# Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship

The Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the UPMC Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kildare IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by intermediate clubs in the county of Kildare in Ireland. It is the third tier overall in the entire Kildare hurling championship system.
In its current format, the Kildare Intermediate Championship begins with a group stage. The six participating teams play each other in a round-robin system. This is followed by a knockout phase that culminates with the final match at St Conleth's Park.
Naas are the title holders after defeating Maynooth by 0–21 to 1–17 in the 2023 final replay.

## Format
### Group stage

Over the course of the six-team group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least five 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 top four teams from the group stage proceed to the knockout stage.

### Knockout stage

Semi-finals: The top four teams from the group stage contest this round (1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd). The two winners advance to the final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final.

### Promotion and relegation

At the end of the championship, the winning team is automatically promoted to the Kildare Senior B Championship for the following season. The bottom-placed team from the group stage is automatically relegated to the Kildare Junior Championship.

## Teams
### 2024 teams

The 6 teams competing in the 2024 Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship are:
| Team | Location | Colours | Position in 2024 | In championship since | Championship titles (since 2013) | Last championship title |
| Celbridge | Celbridge | Blue and white | Semi-finals | 2024 | 1 | 2013 |
| Coill Dubh | Coill Dubh | Red and white | Group stage | ? | 0 | — |
| Éire Óg-Corrachoill | Caragh | Maroon and yellow | Group stage | ? | 0 | — |
| St Laurence's | Oldgrange | Red and yellow | Runners-up | ? | 0 | — |
| Naas | Naas | Blue and white | Champions | ? | 7 | 2024 |
| Wolfe Tones | Kill | Green and white | Semi-finals | 2024 | 0 | — |

## List of finals
### List of Kildare IHC finals (2013–present)

| Year | Winners | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up | Venue | # |
| Year | Club | Score | Club | Score | Venue | # |
| 2024 | Naas | 1–18 | St Laurence's | 0–08 | | |
| 2023 | Naas | 0–21 | Maynooth | 1–17 | Manguard Park | |
| 2022 | Broadford | 0–21 | Maynooth | 0–10 | Conneff Park | |
| 2021 | Maynooth | 3–19 | Naas | 1–07 | Conneff Park | |
| 2020 | Maynooth | 2–15 | Naas | 0–18 | St Conleth's Park | |
| 2019 | Naas | 3–13 | Maynooth | 1–13 | St Conleth's Park | |
| 2018 | Naas | 0–15 | Maynooth | 1–10 | St Conleth's Park | |
| 2017 | Naas | 1–19 | Maynooth | 1–09 | St Conleth's Park | |
| 2016 | Maynooth | 2–13 | Naas | 1–09 | Hawkfield Centre | |
| 2015 | Naas | 3–14 | Moorefield | 2–10 | Hawkfield Centre | |
| 2014 | Naas | 2–11 | Moorefield | 1–10 | St Conleth's Park | |
| 2013 | Celbridge | 0–16 | Sarsfields | 1–08 | St Conleth's Park | |

## Roll of honour
### Roll of honour (2013–present)

| # | Club | Titles | Runners-up | Championships won | Championships runner-up |
| 1 | Naas | 7 | 3 | 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 | 2016, 2020, 2021 |
| 2 | Maynooth | 3 | 5 | 2016, 2020, 2021 | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 |
| 3 | Celbridge | 1 | 0 | 2013 | — |
| 3 | Broadford | 1 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 5 | Moorefield | 0 | 2 | — | 2014, 2015 |
| 5 | Sarsfields | 0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
| 5 | St Laurence's | 0 | 1 | — | 2024 |