Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship

For the football equivalent, see Clare Intermediate Football Championship.

Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Idirmhéanach Iománaíochta Co. an Chláir
Founded	1927
Title holders	Corofin (3rd title)
Most titles	Broadford (8 titles)

The Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams in the county of Clare in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Cusack Park. The championship includes a group stage which is followed by a knock-out phase for the top teams. There is also promotion involving the Clare Senior Hurling Championship and relegation involving the Clare Junior Hurling Championship.

In 2012 it was decided that from 2014 onwards the Clare Senior Hurling Championship would become a single sixteen team championship. This meant that five clubs would lose their senior status and be relegated down to intermediate. However due to the overwhelming success of both the Clare Senior and Under-21 inter-county squads in 2013, the culling of the senior hurling championship was postponed for twelve months. 2014 saw the relegation of Broadford, Doora-Barefield, Ruan, Scariff and Wolfe Tones down to intermediate for the 2015 season.

The 2023 Intermediate Champions were Corofin who defeated Sixmilebridge by 0-18 to 0-14 to win their third title at this grade and return to senior ranks for 2023.

Format

Group stage

The 16 clubs are divided into four groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed three group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: The 4 group winners and 4 group runners-up contest this round. A group winner will play a group runner-up of another group. The four winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions and are promoted to the Clare Senior Hurling Championship.

Relegation

The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation playoffs and the losers will be relegated to the Clare Junior A Hurling Championship.

Qualification

At the end of the championship, the winning club qualify to the subsequent Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2024 Teams

The 16 teams competing in the 2024 Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship are:

Club	Location	Colours
Bodyke	Bodyke	Black and amber
Broadford	Broadford	Green and Yellow
Clarecastle	Clarecastle	Black and white
Inagh-Kilnamona	Inagh / Kilnamona	Yellow and Green
Killanena	Killane	Blue and yellow
Newmarket-on-Fergus	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Blue and Gold
Ogonnelloe	Ogonnelloe	Black and yellow
Parteen/Meelick
Ruan	Ruan	Yellow and blue
Sixmilebridge	Sixmilebridge	Saffron and Blue
Smith O'Brien's	Killaloe	Scarlet and amber
St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Doora / Barefield	Maroon and White
Tubber	Tubber	Black and amber
Tulla	Tulla	Crimson and gold
Whitegate	Whitegate	Red and black
Wolfe Tones	Shannon	White and green

Qualification

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

List of finals

List of Clare IHC finals (incomplete)

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024
2023	Corofin	0–18	Sixmilebridge	0–14
2022	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield		Tulla
2021	Smith O'Brien's		St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield
2020	Scariff		Tubber
2019	Broadford		St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield
2018	Feakle		Tubber
2017	Kilmaley		Tubber
2016	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield		Broadford
2015	Wolfe Tones, Shannon		Broadford
2014	Feakle		Parteen
2013	Whitegate		Feakle
2012	Ruan		Crusheen
2011	Éire Óg, Ennis		Ruan
2010	Killanena		Ruan
2009	Whitegate		Feakle
2008	Broadford		Sixmilebridge
2007	Clonlara		Killanena
2006	Clooney-Quin		Killanena
2005	Inagh-Kilnamona		Bodyke
2004	Smith O'Brien's		Clooney-Quin
2003	Broadford		Feakle
2002	Corofin		Clooney-Quin
2001	Ballyea		Sixmilebridge
2000	Crusheen		Clooney
1999	Clonlara		Crusheen
1998	Kilnamona		Inagh
1997	Broadford		Sixmilebridge
1996	Bodyke		Clonlara
1995	Ogonnelloe		Crusheen
1994	Cratloe		Ogonnelloe
1993	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield		Scariff
1992	Whitegate		Ogonnelloe
1991	Corofin		St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield
1990	Sixmilebridge		Cratloe
1989	Clonlara
1988	Sixmilebridge		Corofin
1987	Crusheen
1986	Clooney-Quin		Corofin
1985	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield
1984	Whitegate
1983	Wolfe Tones, Shannon		Killanena
1982	Scariff		Killanena
1981	Broadford
1980	Kilmaley		Cratloe
1979	Tulla		Cratloe
1978	Ruan		Clonlara
1977	O'Callaghan's Mills
1976	Tubber
1975	Clonlara
1974	Broadford
1973	Feakle		Broadford
1972	Tubber		Feakle
1971	Sixmilebridge
1970	Cratloe		Smith O'Brien's
1969	Bodyke
1968	O'Callaghan's Mills
1967	Newmarket-on-Fergus
1966	No record
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960	Crusheen
1959	Whitegate
1958	Éire Óg, Ennis
1957	Sixmilebridge
1956	Parteen-Meelick
1955	No record
1954
1953
1952	Our Lady's Mental Hospital, Ennis
1951	Sixmilebridge		Turnpike
1950	Ruan
1949	No record
1948	Ruan
1947	Broadford
1946	Bodyke
1945	Éire Óg, Ennis
1944	Ballyea		Broadford
1943	Cratloe		Broadford
1942	Whitegate
1941	Broadford
1940	Ruan
1939	Whitegate
1938	Scariff
1937	Cratloe		Scariff
1936	Bodyke
1935	O'Callaghan's Mills
1934	Clooney-Quin
1933	O'Callaghan's Mills
1932	Bodyke
1931	Clarecastle
1930	Feakle		Bodyke
1929	O'Callaghan's Mills
1928	Clonlara
1927	Éire Óg, Ennis

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Championships won
1	Broadford	8	1941, 1947, 1974, 1981, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2019 [1]
2	Whitegate	7	1939 (as Mountshannon), 1942 (as Mountshannon), 1959, 1984, 1992, 2009, 2013
3	Bodyke	5	1932, 1936, 1946, 1969, 1996
	Clonlara	5	1928, 1975, 1989, 1999, 2007
	O'Callaghan's Mills	5	1929 (as Kilkishen), 1933, 1935 (as Kilkishen), 1968, 1977
	Ruan	5	1940, 1948, 1950 (with Dysart), 1978, 2012
	Sixmilebridge	5	1951, 1957 (as Cappa), 1971, 1988, 1990
8	Cratloe	4	1937, 1943, 1970, 1994
	Éire Óg, Ennis	4	1927 (as Ennis Rovers), 1945 (as Ennis Faughs), 1958 (as St. John's, Ennis), 2011
	Feakle	4	1930, 1973, 2014, 2018
	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	4	1985, 1993, 2016, 2022 [2]
12	Clooney-Quin	3	1934 (as Clooney), 1986 (as Clooney), 2006
	Corofin	3	1991, 2002, 2023 [3]
	Crusheen	3	1960, 1987, 2000
	Scariff	3	1938, 1982, 2020 [4]
16	Ballyea	2	1944, 2001
	Our Lady's Mental Hospital, Ennis	2	1952
	Inagh-Kilnamona	2	2005 (as Inagh), 1998 (as Kilnamona)
	Kilmaley	2	1980, 2017
	Smith O'Brien's, Killaloe	2	2004, 2021 [5]
	Tubber	2	1972, 1976
	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	2	1983, 2015
23	Clarecastle	1	1931
	Killanena	1	2010
	Newmarket-on-Fergus	1	1967
	Ogonnelloe	1	1995
	Parteen-Meelick	1	1956 (as Parteen)
	Tulla	1	1979

Notes

• When Ennis Dalcassians won the 1943 Clare Junior Football Championship, they offered an opportunity to players from fellow junior club, Doora-Barefield, to join with them and enter the Clare Senior Football Championship as the Ennis Faughs. They went on to win four senior football titles in 1947, 1948, 1952 and 1954. The Ennis Faughs also won the 1946 Clare Intermediate Football Championship, and the 1945 Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship. The Ennis Faughs disbanded in 1956.

See also

• Clare Senior Hurling Championship
• Clare Junior A Hurling Championship
• Clare Under-21 A Hurling Championship

References

1. "Broadford Bask In Intermediate Glory". Clare Echo.
2. "The Parish Prevail In Extra-Time Over Tulla To Seal Senior Return". Clare Echo.
3. "Corofin Claim Intermediate Hurling Title For The Third Time". Clare Echo.
4. "Scariff's Intermediate Success Magical Says McKenna". Clare Echo.
5. "Smith O'Brien's Climb Back To Clare Senior Ranks". Irish Examiner .