Meath Intermediate Football Championship is an annual

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second-tier competition between

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clubs organised by

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. The winning club is promoted to the

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. In the 2021 final, Trim defeated Oldcastle. Each year, the final takes place in

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. The winning club competes in the

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. The current (2021) champions are Trim.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

Meath Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Meath IFC winner qualifies for the

. It is the only team from County Meath to qualify for this competition. The Meath IFC winner may enter the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage. Meath IFC winning clubs won consecutive Leinster titles in the 2010s:

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doing so in 2015 and St Colmcille's doing so in 2016, the latter with a stoppage time fee to secure a one-point win.

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Meath IFC winner — by winning the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship — may qualify for 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 ...

, at which it would enter at the __ stage, providing it hasn't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals. For example, 2021 winner

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played in the All-Ireland final at

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, as did 2016 winner St Colmcille's, also at GAA headquarters.

History

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went from the

Meath Junior Football Championship The Meath Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Meath GAA clubs. The winner of this championship will be promoted to the Intermediate division. The winner also represents Meath in the Le ...

through this competition and on to being

winners in the space of four seasons in the early 21st-century, featuring Meath player

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, whose emergence as one of Meath's "most exciting talents" coincided with this run, while 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship-winning captain Tommy Dowd also joined the club around this time.

Intermediate teams

In 2021, the 20 clubs competing in the Intermediate Football Championship are:

Top winners

Clubs in bold still in existence as football clubs.

Roll of honour

References

External links

Official Meath WebsiteMeath on HoganstandChampionship Proposal 2012
{{Meath GAA, state=expanded 2 Intermediate Gaelic football county championships Recurring sporting events established in 1927