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1989 Cork Intermediate Football Championship

gaelic football competition

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ114120696 ↗
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The 1989 Cork Intermediate Football Championship was the 54th staging of the Cork Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 18 December 1988. The championship ran from 7 May to 8 October 1989.

The final replay was played on 8 October 1989 at Páirc Mhic Ghiobúin in Milford, between Rockchapel and Mallow, in what was their first ever final meeting. Rockchapel won the match by 0-09 to 0-04 to claim their first ever championship title.

Rockchapel's Jerry Casey was the championship's top scorer with 1-19.

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The public source identifies “1989 Cork Intermediate Football Championship” as gaelic football competition. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cork, Intermediate and Football.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 1909, 1988—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cork, Intermediate and Football providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1989 Cork Intermediate Football Championship” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.