| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Province | Leinster |
| Year | 1997 |
| Trophy | O'Byrne Cup |
| Date | 12 January — 9 March |
| Teams | 12 |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Offaly (5th win) |
| Manager | Tommy Lyons |
| Captain | Finbarr Cullen |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Wexford |
| Manager | Cyril Hughes |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 11 |
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The 1997 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the county teams of Leinster GAA.
The tournament was a straight knockout, with 12 teams.
Offaly were the winners, defeating Wexford in the final at O'Connor Park.
Results
| First round 12 January 1997 | Quarter-finals 19 January 1997 | Semi-finals 23 February 1997 | Final 9 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Carlow | 1-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kilkenny | 0-7 | Kildare | 3-8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Carlow | 1-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kildare | 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Longford | 1-5 | Offaly | 2-16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Offaly | 4-21 | Offaly | 2-16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Meath | 1-7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Offaly | 4-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wexford | 1-10 | Wexford | 0-5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wicklow | 1-9 | Wexford | 2-8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dublin | 0-8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wexford | 3-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmeath | 1-11 | Louth | 1-8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laois | 2-7 | Westmeath | 1-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Louth | 0-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- "Wexford knock out holders". The Irish Times.
- "KILDARE: 3-8, CARLOW: 1-10". The Irish Times.
- "LOUTH: 0-11, WESTMEATH: 1-7". The Irish Times.
- "Wexford on fast forward". The Irish Times.
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