The Laois Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier

Laois GAA The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Laois) or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Laois. The county board i ...

clubs. The Laois County Board of the

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has organised it since 1907. The Heath are the title holders (2022) defeating Arles–Kilcruise in the Final.

Format

The Intermediate Championship has a 'back door' and operates similarly to the Senior Championship (and Junior Championship C only) by going for a straight knockout but the 'back door' is in place for anyone losing out. The draw is first made for round 1 of the championship. The draw is then made for Round 2 of the championship. The final is held in

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Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the ? The winners of the Laois Intermediate Championship qualify to represent their county in the

Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship The Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the Intermediate football champions of the 12 counties of Leinster. The winners will represent the province in the semi-final of the All ...

. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in 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 ...

. They often do well outside the county, with the likes of Ballyroan Abbey (2008) and

Crettyard Crettyard () is a hamlet in County Laois, Ireland. It is situated on the border with County Kilkenny, near Newtown, at the junction of the N78 national primary route and the R431 regional road. Education Schools serving the area include New ...

(2005) among the clubs from Laois to win at least one Leinster Championship after winning the Laois Intermediate Football Championship. Ballyroan Abbey are the only Laois GAA club to have played in Leinster finals at senior and intermediate, Galway GAA club St Michael's narrowly defeating them in the All-Ireland semi-final.

History

It was first held in 1907, with Killenard the victors. There was no championship in 1911, and none again from 1913 through 1917 and 1919 through 1933. In the mid-1990s, Rosenallis won the Intermediate Championship straight after winning the Junior Championship, putting back-to-back titles together. It was once the "Campion Sparrow Laois Intermediate Football Championship" for sponsorship reasons (as recently as 2012) but no more. The 2017 final went to a replay before

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got the better of Portlaoise. During the pandemic year of 2020, the Laois Intermediate Football Championship achieved the distinction of being the only adult football championship completed in the county that year.

List of finals

Wins listed by club

* Clonaslee–St Manman's (6): 1981, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2015, 2020 *

Ballylinan Ballylinan or Ballylynan () is a small town in County Laois, about from the border with County Kildare in Ireland. The name means "Lynan's town", though exactly who Lynan was is now forgotten. Transport A 12-mile railway line linking Ballylina ...

(5): 1944 (earliest?)... 1961... *

Annanough Annanough GAA is a Gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland. History Annanough was founded in 1920 from a merger of the old Vicarstown and Moyanna clubs. Moyanna had won the 1891 Laois Senior Football Championship title while Vicarstown w ...

(5): 1936, 1940, 1946, 1949, 1978 * Portlaoise (5): 1939, 1956, 1972, 1975, 1982 *

(4): 1965, 1976, 1984, 2005 *

Timahoe Timahoe (: 'House of Mochua') is a village in County Laois, Ireland, south of Portlaoise on the R426 regional road. The population of Timahoe in 2002 was 517, a 2.6% increase since 1996. It increased to 527 in 2006. Retrieved dead link with ...

(4): 1962, 2000, 2004, 2010 *

Killeshin Killeshin () is a village in County Laois, Ireland on the R430 regional road. Killeshin is a small rural community situated five kilometres west of Carlow town and overlooks the picturesque Barrow Valley. The church at the foot of the Killeshi ...

(4): 1958, 1974, 1993, 2011 * The Heath (4): 1943, 1953, 1986, 2022 * St Fintan's Hospital (3): 1951, 1960, 1970 * Barrowhouse (3): 1980, 1985, 1992 * Arles–Killeen (3): 1997, 2001, 2003 *

(3): 1964, 2012, 2017 *

Courtwood Courtwood GAA ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coill na Cúirte) is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club, located in the north east corner of County Laois in Ireland. The club is located in the eastern half of Emo parish with a small ca ...

(3): 1971, 1987, 2018 * O'Dempsey's (3): 1952, 1977, 2016 * Arles–Kilcruise (2): 1967, 1999 *

Mountmellick Mountmellick or Mountmellic () is a town in the north of County Laois, Ireland. It lies on the N80 national secondary road and the R422 and R423 regional roads. Name ''Mountmellick'', sometimes spelt ''Montmellick'' or ''Montmellic'', is a ...

(2): 1968, 2006 * Ballyroan Abbey (2): 2008, 2013 * Rosenallis (2): 1995, 2019 * Park–Ratheniska (2): 1988, 2021 * Jamestown (1): 1941 *

Stradbally Stradbally () is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located in the midlands of Ireland along the N80 road, a National Secondary Route, about from Portlaoise. It is a townland, a civil parish and historic barony. It is known for its "Steam Ra ...

(1): 1959 * St Joseph's (1): 1969 *

Spink Spink may refer to: * Spink, County Laois, a village in Ireland * Spink County, South Dakota, US * Spink Township, Union County, South Dakota, US * Spink & Son, a UK auction and collectibles company * Spink GAA, a Gaelic football club in Ireland ...

(1): 1989 *

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(1): 1994 * The Rock (1): 1996 *

Graiguecullen Graiguecullen GFC are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from County Laois, Ireland. The club played in Carlow for many years but in 1926 they were suspended. The club then chose to play in Laois and have been doing so ever since. The club were ...

(1): 2007 *

Ballyfin Ballyfin ( or alternatively "town of Fionn") is a small village and parish in County Laois, Ireland. Located in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, the village is in the midlands of Ireland. It is located on the R423 regional road midway between the ...

(1): 2014 *

Rathdowney Rathdowney or Rathdowny () is a town in southwest County Laois, Ireland. It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish Midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore is crossed by the R435 ...

1912...

References

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