title: 2021 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
text: # 2021 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
  
  The 2021 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 57th staging of the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1929. The championship began on 9 October 2021 and ended on 14 November 2021.
  
  The final was played on 14 November 2021 at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Glenmore and St. Lachtain's, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Glenmore won the match by 3–19 to 2–09 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 40 years.
  
  Paul Holden and Liam Hickey were the championship's top scorers.
  
  ## Team changes
  
  ### To Championship
  
  Promoted from the Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship
  
  * Conahy Shamroks
  
  Relegated from the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
  
  * Danesfort
  
  ### From Championship
  
  Promoted to the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
  
  * Lisdowney
  
  Relegated to the Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship
  
  * St. Patrick's, Ballyragget
  
  ## Championship statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  **Top scorers overall**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Paul Holden | Young Irelands | 3-21 | 30 | 3 | 10.00 |
  | 1 | Liam Hickey | St. Lachtain's | 2-24 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
  | 3 | Mark Webster | Fenians | 0-21 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
  | 4 | Alan Murphy | Glenmore | 1-16 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
  | 5 | Ian Byrne | Glenmore | 1-14 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
  | 5 | Mikey Prendergast | John Locke's | 1-14 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
  | 5 | Billy Leydon | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-17 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
  | 8 | James Bergin | Conahy Shamrocks | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
  | 9 | Shane Donnelly | St. Lachtain's | 4-02 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
  | 9 | Robbie Donnelly | Thomastown | 0-14 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
  
  **In a single game**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Paul Holden | Young Irelands | 1-10 | 13 | O'Loughlin Gaels |
  | 2 | Liam Hickey | St. Lachtain's | 2-05 | 11 | Fenians |
  | 2 | Ian Byrne | Glenmore | 1-08 | 11 | Danesfort |
  | 2 | Billy Leydon | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-11 | 11 | Young Irelands |
  | 5 | Mikey Prendergast | John Locke's | 0-10 | 10 | St. Lachtain's |
  | 5 | Mark Webster | Fenians | 0-10 | 10 | St. Martin's |
  | 5 | Alan Murphy | Glenmore | 0-10 | 10 | Thomastown |
  | 5 | Denis Walsh | Dunnamaggin | 0-10 | 10 | Young Irelands |
  | 9 | Paul Holden | Young Irelands | 1-06 | 9 | John Locke's |
  | 10 | Conor Tobin | Fenians | 2-02 | 8 | Dunnamaggin |
  | 10 | Alan Murphy | Glenmore | 1-05 | 8 | St. Lachtain's |
  | 10 | Paul Holden | Young Irelands | 1-05 | 8 | Dunnamaggin |
  | 10 | Liam Hickey | St. Lachtain's | 0-08 | 8 | John Locke's |
  | 10 | James Bergin | Conahy Shamrocks | 0-08 | 8 | Danesfort |
  | 10 | Robbie Donnelly | Thomastown | 0-08 | 8 | O'Loughlin Gaels |
  | 10 | Liam Hickey | St. Lachtain's | 0-08 | 8 | Carrickshock |
  | 10 | Eoghan O'Neill | Carrickshock | 0-08 | 8 | St. Lachtain's |
  | 10 | James Bergin | Conahy Shamrocks | 0-08 | 8 | John Locke's |
  