Kildare Intermediate Football Championship

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The Kildare Intermediate Football Championship, or Kildare I.F.C., is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Kildare GAA clubs since 1928. The winners currently receive the Hugh Campion Cup in honour of the Suncroft official who served as County Board Chairman from 1972 to 1981.

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Qualification for subsequent competitions

Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Kildare IFC winner qualifies for the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Kildare to qualify for this competition. The Kildare IFC winner may enter the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage. For example, 2018 winner Two Mile House won the Leinster final, [1] as did 2016 winner St Colmcille's, also at GAA headquarters. [2] as did 2012 winner Monasterevin, [3] 2006 winner Confey, while the Kildare IFC winning club won consecutive Leinster IHC titles in 2009 and 2010, won respectively by Maynooth and Ballymore Eustace...

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Kildare IFC winner — by winning the Leinster 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.

Awards

Trophy

The captain of the winning team is presented with the Hugh Campion Cup in honour of the Suncroft official who served as County Board Chairman from 1972 to 1981.

Team of the Week

A Team of the Week is selected during the competition's run. [4]

Finals listed by years

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
2023 [5] Allenwood 0-11 Castledermot 1-7
2022 [6] Ballyteague 2-13 Castledermot 1-12
2021 [7] Kilcock 1-16 Ballymore Eustace 0-07
2020 [8] Clogherinkoe 0-14 Kilcock 0-13
2019 [9] Monasterevin 1-08 Leixlip 0-07
2018 Two Mile House 0-16 Monasterevin 1-08
2017 Raheens 2-12 Kilcock 1-09
2016 Round Towers 2-11 Two Mile House 1-13
2015 Castledermot 1-12 Raheens 0-12
2014 Eadestown 1-10 Round Towers 0-11
2013 Johnstownbridge 2-14 Castledermot 1-10
2012 Monasterevin 1-10 Raheens 0-07
2011 Confey 1-05 Ellistown 0-04
2010 Ballymore Eustace 1-11 Confey 0-12
2009 [10] Maynooth 3-14 Kilcullen 0-13
2008 [11] St. Kevin's 1-08, 2-09 (R) Monasterevin 1-08, 0-06 (R)
2007 Suncroft 1-08 Ballymore Eustace 0-07
2006 [12] Confey 0-14 St. Kevin's 1-09
2005 Maynooth 1-11 St. Kevin's 0-04
2004 Naas 2-06 Confey 0-06
2003 Sallins 0-13 Suncroft 0-10
2002 Celbridge 0-09 Eadestown 0-06
2001 Rathangan 1-14 Eadestown 1-11
2000 Ellistown 2-05 Ballyteague 0-10
1999 Maynooth 0-11 St. Kevin's 1-06
1998 Kilcullen 2-11 St. Kevin's 0-10
1997 Rheban 2-14 Castledermot 1-06
1996 Eadestown 0-09 (R) 1-09 St. Kevin's 1-05 (R) 2-06
1995 Caragh 1-11 St. Kevin's 1-04
1994 Ballymore Eustace 2-10 Castledermot 2-09
1993 Rathangan 0-09 (R) 3-05 Eadestown 0-08 (R) 0-14
1992 Castlemitchell 1-08 Grangenolvin 0-08
1991 Ballyteague 1-12 Castlemitchell 2-04
1990 Allenwood 1-9 Clogherinkoe 0-08
1989 Suncroft 2-09 Clogherinkoe 0-09
1988 Round Towers 2-06 Suncroft 0-06
1987 Celbridge 1-08 Clogherinkoe 0-08
1986 Ballymore Eustace 2-13 Suncroft 2-05
1985 Castledermot 1-09 Suncroft 0-09
1984 Naas 2-06 Suncroft 1-07
1983 Eadestown 3-11 Castledermot 1-09
1982 Kilcock 1-13 Ellistown 0-05
1981 Rathangan 2-11 Castledermot 0-10
1980 St. Laurence's 4-07 Castledermot 2-05
1979 St. Kevin's 1-12 St. Laurence's 1-05
1978 Johnstownbridge 1-09 St. Kevin's 1-06
1977 Sallins 0-12 Milltown 2-02
1976 Kilcullen 3-11 Rathangan 3-05
1975 Ballykelly 0-09 3-06 (R) Rathangan 1-06 2-08 (R)
1974 Athy 3-09 Sallins 1-08
1973 Ballyteague 1-12 Rathangan 0-05
1972 Milltown 2-08 Rathangan 2-06
1971 Monasterevin 2-09 Grangenolvin 1-05
1970 Rheban 1-14 Athy 1-07
1969 Kilcock 1-05 Athy 0-07
1968 Eadestown 4-10 Johnstownbridge 2-05
1967 Sallins 0-07 Castlemitchel 0-06
1966 Straffan 5-08 Ballykelly 0-08
1965 Maynooth 2-08 Castlemitchel 1-02
1964 Ellistown 2-10 Maynooth 2-07
1963 Castledermot 0-09 Suncroft 0-07
1962 Allenwood 3-12 Celbridge 1-00
1961 Kilcullen 2-03 Rathcoffey 0-02
1960 Ballykelly 0-09 Rathcoffey 2-02
1959 Monasterevin 0-14 Celbridge 1-02
1958 Raheens 1-05 Castledermot 0-03
1957 Maynooth 2-12 Moorefield 1-04
1956 Kilcullen 2 -07 0-11 (R) Moorefield 3-04 0-04 (R)
1955 Ballykelly 1-7 Kilcullen 0-07
1954Young Emmets2-03 Kilcullen 1-04
1953 Castlemitchel 3-04Young Emmets0-04
1952 Ballymore Eustace 1-08 Castlemitchel 1-06
1951 Ellistown 1-06 Raheens 1-05
1950 Suncroft 0-08 Caragh 0-04
1949 Clane 2-03 Suncroft 1-04
1948 Maynooth 2-07 Suncroft 2-06
1947 Milltown 2-06St Patrick's0-05
1946 Cappagh 2-08 Castledermot 2-02
1945 Kilcullen 4-04 Kilcock 0-03
1944 Suncroft 0-06 Caragh 0-06
1943 Ardclough 2-12 Kildangan 1-03
1942 Rheban 1-11 Straffan 1-03
1941 Rathangan 3-04 Robertstown 2-06
1940 Clane 1-07 Rathangan 0-07
1939 Moorefield 3-5 Clane 1-2
1938 Kilcock 2-8 Castledermot 1-0
1937 Moorefield 3-3 Suncroft 0-2
1936 Maynooth 1-8 2-3 (R)The Towers3-2 0-1 (R)
1935 Ellistown 1-6 Celbridge 0-3
1934 Leixlip 3-5 1-6 (R) Suncroft 3-5 0-6 (R)
1933Newbridge0-5 2-6 (R)Kildare Sarsfields1-2 0-3 (R)
1932 Castledermot 2-7Newbridge2-3
1931 Caragh Athy
1930 Carbury 2-7 Athy 0-1
1929 Leixlip 2-2 Carbury 0-5
1928 Castledermot 2-2 Carbury 1-3

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