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

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competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the

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and contested by intermediate clubs in the county of Kilkenny in

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. It is the second tier overall in the entire Kilkenny hurling championship system. The Kilkenny Intermediate Championship was introduced in

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as a competition that would bridge the gap between the senior grade and the

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. The championship was suspended for over 30 years until the 1970s when it was reinstated. In its current format, the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship begins in September with a first round series of games comprising eight teams, while the four remaining teams receive byes to the quarter-final stage. A team's finishing position in the Kilkenny Intermediate League determines at what stage they enter the championship. Four rounds of games are played, culminating with the final match at UPMC Nowlan Park in October. The winner of the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship, as well as being presented with the Hanrahan Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Club Championship and gains automatic entry into the following year's Kilkenny Senior Championship. The competition has been won by 29 teams. Conahy Shamrocks,

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and Clara are the most successful teams in the tournament's history, having won it four times each. Glenmore are the reigning champions, having beaten St Lachtain's by 3–19 to 2–09 in the

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final.

Teams

2023 teams

As of 2023, the teams contesting the Kilkenny Intermediate championship included: * Lisdowney * St Martin's * Mooncoin * Young Irelands * Fenians * Conahy Shamrocks * Thomastown * Dunnamaggin * Rower Inistioge * Blacks and Whites * Carrickshock * O'Loughlin Gaels

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent

Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship ''For the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship'' The Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling tournament played between the county champions on intermediate level within the provinc ...

, the winner of which progresses to the

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the second highest inter-county ...

Roll of honour

List of finals

Notes

* 2020 Lisdowney won on penalties * 2022 Danesfort won AET

References

External links

Kilkenny GAA Bible
{{Kilkenny GAA, state=expanded Hurling competitions in County Kilkenny Kilkenny GAA club championships Intermediate hurling county championships