Clare Intermediate Football Championship

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For the hurling equivalent, see Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Clare Intermediate Football Championship
IrishCraobh Idirmhéanach Péil Co. an Chláir
Founded1927
Title holdersColours of Cork.svg Corofin (4th title)
Most titles & (6 titles)

The Clare Intermediate Football Championship is an annual gaelic football competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier football teams in the county of Clare in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final usually being played at Cusack Park. The championship includes a group stage which is followed by a knock-out phase for the top teams. There is also promotion involving the Clare Senior Football Championship and relegation involving the Clare Junior Football Championship.

In 2016 a Football Review Agreement decided that from 2019 onwards the Clare Senior and Intermediate Football Championships would both involve twelve teams in an effort to make both more competitive. This meant that five clubs would lose their senior status and be relegated down to intermediate. The eleven remaining senior clubs would be joined by the intermediate champions to form the new senior championship, and thereby increasing the intermediate championship from eight to twelve teams. 2018 saw the relegation of Doora-Barefield, , , and Wolfe Tones down to intermediate. As part of the 2016 Football Review Agreement, a pathway was left open for any amalgamations that wished to enter the senior championship. Two intermediate clubs ( & ) from West Clare took up this opportunity.

The 2021 Intermediate Champions are Corofin who defeated to win their fourth title at this grade.

Roll of honour[]

Rank Club Titles Winning Years
1. Colours of Kerry.svg 6 1934, 1935, 1951, 1976, 1992, 2016[1]
Colours of Galway.svg 1936 (as ), 1947 (as ), 1982, 1989, 2010, 2019[2]
3. Colours of Dublin.svg Cooraclare 5 1941, 1927, 1943, 1954, 1957 (as Cree)
Colours of Limerick.svg Wolfe Tones, Shannon 1973, 1975, 1990, 1996, 2014[3]
5. Colours of Cork.svg Corofin 4 1987, 2006, 2015,[4] 2021
Colours of Kerry.svg 1928, 1958 (as ), 2008, 2017[5]
Colours of Mayo.svg Kilmurry-Ibrickane 1939 (as Quilty), 1945 (with Clohanes), 1953 (as Mullagh), 1977
Colours of Limerick.svg Kilrush Shamrocks 1937, 1952, 1955, 2018[6]
9. Colours of Sligo.svg Clarecastle 3 1984, 1993, 1998
Colours of Cork.svg Éire Óg, Ennis 1946 (with Doora-Barefield), 1985, 1995
Colours of Dublin.svg 1967, 1986, 2003
Colours of Donegal.svg 1942, 2001, 2012
Colours of Galway.svg St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield 1946 (with Ennis Dalcassians), 1997, 2020[7]
Colours of Laois.svg St. Senan's, Kilkee 1938, 1940 (as Blackweir), 1974
15. Colours of Down.svg Clondegad 2 1944, 2011
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Coolmeen 1959, 1966
Colours of Laois.svg Cratloe 2004, 2009
Colours of Sligo.svg Doonbeg 1945 (with Kilmurry-Ibrickane), 1949 (as Bealaha)
Metz flag.svg Ennistymon 1991, 2005
Colours of Galway.svg 1988, 2000
Colours of Cork.svg Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda 1999, 2002
22. Orange and Black flag (Mutualism).svg 1 2007
Colours of Galway.svg 1994
Colours of Tipperary.svg 1983
Colours of Cork.svg 1950 (as )
Border St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay 2013
  • Ennis Faughs were an amalgamation of two Clare GAA clubs, one based in Ennis and the other in the neighbouring parish of Doora-Barefield between 1944 and 1956.
    When Ennis Dalcassians won the Clare Junior Football Championship in 1943 they offered to join up with local rivals St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield who were another junior football club to enter a combined team at senior level.
    When Ennis Dalcassians were relegated back down to junior level in 1945, the Ennis Faughs also entered a team at Intermediate level. The Ennis Faughs subsequently won the 1946 Clare Intermediate Football Championship.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kilfenora Crowned 2016 Clare IFC Champions". Clare FM.
  2. ^ "St. Breckans Are Back In The Big Time As They Overcome Kildysart". The Clare Echo.
  3. ^ "Leahy Leads Tones Back To Senior Ranks". The Clare Herald.
  4. ^ "Corofin Crowned Intermediate Champions". The Clare Champion.
  5. ^ "Kilmihil Secure Place In 2018 Clare SFC After Intermediate Title Win". Clare FM.
  6. ^ "Kilrush Claim Clare IFC Title". Clare FM.
  7. ^ "Doora-Barefield Return To Senior Ranks With Powerful Second Half Display". The Clare Echo.
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