Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship

Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Idirmhéanach Chiarraí
CodeHurling
Founded1971
Region Kerry (GAA)
TrophyCorn Antóin Ó Murchú
No. of teams7
Title holders Dr Crokes (4th title)
First winner Banna
Most titles Kilgarvan (12 titles)
SponsorsKerry Petroleum
Official websitehttps://www.kerrygaa.ie/

The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Kerry GAA clubs.

The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship trophy commemorates the late Tony Murphy (1935-2005), a former Kerry and Kenmare Shamrocks hurler and a member of the 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship winning team.

Extra-time can be used to determine the winners of games.

Dr Crokes are the title holders, defeating St Brendan's in the 2026 final.

History

The winners play in the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship and if successful there, can represent the province in the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship. Unlike in other counties, the winning team is not always automatically promoted to the senior grade after winning. Since Kerry has very few hurling clubs, many of the competing teams are second teams of clubs competing in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship.

Format

Group stage

Clubs are drawn into 3 groups. With currently 10 teams. 1 group of 4 and 2 groups of 3 are formed. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed two 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 1st placed team in the group of 4 and one of the groups of 3 qualify directly to the semi-finals. The remaining group winner and the 3 2nd placed teams face in the quarter-final.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: A group winner of a group with 3 teams and the 2nd placed teams face each other with the winner qualifying for the semi-finals

Semi-finals: The remaining 2 group winners face the winner of the quarter-finals. 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 Hurling Championship.

Qualification

At the end of the championship, the winning club qualify to the subsequent Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2026 Teams

The 9 teams competing in the 2026 Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship are:

Team Location Colours Division Position in 2026 In championship since Championship titles Last championship title
Abbeydorney Abbeydorney Black and amber North Kerry — 0 —
Ballyheigue Ballyheigue Orange and black North Kerry — 1 1975
Dr Crokes Killarney Black and amber South Kerry Champions 2025 4 2026
Kenmare Shamrocks Kenmare Black and red South Kerry — 7 2025
Kilgarvan Kilgarvan Red and white South Kerry — 12 2024
Kilmoyley Kilmoyley Green and gold North Kerry 2025 9 2015
Ladys Walk Ballyduff Green and white North Kerry 2025 5 2008
Lixnaw Lixnaw Green and gold North Kerry — 2 1974
Rathmore Rathmore Red and white East Kerry Not played 2026 0 —
St Brendan's Ardfert Blue and white North Kerry Runners-up — 7 2017

Roll of honour

By club

# Team Titles Runners-Up Championships won Championships runner-up
1 Kilgarvan 12 8 1972, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 1971, 1977, 1980, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2017, 2021
2 Kilmoyley 9 7 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2011, 2015 1979, 1983, 1989, 1997, 2006, 2013, 2016
3 St Brendan's 7 9 1978, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2017 1973, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1992, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
Kenmare Shamrocks 7 4 1980, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2025 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019
5 Ladys Walk 5 9 1976, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2008 1982, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2025
6 Causeway 4 7 1977, 2013, 2016, 2021 1976, 1978, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2018
Dr Crokes 4 5 1999, 2001, 2020, 2026 1991, 1995, 2004, 2014, 2015
8 Lixnaw 2 1 1973, 1974 1972
St Patrick's East Kerry 2 1 1983, 1990 1986
10 Banna 1 0 1971 —
Ballyheigue 1 2 1975 1984, 1988
St. Mary’s 1 0 1993 —
Tralee Parnells 1 1 2023 2020
14 Abbeydorney 0 1 — 1985
Kerins O'Rahilly's 0 1 — 1990

By division

Division Titles Runners-Up Total
North Kerry 29 36 65
South Kerry 27 20 47

List of finals

Year Winners Runners-up Final Date Final Location
Club Score Club Score
2026 Dr Crokes 4-15 aet St Brendan's 2-15 aet 30/07/2026 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
2025 Kenmare Shamrocks 1–12 Ladys Walk 1–10 22/07/2025 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2024 Kilgarvan 5-11 St Brendan's 1-09 31/7/2024 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
2023 Tralee Parnells 0-19 St Brendan's 1-06 26/7/2023 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2022 Kilgarvan 3-13 St Brendan's 0-11 3/8/2022 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
2021 Causeway 3-08 Kilgarvan 1-09 3/10/2021 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
2020 Dr Crokes 2-14 Tralee Parnells 0-14 20/9/2020 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2019 Kilgarvan 1-18 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-12 24/8/2019 Lewis Road, Killarney
2018 Kilgarvan 1-19 Causeway 1-13 18/8/2018 Lewis Road, Killarney
2017 St Brendan's 5-17 Kilgarvan 2-15 9/9/2017 Lewis Road, Killarney
2016 Causeway 1-11 Kilmoyley 1-08 7/8/2016 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2015 Kilmoyley 2-14 Dr Crokes 1-13 18/10/2015 Abbeydorney
2014 Kenmare Shamrocks 0-25 Dr Crokes 1-05 28/9/2015 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2013 Causeway 2-13 Kilmoyley 1-11 13/10/2013 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2012 Kenmare Shamrocks 2-15 Ladys Walk 1-05 13/7/2012 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
2011 Kilmoyley 1-06 Ladys Walk 0-08 28/7/2011 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2010 Kilgarvan 1-16 Kenmare Shamrocks 0-13 22/8/2010 Kilgarvan
2009 Kilgarvan 3-13 aet Kenmare Shamrocks 1-16 aet 18/10/2009 Fr Breen Park, Kenmare
2008 Ladys Walk 1-12 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-08 17/9/2008 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2007 Kilgarvan 2-15 Ladys Walk 1-13 13/10/2007 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
2006 Kilgarvan 1-16 Kilmoyley 1-06 10/9/2006 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2005 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-12 Kilgarvan 1-07 2/10/2005 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2004 Kenmare Shamrocks 2-12 Dr Crokes 1-07 6/11/2004 Fr Breen Park, Kenmare
2003 Kilmoyley 3-13 Causeway 2-03 21/9/2003 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2002 Ladys Walk 2-13 Kilgarvan 3-05 29/09/2002 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2001 Dr Crokes 2-10 Kilgarvan 0-11 29/09/2001 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
2000 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-10 Ladys Walk 3-01 14/10/2000 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
1999 Dr Crokes 1-04 Ladys Walk 0-06 30/10/1999 Ballyheigue
1998 St Brendan's 3-06 Ladys Walk 0-09 26/10/1998 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1997 Ladys Walk 4-10 Kilmoyley 1-05 5/10/1997 Ballyheigue
1996 Ladys Walk 2-17 aet Causeway 2-10 aet 22/9/1996 Ballyheigue
1995 St Brendan's 1-09 Dr Crokes 1-05 8/10/1995 Farranfore
1994 Kilmoyley 2-08 Causeway 2-03 6/11/1994 Ballyheigue
1993 St. Mary’s 1-07 Ladys Walk 0-08 20/11/1993 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1992 Kilmoyley 1-07 St Brendan's 0-01 22/11/1992 Ballyheigue
1991 St Brendan's 1-15 Dr Crokes 4-03 28/9/1991 Farranfore
1990 St Patrick's East Kerry 4-10 Kerins O'Rahillys 0-07 7/10/1990 Beaufort
1989 St Brendan's 2-04 Kilmoyley 0-01 15/10/1989 Causeway
1988 Kilmoyley 3-05 Ballyheigue 1-06 9/10/1988 Ardfert
1987 Kilmoyley 3-06 St Brendan's 1-04 15/11/1987 Ballyheigue
1986 Kilmoyley 1-11 St Patrick's East Kerry 3-04 12/10/1986 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1985 Kilmoyley 4-05 Abbeydorney 1-01 1/12/1985 Ballyheigue
1984 Kilgarvan 3-07 Ballyheigue 0-04 9/9/1984 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1983 St Patrick's East Kerry 2-10 Kilmoyley 1-02 6/11/1983 Milltown
1982 Kilgarvan 2-08 Ladys Walk 2-06 24/10/1982 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1981 Kilgarvan 5-12 Causeway 2-02 4/10/1981 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
1980 Kenmare Shamrocks 3-11 Kilgarvan 1-05 11/7/1980 Fr Breen Park, Kenmare
1979 St Brendan's bt. Kilmoyley 2/12/1979 Ardfert
1978 St Brendan's 3-05 Causeway 1-05 17/09/1978 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1977 Causeway 2-10 Kilgarvan 0-06 11/9/1977 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1976 Ladys Walk 4-12 Causeway 3-01 12/9/1976 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1975 Ballyheigue bt. St Brendan's 14/9/1975 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1974 Lixnaw 4-10 St Brendan's 1-01 22/9/1974 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1973 Lixnaw 4-05 St Brendan's 0-01 18/11/1973 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1972 Kilgarvan 5-06 Lixnaw 4-05 08/10/1972 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
1971 Banna 4-03 Kilgarvan 2-04 28/11/1971 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Team records and statistics

By decade

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

See also

References

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