# Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship

The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by intermediate clubs in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland. It is the second tier overall in the entire Kilkenny hurling championship system.
The Kilkenny Intermediate Championship was introduced in 1929 as a competition that would bridge the gap between the senior grade and the junior grade. The championship was suspended for over 30 years until the 1970s when it was reinstated.
In its current format, the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship begins in September with a first round series of games comprising eight teams, while the four remaining teams receive byes to the quarter-final stage. A team's finishing position in the Kilkenny Intermediate League determines at what stage they enter the championship. Four rounds of games are played, culminating with the final match at UPMC Nowlan Park in October. The winner of the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship, as well as being presented with the Hanrahan Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Club Championship and gains automatic entry into the following year's Kilkenny Senior Championship.
The competition has been won by 29 teams. Conahy Shamrocks, Mullinavat and Clara are the most successful teams in the tournament's history, having won it four times each. Glenmore are the reigning champions, having beaten St Lachtain's by 3–19 to 2–09 in the 2021 final.

## Teams
### 2024 Teams

The 12 teams competing in the 2024 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship are:
| Team | Location | Colours | Position in 2024 | In championship since | Championship titles | Last championship title |
| Blacks and Whites | Skeoughvosteen | Black and white | Quarter-finals | 2023 | 0 | — |
| Carrickshock | Hugginstown | Green and gold | Relegation playoff winners | 2019 | 2 | 2016 |
| Conahy Shamrocks | Conahy | Black and yellow | Relegated | 2021 | 4 | 1986 |
| Danesfort | Danesfort | Black and amber | Semi-finals | 2024 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dunnamaggin | Dunnamaggin | Green and gold | First round | 2019 | 2 | 2000 |
| Fenians Johnstown | Johnstown | Blue and white | First round | 2017 | 0 | — |
| Lisdowney | Lisdowney | Blue and white | Champions | 2023 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mooncoin | Mooncoin | Green and white | Semi-finals | 2022 | 2 | 1994 |
| Rower–Inistioge | Inistioge | Green and red | Quarter-finals | 2022 | 1 | 2013 |
| St Martin's | Fassadinin | Red and green | Quarter-finals | 2018 | 1 | 2002 |
| Tullogher–Rosbercon | Rosbercon | Black and amber | Quarter-finals | 2024 | 0 | — |
| Young Irelands | Gowran | Red and white | Runners-up | ? | 1 | 1991 |

## Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

## Roll of honour
### By club

| # | Club | Titles | Championships won |
| 1 | Conahy Shamrocks | 4 | 1930, 1932, 1977, 1986 |
| 1 | Clara | 4 | 1982, 1998, 2007, 2012 |
| 1 | Mullinavat | 4 | 1989, 2001, 2006, 2014 |
| 4 | John Locke's | 3 | 1935, 1993, 1999 |
| 4 | Graignamanagh | 3 | 1976, 1980, 1985 |
| 4 | Dicksboro | 3 | 1991, 2005, 2010 |
| 4 | Danesfort | 3 | 1931, 2011, 2022 |
| 8 | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 2 | 1974, 1997 |
| 8 | O'Loughlin Gaels | 2 | 1978, 1996 |
| 8 | St Patrick's | 2 | 1979, 2017 |
| 8 | St Lachtain's | 2 | 1984, 2009 |
| 8 | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2 | 1987, 2018 |
| 8 | Tullaroan | 2 | 1988, 2019 |
| 8 | Mooncoin | 2 | 1990, 1994 |
| 8 | Dunnamaggin | 2 | 1995, 2000 |
| 8 | Erin's Own | 2 | 2003, 2008 |
| 8 | Carrickshock | 2 | 2004, 2016 |
| 8 | Glenmore | 2 | 1981, 2021 |
| 8 | Thomastown | 2 | 1983, 2023 |
| 8 | Lisdowney | 2 | 2020, 2024 |
| 21 | Urlingford | 1 | 1929 |
| 21 | St Fiacre's | 1 | 1934 |
| 21 | Slieverue | 1 | 1936 |
| 21 | Éire Óg | 1 | 1937 |
| 21 | Coon | 1 | 1973 |
| 21 | Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers | 1 | 1975 |
| 21 | Young Ireland's | 1 | 1991 |
| 21 | St Martin's | 1 | 2002 |
| 21 | Rower-Inistioge | 1 | 2013 |
| 21 | Bennettsbridge | 1 | 2015 |

## List of finals
### Legend

* Gold – All-Ireland intermediate club champions
* Silver – All-Ireland intermediate club runners-up

### List of Kilkenny IHC finals

| Year | Winners | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up |
| Year | Club | Score | Club | Score |
| 2024 | Lisdowney | 2-12 | Young Irelands | 0-15 |
| 2023* | Thomastown | 1-29 | Mooncoin | 0-17 |
| 2022* | Danesfort | 1-36 | Thomastown | 4-25 |
| 2021 | Glenmore | 3-19 | St Lachtain's | 2-09 |
| 2020* | Lisdowney | 1-23 | Thomastown | 1-23 |
| 2019 | Tullaroan | 3-18 | Thomastown | 0-21 |
| 2018 | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2-16 | Tullaroan | 2-13 |
| 2017 | St Patrick's | 1-19 | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2-10 |
| 2016 | Carrickshock | 0-13 | Tullogher-Rosbercon | 0-06 |
| 2015 | Bennettsbridge | 1-16 (0-20) | St Patrick's | 1-14 (3-11) |
| 2014 | Mullinavat | 0-17 | St Patrick's | 0-14 |
| 2013 | Rower-Inistioge | 2-13 | Emeralds | 2-11 |
| 2012 | Clara | 1-07 | St Patrick's | 0-04 |
| 2011 | Danesfort | 2-11 | Rower-Inistioge | 0-11 |
| 2010 | Dicksboro | 2-12 | Mullinavat | 2-11 |
| 2009 | St Lachtain's | 0-16 | Dicksboro | 1-11 |
| 2008 | Erin's Own | 2-10 | Danesfort | 1-10 |
| 2007 | Clara | 1-15 | St Lachtain's | 0-12 |
| 2006 | Mullinavat | 1-21 | Clara | 2-11 |
| 2005 | Dicksboro | 0-09 | Mooncoin | 0-07 |
| 2004 | Carrickshock | 0-14 | Mooncoin | 1-10 |
| 2003 | Erin's Own | 2-12 | Carrickshock | 1-14 |
| 2002 | St Martin's | 1-14 | Carrickshock | 0-13 |
| 2001 | Mullinavat | 2-10 (1-05) | Clara | 2-07 (1-05) |
| 2000 | Dunnamaggin | 5-09 | St Martin's | 1-06 |
| 1999 | John Locke's | 0-15 | Mullinavat | 1-09 |
| 1998 | Clara | 0-12 | Mooncoin | 0-10 |
| 1997 | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 4-12 | Graignamanagh | 3-07 |
| 1996 | O'Loughlin Gaels | 2-13 | Graignamanagh | 2-08 |
| 1995 | Dunnamaggin | 2-21 | Bennettsbridge | 1-09 |
| 1994 | Mooncoin | 2-14 | Clara | 1-09 |
| 1993 | John Locke's | 3-11 | Thomastown | 2-12 |
| 1992 | Young Irelands | 2-12 | Conahy Shamrocks | 1-07 |
| 1991 | Dicksboro | 4-09 | Young Irelands | 1-08 |
| 1990 | Mooncoin | 4-09 | Thomastown | 1-09 |
| 1989 | Mullinavat | 2-13 | Young Irelands | 0-14 |
| 1988 | Tullaroan | 4-13 | Piltown | 2-12 |
| 1987 | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2-05 (2-08) | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-08 (2-08) |
| 1986 | Conahy Shamrocks | 1-10 | Piltown | 1-07 |
| 1985 | Graignamanagh | 4-11 | Piltown | 2-10 |
| 1984 | St Lachtain's | 2-14 | Graignamanagh | 1-06 |
| 1983 | Thomastown | 2-08 | O'Loughlin Gaels | 1-03 |
| 1982 | Clara | 0-13 | Carrickshock | 0-09 |
| 1981 | Glenmore | 1-11 | Dicksboro | 2-06 |
| 1980 | Graignamanagh | 4-12 | Thomastown | 1-16 |
| 1979 | St Patrick's | 1-18 | Dicksboro | 0-07 |
| 1978 | O'Loughlin Gaels | 2-21 | Lisdowney | 4-07 |
| 1977 | Conahy Shamrocks | 3-09 | Dicksboro | 1-14 |
| 1976 | Graignamanagh | 0-11 | Dicksboro | 1-06 |
| 1975 | Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers | 4-11 | Graignamanagh | 1-09 |
| 1974 | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 3-09 | Graignamanagh | 2-06 |
| 1973 | Coon | 4-08 | Graignamanagh | 3-06 |
| 1938–1972 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 1937 | Eire Og | 8-04 | Moonroe | 1-02 |
| 1936 | Slieve Rua | 8-04 | Bennettsbridge | 2-03 |
| 1935 | John Locke's | 1-04 | St Kieran's, Johnstown | 2-00 |
| 1934 | St Fiacre's | 3-02 | Gren & Whites (The Rower) | 2-03 |
| 1933 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 1932 | Conahy Shamrocks | 5-02 (3-02) (4-02) | Crowraddy | 4-03 (3-02) (4-02) |
| 1931 | Danesfort | 4-06 | Sliabh Ruadh | 4-01 |
| 1930 | Conahy Shamrocks | 6-01 | Mooncoin | 1-01 |
| 1929 | Urlingford | 6-00 | Kilmacow | 2-01 |