The Armagh Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Armagh GAA clubs.[1] The national media covers the competition.[2]
| Armagh Intermediate Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Idirmheánach Peile Ard Mhacha |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Title holders | Carrickcruppen St Patricks (3rd title) |
| Most titles | Madden / Whitecross (4 titles) |
St. Patrick’s Cullyhanna are the title holders (2023) after absolutely obliterating St Paul's Lurgan in the Final.
History
editThe 2014 Armagh IFC winning club was St Paul's, which defeated the Grange by a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-10. Andrew Murnin gave a match-winning performance in the final.[citation needed]
The competition is often contested by senior inter-county players, for example, Clan na Gael's Stefan Campbell (who was captain of Armagh at the time) contested the 2020 final, a game in which he went up against another of Armagh's leading full-forwards, Andrew Murnin of St Paul's.[2]
Honours
editThe trophy presented to the winners is the Atty Hearty Cup The Armagh IFC winner qualifies for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Armagh to qualify for this competition. The Armagh IFC winner may enter the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage.
The Armagh IFC winners — by winning the Ulster 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.
List of finals
edit- Notes
† The 1965 runner-up may have been Tom Williams GFC, an amalgamation of Dorsey and Cullyhanna.
References
edit- ^ Armagh GAA, Clár Oifigiúil (programme), Intermediate Football Championship Final, 14 October 2012
- ^ a b c Watters, Andy (16 September 2020). "Neighbours St Paul's and Clan na Gael do battle for bragging rights and silverware in all-Lurgan Armagh championship final". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022.
The Lurgan rivals will both include full-forwards who'll be shoe-ins for Kieran McGeeney's Armagh side later this year. Orchard county skipper Stefan Campbell leads the line for the Clans, while equally talented Andrew Murnin is the dangerman for St Paul's, who won this competition in 2014.
- ^ "Armagh IFC final:Clann Éireann put Whitecross to the sword". The Irish News. 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Whitecross survive late scare from Tullysaran". The Irish News. 10 October 2016.
- ^ "IFC Final: Killeavy v Silverbridge". 15 October 2017.
- ^ Kelly, Padraig. "GAA Matchbox: Intermediate and Junior games this weekend (Sat and Sun Oct 20 and 21)". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022.
- ^ Kelly, Padraig (1 November 2019). "2019 ULSTER CLUB FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP INTERMEDIATE ANALYSIS". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022.
Galbally made light work of Armagh champions Grange in the preliminary round...
- ^ "Carrickcruppen reach Intermediate final". Newry Democrat. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022.