2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
The 2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship was a knock-out competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland
Format[edit]
Provincial championships[edit]
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. Each province is a knockout tournament.
Group stages[edit]
The 13 teams are drawn into four groups, each containing three teams: one provincial champion, one provincial finalist, and one provincial semi-finalist.
Each team plays the other teams in its group once. The top two in each group progress to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Fixtures[edit]
Connacht Championship[edit]
Leitrim were unable to field a team so only 2 teams contested the Connacht Championship
Connacht Final[edit]
| 24 June 2018 2:00 pm Final |
Roscommon | 4-17 - 1-14 | Sligo | McHale Park Referee: Shane Curley (Galway) Man of the Match: Jenny Higgins (Western Gaels) |
| Laura Fleming 2-2, Jenny Higgins 1-2, Sheila Brady 0-5 (0-1f), Joanne Cregg 1-0, Alice Kelly 0-3, Rebecca Finan (0-1f) and Jenny Downey (0-2f) 0-2 each, Sorcha Bruen 0-1 | Report | Katie Walsh 1-7 (0-5f), Nicola Brennan 0-2, Lauren Boles, Sarah Reynolds, Elaine O’Reilly, Tara Walsh, Bernie Connolly 0-1 each |
Leinster Championship[edit]
Leinster Quarter-Finals[edit]
| 3 June 2018 Quarter-Final |
Offaly | 2-9 - 2-15 | Laois | Tubber Referee: Stephen McNulty |
| 3 June 2018 Quarter-Final |
Wexford | 2-17 - 1-12 | Kildare | Wexford Park Referee: Niall McCormack |
| 3 June 2018 Quarter-Final |
Wicklow | 2-17 - 2-15 | Meath | Roundwood Referee: Des McEnery |
Leinster Semi-Finals[edit]
| 17 June 2018 2:00 pm Semi-Final |
Wicklow | 3-13 - 0-4 | Longford | Longford Referee: Finbarr Shanahan (Dublin) |
| Meadhbh Deeney 1-4 (0-2f), Laura Hogan 1-2, Marie Kealy 1-0, Amy Murphy 0-3, Claire Walsh 0-2, Sarah Miley and Jackie Kinch 0-1 each | Report | Aoife Darcy 0-2 (0-1f), Emer Heaney and Lauren Burke 0-1 each |
| 17 June 2018 2:00 pm Semi-Final |
Laois | 2-11 - 1-13 | Wexford | Bellefield, Enniscorthy Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow) |
| Emma Lawlor 1-4, Clare Conlon 0-3 (0-2f), Eva Galvin 1-0, Laura Nerney and Erone Fitzpatrick 0-2 each | Report | Catriona Murray 0-7 (0-4f), Bernie Breen 1-1, Fiona Rochford 0-2, Kellie Kearney, Ellen O'Brien, Aoife Shiel 0-1 each |
Leinster Final[edit]
| 1 July 2018 2:00 pm Final |
Laois | 2-13 - 0-13 | Wicklow | Dr. Cullen Park |
| Emma Lawlor 1-3, Clare Conlon 0-4 (0-1f), Meaghan Dunne 1-1 (0-1f), Erone Fitzpatrick and Ciara Burke 0-2 each, Caoimhe Simms 0-1 | Laura Hogan 0-4 (0-1f), Meadhbh Deeney 0-3f, Marie Kealy 0-2, Jackie Kinch, Laurie Ahern, Amy Murphy, Rose Fagan 0-1 each |
Munster Championship[edit]
Clare are the only team that currently competes in Munster at Intermediate. Therefore, they are automatically Munster Champions. They did compete against Junior Champions Limerick as preparation for their group stage games.
| 17 June 2018 8:00 |
Clare | 7-15 - 1-3 | Limerick | Clarecastle Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry) Man of the Match: Laurie Ryan (Banner Ladies) |
| Cliodhna Blake 3-1, Eimear O'Connor 2-1, Laurie Ryan and Eimear Hillery 1-1 each, Fidelma Marrinan 0-3, Roisin Considine and Niamh O'Dea 0-2 each, Roisin Looney, Caoimhe Harvey, Aine Kelly, Aisling Reidy 0-1 each | Loretta Hanley 1-0, Olivia Giltenane, Katie Heelan, Grainne Cronin |
Ulster Championship[edit]
Play-In to Final[edit]
| 2 June 2018 5:00 pm |
Tyrone | 7-22 - 0-5 | Down | Emyvale |
Ulster Semi-Final[edit]
| 9 June 2018 5:00 pm Semi-Final |
Down | 5-11 - 1-11 | Fermanagh | Healy Park |
Ulster Final[edit]
| 17 June 2018 1:45 pm Final |
Tyrone | 6-22 - 1-7 | Down | Brewster Park Referee: Yvonne Duffy (Cavan) Man of the Match: Emma Brennan (Trillick) |
| Maria Canavan 1-8, Chloe McCaffrey 2-3, Emma Brennan, Emma Jane Gervin, Gemma Begley 1-1 each, Grainne Rafferty and Aishling O'Kane 0-2 each, Slainne McCarroll, Niamh Hughes, Emma Hegarty, Niamh O'Neill 0-1 each | Report | Natasha Ferris 1-1, Jess Foy 0-4, Kyla Trainor 0-2 |
All-Ireland Group Stage[edit]
Group games take place on 14, 21 and 28 July 2018.
Group 1[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Laois
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sligo
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Longford
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group 2[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tyrone
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wicklow
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Offaly
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group 3[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clare
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Down
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Kildare
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Wexford
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group 4[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscommon
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Fermanagh
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Meath
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All-Ireland Finals[edit]
All-Ireland Quarter-Finals[edit]
Quarter-Final 1 |
1st Group 1 | v | 2nd Group 2 | |
Quarter-Final 2 |
1st Group 2 | v | 2nd Group 3 | |
Quarter-Final 3 |
1st Group 3 | v | 2nd Group 4 | |
Quarter-Final 4 |
1st Group 4 | v | 2nd Group 1 | |
All-Ireland Semi-Finals[edit]
Semi-Final |
Winner QF1 | v | Winner QF2 | |
Semi-Final |
Winner QF3 | v | Winner QF4 | |
All-Ireland final[edit]
| 16 September 2018 Final |
v | Croke Park, Dublin | ||