Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship

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Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2024 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
Colours of Kilkenny.svg
Irish Craobh Iomána Idirmhéanach Chill Chainnigh
Code Hurling
Founded1929;95 years ago (1929)
Region Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny (GAA)
TrophyHanrahan Cup
No. of teams12
Title holders Colours of Kerry.svg Glenmore (2nd title)
Most titles Colours of Kilkenny.svg Conahy Shamrocks (4 titles)
Colours of Sligo.svg Mullinavat (4 titles)
Colours of Galway.svg Clara (4 titles)
SponsorsMichael Lyng Motors Hyundai
Official website Official website

The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by intermediate clubs in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland. It is the second tier overall in the entire Kilkenny hurling championship system.

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The Kilkenny Intermediate Championship was introduced in 1929 as a competition that would bridge the gap between the senior grade and the junior grade. The championship was suspended for over 30 years until the 1970s when it was reinstated.[ citation needed ]

In its current format, the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship begins in September with a first round series of games comprising eight teams, while the four remaining teams receive byes to the quarter-final stage. A team's finishing position in the Kilkenny Intermediate League determines at what stage they enter the championship. Four rounds of games are played, culminating with the final match at UPMC Nowlan Park in October. The winner of the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship, as well as being presented with the Hanrahan Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Club Championship and gains automatic entry into the following year's Kilkenny Senior Championship.[ citation needed ]

The competition has been won by 29 teams. Conahy Shamrocks, Mullinavat and Clara are the most successful teams in the tournament's history, having won it four times each. Glenmore are the reigning champions, having beaten St Lachtain's by 3–19 to 2–09 in the 2021 final.

Teams

2024 teams

As of 2024, the teams contesting the Kilkenny Intermediate championship included:[ citation needed ]

TeamLocationColoursIn championship sinceChampionship titlesLast championship title
Blacks and Whites SkeoughvosteenBlack and white?0
Carrickshock Hugginstown Green and gold?22016
Conahy Shamrocks ConahyBlack and yellow?41986
Danesfort 2024
Dunnamaggin Dunnamaggin Green and gold?22000
Fenians Johnstown Johnstown Blue and white?0
Lisdowney Lisdowney Blue and white?0
Mooncoin Mooncoin Green and white?21994
Rower–Inistioge Inistioge Green and red?12013
St Martin's Fassadinin Red and green?12002
Tullogher–Rosbercon 2024
Young Irelands Gowran Red and white?11991

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Roll of honour

#ClubWinsYears won
1 Conahy Shamrocks 41930, 1932, 1977, 1986
Clara 41982, 1998, 2007, 2012
Mullinavat 41989, 2001, 2006, 2014
2 John Locke's 31935, 1993, 1999
Graignamanagh 31976, 1980, 1985
Dicksboro 31991, 2005, 2010
Danesfort 31931, 2011, 2022
3 Ballyhale Shamrocks 21974, 1997
O'Loughlin Gaels 21978, 1996
St Patrick's 21979, 2017
St Lachtain's 21984, 2009
Graigue-Ballycallan 21987, 2018
Tullaroan 21988, 2019
Mooncoin 21990, 1994
Dunnamaggin 21995, 2000
Erin's Own 22003, 2008
Carrickshock 22004, 2016
Glenmore 21981, 2021
Thomastown 21983, 2023
4Urlingford11929
St Fiacre's 11934
Slieverue 11936
Éire Óg11937
Coon 11973
Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers 11975
Young Ireland's 11991
St Martin's 12002
Rower-Inistioge 12013
Bennettsbridge 12015

List of finals

List of Kilkenny IHC finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
ClubScoreClubScore
1929Urlingford6-00 Kilmacow 2-01
1930 Conahy Shamrocks 6-01 Mooncoin 1-01
1931 Danesfort 4-06 Sliabh Ruadh 4-01
1932 Conahy Shamrocks 5-02 (3-02) (4-02)Crowraddy4-03 (3-02) (4-02)
1933No Championship
1934St Fiacre's3-02Gren & Whites (The Rower)2-03
1935 John Locke's 1-04St Kieran's, Johnstown2-00
1936 Slieve Rua 8-04 Bennettsbridge 2-03
1937Eire Og8-04Moonroe1-02
1938-1972No Championship
1973 Coon 4-08 Graignamanagh 3-06
1974 Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-09 Graignamanagh 2-06
1975 Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers 4-11 Graignamanagh 1-09
1976 Graignamanagh 0-11 Dicksboro 1-06
1977 Conahy Shamrocks 3-09 Dicksboro 1-14
1978 O'Loughlin Gaels 2-21 Lisdowney 4-07
1979 St Patrick's 1-18 Dicksboro 0-07
1980 Graignamanagh 4-12 Thomastown 1-16
1981 Glenmore 1-11 Dicksboro 2-06
1982 Clara 0-13 Carrickshock 0-09
1983 Thomastown 2-08 O'Loughlin Gaels 1-03
1984 St Lachtain's 2-14 Graignamanagh 1-06
1985 Graignamanagh 4-11 Piltown 2-10
1986 Conahy Shamrocks 1-10 Piltown 1-07
1987 Graigue-Ballycallan 2-05 (2-08) O'Loughlin Gaels 0-08 (2-08)
1988 Tullaroan 4-13 Piltown 2-12
1989 Mullinavat 2-13 Young Irelands 0-14
1990 Mooncoin 4-09 Thomastown 1-09
1991 Dicksboro 4-09 Young Irelands 1-08
1992 Young Irelands 2-12 Conahy Shamrocks 1-07
1993 John Locke's 3-11 Thomastown 2-12
1994 Mooncoin 2-14 Clara 1-09
1995 Dunnamaggin 2-21 Bennettsbridge 1-09
1996 O'Loughlin Gaels 2-13 Graignamanagh 2-08
1997 Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-12 Graignamanagh 3-07
1998 Clara 0-12 Mooncoin 0-10
1999 John Locke's 0-15 Mullinavat 1-09
2000 Dunnamaggin 5-09 St Martin's 1-06
2001 Mullinavat 2-10 (1-05) Clara 2-07 (1-05)
2002 St Martin's 1-14 Carrickshock 0-13
2003 Erin's Own 2-12 Carrickshock 1-14
2004 Carrickshock 0-14 Mooncoin 1-10
2005 Dicksboro 0-09 Mooncoin 0-07
2006 Mullinavat 1-21 Clara 2-11
2007 Clara 1-15 St Lachtain's 0-12
2008 Erin's Own 2-10 Danesfort 1-10
2009 St Lachtain's 0-16 Dicksboro 1-11
2010 Dicksboro 2-12 Mullinavat 2-11
2011 Danesfort 2-11 Rower-Inistioge 0-11
2012 Clara 1-07 St Patrick's 0-04
2013 [1] Rower-Inistioge 2-13 Emeralds 2-11
2014 Mullinavat 0-17 St Patrick's 0-14
2015 Bennettsbridge 1-16 (0-20) St Patrick's 1-14 (3-11)
2016 [2] Carrickshock 0-13 Tullogher-Rosbercon 0-06
2017 St Patrick's 1-19 Graigue-Ballycallan 2-10
2018 Graigue-Ballycallan 2-16 Tullaroan 2-13
2019 [3] Tullaroan 3-18 Thomastown 0-21
2020* Lisdowney 1-23 Thomastown 1-23
2021 Glenmore 3-19 St Lachtain's 2-09
2022* Danesfort 1-36 Thomastown 4-25
2023* Thomastown 1-29 Mooncoin 0-17

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