2013 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2013 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Leinster GAA.

It was won by Dublin who defeated Meath in the final.^[1]^[2] This was Dublin's 52nd Leinster title.^[3] Their defeat of Kildare in the semi-final was their biggest Championship win over the team since 1897.^[4]

The winning Dublin team received the Delaney Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They progressed to the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Meath entered the All-Ireland qualifiers, and were defeated by Tyrone in their next game.^[5]

Bracket

Preliminary Round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Leinster final

Laois	1-06
Louth	1-16	Wexford	2-13
		Louth	1-15
				Wexford	0-13
Wicklow	1-15			Meath	0-18
Longford	0-16	Meath	1-17
		Wicklow	1-12
						Meath	0-14
Westmeath	3-15					Dublin	2-15
Carlow	1-10	Dublin	1-22
		Westmeath	0-09
				Dublin	4-16
				Kildare	1-09
		Offaly	1-12
		Kildare	0-19

19 May 2013

Preliminary Round

Westmeath	3-15 - 1-10	Carlow
K. Martin 2-00, J. Heslin 0-05, D. Dolan 0-05, J. Dolan 1-01, P. Sharry, K. Maguire, G. Egan, D. Glennon 0-01 each	Report	Brendan Murphy 0-05, S. Gannon 1-00, Brian Murphy, D. Foley 0-02 each, E. Ruth 0-01

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Referee: Ciaran Brannagan (Down)

26 May 2013

Preliminary Round

Wicklow	1-15 - 0-16	Longford
S. Furlong 1-05, D. Healy, J. Stafford, J. Kelly, J. McGrath 0-02 each, A. McLoughlin, P. McWalter 0-01 each	Report	S. McCormack 0-06, P. Barden, F. McGee, D. McElligott 0-02 each, B.McElvaney, R. Smyth, J. J. Matthews, J. Keegan 0-01 each

Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

26 May 2013

Preliminary Round

Laois	1-6 - 1-16	Louth
G. Walsh 0-03, P. McMahon 1-00, D. Kingston 0-02, D. Strong 0-01	Report	B. White 0-08, S. Lennon 1-03, K. Rodgers, J. Bingham, A. Reid, B. Donnelly, P. Kennan 0-01 each

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

Quarterfinals

1 June 2013 Quarter Final	Westmeath	0-9 - 1-22	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 33,008 Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois) Man of the Match: Paddy Andrews (St. Brigid's)
	J. Heslin 0-5f, D. Glennon 0-2, K. Martin and D. Corroon 0-1 each	Report	B. Brogan 0-7 (0-5f), P. Andrews 1-3, D. Connolly and P. Flynn 0-3 each, D. Rock 0-2 (0-1f), J. McCaffrey, C. O'Sullivan, C. Kilkenny, P. Mannion 0-1 each

1 June 2013 Quarter-Final	Offaly	1-12 - 0-19	Kildare	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 33,008 Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare) Man of the Match: Eoghan O'Flaherty
	N. McNamee 0-05, K. Casey 0-03, D. Hanlon 1-00, A. Mulhall, A. McNamee, G. Guilfoyle, N. Darby 0-01 each	Report	J. Doyle 0-06, P. Cribbin, N. Kelly, E. O'Flaherty 0-04 each, S. Johnston 0-01

9 June 2013 Quarter-Final	Louth	1-15 - 2-13	Wexford	Drogheda Park, Drogheda Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
	S. Lennon 1-05, B. White 0-06, P. Keenan 0-02, A. McDonnell, D. Maguire 0-01 each	Report	C. Lyng 1-03, B. Brosnan 0-05, P.J Banville 1-00, R. Barry, A. Flynn, J. Holmes, A. Doyle, P. Byrne 0-01 each	Drogheda Park, Drogheda Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

15 June 2013 Quarter-Final	Wicklow	1-12 - 1-17	Meath	Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
	J. McGrath 0-04, A. McLoughlin 0-03, P. Earls 1-00, S. Furlong 0-02, R. Finn, D. Hayden, P. McWalter 0-01 each	Report	M. Newman 0-05, G. Reilly 0-04, E. Wallace 0-03, K. Reilly 1-00, B. Meade, B. Menton, P. Harnan, J. Sheridan, P. Gilsenan 0-01 each	Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

Semi-finals

30 June 2013

Semi-Final

Meath	0-18 - 0-13	Wexford
M. Newman 0-09, G. Reilly 0-04, P. Byrne, S. Bray 0-02 each, E. Wallace 0-01 each	Report	C. Lyng 0-05, B. Brosnan 0-03, B. Malone 0-02, A. Flynn, R. Barry, P. J. Banville 0-01 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 53,204

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

30 June 2013

Semi-Final

Dublin	4-16 - 1-09	Kildare
E. O'Gara 1-2, B. Brogan, P. Mannion 1-1 each, C. Kilkenny, S. Cluxton (4 '45) 0-4 each, D. Connolly 1-0, D. Rock 0-2f, G. Brennan, P. Andrews 0-1 each	Report	P. Brophy 1-01, E. O'Flaherty 0-3 (0-1f), J. Doyle (0-1f) and P. Cribbin 0-02 each, S. Hurley 0-01

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 53,204

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Final

14 July 2013 2:00 PM Final	Dublin	2-15 - 0-14	Meath	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 54,485 Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois) Man of the Match: Ciaran Kilkenny
	Paul Mannion 1-4 (0-2f), Paul Flynn 1-1, Stephen Cluxton (0-2f, 1 '45) and Ciaran Kilkenny 0-3 each, Dean Rock 0-2 (0-1f), Diarmuid Connolly and Bernard Brogan (0-1f) 0-1 each.	Report	Michael Newman 0-8 (0-5f), Eamonn Wallace and Stephen Bray 0-2 each, Brian Meade and Joe Sheridan 0-1 each.

References

^ "Dublin claim their eighth Leinster crown in nine years". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
^ Brennan, Eoin (14 July 2013). "Dublin reign in Leinster again". Newstalk. Communicorp. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
^ Cummiskey, Gavin (14 July 2013). "Dublin overpower Meath in Leinster final". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
^ "Dublin have 16 points to spare over Kildare in Leinster semi-final: Dublin registered their biggest championship win over Kildare since 1897". The Score. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^ "Meath 2-09 Tyrone 0-17". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

External links

Leinster GAA website

[1] "Dublin claim their eighth Leinster crown in nine years". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[2] Brennan, Eoin (14 July 2013). "Dublin reign in Leinster again". Newstalk. Communicorp. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

[3] Cummiskey, Gavin (14 July 2013). "Dublin overpower Meath in Leinster final". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

[4] "Dublin have 16 points to spare over Kildare in Leinster semi-final: Dublin registered their biggest championship win over Kildare since 1897". The Score. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

[5] "Meath 2-09 Tyrone 0-17". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

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2013 Leinster Senior Football Championship

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

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