The Kerry Intermediate Football Championship is an annual
Gaelic football
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competition contested by mid-tier
Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kerry GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry, and for the Kerry county teams.
The Kerry branch of the G ...
clubs.
Rathmore are the title holders (2022)..
Teams
2022 Teams
Honours
The winners can be promoted to play in the
Kerry Senior Football Championship
The Kerry Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 188 ...
in the year after they win this competition.
The winners of the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship progress to the
Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship
The Munster Football Intermediate Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2003 for the top intermediate clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. It ...
, representing Kerry, later that year, or, as was the case in 2021, the following year. They often do well there and recent winners include Templenoe in 2019 and Na Gaeil winning in 2022 after winning the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship in 2021.
Kilcummin made it 12 wins for Kerry out of 13 in 2018. The winners can then go on and win the
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual gaelic football competition which began in 2003. The winners of the Intermediate Club Championship from each county enter the competition.
Finals by year
Winners by County
S ...
title like
Milltown/Castlemaine did in 2012.
Teams beaten in the first round take part in the Intermediate Football Shield. The winners collect the Fenian Cup.
History
The competition was revived in 1959, and District Boards had the right to enter teams.
Kerry senior players play in the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. 2014 All-Ireland winner
Peter Crowley had a season-ending cruciate injury from playing for
Laune Rangers
Laune Rangers is a Gaelic football and Hurling club based in town of Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland. The club is affiliated to Kerry GAA. Rangers won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1996.
History
The club was formed in ...
in it in 2019 and missed the
2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 132nd edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887.
Thirty-three teams took part – thirty-one of t ...
as a result. 2021 winners Na Gaeil boasted ex-
Australian Football League
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professional
Stefan Okunbor
Stefan Okunbor is an Irish footballer who has played both Gaelic football and Australian rules football.
Career
Okunbor began playing Gaelic football at the age of 7. He played for Kerry in the 2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship; he ...
,
Diarmuid O'Connor and brothers
Jack
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* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
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People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
and Andrew Barry in their ranks.
Roll of honour
Wins listed by club
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Kenmare Shamrocks (5): 1940, 1968, 1970, 1972, 2016
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Annascaul
Annascaul or Anascaul () is a village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated 32.9 kilometres west of Tralee on the N86 Tralee - Dingle national secondary road near its junction with the R561 regional road to Castlema ...
(4): 1982, 1987, 1992, 2007
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Dingle
Dingle (Irish language, Irish: ''An Daingean'' or ''Daingean Uí Chúis'', meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coas ...
(4): 1988, 1989, 1996, 2004
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Milltown/Castlemaine (4): 1991, 1994, 2003, 2011
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Ballylongford
Ballylongford (historically ''Bealalongford'', from ) is a village near Listowel in northern County Kerry, Ireland.
Geography
The village is situated near the estuary of the Ballyline River, on Ballylongford Bay, a tidal estuary of the River Sha ...
(3): 1971, 1976, 1977
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Castleisland Desmonds
Castleisland Desmonds are a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland. The club won its first County Championship in 1950. They won others in 1981, 1982 and 1984. They won the Munster Club Championship and All-I ...
(3): 1976, 1979, 1981
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An Ghaeltacht (3): 1933, 1998, 2017
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Spa
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(3): 1974, 2009, 2020
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Valentia Young Islanders
Valentia Young Islanders are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Valentia Island, South County Kerry, Ireland. They play in Division 4 of the county league and in the Kerry Novice Football Championship. The club's most recent success has ...
(2): 1986, 1995
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Ardfert
Ardfert () is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only from Tralee. The population of the village was 749 at the 2 ...
(2): 2006, 2014
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St Mary's (2): 2001, 2015
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Kilcummin (2): 1997, 2018
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Rathmore (2): 1999, 2022
* Keel (1): 1969
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Dr Crokes
Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper.
Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship i ...
(1): 1985
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Waterville (1): 1993
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Listowel Emmets
Listowel Emmets is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. They play in Division 3 of the County Football league and in the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. Players from the club also compete in the ...
(1): 2002
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Legion
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* Roman legion, the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army
* Spanish Legion, an elite military unit within the Spanish Army
* Legion of the United States, a reorganization of the United States Army from 179 ...
(1): 2005
*
St Michael's/Foilmore (1): 2008
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Gneeveguilla
Gneeveguilla, ( ), officially Gneevgullia (), is a small village in the Sliabh Luachra region of East County Kerry, Ireland. It lies about east of Killarney, close to the County Kerry/County Cork border.
Location
Gneeveguilla is situated in ...
(1): 2010
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Finuge
Finuge () is a village near Listowel in County Kerry, Ireland. Finuge is a traditional Irish crossroads village with a shop, a pub, Teach Siamsa and a G.A.A. pitch. Sheehan's Thatched House located at Finuge Cross is regarded as one of the old ...
(1): 2012
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Templenoe
Templenoe () is a civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated four miles from Kenmare, on the N70 road to Sneem, which forms part of the Ring of Kerry.
Templenoe is the location of the Ring of Kerry golf club. There is a Gaelic Athle ...
(1): 2019
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Castlegregory
Castlegregory (, meaning "Griaire's Castle") is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated on the north side of the Dingle Peninsula, halfway between Tralee and Dingle. As of the 2016 Census, Castlegregory had a population of 250.
Castle ...
(1): 1975
References
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Intermediate Gaelic football county championships