Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

The Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the champion intermediate clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition for intermediate clubs in Munster hurling.

Munster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship
Current season or competition: 2019 Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh na Mumhan
Code	Hurling
Founded	2003 (2003)
Region	Munster (GAA)
Trophy	Hoare Cup
No. of teams	6
Title holders	Fr. O'Neill's (1st title)
Sponsors	Allied Irish Banks
Official website	Official website

The Munster Intermediate Club Championship was introduced in 2003. In its current format, the championship begins in late October or early November and is usually played over a four-week period. The six participating club teams compete in a straight knockout competition that culminates with the Munster final for the two remaining teams. The winner of the Munster Intermediate Championship, as well as being presented with the Hoare Cup, qualifies for the subsequent All-Ireland Club Championship.

The competition has been won by 17 teams, however, no team has ever won the championship on more than one occasion. Cork clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories with 7 wins. Fr. O'Neill's are the reigning champions, having beaten Ballysaggart by 2-15 to 0-17 in the 2019 final.[1]

The championship

Overview

The Munster Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is no seeding.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Format

Quarter-final: Four teams contest this round. The two winning teams advance directly to the semi-final stage. The two losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Semi-finals: Four teams contest this round. The two winning teams advance directly to the final. The two losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Final: The final is contested by the two semi-final winners.

Qualification

The Munster GAA Hurling All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship features six teams in the final tournament. 87 teams contest the six county club championships with the six respective champions automatically qualifying for the Munster series.

County	Championship	Qualifying team
Clare GAA	Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship	Champions
Cork GAA	Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship	Champions
Kerry GAA	Kerry Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Limerick GAA	Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship	Champions
Tipperary GAA	Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship	Champions
Waterford GAA	Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship	Champions

Results

List of finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Winning captain(s)
2003	Bride Rovers	0-14	Kilruane MacDonagh's	0-11	FitzGerald Park	Seán Ryan
2004	Kildangan	1-10	Dromin-Athlacca	1-04	Gaelic Grounds	Ger Slattery
2005	Ballinhassig	1-12	Ballyduff Upper	0-13	Páirc Mac Gearailt	Martin Coleman, Jnr
2006	Clooney-Quin	0-14	Bishopstown	1-08	Gaelic Grounds	Pat Markham	[2]
2007	Clonlara	1-14	Dromin-Athlacca	1-08	Cusack Park	Paul Collins	[3]
2008	Blarney	2-07	Broadford	0-03	Bruff Sportsfield	Danny Cronin	[4]
2009	South Liberties	2-10	Douglas	1-12	Mallow GAA Complex	Shane O'Neill	[5]
2010	Ballymartle	2-14	Borrisokane	0-08	Gaelic Grounds	Patrick O'Dwyer	[6]
2011	Effin	0-14	Ballyduff	0-11	Gaelic Park	John P. O'Donnell	[7]
2012	Silvermines	0-14	Ballyduff	0-08	Semple Stadium	Cathal Gleeson	[8]
2013	Youghal	2-13	Ballina	2-10	Mallow GAA Complex	Bill Cooper	[9]
2014	Cappoquin	1-11	Bruff	0-13	Mallow GAA Complex	Shane O'Rourke	[10]
2015	Wolfe Tones na Sionna	1-18	Newcestown	2-13	Mallow GAA Complex	Aaron Cunningham	[11]
2016	Lismore	2-14	Kilmoyley	0-13	Mallow GAA Complex	Paudie Prendergast	[12]
2017	Kanturk	1-23	Kilmaley	0-25	Gaelic Grounds	Lorcan O'Neill	[13]
2018	Charleville	2-20	Feakle	1-20	Gaelic Grounds	Daniel O'Flynn	[14]
2019	Fr. O'Neill's	2-15	Ballysaggart	0-17	Fraher Field	Mark O'Keeffe Dan Harrington

Performances by county

No.	Team	Wins	Years won	Losses	Years lost
1	Cork	8	2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019	3	2006, 2009, 2015
2	Clare	3	2006, 2007, 2015	3	2008, 2017, 2018
3	Tipperary	2	2004, 2012	3	2003, 2010, 2013
	Limerick	2	2009, 2011	3	2004, 2007, 2014
4	Waterford	3	2014, 2016, 2019	1	2005
5	Kerry			3	2011, 2012, 2016

Records and statistics

Teams

County representatives

Year	Clare	Cork	Kerry	Limerick	Tipperary	Waterford
2004	Smith O'Brien's	St. Catherine's	n/a	Dromin-Athlacca	Kildangan	Portlaw
2005	Inagh	Ballinhassig		Granagh-Ballingarry	Burgess	Ballyduff Upper
2006	Clooney-Quin	Bishopstown		Claughaun	Éire Óg Annacarty	Clonea
2007	Clonlara	Carrigtwohill		Dromin-Athlacca	Lorrha	n/a
2008	Broadford	Blarney	Kilmoyley	Bruff	Templederry Kenyons
2009	Whitegate	Douglas	Kilmoyley	South Liberties	Carrick Davins	Dungarvan
2010	Killanena	Ballymartle	Ballyduff	Hospital-Herbertstown	Borrisokane	Roanmore
2011	Éire Óg	Courcey Rovers	Ballyduff	Effin	Aherlow	Dunhill
2012	Ruan	Ballinhassig	Ballyduff	Ballybrown	Silvermines	An Rinn
2013	Whitegate	Youghal	St. Brendan's	Dromin-Athlacca	Ballina	Ardmore
2014	Feakle	Ballyhea	Lixnaw	Bruff	n/a	Cappoquin
2015	Wolfe Tones	Newcestown	Kilmoyley	Bruree	Clonakenny	Portlaw
2016	St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Bandon	Kilmoyley	Monaleen	Newport	Lismore
2017	Kilmaley	Kanturk	Ballyduff	Murroe-Boher	St. Mary's	An Rinn
2018	Feakle	Charleville	Lixnaw	Garryspillane	Cashel King Cormacs	Clonea
2019	Broadford	Fr. O'Neill's	Causeway	Blackrock	Seán Treacy's	Ballysaggart

Top scorers

All time

As of match played 24 November 2019.

Rank	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1	Maurice Shanahan	Lismore	4-27	39
2	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	3-28	37
3	Brendan Hannon	Ballyduff Upper	2-25	31
4	Alan O'Connor	Ballybrown	1-25	28
	Bobby O'Sullivan	Ballyduff
5	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	1-24	27
	Shane McGrath	Feakle
6	Stephen Bennett	Ballysaggart	0-26	26
7	Jason Forde	Silvermines	1-22	25
8	Darragh Egan	Kildangan	1-21	24

By year

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
2004	Darragh Egan	Kildangan	1-21	24
2005	Brendan Hannon	Ballyduff Upper	2-25	31
2006	Brian Shally	Clooney-Quin	0-23	23
2007	Donal Madden	Clonlara	0-21	21
2008	Pádraig Hickey	Broadford	3-07	16
2009	Mark Harrington	Douglas	2-14	20
2010	Colm Larkin	Borrisokane	0-14	14
2011	Tommy Quaid	Effin	1-19	22
2012	Alan O'Connor	Ballybrown	1-25	28
2013	Michael Breen	Ballina	2-16	22
2014	Shane O'Rourke	Cappoquin	0-16	16
2015	Aron Shanagher	Wolfe Tones	1-18	21
2016	Maurice Shanahan	Lismore	4-27	39
2017	Liam O'Keeffe	Kanturk	1-17	20
2018	Shane McGrath	Feakle	1-18	21
	Shane Conway	Lixnaw	0-21
2019	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	3-28	37

Single game

Year	Top scorer	Team	Opposition	Score	Total
2004	Darragh Egan	Kildangan	Smith O'Brien's	1-07	10
2005	Brendan Hannon	Ballyduff Upper	Burgess	2-06	12
2006	Brian Shally	Clooney-Quin	Éire Óg Annacarty	0-09	9
2007	Donal Madden	Clonlara	Lorrha-Dorrha	0-11	11
2008	Pádraig Hickey	Broadford	Bruff	2-03	9
	P. O'Leary	Templederry Kenyons	Broadford	1-06
2009	Mark Harrington	Douglas	Dungarvan	2-08	14
2010	Mark Flaherty	Killanena	Ballyduff	2-06	12
2011	Cathal Dillon	Aherlow	Effin	1-09	12
2012	Bobby O'Sullivan	Ballyduff	Ballybrown	1-09	12
	Alan O'Connor	Ballybrown	Ballinhassig	0-12
2013	Michael Breen	Ballina	St. Brendan's	2-07	13
2014	Shane O'Rourke	Cappoquin	Feakle	0-11	11
2015	Aron Shanagher	Wolfe Tones	Newcestown	0-09	9
2016	Maurice Shanahan	Lismore	Bandon	2-10	16
2017	Seán Tobin	Murroe-Boher	Kilmaley	0-12	12
2018	Shane Conway	Lixnaw	Cashel King Cormacs	0-13	13
2019	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	Broadford	1-12	15

Finals

Final	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
2003	Brian Gaynor	Kilruane MacDonaghs	0-05	5
	Jerome O'Driscoll	Bride Rovers
2004	Darragh Egan	Kildangan	0-05	5
2005	Brendan Hannon	Ballyduff Upper	0-08	8
2006	Brian Shally	Clooney-Quin	0-08	8
2007	Donal Madden	Clonlara	0-07	7
2008	Mark Cremin	Blarney	1-03	6
2009	Brian Slattery	South Liberties	1-03	6
2010	Dan Dwyer	Ballymartle	2-01	7
2011	Tommy Quaid	Effin	0-04	4
2012	Jason Forde	Silvermines	0-07	7
2013	Brendan Ring	Youghal	0-07	7
2014	Shane Bulfin	Bruff	0-06	6
2015	Aron Shanagher	Wolfe Tones	0-09	9
2016	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	0-13	13
2017	Liam O'Keeffe	Kanturk	1-07	10
2018	Darragh Fitzgibbon	Charleville	0-09	9
	Shane McGrath	Feakle
2019	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	1-07	10

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