Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

The Cavan Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the middle-tier Gaelic football clubs organised by Cavan GAA. It was first competed for in 1915, before a lapse prior to being revived in 1966. The winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship. The 2024 champions are Arva who beat Butlersbridge in the final.

Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1915
Region	Cavan, Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Tommy Gilroy Cup
No. of teams	15
Title holders	Arva (4th title)
Most titles	Templeport Lacken Ballinagh Arva (4 titles)
Sponsors	Kyte Powertech
Official website	http://www.cavangaa.ie

Format

14 teams will contest the Kyte Powertech Intermediate Football Championship.

The I.F.C. shall be run on a league basis up to the Quarter-Final stage and Knock-out thereafter. Each team will play 4 rounds in the league phase against different opponents with the fixtures decided by a random draw at the conclusion of each round. Placings in the league stage shall be decided in accordance with rule 6.21 of the GAA Official Guide 2016 as amended below:

6.21 (4) If a Championship is partly organised on a League basis, the following Regulations shall apply: (a) League Results shall be credited as follows: 2 points for a win, and one for a draw. (b) If a Team is Disqualified or Retires during the course of a League Stage, its played games shall stand and its un-played games shall be awarded to the opposing teams. (c) As provided for in this Competition Regulation, when teams finish with equal points for Qualification for the Concluding Stages, or for Promotion or Relegation, the tie shall be decided by the following means and in the order specified: (i) Play-Off.

The top 8 teams in the league progress to the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 4 placed teams in the league enter a Relegation Playoff with 1 team to be relegated to the Cavan Junior Football Championship. The winner is promoted to the Cavan Senior Football Championship

Qualification for subsequent competitions

Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Cavan IFC winner qualifies for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Armagh to qualify for this competition. The Cavan IFC winner may enter the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage.

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Cavan IFC winners — by winning the Ulster 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.

Top winners

#	Club	Wins	Years won
1	Templeport	4	1923, 1924, 1977, 1995
	Lacken	4	1967, 1997, 2004, 2012
	Ballinagh	4	1979, 1992, 2007, 2020
	Arva	4	1972, 1983, 2016, 2024
2	Drumalee	3	1969, 2006, 2010
	Cuchulainns	3	1987, 1993, 2005
	Denn	3	1988, 1990, 2003
	Killeshandra	3	1986, 1991, 2013
	Castlerahan	3	1966, 2001, 2022
	Ballyhaise	3	1968, 2015, 2023
3	Cornafean	2	1915, 1916
	Gowna	2	1925, 1985
	Killygarry	2	1970, 1998
	Ballymachugh	2	1981, 1999
	Redhills	2	1973, 2008
	Drumgoon	2	2002, 2011
	Cootehill	2	1971, 2014
	Shercock	2	1984, 2017
	Mullahoran	2	1978, 2018
	Laragh United	2	1994, 2019
4	Tullyco	1	1926
	Maghera	1	1974
	Virginia	1	1975
	Kingscourt Stars	1	1976
	Munterconnaught	1	1980
	Killinkere	1	1982
	Bailieborough Shamrocks	1	1989
	Belturbet	1	1996
	Knockbride	1	2000
	Lavey	1	2009
	Butlersbridge	1	2021

Finals listed by year

Key to list of winners

†	Winning team reached the final of the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship
‡	Winning team won the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship

List of Cavan Intermediate Football Championship finals^[1]

Year	Winners	Score	Opponent	Ref.
1915	Cornafean
1916	Cornafean
1923	Templeport	1–2 – 1–2	Bruskey
		3–1 – 2–4 (R)
		1–2 – 1–2 (R)
		1–2 – 1–0 (R)
1924	Templeport
1925	Gowna	3–1 – 0–1	Cootehill
1926	Tullyco	2–1 – 0–2	Virginia Blues
1966	Castlerahan	1–14 – 0–7	Arva
1967	Lacken	2–7 – 1–7	Drumalee
1968	Ballyhaise	1–5 – 0–5	Crosserlough
1969	Drumalee	1–9 – 1–6	Arva	[2]
1970	Killygarry	2–5 – 2–3	Cootehill	[3]
1971	Cootehill	2–8 – 1–3	Virginia Blues	[4]
1972	Arva	1–10 – 1–4	Ballymachugh
1973	Redhills	3–7 – 3–3	Killeshandra
1974	Maghera	4–6 – 2–4	Drumlane
1975	Virginia	0–12 – 0–9	Templeport
1976	Kingscourt Stars	0–11 – 0–6	Arva
1977	Templeport	2–6 – 0–5	Mullahoran
1978	Mullahoran	2–9 – 1–6	Castlerahan
1979	Ballinagh	1–9 – 0–4	Killinkere
1980	Munterconnaught	2–4 – 0–7	Cuchulainns
1981	Ballymachugh	0–6 – 0–6	Redhills
		4–5 – 2–7 (R)
1982	Killinkere	0–10 – 1–4	Castlerahan
1983	Arva	1–11 – 0–7	Knockbride
1984	Shercock	0–8 – 0–8	Knockbride
1985	Gowna	0–14 – 0–4	Cuchulainns
1986	Killeshandra	0–10 – 1–6	Cuchulainns
1987	Cuchulainns	1–10 – 0–12	Denn
1988	Denn	2–7 – 1–8	Redhills
1989	Bailieborough Shamrocks	1–9 – 0–7	Lavey
1990	Denn	2–15 – 1–7	Belturbet
1991	Killeshandra	0–9 – 0–6	Munterconnaught	[5]
1992	Ballinagh	0–10 – 0–7	Ballymachugh
1993	Cuchulainns	3–11 – 1–4	Lacken
1994	Laragh United	0–15 – 2–6	Cornafean
1995	Templeport	1–14 – 0–7	Arva
1996	Belturbet	1–5 – 0–5	Denn
1997	Lacken	2–10 – 2–8	Knockbride
1998	Killygarry	0–12 – 0–8	Denn
1999	Ballymachugh	0–8 – 0–6	Denn
2000	Knockbride	2–11 – 0–7	Drung
2001	Castlerahan	1–6 – 0–9	Drung
		0–10 – 2–2 (R)
2002	Drumgoon †	0–8 – 0–6	Denn
2003	Denn	1–8 – 0–9	Ballinagh
2004	Lacken	1–9 – 1–8	Drung
2005	Cuchulainns	1–6 – 0–7	Drumalee
2006	Drumalee	0–7 – 0–7	Ballinagh
		1–5 – 0–4 (R)
2007	Ballinagh ‡	1–7 – 0–9	Lavey
2008	Redhills	0–14 – 1–8	Ballyhaise	[6]
2009	Lavey †	3–9 – 1–8	Cootehill	[7]
2010	Drumalee	1–11 – 0–8	Drumlane	[8]
2011	Drumgoon	0–11 – 1–7	Crosserlough	[9]
2012	Lacken	1–10 – 1–10	Cootehill	[10][11]
		3–10 – 1–9 (R)
2013	Killeshandra	1–10 – 1–8	Shercock	[12]
2014	Cootehill	3–11 – 0–8	Ballyhaise	[13]
2015	Ballyhaise	2–13 – 1–14	Arva	[14]
2016	Arva	3–10 – 1–16	Killinkere	[15][16]
		0–11 – 0–10 (R)
2017	Shercock	2–11 – 1–9	Ballyhaise	[17]
2018	Mullahoran †	2–16 – 0–8	Cuchulainns	[18]
2019	Laragh United	2–16 – 1–9	Belturbet	[19]
2020	Ballinagh	0–23 – 0–11	Butlersbridge	[20]
2021	Butlersbridge	1–12 – 0–14	Ballyhaise	[21]
2022	Castlerahan	1–8 – 0–8	Ballyhaise	[22]
2023	Ballyhaise †	0–13 – 0–7	Denn	[23]
2024	Arva †	3–11 – 0–11	Butlersbridge	[24]

References

1. Cartwright, George (2023). Breffni Park to Kingspan Breffni: Celebrating 100 Years. Cavan GAA. pp. 242–244. ISBN 978-1-3999-6000-7.
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13. Corrigan, Shane (4 October 2014). "IFC final: Cootehill end 43-year wait". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
14. Corrigan, Shane (4 October 2015). "IFC final: Ballyhaise hold on to end hoodoo". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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16. Corrigan, Shane (15 October 2016). "IFC final replay: 33-year wait over for Arva". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
17. Corrigan, Shane (1 October 2017). "IFC final: Shercock stun Ballyhaise to bridge 33-year gap". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
18. Fitzpatrick, Paul (14 October 2018). "Mullahoran deliver in brilliant style". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
19. Fitzpatrick, Paul (6 October 2019). "Impressive Laragh claim IFC title in style". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
20. Fitzpatrick, Paul (27 September 2020). "Ballinagh storm to Intermediate crown". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
21. Fitzpatrick, Paul (31 October 2021). "Butlersbridge make history after enthralling final". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
22. Fitzpatrick, Paul (9 October 2022). "Castlerahan return to senior ranks". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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24. Fitzpatrick, Paul (13 October 2024). "Arva make it back-to-back county titles with win over the 'Bridge". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

External links

• Cavan at ClubGAA
• Official Cavan GAA Website