Kerry Intermediate Football Championship

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox GAA tournament The Kerry Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Kerry GAA clubs.

Austin Stacks are the title holders, having defeated Laune Rangers 1–14 to 0–05 in the 2024 final replay.[1]

History

The competition was revived in 1959, and District Boards had the right to enter teams. [2]

Kerry senior players play in the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. 2014 All-Ireland winner Peter Crowley had a season-ending cruciate injury from playing for Laune Rangers in it in 2019 and missed the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as a result.[3][4] 2021 winners Na Gaeil boasted ex-Australian Football League professional Stefan Okunbor, Diarmuid O'Connor and brothers Jack and Andrew Barry in their ranks.[5][6]

Honours

The winners can be promoted to play in the Kerry Club Football Championship in the year after they win this competition.

The winners of the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship progress to the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship, representing Kerry, later that year, or, as was the case in 2021, the following year. They often do well there and recent winners include Templenoe in 2019 and Na Gaeil winning in 2022 after winning the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship in 2021.[7][8] Kilcummin made it 12 wins for Kerry out of 13 in 2018.[9] The winners can then go on and win the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship title like Milltown/Castlemaine did in 2012.[10]

Teams beaten in the first round take part in the Intermediate Football Shield. The winners collect the Fenian Cup.[11]

Format

Group stage

The 16 clubs are divided into four groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed three group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals and the bottom team in each group advance to the relegation playoffs.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: The 4 group winners and 4 group runners-up contest this round. A group winner will play a group runner-up of another group. The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions and are promoted to the Kerry Senior Football Championship.

Relegation playoffs

Relegation semi-finals: The 4 group losers contest this round. The two losers from these two games advance to the relegation finals.

Relegation finals: The two semi-final losers contest the relegation final. The losing team are relegated to the Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship.

Qualification

At the end of the championship, the winning club qualify to the subsequent Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship.

Teams

2025 Teams

The 16 teams competing in the 2025 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship are:

Team Location Colours Division Position in 2024 In championship since Championship titles Last championship title
File:Colours of Cork.svg An Ghaeltacht Ghaeltacht White with Red sash West Kerry Group stage 2019 3 2017
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Ballydonoghue Lisselton Green and White Shannon Rangers Group stage 2021 0 —
File:Colours of Clare.svg Beaufort Beaufort Blue and yellow Mid Kerry Quarter-finals 2019 2 2000
File:Colours of Waterford.svg Castleisland Desmonds Castleisland White and blue St Kieran's Group stage 2004 3 1981
File:Colours of Dublin.svg Firies Firies Blue and navy East Kerry Champions (Kerry PJFC) 2025 0 —
File:Colours of Down.svg Fossa Fossa Red and black East Kerry Semi-finals 2023 0 —
File:Colours of Down.svg Glenbeigh-Glencar Glenbeigh Red and black Mid Kerry Semi-finals 2017 0 —
File:Colours of Clare.svg Glenfesk Glenflesk Blue and yellow East Kerry Quarter-finals 2004 0 —
File:Colours of Kerry.svg Gneeveguilla Gneeveguilla Yellow and green East Kerry Group stage 2022 1 2010
File:Colours of Kerry.svg John Mitchels Tralee Green and yellow Tralee Group stage 2009 0 —
File:Colours of Laois.svg Kerins O'Rahilly's Tralee Blue and white Tralee Quarter-finals 2024 0 —
File:Colours of Laois.svg Laune Rangers Killorglin Blue and white Mid Kerry Runners-up 2016 0 —
File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Listowel Emmets Listowel Black and amber Feale Rangers Group stage 2024 1 2002
File:Colours of Mayo.svg Kilcummin Kilcummin Red and green East Kerry Group stage 2021 2 2018
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Killarney Legion Killarney Green and white East Kerry Quarter-finals 2022 1 2005
File:Colours of Waterford.svg St. Mary’s Cahersiveen White and blue South Kerry Group stage — 2 2015

List of finals

Legend

List of Kerry IFC finals

Year Winners Runners-up #
Club Score Club Score
2024 Austin Stacks (0-12) 1-14 R Laune Rangers (2-06) 0-05 R [12]
2023 Milltown/Castlemaine 2-13 Fossa 0-18
2022 Rathmore 1-13 An Gaeltacht 0-14
2021 Na Gaeil 0-13 Beaufort 1-07 [13][14]
2020 Spa 4-18 Beaufort 1-19 [15]
2019 Templenoe 2-14 An Gaeltacht 0-12 [16]
2018 Kilcummin 3-05 Glenflesk 1-08
2017 An Gaeltacht 1-12 Templenoe 0-14 [17]
2016 Kenmare Shamrocks 2-11 Templenoe 1-06 [18]
2015 St Mary's 1-13 Spa 0-13 [19]
2014 Ardfert 1-12 Spa 0-10 [20]
2013 Currow 2-11 St Mary's 0-14
2012 Finuge 1-12 Spa 0-12
2011 Milltown/Castlemaine 3-09 Waterville 1-06
2010 Gneeveguilla 1-06 Finuge 1-05
2009 Spa 1-12 Currow 0-07
2008 St Michael's/Foilmore 1-09 Gneeveguilla 0-10
2007 Annascaul 0-10 Listowel Emmets 0-06
2006 Ardfert 3-07 Annascaul 0-10
2005 Legion 0-08 Finuge 0-06
2004 Dingle 1-11 Annascaul 0-10
2003 Milltown/Castlemaine 1-07 Waterville 0-05
2002 Listowel Emmets 1-12 Dingle 0-09
2001 St Mary's 1-17 Ballymacelligott 1-09
2000 Beaufort 2-07 Ballymacelligott 1-02
1999 Rathmore 0-15 Glenflesk 0-09
1998 An Gaeltacht 2-14 Dingle 0-04
1997 Kilcummin Currow
1996 Dingle 2-12 Milltown/Castlemaine 2-10 [21]
1995 Valentia 3-10 Spa 0-08 [22]
1994 Milltown/Castlemaine An Gaeltacht
1993 Waterville Milltown/Castlemaine
1992 Annascaul St Mary's
1991 Milltown/Castlemaine Kenmare Shamrocks
1990 Kenmare Shamrocks
1989 Dingle 2-09 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-10 [23]
1988 Dingle 1-09 Templenoe 0-10 [24]
1987 Annascaul 1-10 Spa 1-07
1986 Valentia 1-10 Annascaul 1-07
1985 Dr Crokes 0-13 Moyvane 0-06 [25]
1984 Beale 2-05 Moyvane 1-06 [26]
1983 No championship
1982 Annascaul 2-03 Beale 1-05 [27]
1981 Castleisland Desmonds
1980 Beaufort 5-04 Dingle 0-08 [28]
1979 Castleisland Desmonds
1978 Castleisland Desmonds
1977 Tarbert 2-07 Keel 2-03 [29]
1976 Ballylongford 1-09 Tarbert 0-04 [30]
1975 Castlegregory Tarbert
1974 Spa 0-11 Waterville 1-06 [31]
1973 No championship
1972 Ballylongford 5-09 Kenmare Shamrocks 0-06 [32]
1971 Ballylongford Dr Crokes
1970 Kenmare Shamrocks 2-15 Ballylongford 2-05 [33]
1969 Keel 0-07 Tarbert 0-04 [34]
1968 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-07 Finuge 0-06 [35]
1960–1967 No championship
1959 Castleisland District 1-10 East Kerry 0-02 [36]
1949 North Kerry Kenmare District [37]
1944–1948 No championship
1943 Army Ballymullen Barracks 1-07 Currow 1-01 [38]
1942 Castlegregory 3-08 Kenmare District 2-02 [39]
1941 No championship
1940 Kenmare Shamrocks 3-06 Listry 1-08 [40]
1934–1939 No championship
1933 An Ghaeltacht 0-05 South Kerry 0-01 [41]
1932 North Kerry 3-02 South Kerry 2-04 [42]
1931 North Kerry 0-08 South Kerry 1-03 [43]

Roll of honour

By club

# Team Titles Runners-Up Championships won Championships runner-up
1 File:Colours of Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks 5 3 1940, 1968, 1970, 1990, 2016 1972, 1989, 1991
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Milltown/Castlemaine 5 2 1991, 1994, 2003, 2011, 2023 1993, 1996
3 File:Colours of Cork.svg Dingle 4 3 1988, 1989, 1996, 2004 1980, 1998, 2002
File:Colours of Laois.svg Annascaul 4 3 1982, 1987, 1992, 2007 1986, 2004, 2006
5 File:Colours of Clare.svg Spa 3 5 1974, 2009, 2020 1987, 1995, 2012, 2014, 2015
File:Colours of Cork.svg An Gaeltacht 3 3 1933, 1998, 2017 1994, 2019, 2022
File:Colours of Laois.svg Ballylongford 3 1 1971, 1972, 1976 1970
File:Colours of Sligo.svg North Kerry 3 0 1931, 1932, 1949 —
File:Colours of Laois.svg Castleisland Desmonds 3 0 1978, 1979, 1981 —
10 File:Colours of Clare.svg Beaufort 2 2 1980, 2000 2020, 2021
File:Colours of Laois.svg St Mary's 2 2 2001, 2015 1992, 2013
File:Colours of Kerry.svg Castlegregory 2 0 1942, 1975 —
File:Flag of Naples.svg Valentia Young Islanders 2 0 1986, 1995 —
File:Colours of Sligo.svg Ardfert 2 0 2006, 2014 —
File:Colours of Mayo.svg Kilcummin 2 0 1997, 2018 —
File:Colours of Cork.svg Rathmore 2 0 1999, 2022 —
17 File:Colours of Down.svg Tarbert 1 3 1977 1969, 1975, 1976
File:Colours of Cork.svg Waterville 1 3 1993 1974, 2003, 2011
File:Colours of Kerry.svg Finuge 1 3 2012 1968, 2005, 2010
File:Colours of Cork.svg Currow 1 3 2013 1943, 1997, 2009
File:Colours of Laois.svg Templenoe 1 3 2019 1988, 2016, 2017
File:Colours of Laois.svg Keel 1 1 1969 1977
File:Colours of Mayo.svg Beale 1 1 1984 1982
File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Dr Crokes 1 1 1985 1971
File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Listowel Emmets 1 1 2002 2007
File:Colours of Kerry.svg Gneeveguilla 1 1 2010 2008
File:Colours of Laois.svg Army Ballymullen Barracks 1 0 1943 —
File:Colours of Antrim.svg Castleisland District 1 0 1959 —
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Killarney Legion 1 0 2005 —
File:Colours of Mayo.svg St Michael's/Foilmore 1 0 2008 —
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Na Gaeil 1 0 2021 —
File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Austin Stacks 1 0 2024 —
33 File:Colours of Kerry.svg South Kerry 0 3 — 1931, 1932, 1933
File:Colours of Clare.svg Kenmare District 0 2 — 1942, 1949
File:Colours of Kerry.svg Moyvane 0 2 — 1984, 1985
File:Colours of Clare.svg Ballymacelligott 0 2 — 2000, 2001
File:Colours of Cork.svg Glenflesk 0 2 — 1999, 2018
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Listry 0 1 — 1940
File:Colours of Cork.svg East Kerry 0 1 — 1959
File:Colours of Down.svg Fossa 0 1 — 2023
File:Colours of Laois.svg Laune Rangers 0 1 — 2024

By division

Division Titles Runners-Up Total
File:Colours of Cork.svg West Kerry 13 9 22
File:Colours of Cork.svg East Kerry 10 12 22
File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mid Kerry 8 7 15
File:Colours of Clare.svg Kenmare District 6 8 14
File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg South Kerry 6 8 14
File:Colours of Laois.svg Shannon Rangers 5 5 10
File:Colours of Limerick.svg St Kieran's 5 5 10
File:Flag of Torhout.svg St Brendan's Board 5 0 5
File:Colours of Sligo.svg North Kerry 3 0 3
File:Colours of Clare.svg Feale Rangers 2 6 8
File:Colours of Sligo.svg Tralee District 1 0 1

Records and statistics

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kerry Intermediate Football Championship titles, is as follows:

  • 1930s: 2 for North Kerry (1931, 1932)
  • 1940s: 1 each for Kenmare Shamrocks (1940), Castlegregory (1942), Army Ballymullen Barracks (1943) and North Kerry (1949)
  • 1950s: 1 for Castleisland District (1959)
  • 1960s: 1 each for Kenmare Shamrocks (1968) and Keel (1969)
  • 1970s: 3 for Ballylongford (1971, 1972, 1976)
  • 1980s: 2 each for Annascaul (1982, 1987) and Dingle (1988, 1989)
  • 1990s: 2 for Milltown/Castlemaine (1991, 1994)
  • 2000s: 1 each for ten clubs (2000–2009)
  • 2010s: 1 each for ten clubs (2010–2019)
  • 2020s: 1 each for five clubs (2020–2024)

See also

References

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