The Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship is a hurling

Hurling

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 competition for GAA

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 clubs in Galway

County Galway

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 in Ireland

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. This is a second tier competition with the winners being promoted to play in the Galway Senior Hurling Championship the following year. The winners also represent Galway

Galway GAA

The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...

 in the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

The Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is a Hurling competition played between the Intermediate Championship winner from each county in Connacht...

History

The Intermediate grade was introduced in 1949 with Kilrickle winning the first final. The competition was played for until 1953 when it was suspended. It was introduced again in 1959 and continued to be played until 1967 when it was again suspended until 1970 when it was again introduced. It has been played for each year since. The winners of the Intermediate championship are promoted to Senior. Between 2003 and 2009 the beaten finalists were also promoted. The only year that this was not the case was in 1998 when Craughwell were promoted. They were the beaten finalists having lost to Athenry but because Athenry already had a senior team so they couldn't have a second one. The Galway Hurling Board decided to leave the competitions as they were but Craughwell objected. Pearses were the team to be relegated so a compromise was struck where Craughwell played Pearses in a promotion/relegation game and the winners were promoted.

Roll of honour

Year	Winner	Opponent
1949	Kilrickle
1950	Oranmore 3-5	Killimor 3-1 (After Replay)
1951	Killimordaly 6-7	Clarinbridge Clarinbridge GAA Clarinbridge GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Clarinbridge in County Galway, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling...  3-2
1952	Skehana 3-5	Craughwell 3-3
1953	Maree 6-1	Craughwell 4-1
1954-58	Not Played
1959	Eyrecourt 1-5	Newcastle 0-4
1960	Newcastle 2-4	Balindereen 2-3
1961	Carnmore 4-5	Loughrea 4-1
1962	Cappataggle 5-12	Ardrahan 4-5
1963	Killimordaly 3-12	Cussane 4-7
1964	Moycullen Moycullen GAA MoycullenGAA is a group title for several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs based in Moycullen, County Galway, Ireland. The three clubs, Cumann Peil Máigh Cuilinn , Cumann Iománaíocht Máigh Cuilinnand Cumann Camógaíocht Máigh Cuilinn share playing facilities and co-operate on a number of local...  7-13	Cappataggle 5-2
1965	Ardrahan 5-4	Tynagh 0-7
1966	Kinvara Kinvara GAA Kinvara GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Kinvara in County Galway, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling but also plays Gaelic Football at Junior level.-History:...  1-9	Oranmore 2-0
1967-70	Not Played
1971	Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland. It is best known for the nearby ruins of the 12th century Cistercian abbey, established with the Kings of Connacht as its benefactors. The abbey was the burial site of King Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair and contains fine examples...
1972	Mullagh 1-10	Ahascragh 0-5
1973	Meelick/Eyrecourt 3-8	Craughwell 4-3
1974	Mullagh 3-6	Kiltormer 1-9
1975	Kiltormer (0-12) 5-6	Killimor (1-9) 3-4
1976	Sarsfields 3-4	Killimor 0-4
1977	Rahoon 3-12	Padraig Pearses 1-12
1978	Kilbeacanty 0-17	St. Thomas' 2-4
1979	Padraig Pearses 2-6	Killimor 2-5
1980	Beagh Beagh GAA Beagh GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in south County Galway, Republic of Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling. The club competes in Galway GAA competitions and fields two teams, Senior and Junior B...  4-13	Mullagh 3-11
1981	Loughrea 3-8	Killimor 2-6
1982	Mullagh 3-13	Tynagh 1-3
1983	Clarinbridge Clarinbridge GAA Clarinbridge GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Clarinbridge in County Galway, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling...  1-9	Oranmore-Maree 1-3
1984	Killimor Killimor - See also :* List of towns and villages in Ireland- External links :*...  3-7	Tynagh 0-9
1985	Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland. It is best known for the nearby ruins of the 12th century Cistercian abbey, established with the Kings of Connacht as its benefactors. The abbey was the burial site of King Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair and contains fine examples...  1-9	Craughwell 0-6
1986	Craughwell 1-9	Carnmore 0-6
1987	Tynagh 1-11	Padraig Pearses 2-6
1988	Carnmore 1-9	Padraig Pearses 0-4
1989	Abbey/Duniry (1-11) 3-6	Portumna (0-14) 2-5
1990	Oranmore/Maree 0-12	Portumna 2-5
1991	Padraig Pearses (0-8) 2-6	Killimor (1-5) 1-5
1992	Portumna Portumna GAA Portumna GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Portumna in County Galway. The club is almost exclusively focused on hurling.-History:...  (0-14) 6-8	Kilconieron (1-11) 1-5
1993	Kilconieron 0-13	Beagh 2-5
1994	Clarinbridge Clarinbridge GAA Clarinbridge GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Clarinbridge in County Galway, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling...  3-15	Tommie Larkins 1-7
1995	Padraig Pearses 0-14	Meelick/Eyrecourt 1-8
1996	St. Thomas 2-10	Craughwell 1-8
1997	Meelick/Eyrecourt 0-11	Kiltormer 0-8
1998	Athenry Athenry GAA St. Mary's, Athenry is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Athenry in County Galway. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling.-History:...  0-17	Craughwell 2-9
1999	Kilnadeema/Leitrim 2-9	Kiltormer 1-9
2000	Ballindereen 1-8	Kiltormer 0-4
2001	Kiltormer 0-9	Oranmore-Maree 0-8
2002	Beagh Beagh GAA Beagh GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in south County Galway, Republic of Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling. The club competes in Galway GAA competitions and fields two teams, Senior and Junior B...  (1-13) 1-12	Mullagh (2-10) 1-10
2003	Mullagh (0-12) 1-13	Liam Mellows (2-6) 0-10
2004	St Thomas' 2-14	Meelick-Eyrecourt 1-8
2005	Tommie Larkins 1-14	Beagh 0-8
2006	Killimordaly 3-11	Kiltormer 1-12
2007	Tommie Larkins 0-13	Padraig Pearses 0-10
2008	Cappataggle 1-10	Killimordaly 0-11
2009	Tynagh-Abbey Duniry (1-15) 1-20	Meelick-Eyrecourt (1-15) 1-16 (AET)
2010	Padraig Pearses 1-10	Killimor 1-08
2011	Moycullen Moycullen GAA MoycullenGAA is a group title for several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs based in Moycullen, County Galway, Ireland. The three clubs, Cumann Peil Máigh Cuilinn , Cumann Iománaíocht Máigh Cuilinnand Cumann Camógaíocht Máigh Cuilinn share playing facilities and co-operate on a number of local...  2-10	Killimordaly 0-13

External links

• Official Galway Website
• Galway on Hoganstand
• Galway Club GAA

• Galway Senior Hurling Championship