2024 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

2024 Kyte Powertech Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2024
Trophy	Tommy Gilroy Cup
Sponsor	Kyte Powertech
Date	9 August – 13 October 2024
Teams	14
Winners
Champions	Arva (4th win)
Manager	Finbar O'Reilly [1]
Captain	Ciarán Brady
Qualify for	Ulster Club IFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Butlersbridge
Manager	Keelan Melaniff
Captain	Cathal Leddy
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	Arva
Relegated team(s)	Templeport
←  2023 2025  →

The 2024 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship is the 60th edition of Cavan GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship began on 9 August 2024. ^[2]

Having won the Junior championship in 2023, Arva secured back-to-back championship titles with ten-point win over Butlersbridge in the final. ^[3]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023 championship season.

To Championship

Promoted from 2023 Cavan Junior Football Championship

• Arva (Junior Champions) ^[4]

Relegated from 2023 Cavan Senior Football Championship

• Lacken (Relegation play-off losers)

From Championship

Promoted to 2024 Cavan Senior Football Championship

• Ballyhaise (Intermediate Champions) ^[5]

Relegated to 2024 Cavan Junior Football Championship

• Belturbet (Relegation play-off losers)

League stage

All 14 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top eight teams go into the quarter-finals, while the bottom four teams enter the relegation play-offs. The first round draw took place on 13 May 2024. ^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arva	4	4	0	0	98	49	+49	8	Advance to quarter-final
2	Butlersbridge	4	4	0	0	78	56	+22	8
3	Denn	4	3	0	1	68	59	+9	6
4	Cuchulainns	4	3	0	1	60	55	+5	6
5	Cootehill	4	2	1	1	68	65	+3	5
6	Shercock	4	2	1	1	59	58	+1	5
7	Cornafean	4	2	0	2	65	65	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]
8	Bailieborough Shamrocks	4	2	0	2	55	54	+1	4 [lower-alpha 1]
9	Drumlane	4	1	1	2	54	64	−10	3
10	Killinkere	4	1	0	3	58	68	−10	2
11	Lacken	4	1	0	3	53	65	−12	2	Advance to relegation play-offs
12	Templeport	4	1	0	3	53	90	−37	2
13	Drumgoon	4	0	1	3	43	51	−8	1
14	Ballymachugh	4	0	0	4	54	67	−13	0

Source: Cavan GAA
Notes:

1. Cornafean are ranked ahead of Bailieborough as they won the head-to-head game between the teams.

Round 1

Ballymachugh v Lacken

9 August 2024Round 1	Ballymachugh	1–7 – 1–11	Lacken	Dr. Plunkett Memorial Park
19:45				Referee: Noel Mooney

Killinkere v Templeport

9 August 2024Round 1	Killinkere	1–14 – 0–9	Templeport	Páirc Emmet
19:45				Referee: Martin Sexton

Drumgoon v Denn

10 August 2024Round 1	Drumgoon	0–6 – 0–7	Denn	Jim Smith Park
18:30				Referee: Pat Clarke

Cornafean v Shercock

10 August 2024Round 1	Cornafean	0–18 – 2–9	Shercock	Max McGrath Memorial Park
18:30				Referee: John Emmo

Cootehill v Bailieborough Shamrocks

10 August 2024Round 1	Cootehill	2–8 – 1–8	Bailieborough Shamrocks	O'Raghallaigh Park
18:30				Referee: Conor Dourneen

Cuchulainns v Butlersbridge

11 August 2024Round 1	Cuchulainns	2–7 – 3–9	Butlersbridge	Lavey GAA Grounds
14:00				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

Drumlane v Arva

11 August 2024Round 1	Drumlane	1–10 – 0–15	Arva	Kingspan Breffni
16:00				Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Round 2

Butlersbridge v Ballymachugh

15 August 2024Round 2	Butlersbridge	4–10 – 3–10	Ballymachugh	Athletic Grounds
19:30		Report		Referee: Mark Ferncombe

Cornafean v Cuchulainns

16 August 2024Round 2	Cornafean	1–9 – 1–10	Cuchulainns	St Bridget's Park
19:30				Referee: Michael Lee

Lacken v Bailieborough Shamrocks

16 August 2024Round 2	Lacken	1–8 – 2–9	Bailieborough Shamrocks	Lavey GAA Grounds
19:30				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Cootehill v Templeport

17 August 2024Round 2	Cootehill	1–17 – 4–9	Templeport	Max McGrath Memorial Park
18:30				Referee: Daire Donohoe

Arva v Drumgoon

17 August 2024Round 2	Arva	0–19 – 1–10	Drumgoon	Annalee Park
18:30				Referee: Conor Lyons

Killinkere v Drumlane

17 August 2024Round 2	Killinkere	1–9 – 0–13	Drumlane	St Matthew's Park
18:30				Referee: Barry McMenamin

Denn v Shercock

18 August 2024Round 2	Denn	2–11 – 1–15	Shercock	Dolan Park
16:00				Referee: Paddy Clarke

Round 3

Drumlane v Butlersbridge

23 August 2024Round 3	Drumlane	1–6 – 2–12	Butlersbridge	St Aidan's Park
20:30				Referee: John Power

Drumgoon v Shercock

25 August 2024Round 3	Drumgoon	0–9 – 1–6	Shercock	St Anne's Park
				Referee: Kieran Olwell

Ballymachugh v Cuchulainns

25 August 2024Round 3	Ballymachugh	1–8 – 2–8	Cuchulainns	St Matthew's Park
18:30		Report		Referee: Jim Giblin

Arva v Templeport

25 August 2024Round 3	Arva	4–21 – 1–5	Templeport	Rory O'Moore Park
14:00				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Denn v Lacken

25 August 2024Round 3	Denn	2–14 – 0–14	Lacken	St Felim's Park
14:00				Referee: Barry McMenamin

Killinkere v Cootehill

25 August 2024Round 3	Killinkere	1–11 – 0–15	Cootehill	Kingspan Breffni
17:00		Report		Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Bailieborough Shamrocks v Cornafean

25 August 2024Round 3	Bailieborough Shamrocks	1–10 – 1–11	Cornafean	Kingspan Breffni
18:45		Report		Referee: James Clarke

Round 4

Shercock v Ballymachugh

7 September 2024Round 4	Shercock	1–14 – 0–14	Ballymachugh	St Bartholomew's Park
17:00				Referee: Barry McMenamin

Lacken v Cuchulainns

7 September 2024Round 4	Lacken	0–14 – 3–11	Cuchulainns	Dolan Park
17:00		Report		Referee: Daire Donohoe

Denn v Cornafean

7 September 2024Round 4	Denn	3–15 – 2–15	Cornafean	Athletic Grounds
17:00				Referee: Noel Mooney

Templeport v Butlersbridge

7 September 2024Round 4	Templeport	2–9 – 2–14	Butlersbridge	Packie Devlin Park
17:00				Referee: Conor Lyons

Arva v Templeport

7 September 2024Round 4	Arva	3–22 – 0–15	Templeport	Kingspan Breffni
17:00				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

Drumlane v Cootehill

7 September 2024Round 4	Drumlane	1–16 – 1–16	Cootehill	Max McGrath Memorial Park
17:00				Referee: Conor Dourneen

Drumgoon v Bailieborough Shamrocks

7 September 2024Round 4	Drumgoon	3–6 – 1–13	Bailieborough Shamrocks	St Bridget's Park
17:00				Referee: Mark Ferncombe

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Butlersbridge

2–10

Cornafean

1–10

Butlersbridge

0–11

Denn

1–7

Denn

1–13

Shercock

1–10

Butlersbridge

0–11

Arva

3–11

Cuchulainns

2–10

Cootehill

0–9

Cuchulainns

1–10 0–11 (R)

Arva

0–13 0–13 (R)

Arva

1–13

Bailieborough Shamrocks

0–10

Quarter-finals

Denn v Shercock

14 September 2024Quarter-final	Denn	1–13 – 1–10	Shercock	Kingspan Breffni
17:00				Referee: Derek Argue

Arva v Bailieborough Shamrocks

14 September 2024Quarter-final	Arva	1–12 – 1–10	Bailieborough Shamrocks	Kingspan Breffni
18:45		Report		Referee: Conor Lyons

Cuchulainns v Cootehill

15 September 2024Quarter-final	Cuchulainns	2–10 – 0–9	Cootehill	Kingspan Breffni
14:45		Report		Referee: Mark Ferncombe

Butlersbridge v Cornafean

15 September 2024Quarter-final	Butlersbridge	2–10 – 1–10	Cornafean	Kingspan Breffni
18:45		Report		Referee: Padraig Sheridan

Semi-finals

Cuchulainns v Arva

27 September 2024Semi-final	Cuchulainns	1–10 – 0–13	Arva	Kingspan Breffni
20:00				Referee: Barry McMenamin

Butlersbridge v Denn

29 September 2024Semi-final	Butlersbridge	0–11 – 1–7	Denn	Kingspan Breffni
16:00				Referee: Noel Mooney

Cuchulainns v Arva

6 October 2024Semi-final replay	Cuchulainns	0–11 – 0–13	Arva	Kingspan Breffni
17:00		Report		Referee: Oliver Óg Ó'Reilly

Final

Butlersbridge v Arva

13 October 2024Final	Butlersbridge	0–11 – 3–11	Arva	Kingspan Breffni
16:00	Caoimhin O'Reilly 0–4 (0–3f), Fionntán O'Reilly 0–2 (0–2f), Feargal Flanagan 0–2, Killian Leddy 0–1, Patrick McPhillips 0–1, Shane O'Rourke 0–1	Report	Jonathan McCabe 1–2, Ciarán Brady 1–1, Barry Donnelly 1–0, Cian O'Hara 0–2 (0–1f, 0–1 '45), Conal Sheridan 0–2, James Morris 0–1, Tristan Noack Hofmann 0–1, Peter Morris 0–1, Kevin Bouchier 0–1	Referee: Brendan Sweeney Man of the Match: Jonathan McCabe (Arva)

Relegation play-offs

Relegation semi-finals

Lacken v Ballymachugh

15 September 2024Relegation semi-final	Lacken	1–9 – 0–12	Ballymachugh	Joe Crowe Park
13:00				Referee: Pat Clarke

Templeport v Drumgoon

15 September 2024Relegation semi-final	Templeport	1–11 – 1–11	Drumgoon	St Aidan's Park
13:00				Referee: John Emmo

Lacken v Ballymachugh

22 September 2024Relegation semi-final replay	Lacken	1–17 – 2–9	Ballymachugh	St Felim's Park
13:00				Referee: Jim Giblin

Templeport v Drumgoon

22 September 2024Relegation semi-final replay	Templeport	0–9 – 0–19	Drumgoon	Annalee Park
13:00				Referee: Daire Donohoe

Final

Ballymachugh v Templeport

29 September 2024Relegation final	Ballymachugh	2–14 – 1–15	Templeport	Páirc Naomh Fionnán
13:00				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

References

1. Donohoe, Damien (10 October 2024). "'They love their football and they love Arva. They are very, very proud Arva people'". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 13 October 2024.
2. Fitzpatrick, Paul (9 August 2024). "Wins for Lacken, Redhills and Killinkere". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 11 September 2024.
3. Fitzpatrick, Paul (13 October 2024). "Arva make it back-to-back county titles with win over the 'Bridge". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 13 October 2024.
4. "Brilliant Arva save their best for the big day with fine win". The Anglo-Celt . 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
5. Fitzpatrick, Paul (15 October 2023). "Ballyhaise claim Intermediate Championship title". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 15 October 2023.
6. McCaffrey, Sean (14 May 2024). "Cavan Club championship draws are made". Shannonside Northern Sound . Retrieved 8 September 2024.

External links

• Official Cavan GAA Website