2009 Meath Intermediate Football Championship Explained

Competition:	Meath I.F.C.
Sponsor:	Lagan Group
Season:	2009
Winners:	Oldcastle 2nd Intermediate Football Championship Titile
Relegated:	Drumconrath
Continentalcup1:	Leinster ICFC
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Oldcastle(quarter-final) Maynooth 1-7 Oldcastle 0-6
Continentalcup2:	All Ireland ICFC
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	N/A
Matches:	38
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010
Promoted:	Oldcastle

The 2009 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 83rd edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

This was Kilmainhamwood's first year in this grade since 1994, after 14 years in the Senior grade since being relegated in 2008.

On 26 October 2009, Oldcastle claimed their 2nd Intermediate championship title when they defeated Kilmainhamwood 2-11 to 0-6, succeeding St. Ultan's as Intermediate champions.

Drumconrath were relegated from this grade, after 13 years as an Intermediate club.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2008 championship season.

From I.F.C.

Promoted to S.F.C.

• St. Ultan's - (Intermediate Champions)

Relegated to J.A.F.C.

• Ballivor

To I.F.C.

Relegted from S.F.C.

• Kilmainhamwood

Promoted from J.A.F.C.

• Moynalvey - (Junior 'A' Champions)

Group stage

In the group stage, there are three groups called Group A, B and C. Two teams from each group go through to finals of the tournament. The three teams that finish last in each group go to the relegation play off.

Group A

Team
Dunderry	5	4	1	0	76	53	+23	8
Gaeil Colmcille	5	4	1	0	77	61	+16	8
St. Michaels	5	3	2	0	75	64	+11	6
Na Fianna	5	3	2	0	72	60	+12	6
Carnaross	5	1	4	0	53	75	-22	2
Drumconrath	5	0	5	0	50	90	-40	0

Round 1:

• St. Michael's 2-9, 0-6 Carnaross, Moynalty, 16/4/2009,^[1]
• Dunderry 1-18, 3-3 Drumconrath, Donore, 19/4/2009,
• Gaeil Colmcille 3-9, 2-11 Na Fianna, Boardsmill, 19/4/2009,^[2]

Round 2:

• Carnaross 1-13, 1-10 Drumconrath, Moynalty, 1/5/2009,^[3]
• Na Fianna 1-7, 0-8 Dunderry, Dunshaughlin, 3/5/2009 ^[4]
• Gaeil Colmcille 1-11, 0-11 St. Michael's, 3/5/2009,

Round 3:

• Na Fianna 2-12, 0-5 Drumconrath, Dunderry, 12/6/2009,^[5]
• Dunderry 0-16, 2-9 St. Michael's, Bohermeen, 13/6/2009,
• Gaeil Colmcille 1-14, 2-7 Carnaross, Ballinlough, 13/6/2009,

Round 4:

• St. Michael's 1-12, 1-10 Drumconrath, Meath Hill, 6/9/2009,^[6]
• Na Fianna 1-9, 0-10 Carnaross, Simonstown, 12/9/2009,^[7]
• Dunderry 0-13, 1-5 Gaeil Colmcille, Bohermeen, 13/9/2009,

Round 5:

• Gaeil Colmcille 3-11, 0-7 Drumconrath, Syddan, 19/9/2009,^[8]
• Dunderry 1-15, 0-8 Carnaross, Martry, 20/9/2009,^[9]
• St. Michael's 2-13, 2-9 Na Fianna, Athboy, 20/9/2009.

Group B

Team
Kilmainhamwood	4	1	0	3	46	41	+5	5
Ballinlough	4	2	1	1	49	46	+3	5
Cortown	4	2	1	1	50	48	+2	5
Moynalvey	4	1	2	1	45	53	-8	3
Castletown	4	0	2	2	49	51	-2	2

Round 1:

• Kilmainhamwood 1-9, 1-9 Ballinlough, Carnaross, 19/4/2009,^[10]
• Cortown 1-11, 1-11 Castletown, Carlanstown, 19/4/2009,^[11]
• Moynalvey - Bye

Round 2:

• Kilmainhamwood 0-11, 0-6 Cortown, Castletown, 4/5/2009,^[12]
• Ballinlough 2-7, 1-7 Moynalvey, Athboy, 4/5/2009,^[13]
• Castletown - Bye

Round 3:

• Cortown 0-11, 0-10 Ballinlough, Kells, 13/6/2009,^[14]
• Moynalvey 1-8, 0-10 Castletown, Bective, 21/6/2009,^[15]
• Kilmainhamwood - Bye

Round 4:

• Ballinlough 2-8, 0-13 Castletown, Moynalty, 6/9/2009,^[16]
• Kilmainhamwood 2-5, 0-11 Moynalvey, Pairc Tailteann, 15/9/2009,^[17]
• Cortown - Bye

Round 5:

• Kilmainhamwood 1-9, 1-9 Castletown, Drumconrath, 19/9/2009,^[18]
• Cortown 2-13, 1-10 Moynalvey, Bective, 19/9/2009,^[19]
• Ballinlough - Bye

Group C

Team
Oldcastle	4	3	1	0	55	44	+11	6
Nobber	4	3	1	0	52	45	+7	6
St. Colmcilles	4	2	2	0	52	52	+0	4
Syddan	4	1	3	0	46	58	-12	2
Clann na nGael	4	1	3	0	48	54	-6	2

Round 1:

• Nobber 1-10, 1-9 St. Colmcille's, Slane, 19/4/2009,^[20]
• Oldcastle 1-14, 1-8 Syddan, Athboy, 19/4/2013 ^[21]
• Clann na nGael - Bye,

Round 2:

• Nobber 1-8, 1-5 Syddan, Meath Hill, 1/5/2009,^[22]
• St. Colmcille's 1-10, 1-8 Clann na nGael, Dunsany, 2/5/2009,
• Oldcastle - Bye

Round 3:

• St. Colmcille's 1-16, 0-12 Syddan, Slane, 13/6/2009,
• Clann na nGael 2-8, 0-9 Oldcastle, Moynalty, 13/6/2009 ^[23]
• Nobber - Bye

Round 4:

• Oldcastle 2-10, 0-8 St. Colmcille's, Rathkenny, 12/9/2009,
• Nobber 2-11, 1-9 Clann na nGael, Carnaross, 17/9/2009,
• Syddan - Bye

Round 5:

• Oldcastle 0-13, 1-8 Nobber, Ballinlough, 24/9/2009,^[24]
• Syddan 2-9, 0-11 Clann na nGael, Moynalty,
• St. Colmcille's - Bye

Knock Out Stage

Relegation Play Off

The teams that finished bottom of each group play in the relegation play off.

Team
Clann na nGael	1	1	0	0	13	8	+5	2
Castletown	2	1	1	0	20	22	-2	2
Drumconrath	1	0	1	0	9	12	-3	0

Game 1: Clann na nGael 1-10 , 0-8 Castletown, Kilberry, 17/10/2009,

Relegation Final: Castletown 0-12, 2-3 Drumconrath, Pairc Tailteann, 24/10/2009,

Finals

The teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and one group winner. The teams in the semi-finals are two group winners and the quarter-final winners.

Preliminary Quarter-final

• St. Colmcille's 1-10, 0-10 Cortown, Simonstown, 29/9/2009,^[25]

Quarter-final

• Kilmainhamwood 1-10, 0-8 St. Michael's, Carnaross, 3/10/2009,^[26]
• Nobber 1-11, 2-7 Gaeil Colmcille, Moynalty, 4/10/2009,^[27]
• Oldcastle 1-16, 2-8 Ballinlough, Pairc Tailteann, 4/10/2009, AET ^[28]
• Dunderry 2-15, 1-6 St. Colmcille's, Seneschalstown, 4/10/2009,

Semi-final

• Kilmainhamwood 1-12, 0-15 Nobber, Pairc Tailteann, 10/10/2009, AET ^[29]
• Oldcastle 0-14, 0-11 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 10/10/2009,^[30]
• Kilmainhamwood 1-15, 0-15 Nobber, Pairc Tailteann, 18/10/2009,^[31]

Final

• Oldcastle 2-11, 0-6 Kilmainhamwood, Pairc Tailteann, 26/10/2009.^[32]

Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship

Quarter-final:

• Maynooth 1-7, 0-6 Oldcastle, Maynooth, 17/11/2016,

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. Michael's vs Carnaross. 16 April 2009. Hoganstand.com. 16 April 2009.
2. Web site: Gaeil Colmcile vs Na Fianna. 19 April 2009. Hoganstand.com. 19 April 2009.
3. Web site: Carnaross vs Drumconrath. 1 May 2009. Hoganstand.com. 1 May 2009.
4. Web site: Na Fianna vs Dunderry. 3 May 2009. Hoganstand.com. 3 May 2009.
5. Web site: Na Fianna vs Drumconrath. 13 June 2009. Hoganstand.com. 13 June 2009.
6. Web site: St. Michael's vs Drumconrath. 6 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 6 September 2009.
7. Web site: Na Fianna vs Carnaross. 12 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 12 September 2009.
8. Web site: Gaeil Colmcille vs Drumconrath. 19 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 19 September 2009.
9. Web site: Dunderry vs Carnaross. 20 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 20 September 2009.
10. Web site: Kilmainhamwood vs Ballinlough. 19 April 2009. Hoganstand.com. 19 April 2009.
11. Web site: Cortown vs Castletown. 19 April 2009. Hoganstand.com. 19 April 2009.
12. Web site: Kilmainhamwood vs Cortown. 4 May 2009. Hoganstand.com. 4 May 2009.
13. Web site: Ballinlough vs Moynalvey. 4 May 2009. Hoganstand.com. 4 May 2009.
14. Web site: Cortown vs Ballinlough. 13 June 2009. Hoganstand.com. 13 June 2009.
15. Web site: Moynalvey vs Castletown. 21 June 2009. Hoganstand.com. 21 June 2009.
16. Web site: Ballinlough vs Castletown. 6 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 6 September 2009.
17. Web site: Kilmainhamwood vs Moynalvey. 15 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 15 September 2009.
18. Web site: Kilmainhamwood vs Castletown. 19 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 19 September 2009.
19. Web site: Cortown vs Moynalvey. 19 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 19 September 2009.
20. Web site: Nobber vs St. Colmcille's. 19 April 2009. Hoganstand.com. 19 April 2009.
21. Web site: Oldcastle vs Syddan. 19 April 2009. Independent.ie. 19 April 2009.
22. Web site: Nobber vs Syddan. 1 May 2009. Independent.ie. 1 May 2009.
23. Web site: Clann na nGael vs Oldcastle. 13 June 2009. Hoganstand.com. 13 June 2009.
24. Web site: Oldcastle vs Nobber. 24 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 24 September 2009.
25. Web site: St. Colmcille's vs Cortown. 29 September 2009. Hoganstand.com. 29 September 2009.
26. Web site: Kilmainhamwood vs St. Michael's. 3 October 2009. Hoganstand.com. 3 October 2009.
27. Web site: Nobber vs Gaeil Colmcille. 4 October 2009. Hoganstand.com. 4 October 2009.
28. Web site: Oldcastle vs Ballinlough. 4 October 2009. Hoganstand.com. 4 October 2009.
29. Web site: Kilmainhamwood vs Nobber. 10 October 2009. Hoganstand.com. 10 October 2009.
30. Web site: Oldcastle vs Dunderry. 10 October 2009. Hoganstand.com. 10 October 2009.
31. Web site: Kilmainhamwood vs Nobber. 18 October 2009. Hoganstand.com. 18 October 2009.
32. Web site: Oldcastle vs Kilmainhamwood. 26 October 2009. Hoganstand.com. 26 October 2009.