Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

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Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2025 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
CodeGaelic football
Founded1915
Region Cavan, Ireland (GAA)
TrophyTommy Gilroy Cup
No. of teams15
Title holders Colours of Monaghan.svg Cuchulainns (4th title)
Most titlesFive clubs (4 titles)
SponsorsO'Reilly Precast
Official website http://www.cavangaa.ie

The Cavan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Cavan GAA. It is played between the fourteen intermediate-graded clubs in County Cavan. It was first competed for in 1915, before a lapse prior to being revived in 1966. The winners are awarded the Tommy Gilroy Cup and go on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The winners are also promoted to the Cavan Senior Football Championship for the following year.

Contents

Five different clubs—Arva, Ballinagh, Cuchulainns, Lacken, and Templeport—have won the competition four times. Cuchulainns are the current champions after beating Butlersbridge in the 2025 final.

Format

14 teams contest the O'Reilly Precast Intermediate Football Championship. The championship is run on a league basis up to the quarter-final stage and knock-out thereafter. Each team plays 4 rounds in the league phase with the fixtures decided by a random draw at the conclusion of each round. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams in the league progress to the quarter-finals while the bottom 4 placed teams in the league enter a relegation play-off with 1 team to be relegated to the Cavan Junior Football Championship. The winner is promoted to the Cavan Senior Football Championship.

List of finals

Key to list of winners
†Winning team reached the final of the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship
‡Winning team won the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship
List of Cavan Intermediate Football Championship finals [1]
YearWinnersScoreOpponentRef.
1915 Cornafean
1916 Cornafean
1923 Templeport 1–2 – 1–2Bruskey
3–1 – 2–4 (R)
1–2 – 1–2 (R)
1–2 – 1–0 (R)
1924 Templeport
1925 Gowna 3–1 – 0–1 Cootehill
1926Tullyco2–1 – 0–2Virginia Blues
1966 Castlerahan 1–14 – 0–7 Arva
1967 Lacken 2–7 – 1–7 Drumalee
1968 Ballyhaise 1–5 – 0–5 Crosserlough
1969 Drumalee 1–9 – 1–6 Arva [2]
1970 Killygarry 2–5 – 2–3 Cootehill [3]
1971 Cootehill 2–8 – 1–3Virginia Blues [4]
1972 Arva 1–10 – 1–4Ballymachugh
1973 Redhills 3–7 – 3–3 Killeshandra
1974Maghera4–6 – 2–4 Drumlane
1975Virginia0–12 – 0–9 Templeport
1976 Kingscourt Stars 0–11 – 0–6 Arva
1977 Templeport 2–6 – 0–5 Mullahoran
1978 Mullahoran 2–9 – 1–6 Castlerahan
1979 Ballinagh 1–9 – 0–4Killinkere
1980 Munterconnaught 2–4 – 0–7 Cuchulainns
1981Ballymachugh0–6 – 0–6 Redhills
4–5 – 2–7 (R)
1982Killinkere0–10 – 1–4 Castlerahan
1983 Arva 1–11 – 0–7Knockbride
1984Shercock0–8 – 0–8Knockbride
1985 Gowna 0–14 – 0–4 Cuchulainns
1986 Killeshandra 0–10 – 1–6 Cuchulainns
1987 Cuchulainns 1–10 – 0–12 Denn
1988 Denn 2–7 – 1–8 Redhills
1989 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1–9 – 0–7 Lavey
1990 Denn 2–15 – 1–7Belturbet
1991 Killeshandra 0–9 – 0–6 Munterconnaught [5]
1992 Ballinagh 0–10 – 0–7Ballymachugh
1993 Cuchulainns 3–11 – 1–4 Lacken
1994 Laragh United 0–15 – 2–6 Cornafean
1995 Templeport 1–14 – 0–7 Arva
1996Belturbet1–5 – 0–5 Denn
1997 Lacken 2–10 – 2–8Knockbride
1998 Killygarry 0–12 – 0–8 Denn
1999Ballymachugh0–8 – 0–6 Denn
2000Knockbride2–11 – 0–7Drung
2001 Castlerahan 1–6 – 0–9Drung
0–10 – 2–2 (R)
2002 Drumgoon †0–8 – 0–6 Denn
2003 Denn 1–8 – 0–9 Ballinagh
2004 Lacken 1–9 – 1–8Drung
2005 Cuchulainns 1–6 – 0–7 Drumalee
2006 Drumalee 0–7 – 0–7 Ballinagh
1–5 – 0–4 (R)
2007 Ballinagh ‡1–7 – 0–9 Lavey
2008 Redhills 0–14 – 1–8 Ballyhaise [6]
2009 Lavey †3–9 – 1–8 Cootehill [7]
2010 Drumalee 1–11 – 0–8 Drumlane [8]
2011 Drumgoon 0–11 – 1–7 Crosserlough [9]
2012 Lacken 1–10 – 1–10 Cootehill [10] [11]
3–10 – 1–9 (R)
2013 Killeshandra 1–10 – 1–8Shercock [12]
2014 Cootehill 3–11 – 0–8 Ballyhaise [13]
2015 Ballyhaise 2–13 – 1–14 Arva [14]
2016 Arva 3–10 – 1–16Killinkere [15] [16]
0–11 – 0–10 (R)
2017 Shercock2–11 – 1–9 Ballyhaise [17]
2018 Mullahoran †2–16 – 0–8 Cuchulainns [18]
2019 Laragh United 2–16 – 1–9Belturbet [19]
2020 Ballinagh 0–23 – 0–11Butlersbridge [20]
2021 Butlersbridge1–12 – 0–14 Ballyhaise [21]
2022 Castlerahan 1–8 – 0–8 Ballyhaise [22]
2023 Ballyhaise †0–13 – 0–7 Denn [23]
2024 Arva †3–11 – 0–11Butlersbridge [24]
2025 Cuchulainns †0–24 – 0–18Butlersbridge [25]

Performances by club

Performances in the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship by club
ClubTitlesYears won
Templeport 41923, 1924, 1977, 1995
Lacken 41967, 1997, 2004, 2012
Ballinagh 41979, 1992, 2007, 2020
Arva 41972, 1983, 2016, 2024
Cuchulainns 41987, 1993, 2005, 2025
Drumalee 31969, 2006, 2010
Denn 31988, 1990, 2003
Killeshandra 31986, 1991, 2013
Castlerahan 31966, 2001, 2022
Ballyhaise 31968, 2015, 2023
Cornafean 21915, 1916
Gowna 21925, 1985
Killygarry 21970, 1998
Ballymachugh21981, 1999
Redhills 21973, 2008
Drumgoon 22002, 2011
Cootehill 21971, 2014
Shercock21984, 2017
Mullahoran 21978, 2018
Laragh United 21994, 2019
Tullyco11926
Maghera11974
Virginia11975
Kingscourt Stars 11976
Munterconnaught 11980
Killinkere11982
Bailieborough Shamrocks 11989
Belturbet11996
Knockbride12000
Lavey 12009
Butlersbridge12021

References

  1. ↑ Cartwright, George (2023). Breffni Park to Kingspan Breffni: Celebrating 100 Years. Cavan GAA. pp. 242–244. ISBN   978-1-3999-6000-7.
  2. ↑ "1969 was a memorable season for Drumalee". Hogan Stand . 28 September 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (24 April 2020). "From the archive: Killygarry reach senior ranks in 1970". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cootehill Celtic Winners of 1971". Hogan Stand . 2 December 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (18 January 2021). "From the archive: Leaguers win 1991 IFC". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cavan IFC: Redhills edge past rivals to collect title". Hogan Stand . 14 October 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "IFC: Gallant Lavey claim first intermediate crown". Hogan Stand . 29 September 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "IFC: Brilliant Drumalee clinch title". Hogan Stand . 12 October 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "IFC final: Drumgoon upset Crosserlough to clinch title". Hogan Stand . 2 October 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "IFC final: Lacken and Cootehill finish all square". Hogan Stand . 7 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "IFC final replay: McKiernan hat-trick buries Cootehill". Hogan Stand . 13 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  12. ↑ Corrigan, Shane (20 October 2013). "IFC final: Leaguers leave it late". Hogan Stand . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  13. ↑ Corrigan, Shane (4 October 2014). "IFC final: Cootehill end 43-year wait". Hogan Stand . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  14. ↑ Corrigan, Shane (4 October 2015). "IFC final: Ballyhaise hold on to end hoodoo". Hogan Stand . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  15. ↑ Corrigan, Shane (3 October 2016). "IFC final: Arva and Killinkere finish all square in thrilling decider". Hogan Stand . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  16. ↑ Corrigan, Shane (15 October 2016). "IFC final replay: 33-year wait over for Arva". Hogan Stand . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  17. ↑ Corrigan, Shane (1 October 2017). "IFC final: Shercock stun Ballyhaise to bridge 33-year gap". Hogan Stand . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  18. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (14 October 2018). "Mullahoran deliver in brilliant style". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  19. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (6 October 2019). "Impressive Laragh claim IFC title in style". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  20. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (27 September 2020). "Ballinagh storm to Intermediate crown". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  21. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (31 October 2021). "Butlersbridge make history after enthralling final". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  22. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (9 October 2022). "Castlerahan return to senior ranks". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  23. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (15 October 2023). "Ballyhaise claim Intermediate Championship title". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Paul (6 October 2025). "Cuchulainns claim IFC crown in high-quality final". The Anglo-Celt . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
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