2024–25 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

2024–25 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
Championship Details
Dates26 October 2024 – 12 January 2025
Teams26
All Ireland Champions
WinnersWatergrasshill (1st win)
CaptainSeán Desmond
ManagerEddie Enright
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upTynagh-Abbey/Duniry
CaptainPaul Killeen & Johnny Conroy
ManagerMattie Kenny
Provincial Champions
MunsterWatergrasshill
LeinsterRathnure St Anne's
UlsterCarey Faughs
ConnachtTynagh-Abbey/Duniry
Championship Statistics
Matches Played25
Total Goals58 (2.32 per game)
Total Points814 (32.56 per game)
Top ScorerBorder Adam Murphy (2-40)

The 2024–25 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship was the 20th staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's intermediate inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 26 October 2024 to 12 January 2025.

The All-Ireland final was played on 12 January 2025 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Watergrasshill from Cork and Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry from Galway, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.[1] Watergrasshill won the match by 2-15 to 0-18 to claim their first ever All-Ireland title.[2][3]

Watergrasshill's Adam Murphy was the championshhip's top scorer with 2-40.

Team summaries

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Team Championship Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial County
Border Abbeydorney Kerry SHC 1974 [4]
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton Laois PIHC [5]
Bray Emmets Wicklow SHC 2022 2023 [6]
Border Bredagh Down IHC 2023 [7]
Border Brickey Rangers Waterford PIHC [8]
Border Burt Donegal SHC 2018 [9]
Border Carey Faughs Antrim IHC 2004 2022 [10]
Border Cashel King Cormacs Tipperary PIHC [11]
Border Castleblayney Monaghan SHC 2022 [12]
Border Clodiagh Gaels Offaly SBHC 2021 [13]
Border Commercials Dublin IHC 1991
Border Éire Óg Carrickmore Tyrone SHC 2023 [14]
Border Four Roads Roscommon SHC 2023 [15]
Border Fr. Dalton's Westmeath SBHC 2022
Border Lisbellaw St Patrick's Fermanagh SHC 2013
Border Lisdowney Kilkenny IHC 2020 [16]
Border Middletown Na Fianna Armagh SHC 2017 2023 [17]
Border Newcastle West Limerick PIHC [18]
Border Rathnure Wexford IHC 1971 [19]
Border Ratoath Meath SHC 1963 [20]
Border St Gabriel's London SHC 2022 [21]
Border Swatragh Derry IHC 2020 [22]
Border Tooreen Mayo SHC 2023 2023 [23]
Border Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry Galway IHC 2009 2009 [24]
Border Watergrasshill Cork PIHC [25]
Border Wolfe Tones na Sionna Clare IHC 2015 2015 [26]

The fixtures for the Connacht Club Championship were released in September 2024.[27]

Connacht quarter-final

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26 October 2024 Quarter-final Four Roads
(Roscommon)
3-12 - 2-25 Tooreen
(Mayo)
Dr Hyde Park
C Dolan 0-6 (2f, 1 s/l), C Mulry 1-1, A Donnelly (f) and T Morris 1-0 each, C Morris 0-3, L Óg Coyle and E Mulry 0-1 each. Report F Boland 2-2, S Boland 0-8 (3f), L Lavin 0-5, E Delaney 0-3, B Douglas 0-2 (1f), J Boyle, O Greally, D Huane, F Burke and C Finn 0-1 each.

Connacht semi-final

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10 November 2024 Semi-final St Gabriel's
(London)
1-12 – 1-22 Tooreen
(Mayo)
Dr Hyde Park
D Coyne 1-2, S Glynn 0-4, Conor O'Carroll 0-3, R Lodge 0-1, A Curtin 0-1, E Kelly 0-1. Report S Boland 0-7, E Delaney 1-3, F Boland 0-4, L Lavin 0-2, S Kenny 0-2, K Feeney 0-2, B Douglas 0-1, C Finn 0-1.

Connacht final

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23 November 2024 Final Tooreen
(Mayo)
1-14 - 0-19 Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry
(Galway)
Dr Hyde Park
13:30 IWT (UTC±0) E Delaney (1-2); K Feeney (0-4), S Boland (0-2f), D Huane (0-2), S Kenny (0-1f); F Boland (0-1), C Finn (0-1), B Morley (0-1). Report S Moloney (0-9, 7f, 1 65'); M Power (0-2), B Moran (0-2); N Moloney (0-1), P Killeen (0-1), S Fitzpatrick (0-1); J Conroy (0-1), P Breheny (0-1), T Murphy (0-1).

The draw for the Leinster Club Championship took place in June 2024.[28]

Leinster quarter-finals

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16 November 2024 Quarter-final Bray Emmets
(Wicklow)
2-17 - 1-19 Ratoath
(Meath)
Echelon Park
13:30 IWT (UTC±0) C Moorehouse (0-14, 12f, 1 65), B Nesbitt (1-0), M Lennon (1-0), P Doyle (0-1), D Lohan (0-1); D Maloney (0-1). Report P O’Hanrahan (0-7, 4f); B McMahon (0-5), S Corbett (1-1), C Rogers (0-4), D McGowan (0-1), G McGowan (0-1).
16 November 2024 Quarter-final Rathnure St Anne's
(Wexford)
3-18 - 1-17 Commercials
(Dublin)
Bellefield
13:30 IWT (UTC±0) M Redmond 0-6, J Redmond 1-1, S Lawlor 1-0, S O'Connor 1-0, AJ Redmond 0-3, J Tobin 0-2, R Higgins 0-2, C O'Connor 0-1, M Martin 0-1, L Codd 0-1, E Wickham 0-1. Report D Ó Dúlaing 1-10, A Drewitt 0-4, R Butler 0-1, C Cleary 0-1, É Ó Nualláin 0-1.
16 November 2024 Quarter-final Fr Daltons
(Westmeath)
0-10 - 2-16 Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton
(Laois)
Fr Éamonn O'Brien Park
13:30 IWT (UTC±0) O McCabe 0-6, E Kincaid 0-2, J Duncan 0-1, B McCabe 0-1. Report N Quinlan 1-3, PJ Scully 0-6, A Dunphy 1-2, N Coss 0-2, J Quinlan 0-1, C Kilbane 0-1.
16 November 2024 Quarter-final Lisdowney
(Kilkenny)
3-23 - 1-10 Clodiagh Gaels
(Offaly)
UPMC Nowlan Park
13:30 IWT (UTC±0) B Kavanagh (1-5, 0-3 f, 0-1 65); E Kenny (2-2); N Brennan (0-5), M Kenny, R McEvoy, V Fitzpatrick (0-2 each), A Tallis (0-1 f); E Walsh, L Dunphy, L Holohan, E McEvoy (0-1 each). Report L Langton (0-6, 0-5 f); P Lyons (1-0); E Dunne; C Brady (0-2 each).

Leinster semi-finals

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23 November 2024 Semi-final Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton
(Laois)
2-13 - 2-15 Lisdowney
(Kilkenny)
O'Moore Park
13:30 IWT (UTC±0) PJ Scully 0-8, A Dunphy 1-2, N Coss 1-1, C Kilbane 0-1, E Fleming 0-1. Report B Kavanagh 0-6, C Jordan 1-1, L Holohan 1-0, R McEvoy 0-3, L Dunphy 0-2, P O'Carroll 0-2, M Kenny 0-1.
24 November 2024 Semi-final Bray Emmets
(Wicklow)
2-14 - 1-21 Rathnure St Anne's
(Wexford)
Echelon Park
13:30 IWT (UTC±0) C Moorehouse 1-10, A Murphy 1-0, L Maloney 0-1, P Doyle 0-1, D Moloney 0-1, B Nesbitt 0-1. Report J Redmond 0-13, S O'Connor 1-0, S Lawlor 0-2, C O'Connor 0-2, R Higgns 0-2, S Martin 0-1, M Redmond 0-1.

Leinster final

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1 December 2024 Final Rathnure St Anne's
(Wexford)
0-24 - 1-16 Lisdowney
(Kilkenny)
Chadwicks Wexford Park
13:30 IWT (UTC±0) J Redmond 0-12 (1 ’65, 3 frees), M Redmond 0-3, S Lawler 0-4, C O’Connor, S O’Connor 0-2 each, A.J. Redmond 0-1 Report B Kavanagh 0-7 (7 fs), R McEvoy 1-2, C Jordan, L Dunphy 0-2 each, P O’Carroll, N Brennan, L Holohan 0-1 each

The draw for the Munster Club Championship took place on 25 July 2024.[29][30]

Munster quarter-final

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3 November 2024 Quarter-final Newcastle West
(Limerick)
2-13 - 0-20 Cashel King Cormacs
(Tipperary)
Newcastle West Grounds
B Nix 2-2; Cathal Hayes 0-4 (0-2 frees); Eoin Hurley 0-3 (0-3 frees); M Quilligan (0-2 frees); D Lyons 0-2 each. Reprot E Connolly 0-9 (0-6 frees; 0-2 ‘65); D Ryan 0-8 (0-4 frees); C Quinn, O O’Donoghue, C Bonnar 0-1 each.
3 November 2024 Quarter-final Brickey Rangers
(Waterford)
0-24 - 0-25
(aet)
Abbeydorney
(Kerry)
Fraher Field
T O'Connell (0-8; 0-6f); P Cummins and S Lennon (0-4 each); C Deevy (0-3); C O'Grady, M Cummins, C Whelan, S Ronayne, B Cullinan (0-1 each) Report M O'Leary (0-10; 0-5f); O Maunsell (0-5); J Sheehan (0-3); M Slattery (0-2); D Egan, D O'Leary, C O'Sullivan, N O'Mahoney, J Hannon (0-1 each)

Munster semi-finals

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16 November 2024 Semi-final Watergrasshill
(Cork)
2-20 - 2-13 Wolfe Tones na Sionna
(Clare)
Páirc Uí Rinn
A Murphy (0-12, 9 frees); S Desmond (1-2); B Lehane (1-1); S O’Regan (0-2); A Foley (free), L Foley, I O’Callaghan (0-1 each). Report C O’Rourke (3 frees), A Shanagher (1 free) (0-5 each); D Devanney (1-1); A Cunningham (1-0); J Guilfoyle, E O’Gorman (0-1 each). Referee: A Tierney (Tipperary)
17 November 2024 Semi-final Abbeydorney
(Kerry)
1-14 - 3-16 Cashel King Cormacs
(Tipperary)
Tom Healy Park
M O’Leary (1-10, 6fs, 1’65), N O’Mahony and O Maunsell, plus own point (0-1 each). Report D Ryan (0-5, 4fs), O O’Donoghue (1-0), G Browne ( 1-1), R Bonnar (1-0), D McGrath (0-3), A Cummins and E Connolly (0-2 each), J Cummins, R Connolly and C Quinn (0-1 each).

Munster final

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30 November 2024 Final Watergrasshill
(Cork)
1-20 - 0-14 Cashel King Cormacs
(Tipperary)
TUS Gaelic Grounds
18:00 IWT (UTC±0) A Murphy 1-12 (0-7f), B Lehane 0-3, A Cronin, P O’Leary, S O’Regan, L Foley, I O’Callaghan, C O’Leary 0-1 each. Report D Ryan 0-7, O O’Donoghue, A Cummins, E Connolly (0-2 sideline) 0-2 each, G Browne 0-1. Referee: N Malone (Clare)

Ulster quarter-finals

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2 November 2024 Quarter-final Middletown Na Fianna
(Armagh)
1-13 - 0-17 Castleblayney
(Monaghan)
BOX-IT Athletic Grounds
R Grimes 1-2, N Curry 0-5 (4f), C McArdle 0-1, R Gaffney 0-1, S McGuinness 0-1 (1f), C Gormley 0-1, B Toal 0-1, C Carvill 0-1. Report N Garland 0-6 (4f), T Hughes 0-4, M Treanor 0-2, D Hughes 0-2, F Rafter 0-1, C McNally 0-1, B McGuigan 0-1.
2 November 2024 Quarter-final Lisbellaw St Patrick's
(Fermanagh)
2-11 - 2-16 Swatragh
(Derry)
Brewster Park
C Duffy 0-7, P McGarry 1-1, A Flanagan 1-0, J Duffy 0-2, S Corrigan 0-1. Report PJ O'Connell 1-3, J Friel 0-5, M Quinn 0-5, M McCormack 1-0, P Gunning 0-2, C Murray 0-1.
3 November 2024 Quarter-final Bredagh
(Down)
0-23 - 1-18 Burt
(Donegal)
Páirc Esler
D Hughes 0-6, B Christie 0-5 (4f), T Sheehan 0-3 (2f), E Kennedy 0-3, M Patterson 0-2, R McCampbell 0-1, J Hanrahan 0-1, J McCollum 0-1, S Hughes 0-1, M Lavery 1-0 (own goal). Report L McKinney 0-14 (12f), A McKinney 0-2, K Brady 0-1, C Gartland 0-1.
3 November 2024 Quarter-final Éire Óg Carrickmore
(Tyrone)
0-20 - 2-14 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
Carey Faughs
(Antrim)
Páirc Colmcille
A Kelly (0-10, 6f), O Daly (0-2), C Grogan (0-2); J Kelly (0-2), B McGurk (0-1), A Woods (0-1), S Og Grogan (0-1), S Sweeney (0-1); Report C McGlynn (1-7, 0-6f); C McKinley (1-2), J McCouaig (0-2); C McBride (0-2), C McCaughan (0-1).

Ulster semi-finals

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17 November 2024 Semi-final Bredagh
(Down)
0-13 - 1-16 Swatragh
(Derry)
Fr McGuigan Park
B Christie 0-5; MT Sheehan 0-4f; D Hughes 0-2; M Lavery & S Hughes 0-1 each Report J Friel 0-5 (0-4f); PJ O’Connell & SM Quinn (3f) 0-3 each; O O’Kane (1-0); T Walsh, P Gunning, C Murray & F McGurk (0-1 each)
24 November 2024 Semi-final Carey Faughs
(Antrim)
1-11 - 0-10 Castleblayney
(Monaghan)
Páirc Colmcille
13:30 GMT (UTC±0) C McBride 1-1, C McGlynn 0-3, C Kane 0-2, C McKinley 0-2, J Black 0-2, C McCaughan 0-1. Report F Rafter 0-7, M Treanor 0-1, B McGuigan 0-1, D Hughes 0-1.

Ulster final

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30 November 2024 Final Carey Faughs
(Antrim)
1-11 - 0-13 Swatragh
(Derry)
St Patrick's Park
13:00 GMT (UTC±0) C McKinley 1-1, C McGlynn 0-3 (1’65, 1f); J Black 0-2, C McCaughan 0-2, P Butler 0-2, J McCouaig 0-1 Report J Friel 0-5 (4f), S M Quinn 0-4 (3f), C Murray 0-1, D Bradley 0-1, PJ O’Connell 0-1

All-Ireland semi-finals

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14 December 2024 Semi-final Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry
(Galway)
2-19 - 2-11 Rathnure St Anne's
(Wexford)
Glenisk O'Connor Park
13:00 IWT (UTC±0) S Moloney 0-6 (5fs), P Breheny 1-4, C Jordan 0-4, P Killeen 1-1, J Conroy 0-2, D Jordan 0-2. Report J Redmond 1-5 (1-0 pen, 2fs), S Lawler 1-1, AJ Redmond 0-2 (1f, 1 65), R Higgins 0-2, E Wickham 0-1 Referee: Conor Doyle (Tipperary)
15 December 2024 Semi-final Watergrasshill
(Cork)
1-21 - 0-08 Carey Faughs
(Antrim)
Páirc Tailteann
13:00 IWT (UTC±0) S Desmond 1-5, A Murphy 0-8 (0-7 f), B Lehane 0-3, P O’Leary, S O’Regan, A Cronin, D O’Leary, I O’Callaghan 0-1 each. Report C McGlynn 0-4 f, C McBride 0-2, C Cane (f), C McCaughan 0-1 each.

All-Ireland final

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12 January 2025 Final Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry
(Galway)
0-18 - 2-15 Watergrasshill
(Cork)
Croke Park
S Moloney 0-10 (0-4 f, 0-1 65), B Moran 0-4 (0-2 f), N Moloney, P Killeen, D Jorgan, K Moloney 0-1 each. Report A Murphy 1-8 (0-3 f, 0-1 65), S Desmond 1-3, B Lehane, A Cronin, P O’Leary, D Roche 0-1 each. Referee: C McDonald (Antrim)

Championship statistics

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Top scorers

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Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Adam Murphy Watergrasshill 2-40 46 4 11.50
2 Jack Redmond Rathnure St Anne's 2-31 37 4 9.25
3 Christy Moorehouse Bray Emmets 1-24 27 2 13.50
4 Shane Moloney Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry 0-25 25 3 8.33
5 Michael O'Leary Abbeydorney 1-20 23 2 11.50
6 Brian Kavanagh Lisdowney 1-18 21 3 7.00
7 Devon Ryan Cashel King Cormacs 0-20 20 3 6.66
8 Conall McGlynn Carey Faughs 1-17 20 4 5.00
9 Seán Desmond Watergrasshill 3-10 19 4 4,75
10 Shane Boland Tooreen 0-17 17 3 5.66
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Adam Murphy Watergrasshill 1-12 15 Cashel King Cormacs
2 Liam Óg McKinney Burt 0-14 14 Bredagh
Christy Moorehouse Bray Emmets 0-14 14 Ratoath
4 Michael O'Leary Abbeydorney 1-10 13 Cashel King Cormacs
Diarmaid Ó Dúlaing Commercials 1-10 13 Rathnure St Anne's
Christy Moorehouse Bray Emmets 1-10 13 Rathnure St Anne's
Jack Redmond Rathnure St Anne's 0-13 13 Bray Emmets
8 Adam Murphy Watergrasshill 0-12 12 Wolfe Tones
Jack Redmond Rathnure St Anne's 0-12 12 Lisdowney
10 Adam Murphy Watergrasshill 1-08 11 Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry

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