Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship


The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship 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.
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.
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.
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. Tullaroan are the reigning champions, having beaten Thoamstown by 3-18 to 0-21 in the 2019 final.

Roll of honour

TeamWinnerWinning Years
1Conahy Shamrocks41930, 1932, 1977, 1986
1Clara41982, 1998, 2007, 2012
1Mullinavat41989, 2001, 2006, 2014
2John Locke's31935, 1993, 1999
2Graignamanagh31976, 1980, 1985
2Dicksboro31991, 2005, 2010
3Danesfort21931, 2011
3Ballyhale Shamrocks21974, 1997
3O'Loughlin Gaels21978, 1996
3St. Patrick's21979, 2017
3St. Lachtain's21984, 2009
3Graigue-Ballycallan21987, 2018
3Tullaroan21988, 2019
3Mooncoin21990, 1994
3Dunnamaggin21995, 2000
3Erin's Own22003, 2008
3Carrickshock22004, 2016
4Urlingford11929
4St. Fiacre's11934
4Slieverue11936
4Éire Óg11937
4Coon11973
4Muckalee-Ballyfoyle Rangers11975
4Glenmore11981
4Thomastown11983
4Young Ireland's11991
4St. Martin's12002
4Rower-Inistioge12013
4Bennettsbridge12015
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Roll of honour

YearWinnerOpponent
1929Urlingford 6.00Kilmacow 2.01
1930Conahy Shamrocks 6-01Mooncoin 1-01
1931Danesfort 4-06Sliabh Ruadh 4-01
1932Conahy Shamrocks 5-02 Crowraddy 4-03
1933No championship
1934St. Fiacres 3-02Gren & Whites 2-03
1935John Lockes 1-04St. Kieran's, Johnstown 2-00
1936Slieve Rua 8-04Bennettsbridge 2-03
1937Eire Og 8-04Moonroe 1-02
1938-1972No championship
1973Coon 4-08Graiguenamanagh 3-06
1974Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-09Graiguenamanagh 2-06
1975Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rovers 4-11Graiguenamanagh 1-09
1976Graiguenamanagh 0-11Dicksboro 1-06
1977Conahy Shamrocks 3-09Dicksboro 1-14
1978O'Loughlin Gaels 2-21Lisdowney 4-07
1979St. Patrick's 1-18Dicksboro 0-07
1980Graiguenamanagh 4-12Thomastown 1-16
1981Glenmore 1-11Dicksboro 2-06
1982Clara 0-13Carrickshock 0-09
1983Thomastown 2-08O'Loughlin Gaels 1-03
1984St. Lachtain's 2-14Graiguenamanagh 1-06
1985Graiguenamanagh 4-11Piltown 2-10
1986Conahy Shamrocks 1-10Piltown 1-07
1987Graigue-Ballycallan 2-05 O'Loughlin Gaels 0-08
1988Tullaroan 4-13Piltown 2-12
1989Mullinavat 2-13Young Irelands 0-14
1990Mooncoin 4-09Thomastown 1-09
1991Dicksboro 4-09Young Irelands 1-08
1992Young Irelands 2-12Conahy Shamrocks 1-07
1993John Lockes 3-11Thomastown 2-12
1994Mooncoin 2-14Clara 1-09
1995Dunnamaggin 2-21Bennettsbridge 1-09
1996O'Loughlin Gaels 2-13Graiguenamanagh 2.08
1997Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-12Graiguenamanagh 3-07
1998Clara 0-12Mooncoin 0-10
1999John Lockes 0-15Mullinavat 1-09
2000Dunnamaggin 5-09St. Martin's 1-06
2001Mullinavat 2-10 Clara 2-07
2002St. Martin's 1-14Carrickshock 0-13
2003Erin's Own 2-12Carrickshock 1-14
2004Carrickshock 0-14Mooncoin 1-10
2005Dicksboro 0-09Mooncoin 0-07
2006Mullinavat 1-21Clara 2-11
2007Clara 1-15St. Lachtain's 0-12
2008Erin's Own 2-10Danesfort 1-10
2009St. Lachtain's 0-16Dicksboro 1-11
2010Dicksboro 2-12Mullinavat 2-11
2011Danesfort 2-11Rower Inistioge 0-11
2012Clara 1-07St. Patrick's 0-04
2013Rower-Inistioge 2-13Emeralds 2-11
2014Mullinavat 0-17St. Patrick's 0-14
2015Bennettsbridge 1-16 St. Patrick's 1-14
2016Carrickshock 0-13Tullogher-Rosbercon 0-06
2017St. Patrick's 1-19Graigue-Ballycallan 2-10
2018Graigue-Ballycallan 2-16Tullaroan 2-13
2019Tullaroan 3-18Thomastown 0-21