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Wikipedia / Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship

The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Kerry GAA clubs.

The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship trophy commemorates the late Tony Murphy (1935-2005), a former Kerry and Kenmare Shamrocks hurler and a member of the 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship winning team.

Extra-time can be used to determine the winners of games.

Dr Crokes are the title holders, defeating St Brendan's in the 2026 final.

History

The winners play in the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship and if successful there, can represent the province in the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship. Unlike in other counties, the winning team is not always automatically promoted to the senior grade after winning. Since Kerry has very few hurling clubs, many of the competing teams are second teams of clubs competing in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship.

Format

Group stage

Clubs are drawn into 3 groups. With currently 10 teams. 1 group of 4 and 2 groups of 3 are formed. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed two group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The 1st placed team in the group of 4 and one of the groups of 3 qualify directly to the semi-finals. The remaining group winner and the 3 2nd placed teams face in the quarter-final.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: A group winner of a group with 3 teams and the 2nd placed teams face each other with the winner qualifying for the semi-finals

Semi-finals: The remaining 2 group winners face the winner of the quarter-finals. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions and are promoted to the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship.

Qualification

At the end of the championship, the winning club qualify to the subsequent Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2026 Teams

The 9 teams competing in the 2026 Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship are:

Roll of honour

By club

By division

List of finals

Team records and statistics

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

See also

References