Down Intermediate Football Championship

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Down Intermediate Football Championship
Current season or competition:
File:Current event clock.svg 2025 Down Intermediate Football Championship
IrishCluiche Ceannais Péil An Dúin
Founded1973
TrophyWJ Farrell Cup
Title holdersFile:Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath (3rd title)
Most titlesFile:Colours of Donegal.svg Ballyholland Harps
File:Colours of Offaly.svg Atticall
File:Colours of Laois.svg Warrenpoint
File:Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath (3 titles)
SponsorsThe Parador Lodge[1][2]

The Down Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Down GAA clubs. The national media covers the competition.[3]

Drumgath are the title holders, defeating Clann na Banna in the Final.

Format

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16 clubs compete in the competition.

History

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Bredagh won their maiden title in 2016.[4]

The 2022 final between Rostrevor and Saval pitted Benny Coulter and Danny Hughes (teammates when Down got as far as the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final) against each other on the sideline.[5]

Honours

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The winner of the Down IFC qualifies to play in the Down Senior Football Championship. The Down IFC winner also qualifies for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship.[6][7] It is the only team from Down to qualify for this competition. The Down IFC winner may enter the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage. They often do well there, with the likes of Rostrevor[8][9] among the clubs from Down to play in at least one Ulster Championship final after winning the Down Intermediate Football Championship. Liatroim Fontenoys won Ulster in 1998. Warrenpoint won Ulster in 2014.[10] Then Loughlinisland won Ulster in 2015.[11]

The Down IFC winner — 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.

Finals listed by year

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Also won the Ulster and All-Ireland competitions in the same season
Also won the Ulster competition in the same season
Year Winner Score Score Opponents
1973 Greencastle
1990 File:Colours of Sligo.svg Dromara File:Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin
1991 File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenn File:Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
1992 File:Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness File:Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin
1993 File:Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin
1994 File:Colours of Donegal.svg Ballyholland Harps File:Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone
1995 File:Colours of London.svg Saval[12] Newry Bosco
1996 File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Newry Bosco
1997 File:Colours of Offaly.svg Atticall File:Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone
1998 File:Colours of Offaly.svg Liatroim Fontenoys
1999 File:Colours of Donegal.svg Ballyholland Harps
2000 File:Colours of Offaly.svg Atticall
2001 File:Colours of Laois.svg Warrenpoint File:Colours of Louth.svg Longstone
2002 File:Colours of Louth.svg Longstone File:Colours of London.svg Saval
2003 File:Colours of Donegal.svg Ballyholland Harps
2004 File:Colours of Offaly.svg Atticall
2005 File:Colours of London.svg RGU Downpatrick
2006 File:Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath File:Colours of Offaly.svg Atticall
2007 File:Colours of London.svg RGU Downpatrick 0–12 0–09 File:Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin
2008 File:Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone 1–13 0–13 File:Colours of London.svg Darragh Cross
2009 File:Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin 0–15 0–07 File:Colours of London.svg Darragh Cross
2010 File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tullylish 4–07 4–06 File:Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone
2011 File:Colours of Mayo.svg Kilclief 1–09 0–09 File:Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin
2012[13] File:Colours of Laois.svg Warrenpoint[14] 1–08 0–08 File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Newry Bosco
2013 File:Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath 0–15 1–07 File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Newry Bosco
2014 File:Colours of Laois.svg Warrenpoint[10] 1–22 1–09 File:Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin
2015 File:Colours of Laois.svg Loughinisland[11] 3–11 0–08 File:Colours of Offaly.svg An Ríocht
2016[3][15] File:Colours of Galway.svg Bredagh 3–13 1–10 File:Colours of Offaly.svg An Ríocht
2017 File:Colours of Down.svg Rostrevor[8] 1–10 1–06 File:Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone
2018[2][16] File:Colours of Galway.svg Bredagh 3–13 1–17 File:Colours of Offaly.svg Liatroim Fontenoys
2019[17] File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenn 1–12 1–10 File:Colours of London.svg Newry Shamrocks
2020[18] File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Saul 3–10 0–14 File:Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath
2021[19] File:Colours of Offaly.svg An Ríocht 2–06 0–11 File:Colours of London.svg Darragh Cross
2022 File:Colours of London.svg Saval[20][21] 1–12 1–09 File:Colours of Down.svg Rostrevor
2023 File:Colours of Offaly.svg Liatroim Fontenoys 1–13 1–11 File:Colours of Down.svg Rostrevor
2024[22] File:Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath 3–16 0–12 File:Colours of Down.svg Clann na Banna

Wins listed by club

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# Team Wins Years won
1 File:Colours of Donegal.svg Ballyholland Harps
3
 1994, 1999, 2003
File:Colours of Offaly.svg Atticall 1997, 2000, 2004
File:Colours of Laois.svg Warrenpoint 2001, 2012, 2014
File:Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath 2006, 2013, 2024
5 File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenn
2
 1991, 2019
File:Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin 1993, 2009
File:Colours of London.svg Saval 1995, 2022
File:Colours of Offaly.svg Liatroim Fontenoys 1998, 2023
File:Colours of London.svg RGU Downpatrick 2005, 2007
File:Colours of Galway.svg Bredagh 2016, 2018
11 Greencastle
1
 1973
File:Colours of Sligo.svg Dromara 1990
File:Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness 1992
File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Newry Bosco 1996
File:Colours of Louth.svg Longstone 2002
File:Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone 2008
File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tullylish 2010
File:Colours of Mayo.svg Kilclief 2011
File:Colours of Laois.svg Loughinisland 2015
File:Colours of Down.svg Rostrevor 2017
File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Saul 2020
File:Colours of Offaly.svg An Ríocht 2021

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