2-1521210.50
5Aidan KellyTyrone0-191944.75

Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Michael LaneLeitrim2-915Warwickshire
2Niall CampbellDonegal0-1111South Down
3Kevin CoddWarwickshire1-710Donegal
Liam MorganSouth Down0-1010Longford
5Enda McDermottDonegal2-39Warwickshire
Ciaran MatthewsonDonegal2-39Tyrone
7Enda McDermottDonegal2-28Fermanagh
Mickey McCannDonegal1-58Fermanagh
Niall CampbellDonegal0-88Warwickshire
Eoin DonnellanLongford0-88South Down

Scoring events

  • Most points by one team in a match: 25 South Down 4-25 - 0-08 Leitrim (Round 1)
  • Highest aggregate score: 47 points Longford 2-12 - 4-17 Tyrone (Round 1)
  • Lowest aggregate score: 32 points Tyrone 2-14 - 1-09 South Down (Round 2)

Miscellaneous

See also