| Champions | Dick O'Hara (captain) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Runners-up | | ||
| |||
The 1983 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 19th staging of the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board.
The final was played on 2 October 1983 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Thomastown and O'Loughlin Gaels, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. [1] Thomastown won the match by 2–08 to 1–03 to claim their first ever championship title. [2] [3]
| 14 August 1983Semi-final | O'Loughlin Gaels | 3-09 - 1-14 | Piltown | Nowlan Park |
| A Bergin 2-1, R Delaney 1-0, M Cleere 0-3, B Cleere 0-1, G Fitzpatrick 0-1, B Ryan 0-1, O Bergin 0-1, K Robinson 0-1. | D McCarthy 1-2, L McCarthy 0-5, JJ Long 0-2, G Culleton 0-2, J Norris 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-1. |
| 14 August 1983Semi-final | Thomastown | 3-08 - 3-06 | Graignamanagh | Nowlan Park |
| P Lannon 1-5, J Donnelly 1-3, J O'Hara 1-0. | P Nolan 2-3, P Prendergast 1-2, M Morrissey 0-1. |
| 2 October 1983Final | Thomastown | 2-08 - 1-03 | O'Loughlin Gaels | Nowlan Park |
| R Murphy 1-2, G Walsh 1-1, J Donnelly 0-3, P Lannon 0-1, M Farrell 0-1. | M Lanigan 1-0, J Mulcahy 0-2, A Bergin 0-1. | Referee: E Holland (Tullaroan) |