2025 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| County | Cavan |
| Province | Ulster |
| Year | 2025 |
| Trophy | Tommy Gilroy Cup |
| Sponsor | O'Reilly Precast |
| Date | 24 July – 5 October 2025 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winners | |
| Champions |  Cuchulainns (4th win) |
| Manager | Niall Lynch |
| Captain | Philip Smyth[1] |
| Qualify for | Ulster Club IFC |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up |  Butlersbridge |
| Manager | Keelan Melaniff |
| Captain | Diarmuid McCorry |
| Promotion/Relegation | |
| Promoted team(s) | Cuchulainns |
| Relegated team(s) |  Lacken |
The 2025 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship was the 61st edition of Cavan GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship began on 24 July 2025.[2]
Cuchulainns won their first title since 2005 with a six-point win over Butlersbridge in the final.[3]
Team changes
[edit | edit source]The following teams have changed division since the 2024 championship season.
To Championship
[edit | edit source]Promoted from 2024 Cavan Junior Football Championship
Knockbride (Junior Champions)[4]
Relegated from 2024 Cavan Senior Football Championship
Lavey (Relegation play-off losers)
From Championship
[edit | edit source]Promoted to 2025 Cavan Senior Football Championship
Relegated to 2025 Cavan Junior Football Championship
Templeport (Relegation play-off losers)
League stage
[edit | edit source]All 14 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top eight teams go into the quarter-finals, while the bottom four teams enter the relegation play-offs. The first round draw took place on 13 May 2024.[6]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuchulainns | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 68 | +25 | 8 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Bailieborough Shamrocks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 55 | +19 | 7 | |
| 3 | Cootehill | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 7 | |
| 4 | Killinkere | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 6 | |
| 5 | Ballymachugh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 6 | |
| 6 | Cornafean | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 69 | +3 | 6 | |
| 7 | Butlersbridge | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 64 | +8 | 5 | |
| 8 | Denn | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 75 | +9 | 4 | |
| 9 | Knockbride | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 79 | −12 | 3 | |
| 10 | Lavey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 74 | −16 | 2 | |
| 11 | Lacken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 83 | −23 | 2 | Advance to relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Drumlane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 80 | −14 | 0 | |
| 13 | Drumgoon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 75 | −14 | 0 | |
| 14 | Shercock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 88 | −19 | 0 |
Source: Cavan GAA
Round 1
[edit | edit source]| 24 July 2025 Round 1 | Lavey  | 0–15 – 3–10 | Cuchulainns | Dolan Park |
| 20:00 | Report | Referee: John Power |
| 24 July 2025 Round 1 | Cootehill Error creating thumbnail: | 1–14 – 0–13 | Error creating thumbnail: Drumlane | Max McGrath Memorial Park |
| 20:00 | Referee: James Clarke |
| 25 July 2025 Round 1 | Knockbride  | 1–13 – 2–13 | File:Colours of Cork.svg Cornafean | Kingspan Breffni |
| 20:00 | Referee: Michael Lee |
| 25 July 2025 Round 1 | Denn File:Colours of Galway.svg | 1–15 – 2–13 |  Ballymachugh | St Bartholomew's Park |
| 20:00 | Referee: Pat Clarke |
| 26 July 2025 Round 1 | Drumgoon | 0–13 – 2–11 | Butlersbridge | Hugh O'Reilly Memorial Park |
| 19:00 | Referee: Margaret Farrelly |
| 26 July 2025 Round 1 | Shercock File:Colours of Donegal GAA.svg | 0–15 – 0–17 | Lacken | Lavey GAA Grounds |
| 19:00 | Referee: Derek Argue |
| 26 July 2025 Round 1 | Killinkere | 0–9 – 0–17 | File:Colours of Cork.svg Bailieborough Shamrocks | St Bridget's Park |
| 19:00 | Report | Referee: Martin Sexton |
Round 2
[edit | edit source]| 7 August 2025 Round 2 | Cornafean File:Colours of Cork.svg | 0–9 – 1–17 | Killinkere | St Matthew's Park |
| 19:45 | Referee: Daire Donohoe |
| 7 August 2025 Round 2 | Knockbride | 0–12 – 1–20 | Cuchulainns | O'Raghallaigh Park |
| 20:00 | Report | Referee: Gabriel Patterson |
| 8 August 2025 Round 2 | Shercock File:Colours of Donegal GAA.svg | 1–10 – 0–18 | Ballymachugh | Dolan Park |
| 19:45 | Referee: Kieran Olwell |
| 8 August 2025 Round 2 | Lacken | 0–9 – 3–10 | Butlersbridge | St Felim's Park |
| 19:45 | Referee: Pat Clarke |
| 9 August 2025 Round 2 | Denn File:Colours of Galway.svg | 3–19 – 3–13 | Error creating thumbnail: Drumlane | Ballinagh GAA Grounds |
| 19:00 | Referee: Conor Lyons |
| 10 August 2025 Round 2 | Bailieborough Shamrocks File:Colours of Cork.svg | 1–13 – 0–15 | Drumgoon | Hugh O'Reilly Memorial Park |
| 14:00 | Report | Referee: John Emmo |
| 10 August 2025 Round 2 | Cootehill Error creating thumbnail: | 2–16 – 0–11 | Lavey | St Bridget's Park |
| 17:15 | Referee: Paddy Clarke |
Round 3
[edit | edit source]| 21 August 2025 Round 3 | Bailieborough Shamrocks File:Colours of Cork.svg | 4–15 – 0–17 | Lacken | Kingspan Breffni |
| 20:00 | Referee: Martin Sexton |
| 22 August 2025 Round 3 | Ballymachugh | 1–10 – 1–14 | Error creating thumbnail: Cootehill | Kingspan Breffni |
| 20:00 | Referee: Daire Donohoe |
| 23 August 2025 Round 3 | Shercock File:Colours of Donegal GAA.svg | 1–15 – 3–13 | File:Colours of Cork.svg Cornafean | Annalee Park |
| 17:00 | Referee: Chris McCaffrey |
| 23 August 2025 Round 3 | Lavey | 0–17 – 1–13 | File:Colours of Galway.svg Denn | Kingspan Breffni |
| 19:00 | Referee: Kieran Olwell |
| 24 August 2025 Round 3 | Killinkere | 4–9 – 1–16 | Error creating thumbnail: Drumlane | Kingspan Breffni |
| 16:30 | Report | Referee: Mark Ferncombe |
| 24 August 2025 Round 3 | Cuchulainns | 1–17 – 1–15 | Drumgoon | O'Raghallaigh Park |
| 16:30 | Referee: Adrian O'Hanlon |
| 24 August 2025 Round 3 | Knockbride | 2–16 — 4–10 | Butlersbridge | Kingspan Breffni |
| 19:00 | Referee: Darren McCarville |
Round 4
[edit | edit source]| 30 August 2025 Round 4 | Bailieborough Shamrocks File:Colours of Cork.svg | 1–11 – 1–11 | Error creating thumbnail: Cootehill | O'Raghallaigh Park |
| 17:00 | Referee: Gabriel Patterson |
| 30 August 2025 Round 4 | Knockbride | 1–14 – 0–15 | Lavey | St Felim's Park |
| 17:00 | Referee: Daire Donohoe |
| 30 August 2025 Round 4 | Denn File:Colours of Galway.svg | 2–16 – 1–14 | Lacken | Dr Plunkett Memorial Park |
| 17:00 | Referee: Noel Mooney |
| 30 August 2025 Round 4 | Cornafean File:Colours of Cork.svg | 1–19 – 0–15 | Drumgoon | Kingspan Breffni |
| 17:00 | Referee: Margaret Farrelly |
| 30 August 2025 Round 4 | Drumlane Error creating thumbnail: | 0–12 – 0–14 | Ballymachugh | Packie Devlin Park |
| 17:00 | Referee: Stephen Flynn |
| 30 August 2025 Round 4 | Killinkere | 2–14 – 1–11 | Butlersbridge | Max McGrath Memorial Park |
| 17:00 | Referee: Martin Sexton |
| 30 August 2025 Round 4 | Cuchulainns | 5–16 – 1–20 | File:Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Shercock | Dolan Park |
| 17:00 | Referee: Conor Lyons |
Knock-out stage
[edit | edit source]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Cuchulainns
| 1–19 | |||||||||||||
| File:Colours of Galway.svg Denn | 0–15 | |||||||||||||
| Cuchulainns
| 1–21 | |||||||||||||
| Killinkere
| 0–11 | |||||||||||||
| Killinkere
| 1–18 | |||||||||||||
| Ballymachugh
| 2–7 | |||||||||||||
| Cuchulainns
| 0–24 | |||||||||||||
| Butlersbridge
| 0–18 | |||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Cootehill | 1–9 | |||||||||||||
| File:Colours of Cork.svg Cornafean | 0–15 | |||||||||||||
| File:Colours of Cork.svg Cornafean | 1–10 0–12 (R) | |||||||||||||
| Butlersbridge
| 1–10 0–20 (R) | |||||||||||||
| File:Colours of Cork.svg Bailieborough Shamrocks | 0–12 | |||||||||||||
| Butlersbridge
| 3–12 | |||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit | edit source]| 5 September 2025 Quarter-final | Cuchulainns | 1–19 – 0–15 | File:Colours of Galway.svg Denn | Kingspan Breffni |
| 20:15 | Report | Referee: John Power |
| 6 September 2025 Quarter-final | Killinkere | 1–18 – 2–7 | Ballymachugh | Kingspan Breffni |
| 17:00 | Report | Referee: Jim Giblin |
| 5 September 2025 Quarter-final | Cootehill Error creating thumbnail: | 1–9 – 0–15 | File:Colours of Cork.svg Cornafean | Kingspan Breffni |
| 19:00 | Referee: Daire Donohoe |
| 7 September 2025 Quarter-final | Bailieborough Shamrocks File:Colours of Cork.svg | 0–12 – 3–12 | Butlersbridge | Kingspan Breffni |
| 19:15 | Referee: Margaret Farrelly |
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| 20 September 2025 Semi-final | Cornafean File:Colours of Cork.svg | 1–10 – 1–10 | Butlersbridge | Kingspan Breffni |
| 19:00 | Report | Referee: Paddy Clarke |
| 24 September 2025 Semi-final | Cuchulainns | 1–21 – 0–11 | Killinkere | Kingspan Breffni |
| 20:15 | Report | Referee: Margaret Farrelly |
| 26 September 2025 Semi-final replay | Butlersbridge | 0–20 – 0–12 | File:Colours of Cork.svg Cornafean | Kingspan Breffni |
| 20:00 | Referee: James Clarke |
Final
[edit | edit source]| 5 October 2025 Final | Cuchulainns | 0–24 – 0–18 | Butlersbridge | Kingspan Breffni |
| 16:00 | Evan Doughty 0–5 (0–2f), Adam O'Reilly 0–4, Ryan Tobin 0–4, Niall Magee 0–3, Adrian Taite 0–2 (one 2pt), Mark Gilsenan 0–2, Niall Carolan 0–1, Philip Smyth 0–1, Bryan Magee 0–1, Luke Doyle 0–1 | Report | Fionntán O'Reilly 0–9 (two 2ptf, two 2pt, 0–1f), Caoimhin O'Reilly 0–5 (one 2ptf, 0–1f), Joe Dugdale 0–3, Luke Allison 0–1 | Referee: John Power Man of the Match: Evan Doughty (Cuchulainns) |
Relegation play-offs
[edit | edit source]Relegation semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| 14 September 2025 Relegation semi-final | Lacken | 0–7 – 0–15 | File:Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Shercock | Crowe Memorial Park |
| 13:00 | Referee: Michael Lee |
| 14 September 2025 Relegation semi-final | Drumlane Error creating thumbnail: | 2–14 – 1–13 | Drumgoon | O'Connell Park |
| 13:00 | Referee: James Clarke |
Final
[edit | edit source]| 21 September 2025 Relegation final | Drumgoon | 1–10 – 0–12 | Lacken | Rory O'Moore Park |
| 12:00 | Referee: Martin Sexton |
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