Your 2009 Offaly Diary

[Plain of the Herbs]

I took these from the fixtures currently available. Now edited for qualifiers.

Jan 4th
O’Byrne cup first round. Offaly v Dublin (home)

Jan 11th
O’Byrne cup/shield quarter final. Offaly v Wicklow/Carlow (home)

Jan 18th
O’Byrne cup/shield semi-final. (if) Offaly v Longford/Athlone IT/Louth/UCD (away if Longford or Louth, home if AIT or UCD)
Walsh Cup quarter final. Offaly v Galway (home)

Jan 25th
Walsh cup/shield semi- final. Offaly v Wexford/UCD (away).
O’Byrne cup/shield final.

Feb 1st
NFL v Roscommon (away)
Walsh cup/shield final.

Feb 7th (Saturday)
Leinster under 21 football championship Offaly v Westmeath (home)

Feb 8th
NHL v Carlow (home)

Feb 15th
NFL v Longford (home)
NHL v Westmeath (away)

March 1st
NHL v Kerry (home)
Leinster under 21 football championship If Offaly v Kilkenny (away)

March 8th
NFL v Louth (home)

March 15th
NFL v Tipperary (away)

March 17th (Tuesday)
Leinster under 21 football semi-final. If Offaly v Louth/Dublin/Meath (away)

March 22nd
NFL v Cavan (home)
NHL v Down (away)

March 28th (Saturday)
NFL v Down (away)

March 29th
NHL v Laois (home)

April 5th
NHL v Wexford (away)
Leinster under 21 football final

April 12th
NFL v Limerick (away)

April 18th (Saturday)
Leinster minor football championship Offaly v Meath (away)

April 19th
NHL v Antrim (home)

April 25th (Saturday)
NFL division 3 final
Leinster minor football (if Offaly lose to Meath) Offaly v Loser of Longford v Laois (away)

May 2nd (Saturday)
Leinster minor hurling championship Offaly v Kilkenny (away)

May 3rd
NHL division 1 & 2 finals

May 9th (Saturday)
Leinster minor football championship (if Offaly beat Longford/Laois) Offaly v loser of Louth v Dublin (home)

May 16th (Saturday)
Leinster minor hurling quarter final Offaly v Westmeath/Kildare/Carlow (away) if Offaly lose to Kilkenny[\i]

May 23rd (Saturday)
Leinster minor football quarter final. (If Offaly beat Meath on 18/4/09) Offaly v winner Carlow/Westmeath (home)
(If Offaly lose to Meath on 18/4/09 but win two subsequent games) Offaly v other back-door qualifier (home)

May 24th
Leinster SFC first round Offaly v Kildare (Portlaoise)
Leinster minor hurling semi final (TBC)

May 30th (Saturday)
Leinster SHC quarter final Offaly v Wexford (Wexford Park).

June 10th (Wednesday)
Leinster Under 21 hurling semi final Offaly v Kilkenny/Laois (away)

June 13th (Saturday)
Leinster SFC quarter final If Offaly v Wexford (Tullamore).

June 20th/21st
Leinster SHC semi finals (TBC).

June 20th (Saturday)
Leinster minor football semi final (home)

June 28th
Leinster SFC semi final. If Offaly v Longford/Wicklow/Westmeath (Croke Park (double header)).

July 4th (Saturday)
SFC qualifiers round 1
SHC qualifiers phase 1 (if Offaly lose to Wexford)

July 11th
SFC qualifiers round 2
SHC qualifiers phase 2 (if Offaly lose at Leinster semi final stage)

July 12th
Leinster senior & minor hurling finals (Croke Park)

July 16th (Thursday)
Leinster under 21 hurling final (away venue)

July 18th
SHC qualifiers phase 3 (if Offaly win either phase 1 or phase 2 as appropriate)

July 19th
Leinster senior & minor football finals (Croke Park)

*The minor football looks convoluted on this but is self explanatory on the Leinster Council site.