2011 Lory Meagher Cup

2011 Lory Meagher Cup
Dates	23 April; – 4 June 2011
Teams	8
Champions	Donegal ; Colm Breathnach (captain); Andrew Wallace (manager)
Runners-up	Tyrone; Tom Magill (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	42 (3.82 per match)
Points scored	265 (24.09 per match)
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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

Tyrone

From Championship

Promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup

None

Teams

County	Last Cup Title	Last Provincial Title	Last All-Ireland Title	Position in 2010 Championship	Appearance
Cavan	—	—	—	Quarter-finals	3rd
Donegal	—	1932	—	Runners-up	3rd
Fermanagh	—	—	—	Semi-finals	3rd
Leitrim	—	—	—	Semi-finals	3rd
Longford	2010	—	—	Champions	3rd
South Down	—	—	—	Round 2	3rd
Tyrone	2009	—	—	Round 2 (Nicky Rackard Cup)	2nd
Warwickshire	—	—	—	Quarter-finals	3rd

Bracket

Round 1
Round 2B

Round 2A
Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Donegal

3-16

Warwickshire

1-13

Donegal

3-18

Fermanagh

w/o

Fermanagh

2-8

Cavan

scr.

Donegal

1-15

South Down

1-12

Longford

1-14

South Down

2-14

Donegal

2-12

Leitrim

2-11

Tyrone

0-17

Warwickshire

4-11

Warwickshire

4-8

Fermanagh

1-10

Warwickshire

2-10

Longford

2-12

Tyrone

2-15

Tyrone

4-17

Tyrone

2-14

South Down

4-25

South Down

1-9

Leitrim

0-8

Round 1

23 April 2011

Warwickshire	1-13 - 3-16	Donegal
K Codd 1-7, J Bergin, D Kelly 0-2 each, S Carey, K Boxwell 0-1 each	Report	E McDermott 2-3, N Campell 0-8, E Organ 1-2, J Donnelly, P Sheridan, S Boyle 0-1 each

Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham

Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

23 April 2011

Longford	2-12 - 4-17	Tyrone
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.	Report	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

Pearse Park, Longford

Referee: C Groome (Offaly)

23 April 2011

South Down	4-25 - 0-08	Leitrim
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 0-1	Report	M Lane 0-6, G Hickey, S Guckian 0-1 each.

Liatroim

Referee: O Elliott (Antrim)

23 April 2011

Fermanagh	Fermanagh win in a walkover	Cavan

Round 2

Round 2A

30 April 2011

Donegal	3-18 - 2-08	Fermanagh
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 each	Report	R Bogue 1-3 (1-0pen, 3f), S Corrigan 1-2, D McGarry 0-2, S Curran 0-1f.

Letterkenny

Referee: E Hassan (Derry)

30 April 2011

Tyrone	2-14 - 1-09	South 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.	Report	E McGuinness 1-0, L Morgan 0-5 (2f), P O'Neill 0-3 (1 '65'), J O'Kane 0-1.

Omagh

Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

Round 2B

30 April 2011

Leitrim	2-11 - 4-11	Warwickshire
M Lane 2-9 (4f), S Moran, M Quinn 0-1 each.	Report	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

Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Carrick on Shannon

Referee: M O'Connor (Limerick)

Quarter-finals

7 May 2011

Longford	1-14 - 2-14	South Down
E Donnellan 0-8, P Cullen 1-0, S Hannon 0-3, R, Donnellan, J Minnock, K Murray 0-1 each	Report	L Morgan 0-10 (7f), E McGuinness 2-0, M Mageer 0-3, E Donnelly 0-1

Liatroim

Referee: R Matthews (Antrim)

7 May 2011

Fermanagh	1-10 - 4-08	Warwickshire
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.	Report	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

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Referee: C Brown (Galway)

Semi-finals

21 May 2011

Tyrone	2-15 - 2-10	Warwickshire
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 each	Report	D Kelly 0-6 (4f), K Codd 0-4 (1f), K Boxwell, C Maskey 1-0 each

Páirc na hÉireann

Referee: J O'Connell

21 May 2011

Donegal	1-15 - 1-12 A.E.T.	South Down
N Campbell 0-11 (9f), E McDermott 1-1, S Boyle, L Henderson, R McDermott 0-1 each	Report	L Morgan 0-6 (3f, 1 '65'), K Courtney 1-0, J O'Kane 0-3, P McAleenan, E Trainor, E McGuinness 0-1 each

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny)

Final

4 June 2011

Tyrone	0-17 – 2-12	Donegal
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 0-1	Report	Ciaran Matthewson 2-3; Niall Campbell 0-6 (4f, 1 '65'); Sean McVeigh, Paul Sheridan, Mickey McCann 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: F Smith

Stadia and locations

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Niall Campbell	Donegal	0-32	32	4	8.00
2	Liam Morgan	South Down	0-25	25	4	6.25
3	Enda McDermott	Donegal	5-6	21	4	5.25
3	Michael Lane	Leitrim	2-15	21	2	10.50
5	Aidan Kelly	Tyrone	0-19	19	4	4.75

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Michael Lane	Leitrim	2-9	15	Warwickshire
2	Niall Campbell	Donegal	0-11	11	South Down
3	Kevin Codd	Warwickshire	1-7	10	Donegal
3	Liam Morgan	South Down	0-10	10	Longford
5	Enda McDermott	Donegal	2-3	9	Warwickshire
5	Ciaran Matthewson	Donegal	2-3	9	Tyrone
7	Enda McDermott	Donegal	2-2	8	Fermanagh
	Mickey McCann	Donegal	1-5	8	Fermanagh
	Niall Campbell	Donegal	0-8	8	Warwickshire
	Eoin Donnellan	Longford	0-8	8	South Down

Scoring events

Widest winning margin: 29 points
- South Down 4-25 - 0-08 Leitrim (Round 1)
Most goals in a match: 6
- Longford 2-12 - 4-17 Tyrone (Round 1)
- Leitrim 2-11 - 4-11 Warwickshire (Round 2B)
Most points in a match: 33
- South Down 4-25 - 0-08 Leitrim (Round 1)
Most goals by one team in a match: 4
- South Down 4-25 - 0-08 Leitrim (Round 1)
- Tyrone 4-17 - 2-12 Longford (Round 1)
- Warwickshire 4-11 - 2-11 Leitrim (Round 2B)
- Warwickshire 4-08 - 1-10 Fermanagh (Quarter-final)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
- Longford 2-12 - 4-17 Tyrone (Round 1)
- Leitrim 2-11 - 4-11 Warwickshire (Round 2B)
- Fermanagh 2-08 - 3-18 Donegal (Round 2A)
Most points scored by a losing team: 14
- Longford 1-14 - 2-14 South Down (Quarter-final)

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)