The Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Connollys of Moy Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship[1]) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Tyrone GAA clubs.
Derrylaughan are the title holders (2024) defeating Moy in the final.
History
The tournament was first held in 1962, with Cookstown the first champions defeating Galbally in the final.
The semi-final of the 2021 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship was abandoned after eight minutes and an Air Ambulance had to land on the pitch at Healy Park to care for the injured.[2][3]
From 2018, all championship games have been streamed live on Tyrone TV.[4]
Format
The 16 clubs in Division 2 of the All-County Football League in Tyrone compete on a straight knockout basis.
Honours
The trophy presented to the winners is the Paddy Cullen Cup.[5] The winners of the Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship qualify for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship, representing their county, later that year.
The winners of the Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship also gain promotion to Division 1 (until 2007 Division 1B) of the Tyrone All-County Football league for the following season, regardless of their final standing in the Division 2 league that year. Therefore as the winners compete in the Tyrone Senior Football Championship the following year, the holders do not defend their title.[6]
^"Conor Top Scorer In Intermediate Championship". 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022. An outstanding individual haul of 1-8 in the Final saw Galbally's Conor Donaghy emerge as this season's top marksman in the Intermediate championship as the Pearses took the Paddy Cullen Cup for the second time in four years.
^Mooney, Francis (23 October 2018). "Tattyreagh's remarkable rise: Division One football to be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for first time ever". The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. Retrieved 23 October 2018. Tattyreagh's remarkable rise from Junior to Senior in the space of a year has won the hearts of GAA followers throughout Tyrone and beyond. Division One football will be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for the first time ever in 2019, when one of the smallest clubs in the county will mix it with giants of the game such as Coalisland, Killyclogher, Errigal Ciaran, Omagh and Dromore. The dream became a reality as they clinched back to back championship titles at Healy Park on Sunday, winning the LCC Tyrone IFC title, just 12 months after being crowned JFC champions.
^Mooney, Francis (23 October 2018). "Tattyreagh's remarkable rise: Division One football to be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for first time ever". The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. Retrieved 23 October 2018. Tattyreagh's remarkable rise from Junior to Senior in the space of a year has won the hearts of GAA followers throughout Tyrone and beyond. Division One football will be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for the first time ever in 2019, when one of the smallest clubs in the county will mix it with giants of the game such as Coalisland, Killyclogher, Errigal Ciaran, Omagh and Dromore. The dream became a reality as they clinched back to back championship titles at Healy Park on Sunday, winning the LCC Tyrone IFC title, just 12 months after being crowned JFC champions.
^O'Kane, Cahair (10 January 2022). "Derry city's men of Steel edge out Moortown". The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. Retrieved 10 January 2022. The red and white hoops have rekindled the loughshore spirit of old with the grittiness of how they've overcome big hurdles, not least a hugely fancied Owen Roes Leckpatrick side in the Tyrone final.
