2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

2018 Cavan IFC
Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2018
Trophy	Tommy Gilroy Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	3 August - 14 October 2018
Teams	14
Winners
Champions	Mullahoran (2nd win)
Manager	Seanie Smith
Captain	Killian Brady
Qualify for	2018 Ulster Club IFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Cúchulainn's
Manager	Niall Lynch
Captain	Adrian Taite
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	Mullahoran
Relegated team(s)	Redhills
Other
Player of the Year	Killian Brady (Mullahoran)
	← 2019 →

The 2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship was the 54th edition of Cavan GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship.

The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 30 April 2018.

Mullahoran won the championship, beating Cúchulainn's in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Team Changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.

To I.F.C.[]

Promoted from 2017 Cavan Junior Football Championship

Ballymachugh - (Junior Champions)

Relegated from 2017 Cavan Senior Football Championship

Arva
Cúchulainn's
Mullahoran

From I.F.C.[]

Promoted to 2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship

Shercock - (Intermediate Champions)

Relegated to 2018 Cavan Junior Football Championship

Denn
Drumlane
Killinkere

League Stage[]

All 14 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 6 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PD	Pts
1	Laragh United	4	4	0	0	+20	8
2	Arva	4	3	1	0	+25	6
3	Cúchulainn's	4	3	1	0	+19	6
4	Mullahoran	4	3	1	0	+17	6
5	Belturbet	4	3	1	0	+6	6
6	Killeshandra	4	2	2	0	+1	4
7	Butlersbridge	4	2	2	0	-4	4
8	Bailieborough	4	2	2	0	-7	4
9	Drumgoon	4	2	2	0	-14	4
10	Ballyhaise	4	1	2	1	0	3
11	Redhills	4	1	3	0	+4	2
12	Ballymachugh	4	1	3	0	-20	2
13	Cornafean	4	0	3	1	-14	1
14	Swanlinbar	4	0	4	0	-33	0

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Round 1[]

3 August 2018 Round 1	Swanlinbar	1-14 – 4-20	Redhills	showPáirc Emmet
				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

3 August 2018 Round 1	Arva	5-16 – 1-9	Drumgoon	showOur Lady of Lourdes Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

4 August 2018 Round 1	Killeshandra	3-5 – 1-14	Mullahoran	showJoe Crowe Park
				Referee: Ollie Donohoe

5 August 2018 Round 1	Cúchulainn's	3-14 – 2-12	Cornafean	showLavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Joey Curley

5 August 2018 Round 1	Belturbet	0-9 – 1-12	Ballyhaise	showSt. Felim's Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

5 August 2018 Round 1	Ballymachugh	0-10 – 2-17	Laragh United	showOur Lady of Lourdes Park
				Referee: Packie Smith

5 August 2018 Round 1	Bailieborough	1-6 – 1-12	Butlersbridge	showHugh O'Reilly Memorial Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

Round 2[]

10 August 2018 Round 2	Bailieborough	3-7 – 1-12	Mullahoran	showSt. Felim's Park
				Referee: Chris McCaffrey

11 August 2018 Round 2	Drumgoon	2-11 – 3-10	Ballymachugh	showAthletic Grounds
				Referee: Bartley Gilsenan

11 August 2018 Round 2	Belturbet	2-11 – 3-3	Killeshandra	showO'Connell Park
				Referee: Martin Sexton

12 August 2018 Round 2	Laragh United	2-12 – 1-12	Redhills	showPáirc Emmet
				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

12 August 2018 Round 2	Ballyhaise	0-12 – 0-12	Cornafean	showOur Lady of Lourdes Park
				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

12 August 2018 Round 2	Butlersbridge	1-12 – 5-14	Cúchulainn's	showP. J. Duke Park
				Referee: Ollie Donohoe

12 August 2018 Round 2	Swanlinbar	3-11 – 3-14	Arva	showSt. Aidan's Park
				Referee: James Clarke

Round 3[]

24 August 2018 Round 3	Bailieborough	2-6 – 1-15	Arva	showEdwin Carolan Community Park
				Referee: Joey Curley

25 August 2018 Round 3	Swanlinbar	0-10 – 1-13	Butlersbridge	showSt. Aidan's Park
				Referee: Jim Giblin

26 August 2018 Round 3	Cornafean	1-10 – 2-12	Killeshandra	showBallinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Stephen McKiernan

26 August 2018 Round 3	Redhills	1-8 – 1-12	Belturbet	showHugh O'Reilly Memorial Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

26 August 2018 Round 3	Ballymachugh	1-7 – 1-13	Mullahoran	showGowna GAA Grounds
				Referee: James Clarke

26 August 2018 Round 3	Cúchulainn's	0-12 – 0-13	Laragh United	showDolan Park
				Referee: Martin Sexton

26 August 2018 Round 3	Ballyhaise	0-11 – 1-13	Drumgoon	showHugh O'Reilly Memorial Park
				Referee: Thomas Doonan

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Round 4[]

8 September 2018 Round 4	Cornafean	2-5 – 2-9	Bailieborough	showLavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

8 September 2018 Round 4	Killeshandra	2-10 – 2-6	Redhills	showFirst Ulster Park
				Referee: Jimmy Galligan

8 September 2018 Round 4	Swanlinbar	1-2 – 1-11	Mullahoran	showO'Connell Park
				Referee: Barry McMenamin

8 September 2018 Round 4	Arva	1-16 – 2-16	Laragh United	showBallinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Martin Brady

8 September 2018 Round 4	Drumgoon	0-11 – 0-9	Butlersbridge	showTerry Coyle Park
				Referee: John Power

8 September 2018 Round 4	Ballymachugh	1-7 – 1-10	Belturbet	showAthletic Grounds
				Referee: Packie Smith

8 September 2018 Round 4	Ballyhaise	0-12 – 1-10	Cúchulainn's	showDr. Plunkett Memorial Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Knock-Out Stage[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Cúchulainn's

0-14

Killeshandra

1-10

Cúchulainn's

2-9

Laragh United

0-13

Laragh United

1-11
2-14 (R)

Bailieborough

3-5
1-10 (R)

Cúchulainn's

0-8

Mullahoran

2-16

Mullahoran

1-13
2-13 (R)

Belturbet

1-13
0-12 (R)

Mullahoran

2-12

Butlersbridge

1-6

Arva

0-14

Butlersbridge

1-13

Quarter-Finals[]

14 September 2018 Quarter-final	Laragh United	1-11 – 3-5	Bailieborough	showO'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Noel Mooney

14 September 2018 Quarter-final	Arva	0-14 – 1-13	Butlersbridge	showSt. Aidan's Park
				Referee: Martin Sexton

15 September 2018 Quarter-final	Mullahoran	1-13 – 1-13	Belturbet	showBallinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

16 September 2018 Quarter-final	Cúchulainn's	0-14 – 1-10	Killeshandra	showDr. Plunkett Memorial Park
				Referee: Harry Conaty

22 September 2018 Quarter-final replay	Bailieborough	1-10 – 2-14	Laragh United	showDolan Park
				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

22 September 2018 Quarter-final replay	Belturbet	0-12 – 2-13	Mullahoran	showBallinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Noel Mooney

Semi-Finals[]

29 September 2018 Semi-final	Cúchulainn's	2-9 – 0-13	Laragh United	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Noel Mooney

29 September 2018 Semi-final	Mullahoran	2-12 – 1-6	Butlersbridge	showJoe Crowe Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

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Final[]

14 October 2018 Final	Cúchulainn's	0-8 – 2-16	Mullahoran	showBreffni Park
	E. Keating 0-4 (0-2f), E. Doughty (0-1f), R. O'Connell, E. Donoghue, C. Smith 0-1 each	Report	C. O'Reilly 1-4 (0-2f), P. Brady 1-2, E. O'Reilly 0-5 (0-4f), G. Brady 0-2, M. Hynes, S. Sheils, S. McKeogh 0-1 each	Referee: Margaret Farrelly Man of the Match: Cormac O'Reilly (Mullahoran)

Relegation Play-Offs[]

The teams placed 8-14 in the league phase will play off against each other. The 3 winners will maintain their intermediate status for 2019. One loser will go straight to a relegation final while the other 2 losers will face off in a relegation semi-final. The ultimate loser will be relegated to the 2019 J.F.C.

21 September 2018 Relegation Quarter-final	Ballyhaise	0-13 – 1-11	Cornafean	showSt. Aidan's Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

22 September 2018 Relegation Quarter-final	Drumgoon	4-11 – 3-18	Swanlinbar	showO'Connell Park
				Referee: James Clarke

23 September 2018 Relegation Semi-final	Redhills	1-4 – 4-11	Ballymachugh	showLavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Tony Gregory

28 September 2018 Relegation Semi-final	Drumgoon	2-10 – 1-9	Ballyhaise	showO'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Tony Gregory

7 October 2018 Relegation Final	Redhills	0-4 – 0-9	Ballyhaise	showP. J. Duke Park
				Referee: Jim Giblin

References[]

^ "IFC final: Clinical Mullahoran close out Cuchulainns". Hogan Stand. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Mullahoran deliver in brilliant style". Anglo Celt. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Mullahoran are the Cavan Intermediate Champions". Northern Sound. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Cavan GAA Fixtures & Results". cavangaa.ie. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "IFC: Drumgoon stun Ballyhaise as Mullahoran and Belturbet earn derby wins". Hogan Stand. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "IFC: Cuchulainns and Mullahoran into decider". Hogan Stand. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

External links[]

[1] "IFC final: Clinical Mullahoran close out Cuchulainns". Hogan Stand. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[2] "Mullahoran deliver in brilliant style". Anglo Celt. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[3] "Mullahoran are the Cavan Intermediate Champions". Northern Sound. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[4] "Cavan GAA Fixtures & Results". cavangaa.ie. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[5] "IFC: Drumgoon stun Ballyhaise as Mullahoran and Belturbet earn derby wins". Hogan Stand. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[6] "IFC: Cuchulainns and Mullahoran into decider". Hogan Stand. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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Stadiums	Breffni Park
Club scene	Clubs Senior Football Championship 19 Senior Hurling Championship 19 Intermediate Football Championship 19 Junior Football Championship 19 Under-20 Football Championship 19 Minor Football Championship 19
Key historical figures	John Joe O'Reilly P. J. Duke Phil Brady Mick Higgins Charlie Gallagher Gabriel Kelly Dermot McCabe
Honours	Football Honours All Stars
All-Ireland Senior Football Championships (5)	1933 1935 1947 1948 1952
Affiliations	Championship: Ulster League: Division 2 Cup: McKenna

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