2020 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 2020 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the seventh staging of the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 2014. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020. However, it was postponed indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship eventually began on 24 July 2020 and ended on 13 September 2020.

2020 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Dates	24 July 2020 – 13 September 2020
Teams	8
Sponsor	Lyons of Limerick
Champions	Kildimo/Pallaskenry (1st title) Kyle Hayes (captain) Natal O'Grady (manager)
Runners-up	Mungret/St. Paul's Cian O'Brien (captain) Seánie Barry (manager)
Relegated	Bruree
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	34 (2.13 per match)
Points scored	510 (31.88 per match)
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On 13 September 2020, Kildimo/Pallaskenry won the championship after a 0-22 to 1-13 defeat of Mungret/St. Paul's in the final at the LIT Gaelic Grounds. It was their first ever championship title in this grade.

Results

Group 1

Group 1 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Bruff	3	3	0	0	69	45	24	6
Glenroe	3	2	0	1	54	60	-6	4
Knockainey	3	1	0	2	58	68	-10	2
Dromin-Athlacca	3	0	0	3	59	67	-8	0

Group 1 results

Bruff v Knockainey

25 July 2020 Round 1	Bruff	2-18 - 2-09	Knockainey	Fr. John Ryan Memorial Park
	D O'Leary 0-6, B O'Brien 1-1, P Browne 0-4, P O'Riordan 1-0, S Bulfin 0-2, S Finn 0-1, J Cooke 0-1, K Bonnar 0-1, C Browne 0-1, B McNamara 0-1.		P Kirby 1-1, D Walsh 0-4, D Madden 1-0, P Barron 0-2, K Cleary 0-2.

Glenroe v Dromin-Athlacca

25 July 2020 Round 1	Glenroe	1-17 - 2-13	Dromin-Athlacca	FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
	M O'Connell 0-7, B O'Connell 1-2, C Kelly 0-2, E Walsh 0-2, D McCarthy 0-2, S Walsh 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.		D Breen 2-3, D Reidy 0-8, S O'Leary 0-2.

Knockainey v Glenroe

1 August 2020 Round 2	Knockainey	2-14 - 1-20	Glenroe	Michael Fox Memorial Park
	P Kirby 1-7, J O'Grady 1-0, D Walsh 0-3, P Reale 0-1, K Cleary 0-1, P Barron 0-1, D Byrne 0-1.		M O'Connell 0-9, C Kelly 1-4, E O'Mahony 0-2, E Walsh 0-2, David McCarthy 0-1, Darren McCarthy 0-1, B O'Connell 0-1.

Dromin-Athlacca v Bruff

1 August 2020 Round 2	Dromin-Athlacca	1-16 - 2-18	Bruff	FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
	D Reidy 0-10, D Breen 1-2, S O'Leary 0-2, J Lenihan 0-2.		D O'Leary 0-8, P O'Riordan 1-2, B McNamara 1-1, C Browne 0-3, S Finn 0-1, J Hayes 0-1, K Bonnar 0-1, P Browne 0-1.

Dromin-Athlacca v Knockainey

8 August 2020 Round 3

Dromin-Athlacca

1-18 - 1-20

Knockainey

Bruff Sportsfield

Bruff v Glenroe

8 August 2020 Round 3

Bruff

1-18 - 0-11

Glenroe

Fr. John Ryan Memorial Park

Group 2

Group 2 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Mungret/St. Paul's	3	2	1	0	58	52	6	5
Kildimo/Pallaskenry	3	2	0	1	63	36	27	4
Cappamore	3	0	2	1	44	54	-10	2
Bruree	3	0	1	2	33	56	-23	1

Group 2 results

Mungret/St. Paul's v Kildimo/Pallaskenry

24 July 2020 Round 1	Mungret/St. Paul's	1-17 - 1-16	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	Páirc Uí Riain
	P O'Brien 1-8, N Mulcahy 0-3, L Harrington 0-2, R Duff 0-1, E O'Doherty 0-1, B Giltenane 0-1, B O'Meara 0-1.		K Hayes 0-6, L Griffin 0-6, D O'Connell 1-2, C Downes 0-1, S Barry 0-1.

Cappamore v Bruree

26 July 2020 Round 1	Cappamore	0-14 - 0-14	Bruree	Childers Road
	T O'Donoghue 0-7, J Lonergan 0-3, J Fitzgibbon 0-2, C Berkery 0-2.		S Williams 0-8, S Connolly 0-3, B Sexton 0-1, M Howard 0-1, J O'Brien 0-1.

Bruree v Mungret/St. Paul's

1 August 2020 Round 2	Bruree	1-09 - 0-17	Mungret/St. Paul's	Bruff Sportsfield
	S Cronnolly 1-3, S Williams 0-3, T Cronnolly 0-1, J Leslie 0-1, R O'Halloran 0-1.		P O'Brien 0-12, B Giltenane 0-2, C O'Brien 0-1, M Mullins 0-1.

Kildimo/Pallaskenry v Cappamore

1 August 2020 Round 2	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	1-16 - 0-09	Cappamore	Childers Road
	D O'Connell 0-5, L Griffin 0-5, K Hayes 1-1, B O'Connell 0-2, C Staff 0-2, L O'Keeffe 0-1.		T O'Donoghue 0-8, R Hanley 0-1.

Mungret/St. Paul's v Cappamore

8 August 2020 Round 3	Mungret/St. Paul's	1-18 - 3-12	Cappamore	Childers Road
	P O'Brien 1-15, C O'Brien 0-1, B Giltenane 0-1, D Larkin 0-1.		T O'Donoghue 1-6, E Gleeson 1-0, J Lonergan 1-0, J Walsh 0-2, J Ryan 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1, B Leoanrd 0-1, J Lonegan 0-1.

Bruree v Kildimo/Pallaskenry

8 August 2020 Round 3	Bruree	0-07 - 2-19	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	Mick Neville Park
			D O’Connell (2-4), L Griffin (0-5, frees); B O’Connell (0-3, 0-1 free), C Downes (0-2); J Chawke (0-1, free); P Nash (0-1); S Barry (0-1, free), C Staff (0-1), K Hayes (0-1).

Relegation section

Playoff

Bruree v Dromin-Athlacca

6 September 2020 Playoff	Bruree	1-19 - 2-25	Dromin-Athlacca	LIT Gaelic Grounds
	R O'Halloran 0-11, S Cronnolly 0-4, JV O'Brien 1-0, F Barrington 0-2, J Leslie 0-1, K O'Dea 0-1.		D Reidy 1-14, D Breen 1-2, J Kelleher 0-5, S O'Leary 0-2, M Fitzpatrick 0-1, J Linehan 0-1.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Glenroe v Mungret/St. Paul's

5 September 2020 Semi-final	Glenroe	1-14 - 0-22	Mungret/St. Paul's	Bruff Sportsfield
	M O'Connell 0-11, B O'Connell 1-1, C Kelly 0-1, E O'Mahony 0-1.		P O'Brien 0-8, N Mulcahy 0-3, E Mulcahy 0-2, C Linehan 0-2, M Mullins 0-2, L Harrington 0-1, B Barry 0-1, B Giltenane 0-1, R Duff 0-1, C Hellewell 0-1.

Bruff v Kildimo/Pallaskenry

5 September 2020 Semi-final	Bruff	0-15 - 3-20	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
	D O'Leary 0-5, S Finn 0-3, P Browne 0-2, C Browne 0-2, C Madden 0-2, C Bulfin 0-1.		K Hayes 1-5, D O'Connell 1-4, L Griffin 0-4, P Hartigan 1-0, B O'Connell 0-3, S Barry 0-3, C Staff 0-1.

Final

Kildimo/Pallaskenry v Mungret/St. Paul's

13 September 2020 Final	Kildimo/Pallaskenry	0-22 - 1-13	Mungret/St. Paul's	LIT Gaelic Grounds
	L Griffin (5f) and B O’Connell 0-5 each, S Barry 0-4 (2f), K Hayes 0-3, R Maher , P Hartigan, C Staff, D O’Connell, J O’Keeffe 0-1 each.	Report	P O’Brien 0-6 (6f), P Begley 1-2, B Giltenane 0-2, Cian O’Brien, N Mulcahy, C Linehan 0-1 each.	Referee: J O'Halloran (Bruree)

External links

• Limerick GAA website