The 2022

Kehoe Cup The Kehoe Cup ( ; ) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA) since 1977 for second- and third-tier inter county, inter-county teams in ...

was an inter-county

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competition in the province of

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, played by four county teams. It was the second level of Leinster hurling pre-season competitions, below the 2022 Walsh Cup. It took place on 16–30 January 2022. There was also the Kehoe Shield, historically a secondary tournament for teams eliminated in the early stages of the Kehoe Cup, but this year (as in

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) a separate third-ranked competition for county teams. won the Cup, and won the Shield.

Format

Each team plays the other teams in a single round-robin format, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The first-placed team wins the Kehoe Cup.

Format

Kehoe Cup

Kehoe Shield

References