Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship

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Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Idirmhéanach Iománaíochta Co. an Chláir
Founded 1927
Title holders 20px Wolfe Tones, Shannon (2nd title)
Most titles 20px Broadford & 20px Whitegate (7 titles)

The Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the third tier hurling teams in the county of Clare in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Cusack Park. The championship includes a group stage which is followed by a knock-out phase for the top teams. There is also promotion involving the Clare Senior Hurling Championship and relegation involving the Clare Junior Hurling Championship.

The Intermediate Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Clare county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.

In 2012 it was decided that from 2014 onwards the Clare Senior Hurling Championship would become a single sixteen team championship. This meant that five clubs would lose their senior status and be relegated down to Intermediate. However due to the overwhelming success of both the Clare Senior and Under-21 intercounty squads in 2013, the culling of the senior hurling championship was postponed for twelve months. 2014 saw the relegation of Broadford, Doora-Barefield, Ruan, Scarriff and Wolfe Tones down to Intermediate for the 2015 season.

Twelve clubs currently participate in the Intermediate Championship.

Top Winners

Club Overall Titles Winning Years
1. 20px Broadford 7 1941, 1947, 1974, 1981, 1997, 2003, 2008
20px Whitegate 7 1959, 1984, 1992, 2009, 2013
3. Colours of Kilkenny.svg Bodyke 5 1932, 1936, 1946, 1969, 1996
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Clonlara 5 1928, 1975, 1989, 1999, 2007
Colours of Cork.svg Éire Óg, Ennis 5 1958, 2011
20px O'Callaghan's Mills 5 1935, 1968, 1977
20px Ruan 5 1940, 1948, 1950, 1978, 2012
20px Sixmilebridge 5 1951, 1971, 1988, 1990
9. Colours of Laois.svg Cratloe 4 1937, 1943, 1970, 1994
10. Colours of Mayo.svg Clooney-Quin 3 1934, 1986, 2006
Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen 3 1960, 1987, 2000
20px Feakle 3 1930, 1973, 2014
13. 20px Ballyea 2 1944, 2001
Colours of Tyrone.svg Corofin 2 1991, 2002
20px Inagh-Kilnamona 2
20px Scariff 2 1938, 1982
Colours of Galway.svg St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield 2 1985, 1993
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Tubber 2 1972, 1976
20px Wolfe Tones, Shannon 2 1983, 2015
20. Colours of Sligo.svg Clarecastle 1 1931
20px Killanena 1 2011
20px Kilmaley 1 1980
20px Newmarket-on-Fergus 1 1967
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ogonnelloe 1 1995
Colours of Laois.svg Parteen 1 1956
20px Smith O'Briens, Killaloe 1 2004
Colours of Wexford.svg Tulla 1 1979

See also

References