Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

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Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2024 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Code Hurling
Founded2014;10 years ago (2014)
Region Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (GAA)
TrophyMichael Fox Memorial Cup
No. of teams8
Title holdersNewcastle West (2nd title)
First winner Colours of Cork.svg Bruff
SponsorsLyons of Limerick
Official website Official website

The Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Lyons of Limerick County Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Limerick PIHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking intermediate clubs in the county of Limerick in Ireland. It is the second tier overall in the entire Limerick hurling championship system.

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The Limerick Premier Intermediate Championship was introduced in 2014 following a split in the existing Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship. [1] It was the fourth adult county championship to come into existence in Limerick.

In its present format, the Limerick Premier Intermediate Championship uses a round-robin format with each team playing 7 matches (playing all 7 other teams once). Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays. The two top-ranking teams proceed to the final match at the LIT Gaelic Grounds. The winner of the Limerick Premier Intermediate Championship, as well as gaining automatic promotion to the Limerick Senior Championship, qualifies for the subsequent Munster Club Championship. In 2020, the intended format was disrupted and slightly amended due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The competition has been won by 8 teams, none of which have won the tournament more than once. Mungret/St. Paul's are the reigning champions, having beaten Cappamore by 4-17 to 1-12 in the 2021 final. [2]

History

The Limerick Intermediate Championship was founded in 1910 in an effort to bridge the standard of play between the Limerick Senior Championship and the Limerick Junior Championship. Three separate hurling championships proved difficult to sustain, particularly due to a lack of competitive clubs, and the championship was discontinued and reinstated on a number of occasions before being reinstated permanently in 1988.

At a Special Convention of the Limerick County Board in February 2013 it was decided by 115 votes to 108 to introduce radical new changes for the 2014 championship season. While the structure of the 2013 senior and intermediate hurling championships remained unchanged, the final placings were used to ‘grade’ clubs for the new structures the following season. The changes meant that the 2014 Senior Championship was reduced from 16 to 12 teams, with the four relegated teams forming half of the new eight-team Premier Intermediate Championship for 2014. The remaining four teams for this new tier of championship were the four semi-finalists from the 2013 Intermediate Championship. [3]

The eight teams in the inaugural championship were: Blackrock, Bruff, Bruree, Croom, Dromin-Athlacca, Garryspillane, Hospital-Herbertstown and Knockaderry. The very first match took place on 18 April 2014, with Bruff claiming a 2-19 to 2-13 victory over Bruree in the first round of group games. Bruff went on to win the very first championship after a 2-14 to 0-16 defeat of Croom in the 2014 final.

Teams

2024 teams

The 8 teams competing in the 2024 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship are:

TeamLocationDivisionColoursPosition in 2024 In championship sinceChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Limerick.svg Blackrock Kilfinane SouthGreen and whiteGroup stage 2023 1 2019
Colours of Cork.svg Bruff Bruff SouthRed and whiteSemi-finals 2018 1 2014
Colours of Limerick.svg Effin Effin SouthGreen and whiteSemi-finals 2022 0—
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Garryspillane Knocklong SouthBlack and amberRunners-up 2024 1 2018
StFinbarrs.png Glenroe Ballyhoura Mountains SouthGreen and blackGroup stage 2020 0—
StFinbarrs.png Granagh-Ballingarry Ballingarry WestGreen and blackGroup stage 2024 0—
First Flag of Argentina.svg Na Piarsaigh Limerick CitySky blue and whiteRelegated 2023 0—
Colours of Sligo.svg Newcastle West Newcastle West WestBlack and whiteChampions 2021 1 2024

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

List of finals

List of Limerick PIHC finals

YearWinnersRunners-upVenue#
ClubScoreClubScore
2024 Newcastle West 2-12 Garrycastle 1-11 TUS Gaelic Grounds
2023 Dromin/Athlacca 2-20 Blackrock 3-16 FitzGerald Park
2022 Monaleen 2-16 Bruff 0-16
2021 Mungret/St. Paul's 4-17 Cappamore 1-12 TUS Gaelic Grounds
2020 Kildimo-Pallaskenry 0-22 Mungret/St. Paul's 1-13LIT Gaelic Grounds [4]
2019 Blackrock 1-18 Kildimo-Pallaskenry 0-16LIT Gaelic Grounds [5]
2018 Garryspillane 2-12 Bruff 0-12FitzGerald Park [6]
2017 Murroe / Boher 1-21 Garryspillane 1-15 Gaelic Grounds [7]
2016 Monaleen 1-17 Cappamore 2-11FitzGerald Park
2015 Bruree 3-07 Knockainey 0-13FitzGerald Park [8]
2014 Bruff 2-14 Croom 0-16 FitzGerald Park

Notes

Roll of honour

#ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
1 Bruff 12 2014 2018, 2022
Garryspillane 11 2018 2017
Blackrock 11 2019 2023
Kildimo-Pallaskenry 11 2020 2019
Mungret/St. Paul's 11 2021 2020
Bruree 10 2015 —
Monaleen 10 2016 —
Murroe / Boher 10 2017 —
Monaleen 10 2022 —
Dromin/Athlacca 10 2023 —
11 Cappamore 02—2016, 2021
Croom 01—2014
Knockainey 01—2015

See also

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