Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

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.

Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2020 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
CodeHurling
Founded2014 (2014)
Region Limerick (GAA)
No. of teams8
Title holders Blackrock (1st title)
First winner Bruff
SponsorsLyons of Limerick
Official websiteOfficial website

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

Currently, the Limerick Premier Intermediate Championship uses a round-robin format. Seasons usually run from April to October 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 in October. The winner of the Limerick Premier Intermediate Championship, as well as gaining automatic promotion to the following year's Limerick Senior Championship, qualifies for the subsequent Munster Club Championship.

The competition has been won by 6 teams. No team has won the tournament on more than one occasion. Blackrock are the reigning champions, having beaten Pallasgreen by 1–18 to 0–16 in the 2019 final.[2]

Participating teams (2018)
Team
Blackrock
Bruree
Bruff
Pallasgreen
Feohanagh-Castlemahon
Garryspillane
Mungret St Paul's
Kildimo Pallaskenry

List of finals
Year Winners Score Runners-up Score Venue
2014 Bruff 2-14 Croom 0-16 FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
2015 Bruree 3-07 Knockainey 0-13 FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock [3]
2016 Monaleen 1-17 Cappamore 2-11 FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
2017 Murroe/Boher 1-21 Garryspillane 1-15 Gaelic Grounds, Limerick [4]
2018 Garryspillane 2-12 Bruff 0-12 FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock [5]
2019 Blackrock 0-18 1-18 (r) Kildimo/Pallaskenry 0-18 0-16 (R) Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

See also

References
  1. "Limerick club hurling championship draws made". Limerick Leader. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. Slattery, Joel (27 October 2019). "Limerick Premier IHC final replay: O'Keeffe goal secures senior status for Blackrock". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. "Bruff are Greenhills Hotel Premier Intermediate Hurling champions". Limerick GAA website. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. O'Connell, Jerome (18 October 2017). "Tobin brothers inspire Murroe-Boher to Limerick Premier IHC title in replay". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. "Limerick Premier IHC final was a family affair". Hogan Stand. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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