Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship

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.

Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Idirmheánach Peile Tír Eoghain
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1962
Trophy	Paddy Cullen Cup
Title holders	Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys (2nd title)
Most titles	Pomeroy Plunketts (5 Titles)
Sponsors	Connollys of Moy
Official website	tyronegaa.ie

Derrylaughan are the title holders (2024) 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

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
1962	Cookstown Fr. Rock's	3-04	Galbally Pearses	0-02
1963	Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
1964	Cookstown Fr. Rock's
1965	Donaghmore St Patrick's
1966	Augher St Macartan's		Eglish St Patrick's
1967	Pomeroy Plunketts
1968	Donaghmore St Patrick's
1969	Edendork St Malachy's
1970	Owen Roe O'Neill's
1971	Kildress Wolfe Tones
1972	Dungannon Thomas Clarkes	2-05	Clonoe O'Rahilly's	0-04
1973	Killyman St Mary's
1974	Dromore
1975	Moortown St Malachy's
1976	Clonoe O'Rahilly's
1977	Omagh St Enda's
1978	Fintona Pearses
1979	Clonoe O'Rahilly's		Owen Roe O'Neill's
1980	Stewartstown Harps		Augher St Macartan's
1981	Aghyaran St Davog's
1982	Moy Tír Na nÓg	2-09	Kildress Wolfe Tones	0-06
1983	Clonoe O'Rahilly's
1984	Coalisland Na Fianna
1985	Edendork St Malachy's
1986	Killeeshil St Mary's
1987	Aghyaran St Davog's
1988	Donaghmore St Patrick's
1989	Gortin St Patrick's		Beragh Red Knights
1990	Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa GAC		Stewartstown Harps
1991	Pomeroy Plunketts
1992	Eglish St Patrick's	1–10	Beragh Red Knights	0-08
1993	Beragh Red Knights
1994	Drumquin Wolfe Tones
1995	Clonoe O'Rahilly's		Pomeroy Plunketts
1996	Donaghmore St Patrick's
1997	Eglish St Patrick's
1998	Clann na nGael
1999	Brackaville Owen Roes		Aghyaran St Davog's
2000	Beragh Red Knights		Gortin St Patrick's
2001	Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
2002	Aghaloo O'Neills	0–10	Killeeshil St Mary's	1-06
2003	Gortin St Patrick's	1–16	Pomeroy Plunketts	0-09
2004	Pomeroy Plunketts	0–15	Eskra Emmetts	1-05
2005	Aghaloo O'Neills		Stewartstown Harps
2006	Stewartstown Harps	0–14	Strabane Sigersons	0-07
2007	Killyman St Mary's	1–10	Moortown St Malachy's	0–11
2008	Trillick St Macartan's	0-07	Moy Tír Na nÓg	0-05
2009	Cookstown Fr. Rock's	2-07	Gortin St Patrick's	1-06
2010	Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys	1-09	Urney St Columba's	2-05
2011	Kildress Wolfe Tones	1–15	Galbally Pearses	1-09
2012	Cookstown Fr. Rock's	1–12	Eskra Emmetts	0-07
2013	Eskra Emmetts	2-09	Urney St Columba's	2-05
2014	Dungannon Thomas Clarkes	4–11	Trillick St Macartan's	0–14
2015	Edendork St Malachy's	2–12	Urney St Columba's	1–12
2016	Pomeroy Plunketts	3–12	Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys	1–12
2017[7][8]	Moy Tír Na nÓg	2-05	Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys	1-07
2018[9][10][11]	Tattyreagh St Patrick's	2–12	Augher St Macartan's	2-09
2019[12][13][14]	Galbally Pearses	0–18	Pomeroy Plunketts	1–14
2020[15][16]	Edendork St Malachy's	1–17	Gortin St Patrick's	1-09
2021[17]	Moortown St Malachy's	0–11	Owen Roe O'Neill's	0-06
2022	Galbally Pearses[18]	2–11	Edendork St Malachy's[19]	3-07
2023	Pomeroy Plunketts	0–13	Moy Tír Na nÓg	2-04
2024	Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys	1–10	Moy Tír Na nÓg	0–11

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

• Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys (2): 2010, 2024

• 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

• Eskra Emmetts (1): 2013

• Tattyreagh St Patrick's (1): 2018

• Dromore (1): 1974

• Augher St Macartan's (1): 1966

References

1. Cox, Rory (4 April 2023). "Connollys of Moy announced as the sponsor of the Tyrone Club Championships". Tyrone GAA. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
2. "Tyrone IFC semi-final abandoned as player suffers serious injury". Hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
3. "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. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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5. "Conor Top Scorer In Intermediate Championship". 29 October 2022. Retrieved 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.
6. Mooney, Francis (23 October 2018). "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. Retrieved 23 October 2018. 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.
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13. "St Naul's comprehensively beaten by Galbally Pearses in Ulster IFC semi-final". 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019. It was the Tyrone champions who made the more fruitful start, with three points posted inside of the first 10 minutes.
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17. O'Kane, Cahair (10 January 2022). "Derry city's men of Steel edge out Moortown". The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. Retrieved 10 January 2022. 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.
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