2008 FAI Cup
The 2008 FAI Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th staging of the Republic of Ireland's primary national cup competition. It featured teams from the League of Ireland Premier Division, First Division and A Championship, as well as teams from the regional leagues of the Republic of Ireland football league system.
The FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late March 2008, when four clubs from the Intermediate and Junior leagues battled it out in the first round for the opportunity to join 18 A Championship, Intermediate and Junior clubs in the second round. This was the second season that the competition was sponsored by Ford.
The ten winners of the second round ties were joined in the Third Round by 12 Premier Division and 10 First Division clubs.
The competition ran until late November, with the final taking place on Sunday, 23 November 2008 at the RDS.
First round
Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 30 March 2008.| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Fanad United | 2–0 | Carrigaline United |
| 2 | Douglas Hall | 4–0 | Castlebar Celtic |
Second round
Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 20 April 2008.| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Corduff | 0–11 | St. Mary's |
| 2 | Avondale United | 0–1 | Drogheda Town |
| 3 | Douglas Hall | 1–0 | Belgrove |
| 4 | Crumlin United | 0–0 | Liffeys Pearse |
| replay | Liffeys Pearse | 2–0 | Crumlin United |
| 5 | Salthill Devon | 0–1 | Rockmount |
| 6 | Killester United | 2–1 | Bangor Celtic |
| 7 | Swilly Rovers | 1–4 | Wayside Celtic |
| 8 | St. James Gate | 2–3 | Carrick United |
| 9 | Everton | 3–1 | Tullamore Town |
| 10 | Lissadel United | 0–2 | Fanad United |
1Played on April 13, 2008, as Corduff FC gave up home advantage in tie due to unavailability of side on April 20.
Third round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 8 June 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 12 May 2008 and was made by Giovanni Trapattoni and Marco Tardelli, and televised live on RTÉ Two.| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Wexford Youths | 0–0 | Killester United |
| replay | Killester United | 1–2 | Wexford Youths |
| 2 | Galway United | 1–0 | Waterford United |
| 3 | Douglas Hall | 0–3 | Drogheda United |
| 4 | Everton | 0–2 | Carrick United |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 0–3 | Dundalk |
| 6 | Rockmount | 0–3 | Bray Wanderers |
| 7 | Monaghan United | 0–0 | UCD |
| replay | UCD | 0–1 | Monaghan United |
| 8 | Limerick 37 | 0–2 | Cork City |
| 9 | St Patrick's Athletic | 2–1 | Longford Town |
| 10 | Kildare County | 3–0 | Fanad United |
| 11 | Athlone Town | 2–1 | Finn Harps |
| 12 | Derry City | 2–0 | Liffeys Pearse |
| 13 | Sporting Fingal | 2–0 | Cobh Ramblers |
| 14 | Bohemians | 3–0 | Drogheda Town |
| 15 | Shamrock Rovers | 2–1 | Sligo Rovers |
| 16 | St Mary's | 0–1 | Wayside Celtic |
Fourth round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 August 2008. The draw place on Monday, 7 July 2008 and televised live on RTÉ Two.| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Bray Wanderers | 0–0 | Dundalk |
| replay | Dundalk | 1–3 | Bray Wanderers |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 0–1 | Cork City |
| 3 | Galway United | 4–1 | Athlone Town |
| 4 | Carrick United | 1–3 | Sporting Fingal |
| 5 | Wayside Celtic | 1–0 | Monaghan United |
| 6 | Derry City | 6–0 | Kildare County |
| 7 | Bohemians | 1–0 | Drogheda United |
| 8 | Wexford Youths | 1–3 | St Patrick's Athletic |
Quarter-finals
Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 14 September 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 25 August 2008 and was made by Turlough O'Connor and David Flood, and televised live on RTÉ Two.----
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Quarter-final replays
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Semi-finals
Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 26 October 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 29 September 2008 and was made by John Ryan and David Flood, and televised live on RTÉ Two.----