The Armagh Intermediate Football Championship is an annual

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competition contested by mid-tier

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clubs.

, ''Clár Oifigiúil'' (programme), Intermediate Football Championship Final, 14 October 2012 The national media covers the competition. St. Patrick’s Cullyhanna are the title holders (2023) after absolutely obliterating St Paul's Lurgan in the Final.

History

The 2014 Armagh IFC winning club was St Paul's, which defeated the Grange by a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-10. Andrew Murnin gave a match-winning performance in the final. The competition is often contested by

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inter-county players, for example, Clan na Gael's Stefan Campbell (who was

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at the time) contested the 2020 final, a game in which he went up against another of Armagh's leading full-forwards, Andrew Murnin of St Paul's.

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Atty Hearty Cup The Armagh IFC winner qualifies for the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Armagh to qualify for this competition. The Armagh IFC winner may enter the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage. The Armagh IFC winners — 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.

List of finals

;Notes † ''The 1965 runner-up may have been Tom Williams GFC, an amalgamation of Dorsey and Cullyhanna.''

References

External links

Official Armagh GAA Website
{{Armagh GAA, state=expanded Gaelic football competitions in County Armagh Intermediate Gaelic football county championships 1964 establishments in Northern Ireland Recurring sporting events established in 1964