The 2018 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 54th staging of the

Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board ...

since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in

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. The championship began on 22 September 2018 and ended on 28 October 2018. On 28 October 2018, Graigue-Ballycallan won the championship after a 2–16 to 2–13 defeat of

Tullaroan Tullaroan () is a village in the western part of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the County Tipperary, Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish. Sport Tullaroan GAA are the most successful Gaelic Ath ...

in the final at

Nowlan Park UPMC Nowlan Park (; ) is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Kilkenny, Ireland. Named after James Nowlan (the longest serving President of the GAA), the stadium hosts major hurling matches and is home to the Kilkenny hurling te ...

. It was their second championship overall and their first title since

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. Tullogher-Rosbercon's Cian O'Donoghue was the championship's top scorer with 1-29.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship The J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1905 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Kilkenny in I ...

* John Locke's Relegated from the

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of ...

* St. Martin's

From Championship

Promoted to the

* St. Patrick's Ballyragget Relegated to the

Dunnamaggin Dunnamaggin (officially Dunnamaggan; ) is a small village in the south County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the R699 road between Callan and Knocktopher, east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and Kilmoganny. Dunnamaggan gives its name ...

Results

First round

Relegation playoff

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

References

External links

Kilkenny GAA website
{{Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship