The Armagh Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Armagh GAA clubs.Armagh GAA, Clár Oifigiúil (programme), Intermediate Football Championship Final, 14 October 2012 The national media covers the competition.
History The 2014 Armagh IFC winning club was St Paul's, which defeated the Grange by a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-10. Andrew Murnin gave a match-winning performance in the final.
The competition is often contested by senior inter-county players, for example, Clan na Gael's Stefan Campbell (who was captain of Armagh at the time) contested the 2020 final, a game in which he went up against another of Armagh's leading full-forwards, Andrew Murnin of St Paul's.
Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Atty Hearty Cup The Armagh IFC winner qualifies for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Armagh to qualify for this competition. The Armagh IFC winner may enter the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage.
The Armagh IFC winners — by winning the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, at which it would enter at the semi-final stage, providing it hasn't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals.
List of finals Year Winner Score Opponent Score 1964 Madden Ballyhegan 1965† Clan na Gael, Lurgan Dorsey† 1966 Tír na nÓg Killeavy 1967 Pearse Óg Silverbridge 1968 St Peter's, Lurgan Mullaghbawn 1969 Sarsfields Ballyhegan 1970 Madden Mullaghbawn 1971 Whitecross St Patrick's 1972 Silverbridge Oliver Plunkett's 1973 Pearse Óg Whitecross 1974 Armagh Harps Oliver Plunkett's 1975 Ballyhegan Oliver Plunkett's 1976 Middletown Clann Éireann 1977 Clann Éireann Culloville 1978 Whitecross Culloville 1979 St Patrick's Mullaghbawn 1980 Tír na nÓg Granemore 1981 St Peter's, Lurgan Keady 1982 Culloville Ballyhegan 1983 Keady Killeavy 1984 St Paul's, Lurgan Grange 1985 Derrynoose Dromintee 1986 Killeavy Grange 1987 Grange Middletown 1988 St Patrick's Mullaghbawn 1989 Dromintee Mullaghbawn 1990 Collegeland Annaghmore 1991 Granemore St Michael's 1992 Mullaghbawn Middletown 1993 Grange Keady 1994 Madden Middletown 1995 Keady Culloville 1996 Dromintee Middletown 1997 Ballyhegan Collegeland 1998 Culloville Tír na nÓg 1999 St Michael's Belleeks 2000 Éire Óg Collegeland 2001 Tír na nÓg An Port Mór 2002 Clann Éireann Carrickcruppen 2003 Maghery Madden 2004 Carrickcruppen Ballyhegan 2005 Granemore Whitecross 2006 Ballymacnab 0-11 Madden 0-07 2007 Whitecross Culloville 2008 St Patrick's Culloville 2009 St Michael's Keady 2010 Sarsfields Culloville 2011 Culloville Tír na nÓg 2012 Killeavy 0-13 St Peter's 0-08 2013 Madden 0-15 Tír na nÓg 2-06 2014 St Paul's Lurgan 2-13 Grange 2-10 2015 Clann Éireann 2-13 Whitecross 2-08 2016 Whitecross 2-14 Tullysaran 1-14 2017 Killeavy 1-13 Silverbridge 0-11 2018 St Peter's Lurgan 1-11 Mullaghbawn 1-10 2019 Grange Shane O'Neill's 2020 Clan na Gael St Paul's 2021 Carrickcruppen, St Patrick's 1-12 Culloville 0-12 2022 Shane O’Neills 2.11 St pauls 1.13 2023 St. Patrick’s Cullyhanna 4-21 St. Paul’s Lurgan 1-08 2024 Carrickcruppen 2-09 St. Paul’s Lurgan 1-112025Sarsfields2-15St. Paul's Lurgan1-15 Notes † The 1965 runner-up may have been Tom Williams GFC, an amalgamation of Dorsey and Cullyhanna.
References
External links Official Armagh GAA Website