2018 Kehoe Cup

The 2018 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and university hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and featured weaker teams from Leinster.^[1]

2018 Kehoe Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2018
Sponsor	Bord na Móna
Winners
Champions	Longford (1st win)
Manager	Colum O'Meara
Runners-up
Runners-up	Wicklow "B"
Manager	Séamus Murphy
Other
Matches played	7
← 2017 2019 →

Longford were the winners for the first time.^[2]

Format

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

County teams

• Longford
• Louth
• Wicklow B (second team; players who appeared in the Walsh Cup could not play in the Kehoe Cup team)

Third level team

• DCU St. Patrick's Campus

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Diff
Wicklow B	3	2	1	0	5	+25
Longford	3	2	0	1	4	–10
Louth	3	1	0	2	2	–3
DCU St. Patrick's Campus	3	0	1	2	1	–12

Final

Wicklow B	0-10 – 0-11	Longford
C Moorehouse (0-3, 2f), G O’Brien (0-2), J Cranley (0-2), J Connors (‘65’), E McCormack and L Evans 0-1 each	Report	Joe O’Brien (0-4), Cathal Mullane (0-4,2f), Daire Duggan, Johnny Casey, Patrick Walsh 0-1 each

11 February 2018

2 p.m.

Pearse Park, Longford

Referee: J Kennedy (Kilkenny)