Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship Explained
The Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Connollys of Moy Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship[1]) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Tyrone GAA clubs.
Pomeroy Plunketts are the title holders (2023) defeating Moy in the final.
History
The tournament was first held in 1962, with Cookstown the first champions defeating Galbally in the final.
The semi-final of the 2021 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship was abandoned after eight minutes and an Air Ambulance had to land on the pitch at Healy Park to care for the injured.[2] [3]
From 2018, all championship games have been streamed live on Tyrone TV.[4]
Format
The 16 clubs in Division 2 of the All-County Football League in Tyrone compete on a straight knockout basis.
Honours
The trophy presented to the winners is the Paddy Cullen Cup.[5] The winners of the Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship qualify for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship, representing their county, later that year.
The winners can then go on to compete in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.
The winners of the Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship also gain promotion to Division 1 (until 2007 Division 1B) of the Tyrone All-County Football league for the following season, regardless of their final standing in the Division 2 league that year. Therefore as the winners compete in the Tyrone Senior Football Championship the following year, the holders do not defend their title.[6]
List of finals
Wins listed by club
- Pomeroy Plunketts (5): 1967, 1991, 2004, 2016, 2023
- Donaghmore St Patrick's (4): 1965, 1968, 1988, 1996
- Dungannon Thomas Clarkes (4): 1963, 1972, 2001, 2014
- Edendork St Malachy's (4): 1969, 1985, 2015, 2020
- Cookstown Fr. Rock's (4): 1962, 1964, 2009, 2012
- Clonoe O'Rahilly's (4): 1976, 1979, 1983, 1995
- Stewartstown Harps (2): 1980, 2006
- Eglish St Patrick's (2): 1992, 1997
- Moortown St Malachy's (2): 1975, 2021
- Killyman St Mary's (2): 1973, 2007
- Kildress Wolfe Tones (2): 1971, 2011
- Moy Tír Na nÓg (2): 1982, 2017
- Aghaloo O'Neills (2): 2002, 2005
- Aghyaran St Davog's (2): 1981, 1987
- Beragh Red Knights (2): 1993, 2000
- Galbally Pearses (2): 2019, 2022
- Gortin St Patrick's (1): 2003
- Killeeshil St Mary's (1): 1986
- Owen Roe O'Neill's (1): 1970
- Omagh St Enda's (1): 1977
- Fintona Pearses (1): 1978
- Coalisland Na Fianna (1): 1984
- Drumquin Wolfe Tones (1): 1994
- Clann na nGael (1): 1998
- Brackaville Owen Roes (1): 1999
- Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa GAC (1): 1990
- Trillick St Macartan's (1): 2008
- Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys (1): 2010
- Eskra Emmetts (1): 2013
- Tattyreagh St Patrick's (1): 2018
- Dromore (1): 1974
- Augher St Macartan's (1): 1966
Notes and References
- Web site: Cox . Rory . 2023-04-04 . Connollys of Moy announced as the sponsor of the Tyrone Club Championships . 2024-04-13 . Tyrone GAA . en.
- Web site: Tyrone IFC semi-final abandoned as player suffers serious injury. Hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. 31 October 2021. 31 October 2021.
- Web site: Tyrone GAA injury: 'I knew it was my ankle but I didn't think an Air Ambulance would be called': Ryan Devine was playing in an Intermediate Championship semi-final for Owen Roes against Gortin. Irish Examiner. Linn Dubh. 1 November 2021. 1 November 2021.
- Web site: The Senior & Intermediate Championship Finals Live. 10 November 2021. 10 November 2021.
- Web site: Conor Top Scorer In Intermediate Championship. 29 October 2022. 29 October 2022. An outstanding individual haul of 1-8 in the Final saw Galbally's Conor Donaghy emerge as this season's top marksman in the Intermediate championship as the Pearses took the Paddy Cullen Cup for the second time in four years..
- News: Tattyreagh's remarkable rise: Division One football to be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for first time ever. The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. 23 October 2018. 23 October 2018. Francis. Mooney. Tattyreagh's remarkable rise from Junior to Senior in the space of a year has won the hearts of GAA followers throughout Tyrone and beyond. Division One football will be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for the first time ever in 2019, when one of the smallest clubs in the county will mix it with giants of the game such as Coalisland, Killyclogher, Errigal Ciaran, Omagh and Dromore. The dream became a reality as they clinched back to back championship titles at Healy Park on Sunday, winning the LCC Tyrone IFC title, just 12 months after being crowned JFC champions..
- Web site: Thirty five year wait ends for Moy. 8 October 2017. 8 October 2017.
- Web site: Barrys stay on course for double. 30 September 2017. 30 September 2017.
- Web site: Augher impress in inter semi-final win. 6 October 2018. 6 October 2018.
- News: Tattyreagh's remarkable rise: Division One football to be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for first time ever. The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. 23 October 2018. 23 October 2018. Francis. Mooney. Tattyreagh's remarkable rise from Junior to Senior in the space of a year has won the hearts of GAA followers throughout Tyrone and beyond. Division One football will be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for the first time ever in 2019, when one of the smallest clubs in the county will mix it with giants of the game such as Coalisland, Killyclogher, Errigal Ciaran, Omagh and Dromore. The dream became a reality as they clinched back to back championship titles at Healy Park on Sunday, winning the LCC Tyrone IFC title, just 12 months after being crowned JFC champions..
- Web site: Tattyreagh make it back to back championships. 21 October 2018. 21 October 2018.
- Web site: Plunketts into final. 23 September 2019. 23 September 2019.
- Web site: St Naul's comprehensively beaten by Galbally Pearses in Ulster IFC semi-final. 17 November 2019. 17 November 2019. It was the Tyrone champions who made the more fruitful start, with three points posted inside of the first 10 minutes..
- Web site: Galbally claim intermediate title after epic battle. 6 October 2019. 6 October 2019.
- Web site: Gortin through inpenalty shootout drama. 30 August 2020. 30 August 2020.
- Web site: Edendork clinch intermediate title in style. 19 September 2020. 19 September 2020.
- News: Derry city's men of Steel edge out Moortown. The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. 10 January 2022. 10 January 2022. Cahair. O'Kane. The red and white hoops have rekindled the loughshore spirit of old with the grittiness of how they've overcome big hurdles, not least a hugely fancied Owen Roes Leckpatrick side in the Tyrone final..
- Web site: Galbally Scorers Ahead Of IFC Final. 21 October 2022. 21 October 2022.
- Web site: Edendork Scorers Ahead Of IFC Final. 21 October 2022. 21 October 2022.
