Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship

Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Idirmhéanach Chiarraí
CodeHurling
Founded1971
Region Kerry (GAA)
TrophyCorn Antóin Ó Murchú
No. of teams7
Title holders Kilgarvan (12th title)
First winner Banna
Most titles Kilgarvan (12 titles)
SponsorsKerry Petroleum
Official websitehttps://www.kerrygaa.ie/

The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Kerry GAA clubs.

The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship trophy commemorates the late Tony Murphy (1935-2005), a former Kerry and Kenmare Shamrocks hurler and a member of the 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship winning team.

Extra-time can be used to determine the winners of games.[1]

Kilgarvan are the title holders, defeating St Brendan's by 5-11 to 1-09 in the 2024 final.

History

The winners play in the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship, such as Kilgarvan in 2018,[2][3] and if successful there, can represent the province in the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship. Unlike in other counties, the winning team is not always automatically promoted to the senior grade after winning. Since Kerry has very few hurling clubs, many of the competing teams are second teams of clubs competing in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship.

Format

Group stage

The 7 clubs are divided into a group of four and a group of three. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed two group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals: The 2 group winners and 2 group runners-up contest this round. A group winner will play a group runner-up of another group. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions and are promoted to the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship.

Relegation

There is no direct relegation to the Kerry Junior Hurling Championship.

Qualification

At the end of the championship, the winning club qualify to the subsequent Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2024 Teams

The 7 teams competing in the 2024 Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship are:

Team Location Colours Division Position in 2024 In championship since Championship titles Last championship title
Abbeydorney Abbeydorney Black and amber North Kerry Group stage — 0 —
Ballyheigue Ballyheigue Orange and black North Kerry Group stage — 1 1975
Kenmare Shamrocks Kenmare Black and red South Kerry Semi-finals — 6 2014
Kilgarvan Kilgarvan Red and white South Kerry Champions — 12 2024
Lixnaw Lixnaw Green and gold North Kerry Semi-finals — 2 1974
Rathmore Rathmore Red and white South Kerry Group stage 2024 4 2021
St Brendan's Ardfert Blue and white North Kerry Runners-up — 7 2017

Roll of honour

By club

# Team Titles Runners-Up Championships won Championships runner-up
1 Kilgarvan 12 8 1972, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 1971, 1977, 1980, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2017, 2021
2 Kilmoyley 9 7 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2011, 2015 1979, 1983, 1989, 1997, 2006, 2013, 2016
3 St Brendan's 7 8 1978, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2017 1973, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1992, 2022, 2023, 2024
4 Kenmare Shamrocks 6 4 1980, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019
5 Ladys Walk 5 8 1976, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2008 1982, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2012
6 Causeway 4 7 1977, 2013, 2016, 2021 1976, 1978, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2018
7 Dr Crokes 3 5 1999, 2001, 2020 1991, 1995, 2004, 2014, 2015
8 Lixnaw 2 1 1973, 1974 1972
St Patrick's East Kerry 2 1 1983, 1990 1986
10 Ballyheigue 1 2 1975 1984, 1988
Tralee Parnells 1 1 2023 2020
Banna 1 0 1971 —
St. Mary’s 1 0 1993 —
14 Abbeydorney 0 1 — 1985
Kerins O'Rahilly's 0 1 — 1990

By division

Division Titles Runners-Up Total
North Kerry 29 34 63
South Kerry 25 20 45

List of finals

Year Winners Runners-up Date
Club Score Club Score
2024 Kilgarvan 5-11 St Brendan's B 1-09 31/7/2024
2023 Tralee Parnells 0-19 St Brendan's B 1-06 26/7/2023
2022[4][5] Kilgarvan 3-13 St Brendan's B 0-11 3/8/2022
2021[6][7] Causeway 3-08 Kilgarvan 1-09 3/10/2021
2020[8][9] Dr Crokes 2-14 Tralee Parnells 0-14 20/9/2020
2019[10] Kilgarvan 1-18 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-12
2018 Kilgarvan[11] 1-19 Causeway 1-13
2017 St Brendan's 5-17 Kilgarvan 2-15
2016 Causeway 1-11 Kilmoyley B 1-08 7/8/2016
2015 Kilmoyley B 2-14 Dr Crokes 1-13
2014 Kenmare Shamrocks 0-25 Dr Crokes 1-05
2013 Causeway 2-13 Kilmoyley B 1-11
2012 Kenmare Shamrocks 2-15 Ladys Walk 1-05 13/7/2012
2011 Kilmoyley B 1-06 Ladys Walk 0-08
2010 Kilgarvan 1-16 Kenmare Shamrocks 0-13
2009 Kilgarvan 3-13 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-16
2008 Ladys Walk 1-12 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-08
2007 Kilgarvan 2-15 Ladys Walk 1-13
2006 Kilgarvan 1-16 Kilmoyley B 1-06
2005 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-12 Kilgarvan 1-07
2004 Kenmare Shamrocks 2-12 Dr Crokes 1-07
2003 Kilmoyley B 3-13 Causeway 2-03
2002 Ladys Walk 2-13 Kilgarvan 3-05
2001 Dr Crokes 2-10 Kilgarvan 0-11
2000 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-11 Ladys Walk 3-02
1999 Dr Crokes 1-04 Ladys Walk 0-06
1998 St Brendan's 3-06 Ladys Walk 0-09
1997 Ladys Walk 4-10 Kilmoyley B 1-05
1996 Ladys Walk 2-17 Causeway 2-10
1995 St Brendan's 1-09 Dr Crokes 1-05 8/10/1995
1994 Kilmoyley B 2-08 Causeway 2-03 6/11/1994
1993 St. Mary’s 1-07 Ladys Walk 0-08 20/11/1993
1992 Kilmoyley B 1-07 St Brendan's 0-01 22/11/1992
1991 St Brendan's 1-15 Dr Crokes 4-03 28/9/1991
1990 St Patrick's East Kerry 4-10 Kerins O'Rahillys 0-07 7/10/1990
1989 St Brendan's 2-04 Kilmoyley B 0-01 15/10/1989
1988 Kilmoyley B 3-05 Ballyheigue 1-06 9/10/1988
1987 Kilmoyley B 3-06 St Brendan's 1-04 15/11/1987
1986 Kilmoyley B 1-11 St Patrick's East Kerry 3-04 12/10/1986
1985 Kilmoyley B 4-05 Abbeydorney 1-01
1984 Kilgarvan 3-07 Ballyheigue 1-04
1983 St Patrick's East Kerry 2-10 Kilmoyley B 1-02
1982 Kilgarvan 2-07 Ladys Walk 2-06
1981 Kilgarvan 5-12 Causeway 2-02
1980 Kenmare Shamrocks 3-11 Kilgarvan 1-05
1979 St Brendan's Kilmoyley B 2/12/1979
1978 St Brendan's 3-05 Causeway 1-05
1977 Causeway 2-10 Kilgarvan 0-06
1976 Ladys Walk 4-12 Causeway 3-01
1975 Ballyheigue St Brendan's 21/9/1975
1974 Lixnaw 4-10 St Brendan's 1-01
1973 Lixnaw 4-05 St Brendan's 0-01 18/11/1973
1972 Kilgarvan 5-06 Lixnaw 4-05
1971 Banna 4-03 Kilgarvan 2-04 28/11/1971

Team records and statistics

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

See also

References

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