Armagh Intermediate Football Championship

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Armagh Intermediate Football Championship
Irish Craobh Idirmheánach Peile Ard Mhacha
Founded1964
Title holdersSt. Patrick’s Cullyhanna (4th title)
Most titles Madden / Whitecross (4 titles)

The Armagh Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Armagh GAA clubs. [1] The national media covers the competition. [2]

Contents

St. Patrick’s Cullyhanna are the title holders (2023) after absolutely obliterating St Paul's Lurgan in the Final.

History

The 2014 Armagh IFC winning club was St Paul's, which defeated the Grange by a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-10. Andrew Murnin gave a match-winning performance in the final.[ citation needed ]

The competition is often contested by senior inter-county players, for example, Clan na Gael's Stefan Campbell (who was captain of Armagh at the time) contested the 2020 final, a game in which he went up against another of Armagh's leading full-forwards, Andrew Murnin of St Paul's. [2]

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Atty Hearty Cup The Armagh IFC winner qualifies for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Armagh to qualify for this competition. The Armagh IFC winner may enter the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage.

The Armagh IFC winners — by winning the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, at which it would enter at the semi-final stage, providing it hasn't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals.

List of finals

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
1964 Madden Ballyhegan
1965† Clan na Gael, Lurgan Dorsey
1966Tír na nÓg Killeavy
1967 Pearse Óg Silverbridge
1968St Peter's, Lurgan Mullaghbawn
1969 Sarsfields Ballyhegan
1970 Madden Mullaghbawn
1971 Whitecross St Patrick's
1972 Silverbridge Oliver Plunkett's
1973 Pearse Óg Whitecross
1974 Armagh Harps Oliver Plunkett's
1975 Ballyhegan Oliver Plunkett's
1976 Middletown Clann Éireann
1977 Clann Éireann Culloville
1978 Whitecross Culloville
1979 St Patrick's Mullaghbawn
1980Tír na nÓg Granemore
1981St Peter's, Lurgan Keady
1982 Culloville Ballyhegan
1983 Keady Killeavy
1984 St Paul's, Lurgan Grange
1985Derrynoose Dromintee
1986 Killeavy Grange
1987 Grange Middletown
1988 St Patrick's Mullaghbawn
1989 Dromintee Mullaghbawn
1990 Collegeland Annaghmore
1991 Granemore St Michael's
1992 Mullaghbawn Middletown
1993 Grange Keady
1994 Madden Middletown
1995 Keady Culloville
1996 Dromintee Middletown
1997 Ballyhegan Collegeland
1998 Culloville Tír na nÓg
1999 St Michael's Belleeks
2000 Éire Óg Collegeland
2001Tír na nÓgAn Port Mór
2002 Clann Éireann Carrickcruppen
2003 Maghery Madden
2004 Carrickcruppen Ballyhegan
2005 Granemore Whitecross
2006 Ballymacnab 0-11 Madden 0-07
2007 Whitecross Culloville
2008 St Patrick's Culloville
2009 St Michael's Keady
2010 Sarsfields Culloville
2011 Culloville Tír na nÓg
2012 Killeavy 0-13St Peter's0-08
2013 Madden 0-15Tír na nÓg2-06
2014 St Paul's Lurgan 2-13 Grange 2-10
2015 [3] Clann Éireann 2-13 Whitecross 2-08
2016 [4] Whitecross 2-14 Tullysaran 1-14
2017 [5] [ additional citation(s) needed ] Killeavy 1-13 Silverbridge 0-11
2018 [6] [ additional citation(s) needed ] St Peter's Lurgan 1-11 Mullaghbawn 1-10
2019 [7] [ additional citation(s) needed ]GrangeShane O'Neill's
2020 [2] [ additional citation(s) needed ]Clan na GaelSt Paul's
2021Carrickcruppen, St Patrick's [8] [ additional citation(s) needed ]1-12Culloville0-12
2022shane o neills2.11St pauls1.13
2023St. Patrick’s Cullyhanna4-21St. Paul’s Lurgan1-08
Notes

The 1965 runner-up may have been Tom Williams GFC, an amalgamation of Dorsey and Cullyhanna.

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References

  1. Armagh GAA, Clár Oifigiúil (programme), Intermediate Football Championship Final, 14 October 2012
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