Kildare Intermediate Football Championship Explained

The Kildare Intermediate Football Championship, or Kildare I.F.C., is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Kildare GAA clubs since 1928. The winners currently receive the Hugh Campion Cup in honour of the Suncroft official who served as County Board Chairman from 1972 to 1981.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Kildare IFC winner qualifies for the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Kildare to qualify for this competition. The Kildare IFC winner may enter the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage. For example, 2018 winner Two Mile House won the Leinster final,^[1] as did 2016 winner St Colmcille's, also at GAA headquarters.^[2] as did 2012 winner Monasterevin,^[3] 2006 winner Confey, while the Kildare IFC winning club won consecutive Leinster IHC titles in 2009 and 2010, won respectively by Maynooth and Ballymore Eustace...

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Kildare IFC winner — by winning the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, at which it would enter at the semi-final stage, providing it hasn't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals.

Awards

Trophy

The captain of the winning team is presented with the Hugh Campion Cup in honour of the Suncroft official who served as County Board Chairman from 1972 to 1981.

Team of the Week

A Team of the Week is selected during the competition's run.^[4]

Finals listed by years

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2023^[5]	Allenwood	0-11	Castledermot	1-7
2022^[6]	Ballyteague	2-13	Castledermot	1-12
2021^[7]		1-16	Ballymore Eustace	0-07
2020^[8]	Clogherinkoe	0-14		0-13
2019^[9]	Monasterevin	1-08	Leixlip	0-07
2018	Two Mile House	0-16	Monasterevin	1-08
2017	Raheens	2-12	Kilcock	1-09
2016	Round Towers	2-11	Two Mile House	1-13
2015	Castledermot	1-12	Raheens	0-12
2014	Eadestown	1-10	Round Towers	0-11
2013	Johnstownbridge	2-14	Castledermot	1-10
2012	Monasterevin	1-10	Raheens	0-07
2011	Confey	1-05	Ellistown	0-04
2010	Ballymore Eustace	1-11	Confey	0-12
2009^[10]	Maynooth	3-14	Kilcullen	0-13
2008^[11]	St. Kevin's	1-08, 2-09 (R)	Monasterevin	1-08, 0-06 (R)
2007	Suncroft	1-08	Ballymore Eustace	0-07
2006^[12]	Confey	0-14	St. Kevin's	1-09
2005	Maynooth	1-11	St. Kevin's	0-04
2004	Naas	2-06	Confey	0-06
2003	Sallins	0-13	Suncroft	0-10
2002	Celbridge	0-09	Eadestown	0-06
2001	Rathangan	1-14	Eadestown	1-11
2000	Ellistown	2-05	Ballyteague	0-10
1999	Maynooth	0-11	St. Kevin's	1-06
1998	Kilcullen	2-11	St. Kevin's	0-10
1997	Rheban	2-14	Castledermot	1-06
1996	Eadestown	0-09 (R) 1-09	St. Kevin's	1-05 (R) 2-06
1995	Caragh	1-11	St. Kevin's	1-04
1994	Ballymore Eustace	2-10	Castledermot	2-09
1993	Rathangan	0-09 (R) 3-05	Eadestown	0-08 (R) 0-14
1992	Castlemitchell	1-08	Grangenolvin	0-08
1991	Ballyteague	1-12	Castlemitchell	2-04
1990	Allenwood	1-9	Clogherinkoe	0-08
1989	Suncroft	2-09	Clogherinkoe	0-09
1988	Round Towers	2-06	Suncroft	0-06
1987	Celbridge	1-08	Clogherinkoe	0-08
1986	Ballymore Eustace	2-13	Suncroft	2-05
1985	Castledermot	1-09	Suncroft	0-09
1984	Naas	2-06	Suncroft	1-07
1983	Eadestown	3-11	Castledermot	1-09
1982		1-13	Ellistown	0-05
1981	Rathangan	2-11	Castledermot	0-10
1980	St. Laurence's	4-07	Castledermot	2-05
1979	St. Kevin's	1-12	St. Laurence's	1-05
1978	Johnstownbridge	1-09	St. Kevin's	1-06
1977	Sallins	0-12	Milltown	2-02
1976	Kilcullen	3-11	Rathangan	3-05
1975	Ballykelly	0-09 3-06 (R)	Rathangan	1-06 2-08 (R)
1974	Athy	3-09	Sallins	1-08
1973	Ballyteague	1-12	Rathangan	0-05
1972	Milltown	2-08	Rathangan	2-06
1971	Monasterevin	2-09	Grangenolvin	1-05
1970	Rheban	1-14	Athy	1-07
1969		1-05	Athy	0-07
1968	Eadestown	4-10	Johnstownbridge	2-05
1967	Sallins	0-07	Castlemitchel	0-06
1966	Straffan	5-08	Ballykelly	0-08
1965	Maynooth	2-08	Castlemitchel	1-02
1964	Ellistown	2-10	Maynooth	2-07
1963	Castledermot	0-09	Suncroft	0-07
1962	Allenwood	3-12	Celbridge	1-00
1961	Kilcullen	2-03	Rathcoffey	0-02
1960	Ballykelly	0-09	Rathcoffey	2-02
1959	Monasterevin	0-14	Celbridge	1-02
1958	Raheens	1-05	Castledermot	0-03
1957	Maynooth	2-12	Moorefield	1-04
1956	Kilcullen	2 -07 0-11 (R)	Moorefield	3-04 0-04 (R)
1955	Ballykelly	1-7	Kilcullen	0-07
1954	Young Emmets	2-03	Kilcullen	1-04
1953	Castlemitchel	3-04	Young Emmets	0-04
1952	Ballymore Eustace	1-08	Castlemitchel	1-06
1951	Ellistown	1-06	Raheens	1-05
1950	Suncroft	0-08	Caragh	0-04
1949	Clane	2-03	Suncroft	1-04
1948	Maynooth	2-07	Suncroft	2-06
1947	Milltown	2-06	St Patrick's	0-05
1946	Cappagh	2-08	Castledermot	2-02
1945	Kilcullen	4-04	Kilcock	0-03
1944	Suncroft	0-06	Caragh	0-06
1943	Ardclough	2-12	Kildangan	1-03
1942	Rheban	1-11	Straffan	1-03
1941	Rathangan	3-04	Robertstown	2-06
1940	Clane	1-07	Rathangan	0-07
1939	Moorefield	3-5	Clane	1-2
1938	Kilcock	2-8	Castledermot	1-0
1937	Moorefield	3-3	Suncroft	0-2
1936	Maynooth	1-8 2-3 (R)	The Towers	3-2 0-1 (R)
1935	Ellistown	1-6	Celbridge	0-3
1934	Leixlip	3-5 1-6 (R)	Suncroft	3-5 0-6 (R)
1933	Newbridge	0-5 2-6 (R)	Kildare Sarsfields	1-2 0-3 (R)
1932	Castledermot	2-7	Newbridge	2-3
1931	Caragh		Athy
1930	Carbury	2-7	Athy	0-1
1929	Leixlip	2-2	Carbury	0-5
1928	Castledermot	2-2	Carbury	1-3

External links

• Kildare GAA
• Hogan Stand

Notes and References

1. News: Chris Healy stars as Two Mile House survive late Shamrocks resurgence to capture Leinster intermediate title. The42.ie. Kevin. Egan. 8 December 2018.
2. Web site: Westport hold off late Colmcille's charge. 19 February 2017 . RTÉ. 19 February 2017.
3. Web site: Monasterevin edge low-scoring final . 3 December 2012 . . 3 December 2012.
4. News: Kildare Nationalist Intermediate Team Of The Week. 24 August 2022.
5. Web site: Nolan . Daragh. Jack O'Brien winner crowns Allenwood Intermediate Football Champions . www.leinsterleader.ie . en.
6. Web site: Callaghan . Tommy . Kildare GAA: Ballyteague crowned Intermediate Champions with win over Castledermot . 2022-10-06 . www.leinsterleader.ie . en.
7. News: Kilcock Crowned Auld Shebeen Athy Intermediate Football Champions. Ross. Lindsay. 6 November 2021.
8. News: Kildare IFC final: Clogherinkoe crowned champs. Tommy. Callaghan. 3 October 2020.
9. News: Big club successes for former Laois managers in Kilkenny and Offaly. Steven. Miller. 13 October 2019.
10. News: Goals win intermediate crown for Maynooth. 22 October 2009. 5 December 2021. 17 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130217182901/http://www.leinsterleader.ie/gaa/Goals-win-intermediate-crown-for.5759330.jp. bot: unknown.
11. News: St Kevin's final taste glory and capture Intermediate crown. 28 October 2008. 5 December 2021. 17 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130217180632/http://www.leinsterleader.ie/gaa/St-Kevin39s-final-taste-glory.4636939.jp. bot: unknown.
12. News: Confey: new kids on senior block. 15 November 2006. 5 December 2021. 17 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130217181056/http://www.leinsterleader.ie/gaa/Confey-new-kids-on-senior.1878726.jp. bot: unknown.