2021 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

2021 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Dates	3 September – 24 October 2021
Teams	8
Sponsor	Lyons of Limerick
Champions	Mungret/St. Paul's (1st title) Cian O'Brien (captain) Liam Cronin (manager)
Runners-up	Cappamore John Ryan (captain) Declan Deere (manager)
Relegated	Murroe-Boher
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	42 (2.63 per match)
Points scored	501 (31.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Liam Lynch (2–44)
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The 2021 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the eighth staging of the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 2014. The championship began on 3 September 2021 and ended on 24 October 2021.

The final was played on 24 October 2021 at the TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Mungret/St. Paul's and Cappamore, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Mungret/St. Paul's won the match by 4–17 to 1–12 to claim their first championship title in the grade. ^[1]

Liam Lynch was the championship's top scorer with 2–44.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

• Murroe-Boher ^[2]

Promoted from the Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Newcastle West ^[3]

From Championship

Promoted to the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

• Kildimo-Pallaskenry ^[4]

Relegated to the Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Bruree ^[5]

Results

Group 1

Group 1 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Mungret/St. Paul's	3	3	0	0	80	55	25	6
Cappamore	3	2	0	1	67	61	6	4
Knockainey	3	0	1	2	65	77	−12	1
Murroe-Boher	3	0	1	2	63	82	−19	1

Group 1 results

Mungret/St. Paul's v Murroe-Boher

3 September 2021Round 1	Mungret/St. Paul's	6–17 – 1–16	Murroe-Boher	Bruff GAA Grounds
	L Lynch 2–9, N Mulcahy 2–0, C O'Brien 1–1, B O'Meara 0–3, C Lenihan 0–1, B Barry 0–1, K O'Dowd 0–1, E Mulcahy 0–1.		K Clohessy 0–6, Michael Ryan 0–4, Mikey Ryan 1–0, J Casey 0–3, F Hourigan 0–1, M Nicholas 0–1, C Byrnes 0–1.

Knockainey v Cappamore

4 September 2021Round 1	Knockainey	2–16 – 3–18	Cappamore	Kilteely GAA Grounds
	P Kirby 1–8, K Cleary 1–1, P Reale 0–2, J Lonergan 0–1, D Madden 0–1, E Dorney 0–1, M O'Grady 0–1, P Barron 0–1.		L O'Donnell 1–3, J Lonergan 1–3, E Gleeson 1–0, C Berkery 0–3, PJ Hogan 0–2, B Creamer 0–2, T O'Donoghue 0–2, R Hanley 0–1, C O'Brien 0–1, J Ryan 0–1.

Murroe-Boher v Knockainey

11 September 2021Round 2	Murroe-Boher	3–17 – 2–20	Knockainey	Fr. Hayes Memorial Park
	K Clohessy 1–8, J Nicholas 1–2, Mikey Ryan 1–1, J Casey 0–2, D Sheehan 0–1, F Hourigan 0–1, M Hanley 0–1, E Hourigan 0–1.		P Kirby 0–7, P Barron 1–3, J Lonergan 1–3, M O'Grady 0–3, K Cleary 0–2, D Madden 0–1, P Reale 0–1.

Cappamore v Mungret/St. Paul's

11 September 2021Round 2	Cappamore	2–13 – 1–18	Mungret/St. Paul's	Childres Road
	L O'Donnell 0–7, J Lonergan 1–3, B Creamer 1–2, J Ryan 0–1.		L Lynch 0–9, N Mulcahy 1–4, B Barry 0–2, B Duff 0–1, E Mulcahy 0–1, C Lenihan 0–1.

Cappamore v Murroe-Boher

19 September 2021Round 3	Cappamore	1–18 – 1–15	Murroe-Boher	Fr. Hayes Memorial Park
	L O'Donnell 0–11, (0–8 frees), C Berkery 1–1, J Lonergan 0–4 (0–2 frees), B Creamer 0–2.	Report	K Clohessy 0–7, (0–6 frees), G Ryan 1–1 (frees), M Ryan 0–3, A Kennedy 0–2, C Byrnes, J Nicholas 0–1 each.

Mungret/St. Paul's v Knockainey

19 September 2021Round 3	Mungret/St. Paul's	1–21 – 1–14	Knockainey	Childers Road
	L Lynch 0–10, N Mulcahy 1–4, B Barry 0–2, E Mulcahy 0–2, B O'Meara 0–2, C Lenihan 0–1.		M O'Grady 1–4, P Kirby 0–6, J Lonergan 0–1, D Walsh 0–1, P Barron 0–1, E Cleary 0–1.

Group 2

Group 2 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Newcastle West	3	2	0	1	46	55	−9	4
Glenroe	3	2	0	1	53	46	7	4
Dromin-Athlacca	3	1	0	2	55	60	−5	2
Bruff	3	1	0	2	63	56	7	2

Group 2 results

Bruff v Glenroe

3 September 2021Round 1	Bruff	1–14 – 1–15	Glenroe	FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
	D O'Leary 0–7, B O'Brien 1–0, C Brown 0–3, P Browne 0–2, P O'Riordan 0–1, C Madden 0–1.		M O'Connell 0–8, E O'Mahony 1–1, S Moloney 0–3, B O'Connell 0–2, S Walsh 0–1.

Newcastle West v Dromin-Athlacca

5 September 2021Round 1	Newcastle West	1–15 – 0–16	Dromin-Athlacca	Mick Neville Park
	D Kelly 1–8, E Hurley 0–2, B Hurley 0–2, B Nix 0–2, E Hurley 0–1.		D Reidy 0–14, D Breen 0–1, J Kelleher 0–1.

Glenroe v Newcastle West

10 September 2021Round 2	Glenroe	0–16 – 0–17	Newcastle West	Mick Neville Park
	M O'Connell 0–5, D McCarthy 0–4, E O'Mahony 0–3, B O'Connell 0–2, E Walsh 0–1, D McCarthy 0–1.		E Hurley 0–5, D Kelly 0–4, B Hurley 0–3, E Hurley 0–2, M Kelly 0–1, B Nix 0–1, M Quilligan 01-.

Dromin-Athlacca v Bruff

12 September 2021Round 2	Dromin-Athlacca	2–21 – 2–17	Bruff	FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
	D Reidy 0–17, S O'Leary 1–2, J Lenihan 1–0, M Fitzpatrick 0–1.		D O'Leary 1–9, P O'Riordan 1–2, C Browne 0–3, C Madden 0–2, J Hayes 0–1.

Dromin-Athlacca v Glenroe

19 September 2021Round 3	Dromin-Athlacca	1–09 – 2–13	Glenroe	Michael Fox Park
	D Reidy 0–5, A Costello 1–0, D Breen 0–2, J Kelleher 0–1, M Reidy 0–1.		M O’Connell (1–7 all from Frees), E Walsh (0–2), B O’Connell (0–2), S Walsh (0–1), D McCarthy (0–1).

Bruff v Newcastle West

19 September 2021Round 3	Bruff	0–23 – 0–11	Newcastle West	Páirc an Chrócaigh
	D O'Leary (0–7, 0-6F, 0–1 65), C Madden (0–3), C Browne (0–3), P Browne (0–3), B O'Brien (0–2), J Hayes (0–2, 0-1F), J Keating (0–1), P O'Riordan (0–1), K Bonar (0–1).

Relegation section

Playoff

Bruff v Murroe-Boher

2 October 2021Playoff	Bruff	0–16 – 0–13	Murroe-Boher	Fr. Hayes Memorial Park
	D O'Leary 0–7, K Dillon 0–3, P O'Riordan 0–2, P Browne 0–2, C Browne 0–1, K Bonar 0–1.		M Ryan 0–4, R Kennedy 0–2, G Ryan 0–2, F Hourigan 0–1, K Clohessy 0–1, J Casey 0–1, M Ryan 0–1, D Kennedy 0–1.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Mungret/St. Paul's v Glenroe

2 October 2021Semi-final	Mungret/St. Paul's	1–18 – 0–11	Glenroe	FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
	L Lynch 0–8, P O'Brien 1–3, B Barry 0–3, B O'Meara 0–1, R Duff 0–1, N Mulcahy 0–1, K O'Dowd 0–1.		M O'Connell 0–3, C Kelly 0–2, Z McCarthy 0–1, David McCarthy 0–1, S Clancy 0–1, Diarmuid McCarthy 0–1, E O'Mahony 0–1, E Walsh 0–1.

Newcastle West v Cappamore

3 October 2021Semi-final	Newcastle West	1–06 – 1–18	Cappamore	FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
	Ethan Hurley 0–4, M McMahon 1–0, D Kelly 0–1, Eoin Hurley 0–1.		L O'Donnell 0–10, J Lonergan 1–2, B Creamer 0–3, D Lonergan 0–1, C Buckley 0–1, T O'Donoghue 0–1.

Final

Mungret/St. Paul's v Cappamore

24 October 2021Final	Mungret/St. Paul's	4–17 – 1–12	Cappamore	TUS Gaelic Grounds
	L Lynch 0–8 (7f), N Mulcahy 2–1, B Barry 1–2, B O’Meara 1–1, N O’Brien 0–4, E O’Doherty 0–1.	Report	L O’Donnell 0–7 (7f), R Hanly 1–0, B Creamer 0–2, S Whelan, J Lonergan and C Berkery 0–1 each.	Referee: M Sexton (Bruree)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Liam Lynch	Mungret/St. Paul's	2–44	50	5	10.00
2	Liam O'Donnell	Cappamore	1–38	41	5	8.20
3	David Reidy	Dromin-Athlacca	0–36	36	3	12.00
4	Danny O'Leary	Bruff	1–30	33	4	8.25
5	Niall Mulcahy	Mungret/St. Paul's	7–10	31	5	6.20
6	Mark O'Connell	Glenroe	1–23	26	4	6.50
7	Kevin Clohessy	Murroe-Boher	1–22	25	4	6.25
8	Pat Kirby	Knockainey	1–21	24	3	8.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	David Reidy	Dromin-Athlacca	0–17	17	Bruff
2	Liam Lynch	Mungret/St. Paul's	2–09	15	Murroe-Boher
3	David Reidy	Dromin-Athlacca	0–14	14	Newcastle West
4	Danny O'Leary	Bruff	1–09	12	Dromin-Athlacca
5	Pat Kirby	Knockainey	1–08	11	Cappamore
	Kevin Clohessy	Murroe-Boher	1–08	11	Knockainey
	Jamesie Kelly	Newcastle West	1–08	11	Dromin-Athlacca
	Liam O'Donnell	Cappamore	0–11	11	Murroe-Boher
9	Mark O'Connell	Glenroe	1–07	10	Dromin-Athlacca
	Liam Lynch	Mungret/St. Paul's	0–10	10	Knockainey
	Liam O'Donnell	Cappamore	0–10	10	Newcastle West

References

1. Keogh, John (24 October 2021). "Limerick Premier IHC: Mungret power their way back to senior ranks". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
2. Byrne, David (13 September 2020). "Garryspillane retain spot in Limerick senior hurling ranks at Murroe-Boher's expense". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
3. "Newcastle West thwart Na Piarsaigh's double bid in thrilling Limerick IHC decider". Limerick Leader. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
4. Buckley, Brendan (13 September 2020). "Kyle Hayes leads Kildimo-Pallaskenry to senior ranks in Limerick". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
5. Kinsella, Colm (6 September 2020). "Dromin-Athlacca preserve Limerick Premier IHC status with victory over Bruree". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

External links

• Limerick GAA website